Using the Movie Database

chilly009 · 2007-01-16, 14:49

It might be me being stupid but still cant get it.
I have a bunch of movies on my harddrives. DVD's in ISO, IMG and so on
and then off course XVID og DivX.
The problem is that the Database scanner in MP setup cant get anything out of my DVDs, but can on some of the movies, though it sometimes finds the wrong movie.
The question is. What does the scanner check to see what movie it is? The filename, NFO or...? And how do i get the IMDB details in MP to show?
Some somebudy has a helping answer for me

Staach · 2007-02-07, 14:08

I have the same problem! Really annoying!! (I hope by replying to this thread that it might get "active" again and someone will give a constructive answer)

Inker · 2007-02-07, 14:51

It basically looks at the filename, while trying to eliminate some noise from it (such as divx/cd1/punctiation, etc) and then queries imdb for it.

For DVDs it looks at the volume name. If you have a dvd iso (or any image format) you will need to mount them somehow, not sure if the daemon plugin does so when scanning the files for imdb. I think it only does so when attempting to play.

2007-01-16, 14:49	#1 (permalink)
chilly009 Portal User Join Date: Dec 2006 Age: 22 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Using the Movie Database It might be me being stupid but still cant get it. I have a bunch of movies on my harddrives. DVD's in ISO, IMG and so on and then off course XVID og DivX. The problem is that the Database scanner in MP setup cant get anything out of my DVDs, but can on some of the movies, though it sometimes finds the wrong movie. The question is. What does the scanner check to see what movie it is? The filename, NFO or...? And how do i get the IMDB details in MP to show? Some somebudy has a helping answer for me

2007-02-07, 14:51	#3 (permalink)
Inker Portal Designer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,550 Thanks: 34 Thanked 133 Times in 57 Posts My System	It basically looks at the filename, while trying to eliminate some noise from it (such as divx/cd1/punctiation, etc) and then queries imdb for it. For DVDs it looks at the volume name. If you have a dvd iso (or any image format) you will need to mount them somehow, not sure if the daemon plugin does so when scanning the files for imdb. I think it only does so when attempting to play. __________________ There are only two industries that refer to their customers as "users". - Edward Tufte

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2007-02-07, 14:08	#2 (permalink)
Staach Portal Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 33 Posts: 10 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	I have the same problem! Really annoying!! (I hope by replying to this thread that it might get "active" again and someone will give a constructive answer)