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**spiff** · 2008-07-25 17:14

in createalbumsearchurl you are fed album name in $$1 and artist name in $$2
this should do it;

Code:

    <CreateAlbumSearchUrl dest="3">

        <RegExp input="$$1" output="http://www.discogs.com/search?type=releases&q=[\1][$$2]&btn=Search" dest="3">

            <expression noclean="1"></expression>

        </RegExp>

    </CreateAlbumSearchUrl>

ztripez · 2008-07-25 19:07

Ah thanks

,
Perhaps some OT but i'm trying to make a build on linux (using latest svn) and i get compling errors.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ztripez/XBMC/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/Codecs/ffmpeg´
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ztripez/XBMC/xbmc/cores/dvdplayer/Codecs´
make *** [dvdcodecs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ztripez/XBMC/´

Errors have occured!
View compile log (y/n).

ztripez · 2008-07-25 20:14

nevermind i did a fresh checkout and now it's working fine Wink

ztripez · 2008-07-25 22:00

I dunno if it is only me being stupid or..
Is there anyway to get a debug output on whats actualy going on? how the xml-"file" i'm doing to the scraper looklikes and such.
I've try to set loglevel in the advancedsettings.xml but nothing happends.. do i miss anything?

**spiff** · 2008-07-26 00:16

not really, but if you speak c++ go to xbmc/utils/MusicInfoScraper.cpp for music or xbmc/utils/IMDB.cpp for videos. in the relevant functions you can printf / log the received xml. just look for .Parse() and print the returned strings there. i'm a bit too intoxicated to cook up a diff rite now, but i can do it tomorrow if u can figure it out yourself

ztripez · 2008-07-26 00:24

no worries.. i'm about rusty on the C++ but i think i will manage to do some priting Wink

thanks alot for the help

stampgevaar · 2008-09-12 16:29

hey, great that you're working on a discogs scraper. I've been looking for that for a long time.

I don't know if your something with it but there is something similar for foobar with the sourcecode available. It uses discogs to tag the mp3 files.

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/inde...opic=50523

TechLife · 2008-11-10 00:01

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ztripez Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-25 20:14 Post: #13 nevermind i did a fresh checkout and now it's working fine
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ztripez Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-25 22:00 Post: #14 I dunno if it is only me being stupid or.. Is there anyway to get a debug output on whats actualy going on? how the xml-"file" i'm doing to the scraper looklikes and such. I've try to set loglevel in the advancedsettings.xml but nothing happends.. do i miss anything?
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ztripez Junior Member Posts: 48 Joined: May 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-07-26 00:24 Post: #16 no worries.. i'm about rusty on the C++ but i think i will manage to do some priting thanks alot for the help
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stampgevaar Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: Sep 2008 Reputation: 0	2008-09-12 16:29 Post: #17 hey, great that you're working on a discogs scraper. I've been looking for that for a long time. I don't know if your something with it but there is something similar for foobar with the sourcecode available. It uses discogs to tag the mp3 files. http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/inde...opic=50523
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