Personal Video Database

Wouldn't that suggest you don't have a regex that properly matches the pathname pattern being used? As a result, the scanner may think (for example) any such file found is for the title Spillefilm—and therefore recommending a pathname change.

Well, I'm using the default set of regexpressions...

Why does PVD insist on a filepath change for Azuloscurocasinegro

from:
\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VIDEO_TS.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_01_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_01_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_02_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_02_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_03_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_03_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_04_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_04_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_05_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_05_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_06_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_06_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_07_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_07_0.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_07_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_07_2.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_07_3.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_07_4.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_07_5.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_08_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_08_1.VOB|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_09_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\Azuloscurocasinegro (2006)\video_ts\VTS_09_1.VOB

to:
\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\The Wrestler (2008)\video_ts\VIDEO_TS.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\The Wrestler (2008)\video_ts\VTS_01_0.IFO|\\Server\Videos\Spillefilm\The Wrestler (2008)\video_ts\VTS_01_1.VOB

so it's difficult to imagine the program logic that would compare a new filename with one already matched and decide which is the "right" one. I suppose it could be done based on some arbitrary rules, but that would make things more complex.

Well, there are algorithms that compare "distances" between strings. Such an algorithm would surely find "blades of glory" closer to "blades of glory" than "glory" when you strip away the extension

But anyways, your tip including the year seems to have cleared most of the problems.

However, I have three videos in VTS format, stored in the following structure [movie name]\video_ts\*.* Now, the first time I scan the files, the scanner manages to relate all the VTS files to the correct movie. Upon the next scan, two of the DVDs come up with "change file path". Closer inspection shows that the VTS files of the third movie is all mixed into the former two. Any ideas on how to fix this? (year) doesn't help..

Are you running firebird as a service (administrator) or program?

Service.

The link you provided seems like a good hint as to how I can proceed. I'll take a look at the thread...

The "Connect to server" option is made for exactly the same cases and seems to work for a number of users. Are you using the latest PVD version? Could it be an access rights issue in windows? What is the exact error message? Which path do you enter to connect to the database?

o Using .14
o Access rights: Possibly, but I have no idea. The connection was attempted between two vista machines.
o I did this at my sisters home and I don't have the exact error message. The message number was 401 from firebird which is related to authentication
o Path: <computername>:<local computer path>

Maybe a logon to the computer itself is somehow needed?

Has anyone tried to run PVD as a client running on another computer than the server?

I'm getting firebird 401 errors which indicates that there is something wrong with the user authentication. Where are username and password for server mode in PVD?

My "use case" is that I've installed the server on an HTPC which runs JRiver Media Center (JRMC). PvdImport is used to connect JRMC to PVD. I'd like to run PVD from client laptops so that the metadata acquirement process is moved away from the HTPC.

Fill be fixed in the next version

Great!

I'd like to say that I appreciate your work. PVD is a fine piece of software.

if pvd import will fill in all tags for sidecars in jriver for the movies? or do those all have to be entered manually too? release dates,  actors, genres etc...

PvdImport doesn't "take any direct action" wrt. updating the sidecar files.

But since PvdImport can fill in a lot of tags, and surely the ones you mention above, I guess you'd have to rely on the JRiver MC mechanisms to achieve this. Isn't there an option in the right click context menu called "write data to tags" or something?

I've deselected the jr sidecar option in MC and deleted all the .xml files. I don't really see the point in having these files anyways.

Title is the name you or the file scanner assigns to the record. If you have the field set to be overwritten, a download plugin will replace it with the title according to the online source.

I don't see title being replaced by origtitle. Both fields are set to be overwritten.

If i import from imdb from scratch, the name becomes #<>.<>, and imdb fails (more or less) because all episodes of the series are listed.

If I do an import from thetvdb, the correct episode is picked, but the name (title) remains. orig title is ok.

(I expect to post a new release of PvdImport soon, btw. Did you have any luck with auto update?)

in jriver forum link says video_ts... so hoping thats right will try that.

That should do it. PvdImport "translates" the <path>\video_ts.dvd;1 [Filename] in jriver MC to <path>\video_ts.ifo so that the file can be looked up in the PVD database.

The "dvd;1" extension is just something yaobing (?) came up with to "group" all the dvd files together.