Sample MediaTitles.xml Files

[randyth]

I would love to see examples of people's MediaTitles.xml files posted somewhere. Is there such a repository of such sample files, or could people post their successes here in this thread? I'd like to avoid reinventing the wheel to fix issues with various shows like The Office, V, Human Target, and so on when I know plenty of people have already done so.

Thanks,
-Randy

[razrsharpe]

<titles>
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]Castle-.*</regex>
        <title>Castle</title>
        <year>2009</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">83462</metadata>
    </match>
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]Parenthood-.*</regex>
        <title>Parenthood</title>
        <year>2010</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">94551</metadata>
    </match>
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]TheGoodGuys-.*</regex>
        <title>The Good Guys</title>
        <year>2010</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">140101</metadata>
    </match>
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]TheDefenders-.*</regex>
        <title>The Defenders</title>
        <year>2010</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">140101</metadata>
    </match>
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]HawaiiFive0-.*</regex>
        <title>Hawaii Five-0</title>
        <year>2010</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">164541</metadata>
    </match>
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]Shameless-.*</regex>
        <title>Shameless</title>
        <year>2011</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">161511</metadata>
    </match>    
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]TheCape-.*</regex>
        <title>The Cape</title>
        <year>2011</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">160671</metadata>
    </match>
    <match>
        <regex>[\\/]MrSunshine-.*</regex>
        <title>Mr. Sunshine</title>
        <year>2011</year>
        <metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">164481</metadata>
    </match>
</titles>

[randyth]

Thanks, razrsharpe. This helps a lot.

[nyplayer]

randyth,

Thanks for posting this I was getting ready to ask the same question.

One more thing I put the mediatitles.xml in the Sagetv main directory is that where it goes?

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

randyth,

Thanks for posting this I was getting ready to ask the same question.

One more thing I put the mediatitles.xml in the Sagetv main directory is that where it goes?

It goes in SAGE_HOME/userdata/Phoenix/scrapers/

I;ve also updated the userguide to include a complete MediaTitles.xml sample and I updated the documentation to reflect the new location of where MediaTitles.xml should be located.

[nyplayer]

ok I had to create the scrapers subdirectory.


Thanks

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by randyth

Thanks, razrsharpe. This helps a lot.

no prob I like the idea of a "repository of sorts"... as more people post samples in this thread maybe you want to keep the first post updated for everyone?

[randyth]

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

no prob I like the idea of a "repository of sorts"... as more people post samples in this thread maybe you want to keep the first post updated for everyone?

Yes, hopefully more people post theirs and we can create an "master file" that has entries for practically every show currently on the air. :-)

[ptzink]

Originally Posted by stuckless

It goes in SAGE_HOME/userdata/Phoenix/scrapers/

I;ve also updated the userguide to include a complete MediaTitles.xml sample and I updated the documentation to reflect the new location of where MediaTitles.xml should be located.

I don't have a scrapers directory in this location. My MediaTitles.xml file is located in [sage_home]/STVs/Phoenix/scrap?ers. Will it work in this directory too? The reason I am asking is because I have had trouble with some recent lookups (namely The Amazing Race from Sunday night). Perhaps this is the cause. Also, do you need to have the "-" at the end of your regex? Here is what my Amazing Race regex looks like:
<match>
<regex>[\\/]TheAmazingRace</regex>
<title>The Amazing Race</title>
<metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">77666</metadata>
</match>
Thanks again for your hard work on BMT and all your support.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by ptzink

I don't have a scrapers directory in this location. My MediaTitles.xml file is located in [sage_home]/STVs/Phoenix/scrap?ers. Will it work in this directory too? The reason I am asking is because I have had trouble with some recent lookups (namely The Amazing Race from Sunday night). Perhaps this is the cause. Also, do you need to have the "-" at the end of your regex? Here is what my Amazing Race regex looks like:
<match>
<regex>[\\/]TheAmazingRace</regex>
<title>The Amazing Race</title>
<metadata type="tv" name="tvdb">77666</metadata>
</match>
Thanks again for your hard work on BMT and all your support.

This is covered in the user guide (There's a large section explaining the MediaTitles.xml)

It's highly unlikely that the media titles is causing the lockup... especially since bmt is only run once the recording is complete.

Read the section in the user guide (From the web ui, Help -> User Guide), and if you are still having issues, then let me know

[ptzink]

Originally Posted by stuckless

This is covered in the user guide (There's a large section explaining the MediaTitles.xml)

It's highly unlikely that the media titles is causing the lockup... especially since bmt is only run once the recording is complete.

