Utility: Batch Metadata Importer 3.x

[m0ng00se30]

I'm getting the following errors when something tries to autodownload:

2009-05-19 08:57:47,330 ERROR [LibraryImporter] org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.FanartStorage (FanartStorage.java:77) - Failed to save fanart: POSTER for file: file:/C:/Media/media/DVD/Superbad/
java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
at java.lang.String.substring(Unknown Source)
at sagex.phoenix.fanart.FanartUtil.getLocalBackgroundFilename(FanartUtil.java:180)
at sagex.phoenix.fanart.FanartUtil.getLocalFanartForFile(FanartUtil.java:198)
at org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.FanartStorage.saveLocalFanart(FanartStorage.java:88)
at org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.FanartStorage.saveLocalFanartForTypes(FanartStorage.java:75)
at org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.FanartStorage.saveFanart(FanartStorage.java:57)
at org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.FanartStorage.downloadFanart(FanartStorage.java:289)
at org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.CentralFanartPersistence.storeMetaData(CentralFanartPersistence.java:37)
at org.jdna.media.metadata.impl.sage.SageTVPropertiesWithCentralFanartPersistence.storeMetaData(SageTVPropertiesWithCentralFanartPersistence.java:39)
at org.jdna.media.util.AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor.fetchMetaData(AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor.java:111)
at org.jdna.media.util.AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor.fetchMetaData(AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor.java:62)
at org.jdna.media.util.AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor.visit(AutomaticUpdateMetadataVisitor.java:47)
at org.jdna.sage.MetadataUpdaterPlugin.extractMetadata(MetadataUpdaterPlugin.java:153)
at sage.media.format.g.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.b1.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.b1.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.at.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.ce.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.ce.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.ce.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.ce.a(Unknown Source)
at sage.ce.kZ(Unknown Source)
at sage.ce.access$300(Unknown Source)
at sage.ce$1.run(Unknown Source)
at sage.cs$a.run(Unknown Source)

And of course nothing downloads, but if I manually select the fanart download it will copy the backgrounds and posters to the correct fanart location.

I've reinstalled several times... and can't quite figure out what I'm doing wrong. I had this working on a Win7 64bit box easily (so I know I'm setting it up right), but for some reason it won't work on a Win7 32 bit. Any Suggestions?

Thanks

--Mike

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

Sean,

Speaking of TV.... Do you have any plans to have the plugin called when Sage records TV shows? I have been having great success manually running the tool (from the STV) on TV shows but having it happen automatically would be really nice.

Thanks,

Tom

Tom, if the MetadataPlugin is not being called for recorded shows (and I have not confirmed this yet) then this would be a core sagetv bug/enhancment to have the MetadataPlugins called when new TV shows are added to the library from a SageRecording. (I'll make a note to test this, and I'll submit a bug/enhancment to Sage)

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

thanks sean i figured i had some configuration setting wrong thanks for looking at it... i will test it out when i get home tonight
Are you sure the metadata is for the correct show? Because if you check out the thetvdb site "Cupid" is for the original series that ran in 1998 and "Cupid (2009)" is for the one running currently. What tipped me off to go investigating is the episode synopsis information it returned; it seemed more like the series info rather than the episode info so i went exploring...

Cupid: http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=76612&lid=7
Cupid (2009): http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=83615&lid=7


And a feature request: If updating the metadata for a sage recorded show keep the recorded air date and channel info... (the time, date, and channel that did the recording)... maybe it does this already but i don't think so. I am working on an import similar to the malore menus for sagemc and one of my grouping options i have is by channel.... on recordings that were originally recorded by sage that i ran BMT on they definately lose the channel info... not sure about recording air date... Maybe its a PITA to implement but figured I would put it out there

Aaron

You are right... I did not confirm that there were 2 different shows If tvdb has the show title stored as Show (Year), then there isn't much that I can about that... but tvdb is a wiki style tv library, so you may be able to change it at the source.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by m0ng00se30

I'm getting the following errors when something tries to autodownload:

And of course nothing downloads, but if I manually select the fanart download it will copy the backgrounds and posters to the correct fanart location.

I've reinstalled several times... and can't quite figure out what I'm doing wrong. I had this working on a Win7 64bit box easily (so I know I'm setting it up right), but for some reason it won't work on a Win7 32 bit. Any Suggestions?

Thanks

--Mike

It seems that I need to do better bounds checking... but I can't tell off hand what the root of the problem is. I'll add an issue so that I'll remember to take a look at it.

