Utility: Batch Metadata Importer 3.x

[toricred]

One more thing I've noticed is that it only crashes for me on .ts recordings not .mpg. That may be just a fluke.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by toricred

One more thing I've noticed is that it only crashes for me on .ts recordings not .mpg. That may be just a fluke.

Sorry guys.... I guess it's back the drawing board with 3.x release Obviously there are some fundamental issues going on here, and i can't troubleshoot this for at least a week

[xred]

Originally Posted by stuckless

Sorry guys.... I guess it's back the drawing board with 3.x release Obviously there are some fundamental issues going on here, and i can't troubleshoot this for at least a week

Given the problems with Sage crashing (3.0 is killing the Sage Service when installed / active) would it not be possible to have an alternate version of BMT that works as a standalone app? I'm specifically thinking of the simple model used by Showanalyzer / Dirmon where the BMT would look at the recording / media dirs', perform lookups and then download the fanart?

I generally prefer apps that run along side Sage as opposed to integrated with it for stability reasons just like this. I love the fact that even when Showanalyzer DOES crash it doesn't take SageTV down with it, but maybe thats just me.

[mkanet]

It crashes for me on .mpg too.

Originally Posted by toricred

One more thing I've noticed is that it only crashes for me on .ts recordings not .mpg. That may be just a fluke.

[toricred]

Well, like I said it could be a fluke the way it worked out for me. Does it seem to take a few minutes after starting a recording before crashing?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by xred

Given the problems with Sage crashing (3.0 is killing the Sage Service when installed / active) would it not be possible to have an alternate version of BMT that works as a standalone app? I'm specifically thinking of the simple model used by Showanalyzer / Dirmon where the BMT would look at the recording / media dirs', perform lookups and then download the fanart?

I generally prefer apps that run along side Sage as opposed to integrated with it for stability reasons just like this. I love the fact that even when Showanalyzer DOES crash it doesn't take SageTV down with it, but maybe thats just me.

bmt is a command line application... always has been... it's just that it can run inline as well.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by toricred

Well, like I said it could be a fluke the way it worked out for me. Does it seem to take a few minutes after starting a recording before crashing?

Could you check the logs (or send them to me) to see if there are any errors. For a java application to totally kill the JVM, is very rare. ie, something in the java code could trigger a bug in the jvm, which would cause the jvm to exit (usually producing a dump file), and sometimes if an out of memory error happens, it may shut shutdown, but even in those cases, it usually doesn't shut down the jvm. The other thing that can cause the jvm to exit is by issuing a System.exit() command, which bmt does not do.

[skiingwiz]

I just emailed you one of the JVM crash dumps.

[Ikarius]

Sean-
Let me know if there's anything you would like me to test or send you.
I'll give 3.01 a try tonight on linux, to see if that crashes- it sounds as if most of the folks having crash issues are running windows servers. I'll let you know if something different happens on linux.

Thank you for your work on this, and ... wow- sending out a fix attempt while you're on vacation- that's dedication!

Cheers
Ikarius

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by skiingwiz

I just emailed you one of the JVM crash dumps.

Thanks... I just reviewed the logs.... It appears that the the metadata plugin is recursively calling itself until it crashes. BMT doesn't explicitly call the plugin, but what I think is happening is that the plugin starts to handle a file. As the file is handled, it gets the sage mediafile object, and it called GetMediaFileMetadata to get the MediaTitle, Season, etc, and these calls are triggering sage to call the metadata plugin since the object doesn't yet have metadata, and the cycle continues.. until a stack overflow causes the jvm to exit.

My recommendation for now is to disable the automatic plugin, until I can publish a fix. I may be able to get a "quick hack" work around out before I leave, but don't hold your breath

@Ikarius - I run it under linux and I haven't encountered this issue (yet).

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by Ikarius

Sean-
Thank you for your work on this, and ... wow- sending out a fix attempt while you're on vacation- that's dedication!

Technically, my vacation starts in 1hr And then i won't have access to a computer

[toricred]

I actually have been getting hs_err_pid files when the crash happens. Aren't those Java errors?

I also just updated to 1.6 update 15 of Java after giving up on 3.0.1 until you get back. What version of Java are you running?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by toricred

I actually have been getting hs_err_pid files when the crash happens. Aren't those Java errors?

I also just updated to 1.6 update 15 of Java after giving up on 3.0.1 until you get back. What version of Java are you running?

hs_err_pid is a jvm crash report. I run java 1.6.

[toricred]

The new patch seems to have fixed it for me. Thank you so much for working on this while getting ready to leave.

[jaminben]

Thanks for the new patch, it seems to have fixed my missing season and episode data issue.

Have a good holiday.

[mkanet]

Okay... where is the new patch? The last thing to download I could try was 3.0.1; which is completely broken (crashes sageTV). The last thing I saw Sean say about it was, "I may be able to get a "quick hack" work around out before I leave, but don't hold your breath ". Did you get it via PM?

@Sean have a great vacation! I'm hopeful one day I'll be able to enjoy your plugin to..

Originally Posted by jaminben

Thanks for the new patch, it seems to have fixed my missing season and episode data issue.

Have a good holiday.

[toricred]

In the Announcements thread the last entry has a version 3.0.2.

[pischke]

http://code.google.com/p/customsaget...q=#makechanges

-pischke

Originally Posted by mkanet

Okay... where is the new patch? The last thing to download I could try was 3.0.1; which is completely broken (crashes sageTV). The last thing I saw Sean say about it was, "I may be able to get a "quick hack" work around out before I leave, but don't hold your breath ". Did you get it via PM?

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by pischke

http://code.google.com/p/customsaget...q=#makechanges

-pischke

Thats where I got mine from.

Anyone else having a very minor issue with titles and " " For example "Fantastic Four" or "Batman Begins". How do you get rid of the " ", I've tried editing via the WebUI and altering the .properties.

[mkanet]

Wow, thats pretty nice. I missed that. I'll definitely try it! Thanks!!!