[MAC] ViMediaManager - Media Manager for Mac OS X!

Hi,

I got a few questions

Is it possible to add movie-set information with this prog?
How to get movie information in other languages?
How to edit existing nfo files?

Firstly, this seems like an absolutely awesome idea for an application.

But honestly, after playing with it for several hours it seems far too buggy for me to even get anything done.

1. Freezes whenever it tries to scrape IMDB for information. Only way to cancel is to force quit.

2. I get this a lot


3. This too

@mourges:
Currently there's no quick way to compare original folder name with identified name.

@grogamanda:
I've been working on extrafanart for the next version, which currently downloads medium sized versions of all the fanart it can find on the TVDB.
Also, i'm not sure what would be the best way to handle slower connections, however the next version will download smaller thumbnails to preview before downloading, so that should be a speed-up compared to it's currently downloading mid-size fan arts for preview.

@Steve1977:
No real update, it's working for the most part, and i've tried to make sure that at least ViMM won't crash when the external library finds odd characters in the codec.
And music support, if it'll ever be added, it won't be until way in the future after i stabilized the basic futures.

@Alfe:
Currently 'set' information cannot be set using ViMM, however, i have been working on it for the next version, but it's nowhere near done yet.
There should be a "Database Language" option in the Preferences, however if you use also use information from the IMDB it'll still be in english, since the API i'm using for the IMDB only has english.
You'll have to disable IMDB if you want data in another language.

It should be able to find existing .nfo files and work with them in the same manner as new ones since they're basically the same, unless they're named incorrectly. (either 'movie.nfo' or '<moviename>.nfo')

@Bionicfog:
Yes... the 'freezing' while trying to scrape for data hasn't been handled very well in that version, the next one at least will have a 'cancel' button in the dialog so you won't have to force quit the app...

The "File not found or invalid XML" dialog might means that you have other ".nfo" files inside the directories that aren't correctly formatted, or possibly your files are on an external disk that get's ejected while you're using ViMM?

Either way, i'll keep trying to iron out all the bugs as best I can. ^^;

Thanks for the quick response Marius!

You may be right about the .nfo files. The third error I still keep getting though and can't really explain.

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Also, what might be a good idea is to add an option to uncheck IMDB api use for TV shows as well. That way it can still scrape what information it can if IMDB happens to not be working.

What is ViMM doing when it gets that 3th error? and how did it get to that point?
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I might have goofed up with the IMDB api there.. i should think i would have made an option for that from the start since i also did so for movies.. <_<

It does it occasionally when I search for metadata. It's only done it with TV shows for me so far. It's also done it a few times when I try to sort files into folders or bulk rename.

What I think is happening is that it tries to access information that has been moved to a different location, like, it might be trying to access "Battlestar Galactica (2003)" while the real folder might have just been moved to a different location, been renamed to "Battlestar Galactica", or if it's on an external drive, the drive might have disconnected.

Either way, it's likely not finding the correct location for some reason, and ViMM doesn't correctly check whether or not something is there, which could be causing the crash.

Just want to say I love this app and it works so well. Can't wait for future releases when it becomes more stable.

Maybe you can add an option to check either themoviedb or imdb ? because checking the imdb is raping it and have to keep force-quit.
*edit* also its having problems picking up movies with a hyphen in the title. e.g (Semi-Pro) or (Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol)

themoviedb says the title is Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol but you are not allowed to put " : " in titles.

In the next major update, you'll be able to cancel the progress dialog if it gets stuck at downloading IMDbAPI information, so that should help, but the moviedb has a much better system to request data from. I'm using that one as the main request and the unofficial IMDbAPI as a sub-request, so I can't pick the IMDbAPI as the main system to get information from.

Titles with ":" will still be shown as such within ViMM, but if you convert the folder name it'll translate it to a " - ", which makes it a bit double in your example, but generally seems to work well.

Thought I would add my three pence worth and say thank you for developing this app. I have just started using it after discovering it, and came to the forum to see about the IMDB freeze error. Is there a timescale for when you might be able to slipstream that cancel option, even if the other updates are not ready ?

When you are ready to release and if there's a charge, you have one customer at least !

Thanks