Utility: Batch Metadata Importer 3.x

[stuckless]

Glad the plugin finally works.... SageTV isn't my day job... but there are days/nights that it feels like it

[babgvant]

I haven't been able to get the plugin to resolve metadata for video_ts (log below) folders; works great for standalone files.

Thanks

728670 INFO [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.SageVideoMetaDataPersistence - No Metadata for file: \\server\dvd\Meet_The_Robinsons\VIDEO_TS.properties
728675 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.util.FileNameUtils - Loaded Filename Scraper: title-s00e00
728678 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.util.FileNameUtils - Using Scrapers to find a query for: file:////server/dvd/Meet_The_Robinsons/VIDEO_TS/
728681 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.persistence.PropertiesPersistence - Attempting to load a map for: /xbmcScraper/Title-s00e00.xml/settings
728683 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.composite.CompositeMetadataProvider - Searching using composite provider: themoviedb.org-2
728684 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.imdb.IMDBMetaDataProvider - Search Query: SearchQuery; Type: MOVIE; TITLE:VIDEO;
728690 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.imdb.IMDBMetaDataProvider - IMDB Search Url: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=VIDEO&x=0&y=0
728811 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.util.AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor - Searched for: SearchQuery; Type: MOVIE; TITLE:VIDEO;; Good: false
728811 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.util.AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor - Not very sucessful with the search for: SearchQuery; Type: MOVIE; TITLE:VIDEO;
728811 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.composite.CompositeMetadataProvider - Searching using composite provider: themoviedb.org-2
728812 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.imdb.IMDBMetaDataProvider - Search Query: SearchQuery; Type: MOVIE; TITLE:VIDEO;
728812 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.imdb.IMDBMetaDataProvider - IMDB Search Url: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=VIDEO&x=0&y=0
728822 DEBUG [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.util.AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor - Searched for: SearchQuery; Type: MOVIE; TITLE:VIDEO;; Good: false
728824 INFO [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.SageVideoMetaDataPersistence - No Metadata for file: \\server\dvd\Meet_The_Robinsons\VIDEO_TS.properties

[stuckless]

This is clearly a bug.... I thought that I had fixed this in an earlier build. I'll try to take a look at this tonight.

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Disabling Backdrops
Use the --backdropsNever to prevent backdrops from being downloaded. Or set this property in your metadata.properties

/sageMetadata/ignoreBackdrop=true

Where should the metadata.properties file go when using the plugin? I tried putting it in %ProgramFiles%\SageTV\SageTV, but it still downloading the backdrops.

[stuckless]

metadata.properties gets loaded from the current working directory. Under linux, this is the SageTV root directory.... I'm not sure where it is under windows, but I think the log files spits out an error/warning telling you that it cannot open the metadata.properties file... it should give the full path to where it is trying to load it in that message.

[S_M_E]

It goes where ever you run BMT from (same directory as MetadataTool.jar), unless you run vista with UAC...

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by stuckless

metadata.properties gets loaded from the current working directory. Under linux, this is the SageTV root directory.... I'm not sure where it is under windows, but I think the log files spits out an error/warning telling you that it cannot open the metadata.properties file... it should give the full path to where it is trying to load it in that message.

Figured out the problem ignoreBackdrops is a property of metadataUpdater (thanks for publishing the code).

so adding

/metadataUpdater/ignoreBackdrops=true

to the properties file sorted my problem

[joe123]

I am confused what I need to do to get this tool installed?

I went to the download area and I see an updater, updater-plugin, sage-api, etc.

Can someone please point me to simple instructions needed to get this installed?

[S_M_E]

Which part? I only use the updater, not the plugin and not the webserver api.

To install it you just extract it to the directory of your choice and run the commands listed...

[stuckless]

This "tool" has 2 flavours... if you simply click the download link from the download page (listed on the first post), then you'll get the command line tool. (The first post also has a direct link to the documentation as well)

But, there is also a "plugin" version of this tool that can run within sagetv. the plugin is non visual, and simply just sits there waiting for new content to be added, and then automatically fetches metadata once new content is added.

Personally, i'd try out the command line tool first... play with it, and if it's doing what you like, then maybe move onto the plugin.

[S_M_E]

I like it, I'm just too lazy to install the plugin. I can run the manual version once in a while, I don't add ripped movies that often now that I've got most of them done.

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by S_M_E

I like it, I'm just too lazy to install the plugin. I can run the manual version once in a while, I don't add ripped movies that often now that I've got most of them done.

The plugin is the part of this tool that makes it powerful.

I wrote a tool that does pretty much the same thing as the BMT CLI; but I'm not working on it anymore because even if it keeps parity from the CLI real time meta data resolution has so much more potential.

[gplasky]

Originally Posted by babgvant

I wrote a tool that does pretty much the same thing as the BMT CLI; but I'm not working on it anymore because even if it keeps parity from the CLI real time meta data resolution has so much more potential.

But I liked your tool.

(Ok wait-that doesn't even sound right.)

But I liked the software you wrote. I still use it.

Gerry

[S_M_E]

Originally Posted by babgvant

The plugin is the part of this tool that makes it powerful.

I wrote a tool that does pretty much the same thing as the BMT CLI; but I'm not working on it anymore because even if it keeps parity from the CLI real time meta data resolution has so much more potential.

There's no doubt that it would help for people that add a lot of media but I've found running the manual version doesn't get the false hits that I used to get (mostly due to my naming format I'm sure), if ran with the right options. If I ran the plugin I'd still have to fix the bad data manually so I might as well stick with the manual version now that I've got it figured out.

Bottom line is, I still like BMT.

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by gplasky

But I liked your tool.

(Ok wait-that doesn't even sound right.)

But I liked the software you wrote. I still use it.

Gerry

Until BMT puts it in the "right" place (trying to fix that) I'll still use it download the fanart; just not adding the properties files, etc that I was going to.

[gplasky]

Yeah-I have it grabbing the fanart. Works great.

Gerry

[stuckless]

Many thanks to babgvant for adding a new feature and fixing a bug.

babgvant got tired of me not showing interest in providing a central/alternate location for downloaded backdrops, so he went ahead and added it himself

You can set the central/alternate location for backdrops using the following property

/sageMetadata/alternateBackdropLocation

This property accepts a standard File location. The default behaviour, if this property is not set, is to simply write the back drop in the same directory as the video file (as it did previously)

He also provided a regex for the characters that get removed in the title. If you find that it's not sufficient you can change it using the following property.

/sageMetadata/safeTitleReplaceRegex=:|/|\\|\*|\?|<|>|\|

He also went ahead a fixed a bug that he reported related to how the plugin handled video_ts folders.

So you can thank babgvant for this release

[babgvant]

I think backslashes need to be doubled up if using on Windows.

e.g.

/sageMetadata/alternateBackdropLocation=\\\\server\\fanart

btw, I like the release name

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by babgvant

I think backslashes need to be doubled up if using on Windows.
e.g.

/sageMetadata/alternateBackdropLocation=\\\\server\\fanart

Java can be a little forgiving here as well... you can for neatness, use forward slashes

//server/fanart

or

c:/videos/fanart

btw, I like the release name

Credit, where credit is due

[stuckless]

I don't know if anyone has noticed, but in the last couple of releases, a --gui option was added.

I started to work on a simple gui front-end for this, but I basically I gave up (GUI is not my thing). The current gui will scan/update, but it doesn't provide a means (yet) to actually allow the user the search/view metadata.

I was wondering if anyone was interested in contributing to the project by taking on the task of enhancing the Swing GUI that I started.

If you are interested, then PM me.

I've attached a screenshot of the current UI.

Thanks.