Stop the Madness! Fix your naming issues first.

Makistos · 2011-03-06 21:21

This is as good a place as any to ask this..

My problem isn't actually correct naming, but how do I find out which movies failed with the scraper? I've been going through my DVD's and have ripped (to .iso) quite a lot of them already. Checking each one individually doesn't sound like a fun thing to do, so is there an easier way? I had a look at the log, but the format of missing movies (there were some obvious errors) wasn't exactly easy to find with a script either.

crooksy · 2011-03-07 21:55

Makistos Wrote:This is as good a place as any to ask this..

My problem isn't actually correct naming, but how do I find out which movies failed with the scraper? I've been going through my DVD's and have ripped (to .iso) quite a lot of them already. Checking each one individually doesn't sound like a fun thing to do, so is there an easier way? I had a look at the log, but the format of missing movies (there were some obvious errors) wasn't exactly easy to find with a script either.

I had a similar problem and didn't find an easy way. I had a sixth sense of those that didn't or wouldn't scrap and just checked them manually.

You could print off your list of movies in alphabetical order then tick them off as you go along, laborious I know.

Makistos · 2011-03-07 22:48

I've been thinking about this in case there isn't any easy way. The easiest way I have thought of is printing the list from the db somehow to a text file and doing likewise to my movie directory and then comparing them side-by-side with a graphical comparison tool.

I'll just have to dig out how to connect to the db with Python and the schema first.

poofyhairguy · 2011-03-07 23:06

gobbledigook Wrote:my only word of warning is that this can take HOURS!!!

No kidding. I recently calculated that between 2008 and 2009 I spent over 60 hours renaming and sorting media. Thank God for sickbeard.

Quote:You could print off your list of movies in alphabetical order then tick them off as you go along, laborious I know.

That is what I do.

Tight_wad · 2011-03-08 01:48

Just go in to file view mode, left arrow to the side menu, and pick stack. Then I page down through my movies and anything without a thumb hasn't been scraped into to my Library yet. That's how I have done it.

Hudson_Hawk04 · 2011-03-08 05:43

getting the naming conventions right can take some time, but the pay off is huge. I have been using ember media manager for my movies and self created tv shows...gets the job done and stream lines the process, tell it where to look and your naming conventions and your set...

Parhelion · 2011-03-08 08:50

Tight_wad Wrote:Just go in to file view mode, left arrow to the side menu, and pick stack. Then I page down through my movies and anything without a thumb hasn't been scraped into to my Library yet. That's how I have done it.

This is exactly how I do it. I go into File mode and scroll through the list. Anything where the thumbnail is the default XBMC video icon means that it has failed to be scraped.

Usually happens with my foreign language films.

Makistos · 2011-03-08 10:22

Actually this might work. In pseudo-python etc, since I don't have xbmc available from this comp & can't be bothered to check the syntax for pysqlite right now. This only works for local files, though, I think (and maybe directories mounted with samba or nfs?).

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os

import pprint 

import re

files = []

library_files = select strFilename from file

paths = select strPath from path where strContent = 'tvshow' or strContent = 'movie'

def media_filter(file):

  m = re.search('.+\.(iso|mk4|mkv)$', file)

  if m:

    return True

  else:

    return False

file_dict = dict(zip(library_files, library_files))

unknown_files = filter(lambda x: x not in file_dict, filter(media_filter, sum(map(os.listdir, paths), [])))

print(unknown_files)

Raqueem · 2011-03-08 12:53

I finally found out what caused some problems in certain directories

eg: lost => 6 seasons

I had to rename (file renamer in batch) to S01E01 - S01E02 - ... and now all is well. (instead of the Lost - Season1 - Episode 2)

Also for the different manga anime's etc..

Skram0 · 2011-03-08 21:31

I use the Fanart view mode in Library view for my movies. Is there a way to have a sort of folder view for multiple movie series?

Like an example, all the Halloween movies. It'd be neat to just see a Halloween folder in the list, and when clicked on expands then shows all the movies in the series. As it is now I have to scroll through all the Halloween movies just to get to the next movies, like the 'I' category.

Anyway, could this be done through naming of files? When I try to create subdirectories they all seem to just get added into the main list. I like the display of the Fanart in Library mode, though.

Makistos Junior Member Posts: 27 Joined: Dec 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-03-07 22:48 Post: #23 I've been thinking about this in case there isn't any easy way. The easiest way I have thought of is printing the list from the db somehow to a text file and doing likewise to my movie directory and then comparing them side-by-side with a graphical comparison tool. I'll just have to dig out how to connect to the db with Python and the schema first.
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Tight_wad Fan Posts: 335 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 4	2011-03-08 01:48 Post: #25 Just go in to file view mode, left arrow to the side menu, and pick stack. Then I page down through my movies and anything without a thumb hasn't been scraped into to my Library yet. That's how I have done it.
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Raqueem Junior Member Posts: 32 Joined: Oct 2008 Reputation: 0	2011-03-08 12:53 Post: #29 I finally found out what caused some problems in certain directories eg: lost => 6 seasons I had to rename (file renamer in batch) to S01E01 - S01E02 - ... and now all is well. (instead of the Lost - Season1 - Episode 2) Also for the different manga anime's etc..
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