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Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 20, 2009, 05:32:00 pm »

Welcome, Digi.

The Delete function applies to whatever items are selected in the list. If multiple items are selected, the delete key will not work (a safety measure, I assume), but you can still select Delete from the Movies menu or the toolbar.

Understand Delete just makes a record "invisible"—it doesn't delete the record from the database. This is to maintain the integrity of the database. For example, the movie you want to "delete" may exist in filmographies, so the record needs to be maintained for that purpose. If it's not needed for anything, it will purged when running Optimize database with "Delete movie orphans" selected. If you really want permanently delete a record, you may do so by pressing CTRL as Delete is selected—as explained in the warning message displayed whenever Delete is selected.
Posted by: Digi
« on: July 20, 2009, 12:49:58 pm »

Hi there Guys,

First off Great work on the Personal Video Database,
It is exactly the applet which I have been looking for for ages. that does everything I actually want without using 4 different items.
I have also been having the issue with the Director, Writer etc entries.
I downloaded the new IMDB.com Plugin (thanks for the Link Rick.ca)

Now I have a HUGE question, is there any easy way to clear all the Movie/Series, Writer/Director/Publisher entries all at once?
or at least the ones I select? Asking because I have 700+ movie entries that I have gotten in my collection over the Years. and things I have added to Wish basket.

Thanks a Ton for any assistance.
-Digi
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 13, 2009, 08:34:11 pm »

Quote from: rick.ca on July 06, 2009, 10:33:58 pm
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Strange, but I can't reproduce this

Of course not. You're not using my skin.  ::)

It seems the problem is caused by a recent modification to my skin to show the date viewed in addition to the viewed flag. I did this by leaving the viewed field (flag + date) as is, and adding the date using viewdate (date only). I rather like this, as it allows released, added, modified and viewed dates to be shown together in sequence. The behaviour seems to be caused by the existence of viewdate in the skin. The viewed flag is set just by entering edit mode—regardless of whether anything is changed. It makes no difference if viewed is removed (which I can't do anyway, because I still need the flag). Can you suggest a solution?

I need to fix this programmatically. Will do this in the next update.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 06, 2009, 10:33:58 pm »

Quote
Strange, but I can't reproduce this

Of course not. You're not using my skin.  ::)

It seems the problem is caused by a recent modification to my skin to show the date viewed in addition to the viewed flag. I did this by leaving the viewed field (flag + date) as is, and adding the date using viewdate (date only). I rather like this, as it allows released, added, modified and viewed dates to be shown together in sequence. The behaviour seems to be caused by the existence of viewdate in the skin. The viewed flag is set just by entering edit mode—regardless of whether anything is changed. It makes no difference if viewed is removed (which I can't do anyway, because I still need the flag). Can you suggest a solution?
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 06, 2009, 08:32:58 pm »

Quote from: rick.ca on July 06, 2009, 07:41:31 pm
Quote from: rick.ca on July 06, 2009, 07:33:20 pm
I haven't noticed the same problems as before, but it's still setting the viewed flag if anything is updated.

Never mind. That seems to be a bug in the program. After any edit, the view flag is set.

Strange, but I can't reproduce this
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 06, 2009, 07:41:31 pm »

Quote from: rick.ca on July 06, 2009, 07:33:20 pm
I haven't noticed the same problems as before, but it's still setting the viewed flag if anything is updated.

Never mind. That seems to be a bug in the program. After any edit, the view flag is set.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 06, 2009, 07:33:20 pm »

I haven't noticed the same problems as before, but it's still setting the viewed flag if anything is updated.
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 06, 2009, 02:53:53 pm »

Quote from: AimHere on July 06, 2009, 02:20:59 pm
Works intermittently for me. I can try an import on a particular movie and get no results, then try again on the same movie and everything imports fine?

Aimhere

could you post the log?
Posted by: AimHere
« on: July 06, 2009, 02:20:59 pm »

Works intermittently for me. I can try an import on a particular movie and get no results, then try again on the same movie and everything imports fine?

