[Zxurian]

go to the posters tab

thanks. knew it was something stupid.
I noticed that the season posters are now being downloaded as sessonXX-poster.jpg. Can I delete all of my previous .tbn files since Frodo supports direct .jpg's now?

Yes

highly excellent

[Pr.Sinister]

The problem I have is that each of my files has <tv show> - ____.ext. So a bulk renamer doesn't really work for that.

Can you list files and folder structure for 2 of your TV Shows? I am sure we can come up with something to help you...

For example, If the folder name of the TV Show is exactly the same as your <tv show> string, RenameMaster can handle that

[vbat99]

OK. First off, am I right that everything MC stores is in its local "settings" folder (I have several versions of MC side-by-sdie and they all seem to work). Or more precisely, profile.xml is the main user file that's needed and by default profile.xml entries are all in the local settings folder?

Because in looking at the tvcache.xml file in the local settings I found a problem on this tvshow. I have entires on this show near the top that look like:

Code:

<episodedetails NfoPath="F:\VideosF\TV Shows\Cheongdam dong Alice\Cheongdam dong Alice S01E01.nfo">
    <missing>False</missing>
    <title>Episode 1</title>
    <season>1</season>
    <episode>1</episode>
  </episodedetails>

and no associated tvshow element. Then farther down the file I have repeats, except these have showid elements in them:

Code:

<episodedetails NfoPath="F:\VideosF\TV Shows\Cheongdam dong Alice\Cheongdam dong Alice S01E01.nfo">
    <missing>False</missing>
    <title>Episode 1</title>
    <season>1</season>
    <episode>1</episode>
    <showid>264413</showid>
  </episodedetails>

And following this group of episodes is the tvshow entry:

Code:

<tvshow NfoPath="F:\VideosF\TV Shows\Cheongdam dong Alice\tvshow.nfo">
    <state>0</state>
    <title>Cheongdam Dong Alice</title>
    <id>264413</id>
  </tvshow>

Any idea how this happens? Also what does the tvshow setting "Fix NFO id during cache refresh" do (mine is unchecked)?

scott s.
.

OK, I see a glitch with MC, but basically, there is no info on TheTvdb for MC to be able to populate the nfo or tvshow.xml file.

Also, "Fix NFO id is a one time use only function, from a very old version of Media Companion, where an entry in the nfo file was invalid. If you select "Fix NFO id" and refresh your TV Shows, MC goes over every nfo and fixes the bug caused by this older version. Then MC, disables this option again. Only needed to be run over the nfo's once, that's is why this setting doesn't stick on.

[feerlessleadr]

maybe i'm missing something, but I don't see the option in tv shows to pick frodo artwork, pre-frodo artwork or both. Am I blind?

[vbat99]

maybe i'm missing something, but I don't see the option in tv shows to pick frodo artwork, pre-frodo artwork or both. Am I blind?

Check in General Preferences, There is Pre-Frodo, Frodo and Onwards and Both.

Enjoy

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Indeed you are right, I see it in outline for sure. I'll add to the To Do List. Cheers

Excellent. I also noticed that the "Stars" field is only pulling one star, when previous versions pulled three. Love the new look.

Outline is now scraped correctly, and Stars field has been fixed in the codebase also, so ready for the next release.

[mkr10001]

IS there a way to sort all related files into a folder after scraping? I used to use ember but that has started messing up the fan art. I like the look of this one so far except I'd like to be able to sort into a folder.

[scott967]

OK, I see a glitch with MC, but basically, there is no info on TheTvdb for MC to be able to populate the nfo or tvshow.xml file.

Also, "Fix NFO id is a one time use only function, from a very old version of Media Companion, where an entry in the nfo file was invalid. If you select "Fix NFO id" and refresh your TV Shows, MC goes over every nfo and fixes the bug caused by this older version. Then MC, disables this option again. Only needed to be run over the nfo's once, that's is why this setting doesn't stick on.

Thanks for the addl info. I did some checking, and it looks like all my .nfos and artwork are correct. I went ahead and did a fresh install of 3.5.4 beta and rescanned my movie and tv show roots. MC picked up all the nfos and AFAICT, all the data in MC now is correct. The look and feel of the UI is very nice. The only thing I had a problem with, is the progress bar in the status bar was showing what looked like 100% complete (scanning a new movie) but in fact MC was waiting for response (I guess from IMDB). I cancelled out thinking there was a hang. Later I tried again and just left it run. Eventually it did get all the elements and add the movie. I think maybe it would be good to look at how that progress bar works. Based on actual scrape accomplished, it should have been showing more like 20%, not 100%.

scott s.
.

[bouncy80]

I'm trying to sort out two issues with Media Companion.

1. Is there anyway to tell it to mark the NFO file with SD or HD without manually editing it to put in the resolution?
2. Is there any option for telling MC to automatically pull the trailers?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[fma965]

I'm trying to sort out two issues with Media Companion.

1. Is there anyway to tell it to mark the NFO file with SD or HD without manually editing it to put in the resolution?
2. Is there any option for telling MC to automatically pull the trailers?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

1. not sure sorry
2.

[vbat99]

EDIT: Damn, FMA965 bet me to it. LOL


Yes, MC can read the video file and can put into the nfo the stream details

This is used by XBMC to determine SD or HD.

under Movie Preferences, General tab, you can select Add trailer URL, Download trailer during scrape, and preferred trailer resolution

[bouncy80]

EDIT: Damn, FMA965 bet me to it. LOL


Yes, MC can read the video file and can put into the nfo the stream details

This is used by XBMC to determine SD or HD.

under Movie Preferences, General tab, you can select Add trailer URL, Download trailer during scrape, and preferred trailer resolution

Thanks for the trailer info.

As for SD/HD thing.

In case the developer is reading this. It would be great to either have a Resolution drop down to pick per movie, OR just an SD/HD bullet to hit per movie to set the res.

[vbat99]

New Release!!!

MC V3.541b just release.

Tons of bug fixes

Check it out...Media Companion MC3.541b

[azshorty2003]

I love this program, it keeps getting better. But it still crashes like crazy. Sorry I don't have examples of when and how off the top of my head. But most happen in the movies tab, it doesn't seem to happen as often in tv shows.

Sorry, I know this is useless feedback.

I would still like the ability to Create an .nfo file for any file(s) not recognized. I know I can do it manually in wordpad, but if a program can do it for me with just some basic information, I think it would be better.

Reason being, I have the Tom & Jerry collection I got recently for my kids. But each short is it's own Movie. I would like the ability to set an .nfo file to batch them together under one set name, set a poster for it, and tell it to make them tv shows instead. I don't know if this is possible, but I think that would be nice to be able to do.

[vbat99]

I love this program, it keeps getting better. But it still crashes like crazy. Sorry I don't have examples of when and how off the top of my head. But most happen in the movies tab, it doesn't seem to happen as often in tv shows.

Sorry, I know this is useless feedback.

I would still like the ability to Create an .nfo file for any file(s) not recognized. I know I can do it manually in wordpad, but if a program can do it for me with just some basic information, I think it would be better.

Reason being, I have the Tom & Jerry collection I got recently for my kids. But each short is it's own Movie. I would like the ability to set an .nfo file to batch them together under one set name, set a poster for it, and tell it to make them tv shows instead. I don't know if this is possible, but I think that would be nice to be able to do.

I think that's a good idea, and may not be too difficult to get operational.

I'll add to Feature request.

There is the Home Movie function, but that creates a Home Movie set under Movies.

[azshorty2003]

Sweet! Thanks.