[Glorious1]

As Marius indicated, English would have to be chosen as your database language in Preferences > General.

[wrxtasy]

Hi Marius,

Great Media manager by the way.

One issue I'm having is upon starting ViMM it asks if I want to put my Movie files into folders - I answer yes and a folder is created minus the file type and illegal characters.

This is causing problems then with Fetching Metadata. Sometimes a Metadata scrape works, but usually fails or scrapes data for the incorrect movie. (latest ViMM version)
as an example, the file named....

ABCD.2013.WEB-DL.mkv

will be put into a folder

ABCD 2013 WEB DL

The problem then occurs when a Metadata scrape commences and naturally ViMM cannot find (based on the folder name) the movie "ABCD 2013 WEB DL" in TMDB or the IMDB.

What I would like to happen with ViMM is upon initial startup (or update list), everything in the filename after the year of release is ignored when renaming and creating a new folder.

Is this simple to implement ?
I have played around with the option in Prefs - "Lookup Using Folder name" but it makes no difference.

I'm not sure how this will clash, if it does with TV Show scanning and renaming.

I know everyone is going to say name the Movie files correctly, but why when it could all be done simply in ViMM upon startup and folder creation ?
Is a fix for this a viable option ?

[MariusTh86]

ViMM didn't actually do name cleaning when it was moving movie files to folders, and using the year is inconvenient, since some movie titles have a year in them, such as '2001: A Space Odyssey'.

When searching for media, ViMM does do some filtering at 720p, 1080p, BRRip and a few other keywords, which it will remove and everything after it, i've now added 'WEB DL' to that list of keywords.
I've also added the name cleaning functionality to the method that moves movie files in the latest debug build, let me know if that starts producing odd results:
https://www.mediafire.com/?8j6ve2f4je6et

[wrxtasy]

Wow that was quick! I will give it a try with the problem files...
I do like the new speed on selecting Update List as well with 1550 odd files :-)

FOLLOWUP:
Loose file to folder naming is working correctly. Removing BRRip, 720p, WEB DL etc and movies scrape properlyl!!!

However for that to work correctly I had to deselect in prefs: "Lookup [ ] Using Folder name"
Seems counterintuitive ?

[parannoyed?]

parannoyed, I guess I don't understand what the problem is. When I fetch Dogtooth (2009), ViMM returns with Dogtooth as the title and the Greek title as "original title":
<title>Dogtooth</title>
<sorttitle>Dogtooth</sorttitle>
<originaltitle>Κυνόδοντας</originaltitle>
<year>2009</year>

Isn't that what you want? My file renaming pattern is the same as yours, although my folder pattern is the same as the file.

Hi Glorious1,

No luck. Still getting entries like, ? (2009) [DVD], A l'interieur (2007) [DVD], Les Rivieres pourpres (2000) [Blu-Ray]
Tried out different combinations like $O, $T, $S. Still the same thing. Maybe our versions are different?

[MariusTh86]

@parannoyed?: You can always try using the latest debugbuild:
https://www.mediafire.com/?8j6ve2f4je6et

If it's just file names, maybe try disabling 'Save file naming' under the 'General' Preferences.

[wrxtasy]

Marius, Is there any way when loose files are initially moved to a folder a check can be done, and the corresponding .srt file (subtitle file) put in the same directory as a movie file ?

I suppose that would then cause problems for a subsequent Metadata scrape ?

[theowiesengrund]

I have a rather minor and esoteric question about episode order for TV shows. I like the show "Firefly", which was only one season long. The network fouled up the schedule and aired the episodes in mixed-up order. The order intended by the creators is the order in the DVD.

theTVdb.com has a page on this issue. Their philosophy is the primary episode order is by air date, but they set up a separate field for DVD episode number to accomodate people with different philosophy.

I can't figure how to make the episodes come up in DVD order. If I number the episodes in DVD order and fetch from scratch, they all have the wrong names and plots. If I number them like TVdb, well, they are in the wrong order.

Is the only solution to humbly ask the esteemed developer for an option to use TVdb's DVD order instead of the main episode number?

Hi Marius,

can we expect in the near future the implementation of DVD ordering choice?

[MariusTh86]

@wrxtasy: I thought I had that handled, i'll have to take a look at that.

