XBMC.MyLibrary - Scan any source to the library (Hulu/Netflix/Plugins)

bradvido88 · 2012-03-10 19:12

When you reboot you'll need to run MyLibrary again because the PlayOn upnp links change after reboot.
I run mine on a 2 hour interval to make sure everything is always current

kevdawg · 2012-03-10 22:31

I'm confused about how PlayOn works with this. Is there another thread with more info on adding it as a source? Also, I'm assuming the use of PlayOn with this requires us to pay for a PlayOn account?

Thanks

haenchensd · 2012-03-11 06:10

kevdawg Wrote:I'm confused about how PlayOn works with this. Is there another thread with more info on adding it as a source? Also, I'm assuming the use of PlayOn with this requires us to pay for a PlayOn account?

Thanks

You will need to add a source for the subdirectory of interest in PlayOn (Netflix?). Then MyLibrary will use this source to create .strm files to the videos within that source (it must be done this way because XBMC sees everything in UPNP sources as streams, not videos). These .strm files will point XBMC to open the correct stream from PlayOn and MyLibrary does some magic to get them all in your database. However, every time PlayOn restarts, the UPNP location of things will change, thus if you still want the .strm files to point to the right location you need to rerun MyLibrary which will update the location.

And yes, if you want to use PlayOn for more than 2 weeks you will have to pay for the service.

ihaterich · 2012-03-12 11:40

I'm trying to get The Price is Right episodes from cbs.com

Everything appears to work correctly except the resulting folder in dropbox is named The.Price.Is.Right which causes the show not to scrape correctly. Is there anyway to correct the spacing of the name? Here is the code I'm using.

<FreeCable path="plugin://plugin.video.free.cable" recursive="true" custom_parser="PlayOn">
<subfolder name="CBS/Daytime/The Price is Right/Full Episodes" type="episodes" max_videos="5">
</subfolder>
</FreeCable>

barney_1 · 2012-03-12 20:10

Thank you BradVido88 for your hard work on this. I just set it up this weekend and I love it! I run a Linux server and worked up a little script that will automatically run your program. Since XBMC.MyLibrary depends on XBMC running, I also built in functionality to launch and exit XBMC if it was not already running. If it was already running it just leaves it alone and exits. Here it is for anyone else that's interested.

I've done some commenting to give you an idea of what's going on. It uses 'curl' to send an HTTP exit command to XBMC so you've got to have the correct path to control it. You also need to have correct path information for XBMC.MyLibrary to launch.

Code:

#!/bin/bash

##########################

#This script will run XBMC.MyLibrary

#    Because that program needs XBMC to already be running

#    this script will also check to see if it is running,

#    launch XBMC if it was not running, then exit or

#    leave it running depending on the starting circumstances.

#

# Last revision: 3/12/12

###########################

#Check if XBMC is running

if [ `pidof xbmc.bin` ];  then

    echo 'XBMC Already Running'

    RUNNING=1

else

    echo 'XBMC Not Running - script will start and stop it to facilitate XBMC.MyLibrary'

    RUNNING=0

    xbmc &    #launch XBMC

    echo 'Pausing 5 seconds for XBMC to launch'

    sleep 5

fi

#Run XBMC.MyLibrary program  NOTE: You must set your own paths here!!!!

java -jar "/Lenny/scripts/XBMC.MyLibrary-1.3.1/dist/XBMC.MyLibrary.jar" "/Lenny/scripts/XBMC.MyLibrary-1.3.1/"

#Exit XBMC if this script was responsible for launchig it in the first place

if [ "$RUNNING" == 1 ]; then echo Ending script without exiting XBMC

else

    echo 'Exiting XBMC'

    #Send HTTP command for XBMC to exit  NOTE: You must set your own paths here!!!!

    curl 'http://xbmc:xbmc@192.168.1.105:8080/xbmcCmds/xbmcHttp?command=Exit()'

fi

Save this script and make it executable (chmod +x scriptname.sh) and it is then possible to use a cron job to run it. Since XBMC will launch a GUI you must specify a display in the cron command. Here is what I set up which runs the script once a day at 7:45am (add this using 'crontab -e'):

Code:

45 07 * * * env DISPLAY=:0 /Lenny/scripts/launch-xbmc-mylibrary.sh

bradvido88 · 2012-03-13 16:45

(2012-03-12 11:40)ihaterich Wrote: I'm trying to get The Price is Right episodes from cbs.com

Everything appears to work correctly except the resulting folder in dropbox is named The.Price.Is.Right which causes the show not to scrape correctly. Is there anyway to correct the spacing of the name?

