Personal Video Database

Reset, the thumbnail/image creation definitely works for WMV. I didn't try MP4. The only problem I have with this is that you have to do it manually for each video file. I have 1000's of videos. Will the script/plug-in that you make be able to do it automatically without having to click through for every video file?

If it had an option to select the first frame (or whatever frame the user would like) of every video and put it in the "poster" field (or whatever field the user would like) in PVD, that would be awesome!

I'm mostly working with WMV and MP4 (primarily WMV though).
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I was unable to get posters/screenshots from the WMV files. I'll try again later tonight.

Oh, I see... I wasn't aware that nostra was actually working on 0.9.9.5! Thanks for letting me know. I'm looking forward to the script and the update...

Thanks for the info, Reset...

Just let me know when the script is ready and I'll give it a test run... I really appreciate your efforts!

So I guess I've started a small wildfire...

Is the best suggestion to wait until this weekend? Is the new beta definitely coming this weekend?

Does the new beta support the extraction of thumbnails/posters from any type of video media file (WMV and MP4 specifically)

If this new beta is coming out this weekend, does that mean the script Reset is going to make will be obsolete in 4 days?

I guess Reset's script won't be obsolete if the new beta will only take thumbnails/posters from AVI files and not any other video media types.

This is getting confusing really fast...

Hi Rick... Thanks for the welcome!

I'm working on a project which might be very large in a few years. Soon I'll be loading many video clips into PVD. These clips will be anywhere from a few seconds to hours long. The database will continue to grow and grow.

I was not aware of the MediaInfo program (?) or the screenshot maker. Unfortunately the very large majority of the files I'm going to be dealing with will be WMV and AVI. Any idea when the screenshot maker will be able to accommodate other file types?

As for the online part, I am going to need to collaborate with other people about the videos and video clips. I will also need them to be able to add/remove/edit information in PVD as well.

I guess the script that Reset is willing to make will work quite well in integrating with PVD and pairing the correct poster with the correct video.

How do I go about running MediaInfo to extract metadata from the custom files?

Thanks for your help!
Sorry for the duplicate.

In the end, I guess I'm going to need a script that will either extract all the metadata from the video files (WMV and MP4) and pair it with a thumbnail then create a MySQL file that can be imported into PVD.

I have a program called GSpot which I am currently using to extract the metadata from the video file, and another program called VideoCharge which I am using to get a screenshot (cover image) from the video files.

The GSpot metadata extractor I have exports the metadata in a CSV file. I have simple script that will remove the columns from the CSV file that I don't want. I then import the CSV file into MS Excel under headers and import the Excel file into PVD. But I have no way of getting the correct cover image files to pair up with the correct video in PVD.

Is there a way to write a script that will do this all automatically in a couple clicks?

This seems very convoluted and involved for the amount of files I'll be processing in the future. Is it possible to write a script that will either:
A) use the two programs I already mentioned to pair the correct cover image with the correct metadata for each video and compile this information in a MySQL database for PVD import?
or
B) write a script that will extract the metadata and cover image itself and compile this information in a MySQL database for PVD import?

If anyone could help me out in either writing a script that would do this or pointing me in the right direction, that would be great.

I can provide the info for what metadata I would like extracted and more details about my project if anyone is willing to take on this endeavor.

I'm all but clueless when it comes to this kind of stuff...

Thanks!

Hi,

I have a bunch (1000s) of custom videos which I have loaded into PVD. I have a cover/screenshot of every video saved as JPEGs in a folder on my desktop. Each image has the same name as its source video.

Is there anyway I can import these images in bulk into PVD to their repective videos?
Possibly a script? I'm not familiar with writing scripts...