[outleradam]

Whoah, what happpened to my email notifications? K.. anyway..

Hi,

I love ML; it has done a great job of closing the gap between MythTV and watching recordings using Plex or Boxee.

Now that 0.25 has metadata information right in the database, I was wondering if there were any plans to start using that as a source for ML rather than querying the Internet? It looks like the mythrename.pl script is almost there, but its output still doesn't contain season or episode number. Plus, I like being able to run ML as a userjob.

Thanks!

I havn't taken much of a look at the 0.25 database. are you saying that it has Sxx and Exx in it? If so, that's great and I can offload.

OutlerAdam-

I just updated mythicalLibrarian for the first time in at least a year. Now I am running into a small issue. Prior to the update, I would run a user job that runs handbrake to re-encode the video after the file has been renamed and transfered, and then the script MythDataDeleter to remove the info from the DB if the Handbrake job completed. Mythicallibrarian would still be listed as running in the job queue until Handbrake and MythDataDeleter completed. I previously used the 'SYMLINK=Move' setting.

After the update, it appears that I can skip the MythDataDeleter step, as you have the option for 'SYMLINK=Disabled', which can remove the DB info. However, when I run mythicalLibrarian now it moves the file to the proper location, begins Handbrake, and then deletes all references to the file from MythTV..... including the job that is running in the queue. Handbrake is still currently running if I do 'top', so it's not actually killing the job.....but MythTV no longer knows this job is active, and this may prevent me from queuing up a batch of videos that I need to rename/re-encode (I think I may end up with multiple Handbrake sessions trying to run at once).

Is there any way that I can correct this? Maybe delay the removal of Database information until after the User Job is complete?

Thanks.

{Edit} In the meantime, I just went back to using 'SYMLINK=MOVE' and MythDataDeleter {/EDIT}

I don't know what handbrake does. You can launch handbrake as a mythicalLibraian job if you'd like. User Jobs are documented in the wiki with it's own page.

Thank you so much for making mythicallibrarian.

I have an issue: even though the episode is new, mythicallibrarian matches with the first on the list, so my links are being Season 1, Ep 1.

Here is the Log
*******************************************************************
Stable - Downloaded Thu Oct 11 02:00:22 CDT 2012
Attemting to pull database information on /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/2081_20121010200000.mpg
COMMERCIAL DATA START:50559 STOP:55598
/usr/local/bin/mythicalLibrarian: line 718: None=: command not found
RECSTART:2012-10-10 20:00:00 DATE: None
PROGRAMID: ShowCategory:
PLOT: Schooled: Claire and Phil embarrass Haley when they drop her off at college; Manny makes Gloria and Jay take a class; Lily gets into a tussle on her first day of kindergarten.
PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ROUTINE...
SEARCHING: www.TheTvDb.com SHOW NAME: Modern Family EPISODE:
TESTING FOR ZAP2ITID MATCH:EP01158124 Modern Family
FOUND:Modern Family ID#:95011 WITH CONFIDENCE:-1
DATABASE IS OUT OF DATE. NEXT UPDATE 1350007525 Current 1350136708
Parsing Downloaded information: Modern Family.xml
AIRDATE FAILED. TITLE MATCH ON ABSOLUTE EPISODE NUMBER:
TOTAL MATCHES:14 TOTAL VERIFIED FUZZY ERRORS:0
EPISODEilot EPISODE NUMBER:2 S01E01 WITH CONFIDENCE: -1
WARNING: FILE IS A LINK FORCING SYMLINK LINK MODE
CONFIDENCE:-2 LOGIC PATH: Attempted Match On Zap2itID: Failed; Attemted match on Standard Logic: Sucessful; Attemped match on OriginalAirDate: Failed; Attemted SubTitle match on Standard logic: Sucessful;
JOB: mythicalLibrarian '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/2081_20121010200000.mpg' 'Modern Family' ''
TARGET SET:/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/Episodes/Modern Family/Season 1/Modern Family S01E01 (Pilot).mpg
FILE NAME EXISTS. FILE WILL BE KNOWN AS: Modern Family S01E01 (Pilot)-2
CREATING LINK IN LINK MODE WITH CONFIDENCE:-2
SENDING REQUESTED COMMANDS TO:192.168.99.190:8080
RSS generation failed:
File exists but is not writeable: /var/www/mythical-rss/rss.xml
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETEION TYPE: LinkModeSuccessful
******************************************************************************

Use mythicalLibrarian --doover to rerun this and all other low confidence jobs. Anything less than 0 is automatically done over when --doover is commanded.

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Hi,

I love ML; it has done a great job of closing the gap between MythTV and watching recordings using Plex or Boxee.

Now that 0.25 has metadata information right in the database, I was wondering if there were any plans to start using that as a source for ML rather than querying the Internet? It looks like the mythrename.pl script is almost there, but its output still doesn't contain season or episode number. Plus, I like being able to run ML as a userjob.

Thanks!

Thanks, I'll take a look and see if I can figure it out.

