Media Companion Gen2 - Manage your Movies, Shows, NFO, and more (Open Source VB.NET)

Hi,
Not sure if this was requested yet, but it would be really nice if there was an easy way to select multiple fanart images and save them into extrafanart folder so XBMC skins like Aeon MQ3 could use those for random fanart.

Would be appreciated!

Thanks!

(2012-04-17 06:21)d3maxt Wrote:  Hi,
Not sure if this was requested yet, but it would be really nice if there was an easy way to select multiple fanart images and save them into extrafanart folder so XBMC skins like Aeon MQ3 could use those for random fanart.

Would be appreciated!

Thanks!

This can be done with the latest beta release, MC 3.435b.

Movies need to be in individual folders, then under movie preferences select 'All Movies are in Folders (Allows Extrathumbs)'

Rob

I'm having some problems scraping tv-eps from TheTVDB:

Detected : Season : 15 Episode : 14
WARNING: Could not locate this episode on TVDB, or TVDB may be unavailable

I get this message for all tv episodes that I added recently. I tried the last to versions of media companion. I can find the episodes on the website of the tvdb without problems.

(2012-04-17 06:25)vbat99 Wrote:  

(2012-04-17 06:21)d3maxt Wrote:  Hi,
Not sure if this was requested yet, but it would be really nice if there was an easy way to select multiple fanart images and save them into extrafanart folder so XBMC skins like Aeon MQ3 could use those for random fanart.

Would be appreciated!

Thanks!

This can be done with the latest beta release, MC 3.435b.

Movies need to be in individual folders, then under movie preferences select 'All Movies are in Folders (Allows Extrathumbs)'

Rob

Hi, thanks for your response!

That is already checked. What I meant was, is there a way for MC3 to create a folder called "extrafanart" and download selected/all fanart into it? Right now I can select a poster, 1 fanart image, and 4 thumbs. But skins like Aeon MQ3 and Transparency can use a folder called "extrafanart" to display a random fanart.

(2012-04-17 10:23)Cnasta Wrote:  I'm having some problems scraping tv-eps from TheTVDB:

Detected : Season : 15 Episode : 14
WARNING: Could not locate this episode on TVDB, or TVDB may be unavailable

I get this message for all tv episodes that I added recently. I tried the last to versions of media companion. I can find the episodes on the website of the tvdb without problems.

First try 'Refresh All TV Shows' from the TV menu. If that doesn't do anything, please let us know what shows are causing the problem so we can try it out, especially the show that has 15 seasons!

quick question,

Can MC be setup to "auto-scan" movie folders? I've been using media center master and it has a functionality whereby it monitors the movie folders and auto-scrapes when you add a new file or folder. Pretty slick, but the scraping leaves a bit to be desired. MC seems to have phenomenal scraping capability and flexibility but I just can't seem to see if there is a way to auto-scrape.

(2012-04-17 22:45)trpltongue Wrote:  quick question,

Can MC be setup to "auto-scan" movie folders? I've been using media center master and it has a functionality whereby it monitors the movie folders and auto-scrapes when you add a new file or folder. Pretty slick, but the scraping leaves a bit to be desired. MC seems to have phenomenal scraping capability and flexibility but I just can't seem to see if there is a way to auto-scrape.

Not that I'm aware of. Do you mean as a background task?
We are busy trying to fix a few pressing issues at the moment, but once that is done, I am sure there would be some scope for some new features, and I think there is some potential for more automation!
I suggest you add a feature (um, issue; a dev has to change it to a feature) at the Media Companion site on CodePlex so we can keep track when it comes time to work on features!

:grin:Wonderful program. Thanks billyas2000

Please post new comments into new Thread
Media Companion V3.500 Stable Released

(2012-04-17 22:59)HueyHq Wrote:  

(2012-04-17 22:45)trpltongue Wrote:  quick question,

Can MC be setup to "auto-scan" movie folders? I've been using media center master and it has a functionality whereby it monitors the movie folders and auto-scrapes when you add a new file or folder. Pretty slick, but the scraping leaves a bit to be desired. MC seems to have phenomenal scraping capability and flexibility but I just can't seem to see if there is a way to auto-scrape.

Not that I'm aware of. Do you mean as a background task?
We are busy trying to fix a few pressing issues at the moment, but once that is done, I am sure there would be some scope for some new features, and I think there is some potential for more automation!
I suggest you add a feature (um, issue; a dev has to change it to a feature) at the Media Companion site on CodePlex so we can keep track when it comes time to work on features!

i made a batch file that runs every 2 hours that update the software and then connections to my xbmc and initiate a library update.

scan.bat:
mc_com.exe -m
mc_com.exe -e

"D:\others\MediaCompanion\winscp437\winscp.com" /script="D:\others\MediaCompanion\winscp437\1.txt"

1.txt:
open root:openelec@10.0.0.52
call /usr/bin/xbmc-send -a "UpdateLibrary(video)"
call /usr/bin/xbmc-send -a "UpdateLibrary(music)"
exit

hope this helps