Read the section in the user guide (From the web ui, Help -> User Guide), and if you are still having issues, then let me know

Thanks, but I didn't say lockups, I said lookups - as in finding metadata. Also, I have read that portion of the guide a few times before. If I am not mistaken, the directory location of the MediaTitles.xml has changed (recently?). I was just trying to figure out if my 'legacy' path for the xml file would still work (and why it wasn't moved during the upgrade process). If it doesn't, I will be sure to move it to the new scrapers location. Also, regarding the "-" at the end of Sage recordings regex - I noticed that all of your examples in the guide include the "-" at the end. But does it have to? The reason I ask is that The Amazing Race has a different name every season (eg. The Amazing Race 17, The Amazing Race 18, The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, etc.) so the file name I wish to match would be anything with "TheAmazingRace" in it. Not "TheAmazingRace-". Hopefully this makes sense and is not too dumb of a question. Thanks.

[razrsharpe]

Originally Posted by ptzink

Thanks, but I didn't say lockups, I said lookups - as in finding metadata. Also, I have read that portion of the guide a few times before. If I am not mistaken, the directory location of the MediaTitles.xml has changed (recently?). I was just trying to figure out if my 'legacy' path for the xml file would still work (and why it wasn't moved during the upgrade process). If it doesn't, I will be sure to move it to the new scrapers location.

sean will correct me if im wrong... yes it will work... but the \STVs\Phoenix\.. location is meant for static phoenix data... it is not meant to house user configuration data... ie users are supposed to leave \stvs\phoenix alone and only mess with files in userdata\phoenix. iirc, files in userdata override files in stvs\phoenix..

Also, regarding the "-" at the end of Sage recordings regex - I noticed that all of your examples in the guide include the "-" at the end. But does it have to? The reason I ask is that The Amazing Race has a different name every season (eg. The Amazing Race 17, The Amazing Race 18, The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, etc.) so the file name I wish to match would be anything with "TheAmazingRace" in it. Not "TheAmazingRace-". Hopefully this makes sense and is not too dumb of a question. Thanks.

yes it will work... as long as tvdb uses the same id for each season.

[graywolf]

No, the - should not be required. Just another character to match against.

While I was playing around, learning, I tried with MediaTitles.xml in both locations you mentioned and once I got it working, it worked from either location.

Did not try with 2 different MediaTitles.xml in the different locations, nor even having it in both, to see what would happen.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by ptzink

Thanks, but I didn't say lockups, I said lookups - as in finding metadata. Also, I have read that portion of the guide a few times before. If I am not mistaken, the directory location of the MediaTitles.xml has changed (recently?). I was just trying to figure out if my 'legacy' path for the xml file would still work (and why it wasn't moved during the upgrade process). If it doesn't, I will be sure to move it to the new scrapers location. Also, regarding the "-" at the end of Sage recordings regex - I noticed that all of your examples in the guide include the "-" at the end. But does it have to? The reason I ask is that The Amazing Race has a different name every season (eg. The Amazing Race 17, The Amazing Race 18, The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business, etc.) so the file name I wish to match would be anything with "TheAmazingRace" in it. Not "TheAmazingRace-". Hopefully this makes sense and is not too dumb of a question. Thanks.

Sorry... must be early

The userdata area is new (but documented in that section of the user guide). Users should never touch files under the STVs/Phoenix area, since they WILL get overwritten. So the userdata was created to allow users to override core phoenix configurations.

Originally Posted by razrsharpe

sean will correct me if im wrong... yes it will work... but the \STVs\Phoenix\.. location is meant for static phoenix data... it is not meant to house user configuration data... ie users are supposed to leave \stvs\phoenix alone and only mess with files in userdata\phoenix. iirc, files in userdata override files in stvs\phoenix.. yes it will work... as long as tvdb uses the same id for each season.

That is correct.

Originally Posted by graywolf

No, the - should not be required. Just another character to match against.

While I was playing around, learning, I tried with MediaTitles.xml in both locations you mentioned and once I got it working, it worked from either location.

Did not try with 2 different MediaTitles.xml in the different locations, nor even having it in both, to see what would happen.

You can have multiple MediaTitles.xml file but they must end with MediaTitles.xml... ie, "MyFiles-MediaTitles.xml", "OldShows-MediaTitles.xml", etc.