[m0ng00se30]

Originally Posted by stuckless

It seems that I need to do better bounds checking... but I can't tell off hand what the root of the problem is. I'll add an issue so that I'll remember to take a look at it.

Thanks let me know if I can provide anything!

--Mike

[toricred]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Tom, if the MetadataPlugin is not being called for recorded shows (and I have not confirmed this yet) then this would be a core sagetv bug/enhancment to have the MetadataPlugins called when new TV shows are added to the library from a SageRecording. (I'll make a note to test this, and I'll submit a bug/enhancment to Sage)

I'm pretty sure this is the same thing I was seeing.

[ghostlobster]

OK, I'm considering taking the plunge into fanart and all of the other prettiness offered by this + Phoenix APIs. However, I'm a bit confused. I'm running in a client/server environment. My server is a headless WHS box which is never used as a playback device. What needs to be installed where in order to utilize all this coolness? Is there a recommended distribution setup? Thanks!

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Tom, if the MetadataPlugin is not being called for recorded shows (and I have not confirmed this yet) then this would be a core sagetv bug/enhancment to have the MetadataPlugins called when new TV shows are added to the library from a SageRecording. (I'll make a note to test this, and I'll submit a bug/enhancment to Sage)

I've done some basic testing and it does not call the plugin when a new show is recorded.

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by ghostlobster

OK, I'm considering taking the plunge into fanart and all of the other prettiness offered by this + Phoenix APIs. However, I'm a bit confused. I'm running in a client/server environment. My server is a headless WHS box which is never used as a playback device. What needs to be installed where in order to utilize all this coolness? Is there a recommended distribution setup? Thanks!

hey lobster the easy way is download BMI from this conversations first page extract that into your sagetv\sagetv folder make sure sagetv service is stopped. Then go and grab the latest beta of sagemc since I know you run mc.

Oh yeah also make sure you are running 6.5.15 (I recommend at least)
Update the firmware on the extender to latest
As you would say open a beer
Start sagetv service
Go to one of your clients/extenders and import metadata fanart tools
Then go into sagemc setup and the bmi options set it to your prefered provider and point it to your fanart folder( I recomend not having fanart on the c partition of whs due to 4k clusters seems to run to slow when scaling occurs in sagemc)

Go back to server stop service edit your client properties file to force full index ( if you setup auto download and would like it to fetch all your existing movies)
Start the service go back to client and do a library scan and air back an wait as bmi fetched everything

Oh yeah make sure and siable auto download by imdb in sagemc

Download the addins you like and enjoy another beer

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by ghostlobster

OK, I'm considering taking the plunge into fanart and all of the other prettiness offered by this + Phoenix APIs. However, I'm a bit confused. I'm running in a client/server environment. My server is a headless WHS box which is never used as a playback device. What needs to be installed where in order to utilize all this coolness? Is there a recommended distribution setup? Thanks!

Ghostlobster, you will need to have bmt installed on the server, which includes extracted it into the sagetv root dir. From there you have a few different options on how you want to utilize the tool, ie, commandline fetching , automated fetching, or on-demand fetching. I'd read the install guide that sflamm wrote. I'd also read the install wiki.

Keep in mind that if you are using clients (not extenders) then you'll need to extract the bmt plugin there as well.

[ghostlobster]

Stuckless and Plucky,
Thanks for the replies guys! I'll give this a whirl over the next few days. I had checked the wiki and install guide, and I don't remember seeing anything specific to a client/server architecture. I saw some extender references, but there's also a good chance I missed the important info...I had been troublshooting an Access DB issue all day and my brain was fried (error log? what error log!???)
I had tinkered around with this a while back and had just installed it on my client, figuring that it's a playback/display add-in, so the server was not involved. Whoops!
Thanks again guys! I'll report back

[MacDaddy]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

hey lobster the easy way is download BMI from this conversations first page extract that into your sagetv\sagetv folder make sure sagetv service is stopped. Then go and grab the latest beta of sagemc since I know you run mc.

Oh yeah also make sure you are running 6.5.15 (I recommend at least)
Update the firmware on the extender to latest
As you would say open a beer
Start sagetv service
Go to one of your clients/extenders and import metadata fanart tools
Then go into sagemc setup and the bmi options set it to your prefered provider and point it to your fanart folder( I recomend not having fanart on the c partition of whs due to 4k clusters seems to run to slow when scaling occurs in sagemc)

Go back to server stop service edit your client properties file to force full index ( if you setup auto download and would like it to fetch all your existing movies)
Start the service go back to client and do a library scan and air back an wait as bmi fetched everything

Oh yeah make sure and siable auto download by imdb in sagemc

Download the addins you like and enjoy another beer

Dude - great instructions. Ran out of beer when implementing my third extender and had to raid the next door neighbors fridge. On or about the second PC client, somehow the cat got shaved. Not sure if this is a problem with SageTV, the BMT or being overserved. As soon as the hangover subsides I will do some more troubleshooting. Carry on.