@theowiesengrund: "Near" future will be too much to expect, I do hope to make some improvements in this area, but adding DVD ordering to file names confuses the information scraper, so for now it's only added to the episode .nfo file I believe.

I believe there's an option in XBMC to use the DVD order for some series.

[wrxtasy]

I have just rechecked again and can definitely confirm .srt files stay in the parent folder and are not auto moved upon selecting Yes whilst Updating List to create new movie folders.

No issues with scraping when Fetch Metadata is then subsequenty selected, if .srt file is manually put into newly created movie folder.

[jonatannn]

Ok I´m a rookie on this...

I have moved from a AppleTV3 to XBMC and now I have to rewrite all the metadata on my files because I can´t export the metadata from Itunes....

When I have a tv episode for example " Shaun the Sheep" on the hard drive how do I connect all the episodes and get all the .nfo for each episode in Vimediamanager

I can see that i have a folder with that name but no episodes to interact

[MariusTh86]

First, make a 'TV Shows' folder in which you place a folder named 'Shaun the Sheep', in which you place your episode files.

Second, open ViMediaManager, go to 'Preferences' > 'TV Shows', and add the 'TV Shows' folder to the list by either dragging and dropping it onto the white box, or by pressing the "+" button below it.

Third, close the preferences window, click on the 'TV Shows' button in the toolbar and then click on the 'Update List' button to add 'Shaun the Sheep' to the list.

Fourth, select 'Shaun the Sheep' in the list, click on 'Fetch Metadata' and choose 'Selection' from the popup menu.

ViMediaManager should now start fetching all the information for you, and depending on the setting 'Keep media folders organised' in 'Preferences' > 'General', it will move your episode files in season folders.

I hope this was helpful.

[wrxtasy]

let me know if that starts producing odd results:
https://www.mediafire.com/?8j6ve2f4je6et

Hello again Marius,
I've had a crash with the above version on the new OSX Yosemite whilst fetching Metadata - some sort of JSON error popped up - Details follow:

Code:

