Personal Video Database

I posted this question in another thread and got no rsponse, so I am reposting to a new thread.

My problem is that I have forgotten how to associate file paths to episodes. After several hours of trying different options and combinations I give up.I have imported the TV series, season, episode and metedata by using the New Movie Master option. Then I used the Tools\Scan Folders option to add the file paths to each of the episode. Herein. lies my problem. After I select the proper series folder and press the Process button, nothing seems to happen.  No file paths appear anywhere that I can find. I have also tried repeating this by starting at the seasons folder, and then at the episode folder, with the same results. The only way I can associate a file path with an episode is to use the Edit option for each episode, and to do it manually.

I have used this "manual" method for most of my TV collection, and it has been very time consuming. At one point, I seem to recall figuring this process out. But, that was some time ago, and now nothing makes sense to me. I thought I did a scan at the series folder level, and then used  the Movies\Organize Files by Episode option to associate the file path with its epispde. I cannot get this sequence to work so I must have remembered wrong.

If I find a solution for this I am going to write it up and keep it posted in several places at my desk.

Can anyone help me with this?

Over the years, I have never been able to batch assign the file path to a TV episode, other than manually. Well, I have renamed all my files, and now I am facing this task once again and I don't want to do it "one file at a time" . I have searched the forum and have found some references for doing this, but still have had no luck. I can import the series with no problems.

Is there someone who can walk me through this? My current file naming convention is as follows: http:\\Television\ Series Name\Season 1\s01e01-File name.mpeg

Thanks

Thanks Rick.ca. After the last post I looked at the xml file and saw that I needed a screenshot image. My question at this point is how do I convert a jpeg image into a screenshot. I have explored many options but to no avail. It may not be possible, but this is what I thought Zacca said he did. Any clues would be much appreciated

Zacca, thanks for the reply. However, I am still having difficulity. What I saw at the bottom of the screen, after following your instructions, were two boxes: a front cover box and a rear cover box. I loaded jpeg images into these two boxes but nothing happens at the top of the screen. I still have the movie title box at the top with the dvd cover art it the top right hand corner. The two other images remained at the bottom of the screen. Do I need to edit the xml file to place the artwork at the top center as it appears in your orginial post or is there a setting I have not set properly?

 

Thanks for the help guys. I got it working. You're responses got me looking a little deeper and this is what I found.

I ran the debug script as rick.ca suggested and, as I was looking through it, I noticed that ver. 0.9.9.9 was installed. I had downloaded the latest version and thought that is what I was running. I guess I re-installed ver. 0.9.9.9 on top of itself. Anyway, I installed the current version and now it is working properly.

I think those Birth and Date fields which were correctly populated was done before the install,
so probably the re-instalation of the same version corroupted something. It is strange, however,
that only those two fields were rejecting the contect, even when I tried to enter it manualy in edit mode.


I realize you two have a lot more important things to do as you work towards your goal of improving the best
program of its type "out there," but I do appreciate you efforts.

This is a great community. 








































 


I realize you two have a lot more important things to do as you work towards your goal of improving the best
program of its type "out there," but I do appreciate you efforts.

Thanks, Rick.ca!

I saw this but was somewhat concerned by the warning message. Not knowing all the ramifications of a action taken, I left that alone and proceeded to drive myself insane. I could see that following this proceedure for every actor I wanted to add was not not my idea of having fun, so I thought I better ask for help before arriving at this destination of insanity. 

Thanks Rick. I spent 45 minutes looking for that updated script. I looked several times through the first post,. as well as reading and re-reading the other post. I did not see it even after you told me where to look. I was about to ask for specific directions when a speck on my screen csught attention. That got me close enough to a light blue hyperlink, and whala, there it was. I have poor vision, but I live and learn.

Thanks, it works great. no more error code.

Clicking Import on the menu bar shows an item called, "Get covers from AllCD Covers.com" so I thought this might be an easy way to import meta data into JRMC. Thanks for the reply.

By the way, Humphrey Bogart is one of my favorite old time movie actors. I have nearly all of his movies.

Is it possible to import and play audio files? I have tried various things but can not import mp3 files.