[ghostlobster]

Originally Posted by MacDaddy

Dude - great instructions. Ran out of beer when implementing my third extender and had to raid the next door neighbors fridge. On or about the second PC client, somehow the cat got shaved. Not sure if this is a problem with SageTV, the BMT or being overserved. As soon as the hangover subsides I will do some more troubleshooting. Carry on.

I'm out of beer, so I tried using Gin & tonic last night...not good! My TV is now stuck playing loops of Dora the Explorer and anytime I try to play music, I get Enter Sandman...not exactly horrible, but it gets old!

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by ghostlobster

I'm out of beer, so I tried using Gin & tonic last night...not good! My TV is now stuck playing loops of Dora the Explorer and anytime I try to play music, I get Enter Sandman...not exactly horrible, but it gets old!

That is why I stay away from the hard liquor never know what is going to happen

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

That is why I stay away from the hard liquor never know what is going to happen

Anything you don't remember never really happened.

On the other hand. Two things. First when manually scanning recorded tv it takes FOREVER to find info. Movies were fast. This may be due to the fact that I have the fanart on my c: partition. I may move it.

Second, the automated scanning doesn't seem to be doing anything. I will go make sure my options are set correctly, but I wanted to see if you guys had any pointers.

Third (i didn't mention a third, but it's here anyway) when I scan my library it takes about half a second and says it is finished. Also, sage won't import any new folders now that I've updated all of my stuff (meaning sage beta, bmt, smw, sagemc, phoenix, insert acronym here) to new versions (i guess that'd be fourth).

[razrsharpe]

Is it possible to remove the custom metadata set by BMT and return to the default metadata?... I am thinking specifically about Sage Recorded television. Maybe that's not possible because all of that original metadata is wiped out when BMT updates it but wanted to put it out there.

Thanks

[BigDragon]

I had Win XP and BMT worked fine.
Last week I installed VISTA and tried to install bmt again on clear sage install.
However, bmt doesn't work for some reason.

I even deleted the *.properties files from my media folder.
I did almost everything from the install guild.

The problem is that it seems like the bmt will not scan anything, and no data is being created in the fanart folder.

Any ideas?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by panteragstk

First when manually scanning recorded tv it takes FOREVER to find info. Movies were fast. This may be due to the fact that I have the fanart on my c: partition. I may move it.

TV Scanning is slower than Movie Scanning because of how the "searching" happens. ie, for TV, there are is always 2 searches, one for the showname and one for the title name. TV will always be slower to download metadata. Once it's downloaded, there should be no difference in the performance of showing the metadata in the UI.

Second, the automated scanning doesn't seem to be doing anything. I will go make sure my options are set correctly, but I wanted to see if you guys had any pointers.

Not much to go on here.... check they the plugin is installed on the server. Then when you add new items to your media library, you see entries in the sagetv_0.txt log file indicating that a scan is taking place and whether or not the file was skipped. You may have to force a rescan before sage will scan for new media.

Third (i didn't mention a third, but it's here anyway) when I scan my library it takes about half a second and says it is finished. Also, sage won't import any new folders now that I've updated all of my stuff (meaning sage beta, bmt, smw, sagemc, phoenix, insert acronym here) to new versions (i guess that'd be fourth).

The sagetv_0.txt log file may contain some information about why this is happening... ie, are there execptions in there?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

Is it possible to remove the custom metadata set by BMT and return to the default metadata?... I am thinking specifically about Sage Recorded television. Maybe that's not possible because all of that original metadata is wiped out when BMT updates it but wanted to put it out there.

That's why the import/overwrite tv is very experimental and not turned on by default.... so, no, there is no way to restore tv metadata once you've imported and overwritten what was there. You can "fix" what is there by editing the information using the webserver, or by editing the .properties file and re-importing the show, but you can't restore what was lost

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by BigDragon

I had Win XP and BMT worked fine.
Last week I installed VISTA and tried to install bmt again on clear sage install.
However, bmt doesn't work for some reason.

I even deleted the *.properties files from my media folder.
I did almost everything from the install guild.

The problem is that it seems like the bmt will not scan anything, and no data is being created in the fanart folder.

Any ideas?

when you say it won't scan... is this from the command line, automatic plugin, or on-demand searching?