22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: WARNING: The Gestalt selector gestaltSystemVersion is returning 10.9.0 instead of 10.10.0. Use NSProcessInfo's operatingSystemVersion property to get correct system version number.
Call location:
22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 0   CarbonCore                          0x9a2517e7 ___Gestalt_SystemVersion_block_invoke + 135
22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 1   libdispatch.dylib                   0x920e60b5 dispatch_once_f + 251
22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 2   libdispatch.dylib                   0x920e70d8 dispatch_once + 31
22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 3   CarbonCore                          0x9a1e3fb8 _Gestalt_SystemVersion + 1050
22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 4   CarbonCore                          0x9a1e3b69 Gestalt + 150
22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 5   rbframework.dylib                   0x01215104 RuntimeDebugMemoryUsed + 20372
22/10/2014 9:05:36.650 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 6   rbframework.dylib                   0x011f7a74 RuntimeInit + 84
22/10/2014 9:05:37.105 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: objc[1842]: Class TSSandboxPrefs is implemented in both /Library/Frameworks/TSLicense.framework/Versions/A/TSLicense and /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Import.component/Contents/MacOS/Flip4Mac WMV Import. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
22/10/2014 9:05:37.155 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: objc[1842]: Class TSSandboxPrefs is implemented in both /Library/Frameworks/TSLicense.framework/Versions/A/TSLicense and /Library/QuickTime/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component/Contents/MacOS/Flip4Mac WMV Advanced. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
22/10/2014 9:08:40.000 pm kernel[0]: process ViMediaManager[1842] thread 1375603 caught burning CPU! It used more than 50% CPU (Actual recent usage: 65%) over 180 seconds. thread lifetime cpu usage 90.174949 seconds, (64.949737 user, 25.225212 system) ledger info: balance: 90006582781 credit: 90006582781 debit: 0 limit: 90000000000 (50%) period: 180000000000 time since last refill (ns): 136596130424
22/10/2014 9:08:41.014 pm spindump[575]: Saved cpu_resource.diag report for ViMediaManager version v0.7α12 (0.7.0.1.12) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/ViMediaManager_2014-10-22-210841_Monkeys-iMac.cpu_resource.diag
22/10/2014 9:13:22.747 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: Error loading /Users/WRXTASY/Library/Contextual Menu Items/iGetterCMPlugIn.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iGetterCMPlugIn:  dlopen(/Users/WRXTASY/Library/Contextual Menu Items/iGetterCMPlugIn.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iGetterCMPlugIn, 262): Symbol not found: _method_getArgumentInfo
  Referenced from: /Users/WRXTASY/Library/Contextual Menu Items/iGetterCMPlugIn.plugin/Contents/MacOS/iGetterCMPlugIn
  Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Versions/C/Foundation
22/10/2014 9:13:22.747 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: Cannot find function pointer iGetterCMPluginFactory for factory 780C03AF-B5CE-11D6-A0A9-0005029E5A27 in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0xf344bf0 </Users/WRXTASY/Library/Contextual Menu Items/iGetterCMPlugIn.plugin> (bundle, not loaded)
22/10/2014 9:18:13.600 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: 2047.Sights.of.Death.(2014).BDRip-fanart.jpg Error Code: 101
The File was not found.
22/10/2014 9:30:50.007 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: *** Assertion failure in +[NSScreen _invalidateIfNeededForReason:], /SourceCache/AppKit/AppKit-1343.14/AppKit.subproj/NSScreen.m:988
22/10/2014 9:30:50.027 pm ViMediaManager[1842]: HIToolbox: ignoring exception 'NSInternalInconsistencyException' that raised inside Carbon event dispatch
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x914e6343 __raiseError + 195
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x99abea2a objc_exception_throw + 276
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x914e61ca +[NSException raise:format:arguments:] + 138
    3   Foundation                          0x9416c2b1 -[NSAssertionHandler handleFailureInMethod:object:file:lineNumber:description:] + 118
    4   AppKit                              0x9bd84d8c +[NSScreen _invalidateIfNeededForReason:] + 163
    5   AppKit                              0x9bd84e08 +[NSScreen _invalidateDisplayConfigIfNeeded] + 41
    6   AppKit                              0x9baa85ef -[NSApplication _updateDisplaysIfNeeded] + 37
    7   AppKit                              0x9b8af52a -[NSApplication sendEvent:] + 2954
    8   AppKit                              0x9bf67ee8 _carbonAppEventDispatcherHandler + 906
    9   HIToolbox                           0x91a515d4 _Z22_InvokeEventHandlerUPPP25OpaqueEventHandlerCallRefP14OpaqueEventRefPvPFlS0_S2_S3_E + 36
    10  HIToolbox                           0x9189b501 _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 2291
    11  HIToolbox                           0x9189a4dc _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14HandlerCallRec + 402
    12  HIToolbox                           0x918add25 SendEventToEventTarget + 88
    13  HIToolbox                           0x91a50cb5 ToolboxEventDispatcher + 82
    14  HIToolbox                           0x91a63502 GetOrPeekEvent + 575
    15  HIToolbox                           0x91a62c11 GetNextEventMatchingMask + 176
    16  HIToolbox                           0x91a62939 WNEInternal + 208
    17  HIToolbox                           0x91a6285e WaitNextEvent + 52
    18  HIToolbox                           0x91a42a66 ModalDialog + 906
    19  HIToolbox                           0x91a4b1a6 RunStandardAlert + 766
    20  rbframework.dylib                   0x0125b16c MessageDialogIconGetter + 5420
    21  rbframework.dylib                   0x011f8cf7 UnhandledException + 727
    22  rbframework.dylib                   0x011fd527 RuntimeReraiseException + 327
    23  ViMediaManager                      0x00866dfb dlgProgress.dlgProgress.thrProgress_Run%%o<dlgProgress.dlgProgress>o<Thread> + 54383
    24  ViMediaManager                      0x0038a62c Delegate.IM_Invoke%%o<Thread> + 110
    25  ViMediaManager                      0x0038a66d AddHandler.Stub.0%% + 51
    26  rbframework.dylib                   0x011c8450 threadRun + 592
    27  CarbonCore                          0x9a28a8b0 CooperativeThread + 305
    28  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x9846cecf _pthread_body + 138
    29  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x9846ce45 _pthread_body + 0
    30  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x9846af0e thread_start + 34
)

[MariusTh86]

Can you send me the JSON error message?

[wrxtasy]

I should have taken a picture of it. It does not happen all the time, just randomly.
Will grab a screenshot next time...