OutlerAdam-

I just updated mythicalLibrarian for the first time in at least a year. Now I am running into a small issue. Prior to the update, I would run a user job that runs handbrake to re-encode the video after the file has been renamed and transfered, and then the script MythDataDeleter to remove the info from the DB if the Handbrake job completed. Mythicallibrarian would still be listed as running in the job queue until Handbrake and MythDataDeleter completed. I previously used the 'SYMLINK=Move' setting.

After the update, it appears that I can skip the MythDataDeleter step, as you have the option for 'SYMLINK=Disabled', which can remove the DB info. However, when I run mythicalLibrarian now it moves the file to the proper location, begins Handbrake, and then deletes all references to the file from MythTV..... including the job that is running in the queue. Handbrake is still currently running if I do 'top', so it's not actually killing the job.....but MythTV no longer knows this job is active, and this may prevent me from queuing up a batch of videos that I need to rename/re-encode (I think I may end up with multiple Handbrake sessions trying to run at once).

Is there any way that I can correct this? Maybe delay the removal of Database information until after the User Job is complete?

Thanks.

{Edit} In the meantime, I just went back to using 'SYMLINK=MOVE' and MythDataDeleter {/EDIT}

Thank you so much for making mythicallibrarian.

I have an issue: even though the episode is new, mythicallibrarian matches with the first on the list, so my links are being Season 1, Ep 1.

Here is the Log
*******************************************************************
Stable - Downloaded Thu Oct 11 02:00:22 CDT 2012
Attemting to pull database information on /var/lib/mythtv/recordings/2081_20121010200000.mpg
COMMERCIAL DATA START:50559 STOP:55598
/usr/local/bin/mythicalLibrarian: line 718: None=: command not found
RECSTART:2012-10-10 20:00:00 DATE: None
PROGRAMID: ShowCategory:
PLOT: Schooled: Claire and Phil embarrass Haley when they drop her off at college; Manny makes Gloria and Jay take a class; Lily gets into a tussle on her first day of kindergarten.
PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ROUTINE...
SEARCHING: www.TheTvDb.com SHOW NAME: Modern Family EPISODE:
TESTING FOR ZAP2ITID MATCH:EP01158124 Modern Family
FOUND:Modern Family ID#:95011 WITH CONFIDENCE:-1
DATABASE IS OUT OF DATE. NEXT UPDATE 1350007525 Current 1350136708
Parsing Downloaded information: Modern Family.xml
AIRDATE FAILED. TITLE MATCH ON ABSOLUTE EPISODE NUMBER:
TOTAL MATCHES:14 TOTAL VERIFIED FUZZY ERRORS:0
EPISODEilot EPISODE NUMBER:2 S01E01 WITH CONFIDENCE: -1
WARNING: FILE IS A LINK FORCING SYMLINK LINK MODE
CONFIDENCE:-2 LOGIC PATH: Attempted Match On Zap2itID: Failed; Attemted match on Standard Logic: Sucessful; Attemped match on OriginalAirDate: Failed; Attemted SubTitle match on Standard logic: Sucessful;
JOB: mythicalLibrarian '/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/2081_20121010200000.mpg' 'Modern Family' ''
TARGET SET:/var/lib/mythtv/recordings/Episodes/Modern Family/Season 1/Modern Family S01E01 (Pilot).mpg
FILE NAME EXISTS. FILE WILL BE KNOWN AS: Modern Family S01E01 (Pilot)-2
CREATING LINK IN LINK MODE WITH CONFIDENCE:-2
SENDING REQUESTED COMMANDS TO:192.168.99.190:8080
RSS generation failed:
File exists but is not writeable: /var/www/mythical-rss/rss.xml
SUCCESSFUL COMPLETEION TYPE: LinkModeSuccessful
******************************************************************************

Okay, so I've got a couple of updates to share. Initially I was playing with getting TVRage working, then I decided I really wanted to be able to use some local XML files for my shows, instead of downloading them. So I added an option to skip downloading for some shows and use local files instead.

So the first change, to allow using a file called ~/.mythicalLibrarian/skipDownload the contains a list of shows you want to use a local XML instead downloading from thetvdb.com

For the example I'll use Masterpiece Classic

~/.mythicalLibrarian/skipDownload

Code:

##############################################################
# List of Shows to use local XML files instead of thetvdb    #
# The following files must exist for each show               #
# <show>.working.xml - thetvdb seach listing for the show    #
# <show>.xml - thetvdb episode listing for the show          #
##############################################################
Masterpiece Classic

~/.mythicalLibrarian/Masterpiece Classic.working.xml

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Data>
<Series>
<seriesid>8256</seriesid>
<language>en</language>
<SeriesName>Masterpiece Classic</SeriesName>
<banner>graphical/78257-g.jpg</banner>
<Overview>Masterpiece Theatre premiered on PBS... </Overview>
<FirstAired>1971-01-01</FirstAired>
<IMDB_ID>tt0066684</IMDB_ID>
<zap2it_id>SH002814</zap2it_id>
<id>78257</id>
</Series>
</Data>