XBMC will handle the dots in the filename just fine. If you need to help XBMC scrape the right show, browse to the folder in XBMC 'files' mode, then hit 'i' for information and you can specify the name to use and the correct show.

@barney_1
Nice work on the script. I'm not a *nix guy by any means, so I'm sure this will help others out there!

barney_1 · 2012-03-15 16:10

Is there a way to prevent shows removed from the library from being scanned back in?

I'm using the Bluecop plugin to add my Hulu Queue to the library. After I've watched a show I remove it from the library. Whether I also delete the file or not the show will be added back in the next time XBMC.MyLibrary runs.

Has anyone found a way to prevent this?

wilson.joe · 2012-03-15 16:28

I just set xbmc to hide watched, hulu will eventually remove given videos from its
library as they push other episodes in and with time it will be removed.

(2012-03-15 16:10)barney_1 Wrote: Is there a way to prevent shows removed from the library from being scanned back in?

I'm using the Bluecop plugin to add my Hulu Queue to the library. After I've watched a show I remove it from the library. Whether I also delete the file or not the show will be added back in the next time XBMC.MyLibrary runs.

Has anyone found a way to prevent this?

Aenima99x · 2012-03-30 16:58

Bradvido - Seems that some changes were done in the JSONRPC/Webserver functions on March 27th and it's broken XBMC.MyLibrary. Any idea what it would take to fix this? Thanks!

Log snip

Quote:03/30/2012 12:03:41 AM INFO Init Testing connectivity to JSON-RPC interface...
03/30/2012 12:03:41 AM ERROR Init Failed to POST to http://192.168.1.2:9006/jsonrpc
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.Reader.<init>(Reader.java:78)
at java.io.InputStreamReader.<init>(InputStreamReader.java:72)
at utilities.tools.readStream(tools.java:1119)
at utilities.tools.post(tools.java:1099)
at utilities.XbmcJsonRpc.callMethodWithRetry(XbmcJsonRpc.java:748)
at utilities.XbmcJsonRpc.callMethod(XbmcJsonRpc.java:699)
at utilities.XbmcJsonRpc.ping(XbmcJsonRpc.java:608)
at mylibrary.importer.importVideos(importer.java:175)
at mylibrary.importer.main(importer.java:35)

03/30/2012 12:03:41 AM WARNING Init The response from XBMC is not a valid JSON string:

bradvido88 · 2012-03-30 22:46

(2012-03-30 16:58)Aenima99x Wrote: Bradvido - Seems that some changes were done in the JSONRPC/Webserver functions on March 27th and it's broken XBMC.MyLibrary. Any idea what it would take to fix this? Thanks!

What version of XBMC are you using? It is working fine for Eden Final for me....

bradvido88 Member+ Posts: 736 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 7 Location: MN	2012-03-10 19:12 Post: #341 When you reboot you'll need to run MyLibrary again because the PlayOn upnp links change after reboot. I run mine on a 2 hour interval to make sure everything is always current XBMC.MyLibrary (add anything to the library) ForTheLibrary (ForTheRecord & XBMC Library Integration) SageTV & XBMC PVR Integration Delete unused thumbs
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kevdawg Junior Member Posts: 27 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 0 Location: Pompano Beach, FL	2012-03-10 22:31 Post: #342 I'm confused about how PlayOn works with this. Is there another thread with more info on adding it as a source? Also, I'm assuming the use of PlayOn with this requires us to pay for a PlayOn account? Thanks
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barney_1 Junior Member Posts: 37 Joined: Mar 2008 Reputation: 2	2012-03-15 16:10 Post: #347 Is there a way to prevent shows removed from the library from being scanned back in? I'm using the Bluecop plugin to add my Hulu Queue to the library. After I've watched a show I remove it from the library. Whether I also delete the file or not the show will be added back in the next time XBMC.MyLibrary runs. Has anyone found a way to prevent this?
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