Aimhere
Posted by: rhpsmusic
« on: July 02, 2009, 05:31:53 pm »

And as it happened, everything started working perfectly again as of sometime last night with the exact same plugin.  I have no issues with it currently.
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 02, 2009, 01:22:58 pm »

I think they are still changing stuff on the site, so the plugin gets broken. I'll wait a day more and will provide a fix then.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 01, 2009, 09:00:31 pm »

Quote from: rhpsmusic on July 01, 2009, 08:16:31 pm
It does not appear to be loading Actor, Producer, or Composer entries at all anymore.  Only Director and Writer entries are loaded successfully, for some reason.

Welcome, rhps.

Yes, there's an obvious problem with the people data—it doesn't seem to be restricted to, or consistent with the fields you mention. Perhaps be a consequence of the rapid fix (fix one thing, break another)? :-\

BTW, it's also—sometimes—setting the viewed flag of the updated movie.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 01, 2009, 08:17:39 pm »

Quote from: lepigaja on July 01, 2009, 07:59:01 pm
Advice me what to do, cause, obviously I am not the only one.

Welcome, Drago.

if you have not already, re-install 0.9.9.11. As of right now, the 0.9.9.11 installer still contains the old version of the IMDb plugin (the one with the bug). Download the fixed version. This contains IMDb.dll—copy this to your Plugins folder, overwriting the old version of the file.
Posted by: rhpsmusic
« on: July 01, 2009, 08:16:31 pm »

Quote from: nostra on July 01, 2009, 12:04:27 pm
Try the version 0.9.0.1 from the download page. It seems like it was really a problem in the plugin...

I had the aforementioned problem (getting "IMDBpro" entries) and just updated to the new IMDB plugin version.  That problem went away, but a new problem has appeared.  It does not appear to be loading Actor, Producer, or Composer entries at all anymore.  Only Director and Writer entries are loaded successfully, for some reason.  I'm using a recent clean install of PVD 0.9.9.11, and I've never entered any IMDB login info into the plugin configuration.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 01, 2009, 08:09:12 pm »

Quote from: nostra on July 01, 2009, 12:04:27 pm
Try the version 0.9.0.1 from the download page. It seems like it was really a problem in the plugin...

Thanks for the quick fix!

I think it should be updated in the installer as well.
Posted by: lepigaja
« on: July 01, 2009, 07:59:01 pm »

Quote from: rick.ca on June 30, 2009, 02:47:09 am
Welcome, c2357.

I'm unable to replicate the problem. Maybe it's intermittent—does it happen now? Does it happen for all movies? Maybe you're trying to access movies only available on IMDbPro. If not, please provide some examples.

Dear friend,

I am a new member here. First to say that PDV is an excellent piece of software, after which I uninstalled all others that I had used for catalogin my collection. But these days using 0.9.9.9. I've noticed the same problem: when adding new movies, no info about director or writer, and no actors and characters are downloaded. I tried with several movies, I installed 0.9.9.11, went back to previous version, but still problems (the same as in above posted screenshots). I did not reconfigure any plugins (although, I perhaps touched something accidentally). Advice me what to do, cause, obviously I am not the only one.
Regards,
Drago from Serbia
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 01, 2009, 06:16:58 pm »

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(...and wrong thread, but the TVDb plugin has, in the last few days, stopped downloading episodes for me too! ... it seems the more sources you end up using, the more you need to make sure the plugins are fit and working!)

Thx for the info. I'll check
Posted by: darichman
« on: July 01, 2009, 02:11:33 pm »

Thanks Nostra will see how it goes :)

(...and wrong thread, but the TVDb plugin has, in the last few days, stopped downloading episodes for me too! ... it seems the more sources you end up using, the more you need to make sure the plugins are fit and working!)
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 01, 2009, 12:04:27 pm »

Try the version 0.9.0.1 from the download page. It seems like it was really a problem in the plugin...
Posted by: darichman
« on: July 01, 2009, 11:45:20 am »

Haha :) yes I'm just doing a test lookup each time I start it up... if it works once, it seems to keep working until a restart.

Surely others have noticed this?