~/.mythicalLibrarian/Masterpiece Classic.xml

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Data><Series>
  <id>78257</id>
  <Actors>|Alistair Cooke|Russel Baker|</Actors>
  <Airs_DayOfWeek>Sunday</Airs_DayOfWeek>
  <Airs_Time>9:00 PM</Airs_Time>
  <ContentRating/>
  <FirstAired>1971-01-01</FirstAired>
  <Genre>|Drama|</Genre>
  <IMDB_ID>tt0066684</IMDB_ID>
  <Language>en</Language>
  <Network>PBS</Network>
  <NetworkID/>
  <Overview>Masterpiece Theatre premiered on PBS...  </Overview>
  <Rating>9.0</Rating>
  <RatingCount>1</RatingCount>
  <Runtime>1</Runtime>
  <SeriesID>8256</SeriesID>
  <SeriesName>Masterpiece Classic</SeriesName>
  <Status>Continuing</Status>
  <added/>
  <addedBy/>
  <banner>graphical/78257-g.jpg</banner>
  <fanart>fanart/original/78257-1.jpg</fanart>
  <lastupdated>1345225860</lastupdated>
  <poster>posters/78257-1.jpg</poster>
  <zap2it_id>SH002814</zap2it_id>
</Series>
<Episode>
  <EpisodeName>Downton Abbey, II (1)</EpisodeName>
  <EpisodeNumber>1</EpisodeNumber>
  <FirstAired>2012-01-08</FirstAired>
  <SeasonNumber>41</SeasonNumber>
</Episode>
<Episode>
  <EpisodeName>Downton Abbey, II (2)</EpisodeName>
  <EpisodeNumber>2</EpisodeNumber>
  <FirstAired>2012-01-15</FirstAired>
  <SeasonNumber>41</SeasonNumber>
</Episode>
</Data>

and finally, the updates to mythicalLibrarian to support this

Code:

Replace:
        curl -L -s -m"$Timeout" "http://www.thetvdb.com/api/$APIkey/series/$SeriesID/all/$Language.xml"| grep -vE "(</id>|</Combined_episodenumber>|</Combined_season>|</DVD_chapter>|</DVD_discid>|</DVD_episodenumber>|</DVD_season>|</Director>|</EpImgFlag>|</GuestStars>|</IMDB_ID>|</Language>|</Overview>|</ProductionCode>|</RatingCount>|</filename>|</seasonid>|</Writer>|</Rating>|</lastupdated>|</seriesid>|</absolute_number>)">"$mythicalLibrarian/$NewShowName/$NewShowName.xmlTest" && echo "$CurrentTime" > "$mythicalLibrarian/$NewShowName/lastupdated.time"

With:
        skipDownload=`grep "$ShowName" "$mythicalLibrarian/skipDownload"`
        if [ "$skipDownload" != "" -a -f "$mythicalLibrarian/$ShowName.xml" ]; then
            cp "$mythicalLibrarian/$ShowName.xml" "$mythicalLibrarian/$NewShowName/$NewShowName.xmlTest"
        else
            curl -L -s -m"$Timeout" "http://www.thetvdb.com/api/$APIkey/series/$SeriesID/all/$Language.xml"| grep -vE "(</id>|</Combined_episodenumber>|</Combined_season>|</DVD_chapter>|</DVD_discid>|</DVD_episodenumber>|</DVD_season>|</Director>|</EpImgFlag>|</GuestStars>|</IMDB_ID>|</Language>|</Overview>|</ProductionCode>|</RatingCount>|</filename>|</seasonid>|</Writer>|</Rating>|</lastupdated>|</seriesid>|</absolute_number>)">"$mythicalLibrarian/$NewShowName/$NewShowName.xmlTest" && echo "$CurrentTime" > "$mythicalLibrarian/$NewShowName/lastupdated.time"
        fi

Replace:
        curl -L -s -m"$Timeout" www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=$tvdbshowname>"$mythicalLibrarian/working.xml"

With:
        skipDownload=`grep "$ShowName" "$mythicalLibrarian/skipDownload"`
        if [ "$skipDownload" != "" ] && [ -f "$mythicalLibrarian/$ShowName.working.xml" ]; then
            cp "$mythicalLibrarian/$ShowName.working.xml" "$mythicalLibrarian/working.xml"
        else
            curl -L -s -m"$Timeout" www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=$tvdbshowname>"$mythicalLibrarian/working.xml"
        fi

Having the <showname>.working.xml might be overdoing it a bit, but it looked easier to include that instead of bypassing the logic that was already in place.

The <showname>.xml file contains all your episode information, you can start with the XML from thetvdb.com and modify it to suit your need. In my case since thetvdb.com removed Masterpiece, I just grabbed an old copy of the XML I had from before they removed it, and added in this seasons shows.

Cool. I don't know how to integrate this.. What do you recommend, and why would someone want to use it instead of TVDB?