2009-07-09, 18:51
Concerning MM and DVDId, I looked and it is calling IDvdInfo2::GetDiscID through managed code. Blu-ray/HD-DVD identification is standard and easily to replicate.
I can probably reverse GetDiscID based on what process monitor is telling me it accesses. But, this is a big but, I don't DEV for XBMC. I work on Open Media Library. Since I'm windows only the only benifit of reversing GetDiscID for me is if it can be used against a VIDEO_TS folder (and process monitor is telling me this doesn't look promising). If you can tell me otherwise I'll spend the time to reverse.
As far as OpenId is concerned, an alternate approach to having TVDB and TMDB support OpenId would be to have a secondary lookup repository. My logic for this is;
1. You are not tied to a specific source for meta
2. You will have many formats and releases for a single movie tied to one meta resource (mkv, dvd, etc.)
As far as generating the OpenId, I almost suggest extending the CRC64 logic to whatever format the media is in. As in do a checksum "fingerprint" of the main video file.
The above is based on two assumptions. We are either talking about direct rips of DVD/Blu-ray discs to the FS or we are talking about scene releases. If we are talking about Joe Blow's provate rip of Full Metal Jacket from Blu to avi, there really wouldn't be anything to match against.
I can probably reverse GetDiscID based on what process monitor is telling me it accesses. But, this is a big but, I don't DEV for XBMC. I work on Open Media Library. Since I'm windows only the only benifit of reversing GetDiscID for me is if it can be used against a VIDEO_TS folder (and process monitor is telling me this doesn't look promising). If you can tell me otherwise I'll spend the time to reverse.
As far as OpenId is concerned, an alternate approach to having TVDB and TMDB support OpenId would be to have a secondary lookup repository. My logic for this is;
1. You are not tied to a specific source for meta
2. You will have many formats and releases for a single movie tied to one meta resource (mkv, dvd, etc.)
As far as generating the OpenId, I almost suggest extending the CRC64 logic to whatever format the media is in. As in do a checksum "fingerprint" of the main video file.
The above is based on two assumptions. We are either talking about direct rips of DVD/Blu-ray discs to the FS or we are talking about scene releases. If we are talking about Joe Blow's provate rip of Full Metal Jacket from Blu to avi, there really wouldn't be anything to match against.
