New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR EPG (4 Viewers)
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I don't believe that it is that easy because episodescanner is no plugin in a classical sense.
It's a standalone app which runs next to MediaPortal.
It's a standalone app which runs next to MediaPortal.
- January 3, 2008
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AW: New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR EPG
I think this is not a problem, because it must not be a Mediaportal Plugin. Perhaps there is a screensaver PLugin and it is only a Zip File. MEDIAPORTAL - WipeScrollingScreenSaver (Samsung Plasma Style Wipe)
I think this is not a problem, because it must not be a Mediaportal Plugin. Perhaps there is a screensaver PLugin and it is only a Zip File. MEDIAPORTAL - WipeScrollingScreenSaver (Samsung Plasma Style Wipe)
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AW: New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR EPG
The newest Version don't work. In the Logs I see that he don't look or find a serie. But when I use an older Version, it works.
The first log is with the old version and the second log is the log with the newest version.
The newest Version don't work. In the Logs I see that he don't look or find a serie. But when I use an older Version, it works.
The first log is with the old version and the second log is the log with the newest version.
The first page has: Installation:
As a first-time user I've been using this since June... I'm not sure what you mean that it doesn't work and your log states:
in which his date is actually June 01, 2011
As a first-time user I've been using this since June... I'm not sure what you mean that it doesn't work and your log states:
Where's this "second" log you're trying to compare?
Is there a way to change the name format to "%title% s%series% e%episode% %name%" i don't see anything in the config about naming.
My tv Series DB and storage of the series files is on a different computer than the TV server will episodescanner see these if i make the folder into a share also will it even work because the TV series DB is in a folder that is normally hidden.
My tv Series DB and storage of the series files is on a different computer than the TV server will episodescanner see these if i make the folder into a share also will it even work because the TV series DB is in a folder that is normally hidden.
- May 11, 2011
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Re: AW: New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR E
Hallo disaster,
that's a pretty cool tool you developed and it really makes the TVSeries plugin worth using even for lazy folks (e.g. me)!
I would be glad if I could use it myself. After struggling several hours I think now I need your help.
My issue seems to be similar to Short's one (if not the same): there are no series found, although I assume everything is in order. I had a look into the database to understand how your tool is working and find a potential error on my system. I assumed you are querying the schedules table. Here I found the columns series (which seems to be empty, perhaps due to the dataType) and scheduleType (which is 2 for the series). The program table looks sufficient as well. As additional info I want to mention that I recently updated (not reinstalled) to MP 1.2.1.
Can you give me a hint where to search further?
Thanks!
Hallo disaster,
that's a pretty cool tool you developed and it really makes the TVSeries plugin worth using even for lazy folks (e.g. me)!
I would be glad if I could use it myself. After struggling several hours I think now I need your help.
My issue seems to be similar to Short's one (if not the same): there are no series found, although I assume everything is in order. I had a look into the database to understand how your tool is working and find a potential error on my system. I assumed you are querying the schedules table. Here I found the columns series (which seems to be empty, perhaps due to the dataType) and scheduleType (which is 2 for the series). The program table looks sufficient as well. As additional info I want to mention that I recently updated (not reinstalled) to MP 1.2.1.
Can you give me a hint where to search further?
Thanks!
I'd mentioned earlier how this program takes liberty in placing the tvdb Season number into the Series field in the MP database. Also, it will not do a lookup to the tvdb unless you have the show: 1) scheduled to record AND 2) the episodeNum field is empty for those matching programs (tv show names) in the MP database. I may not be saying this exactly right but this line (included in my attached file) is the key to making it work:
I've attached both my config and a batch file I call to run the episodescanner. I think there was a debug option in the release: run_debug.bat would be helpful
I hope my attachments will help you as mine's been working for months!
PS the reason I'm singling out America's Got Talent, This Old House, and The This Old House Show is there are data in the guide I receive from mc2xml which is reasonably accurate and I prefer to leave their episodeNum fields unaltered. Also, there's often no other info (like episode name) that I can use to poll tvdb for any more accurate season/episode data.
With this I blindly purge the episodeNum field and episodescanner sees what shows I want to watch and begins looking for them at tvdb... Notice that I also have lines to modify tv show names to what the tvdb is calling them.
I've attached both my config and a batch file I call to run the episodescanner. I think there was a debug option in the release: run_debug.bat would be helpful
I hope my attachments will help you as mine's been working for months!
PS the reason I'm singling out America's Got Talent, This Old House, and The This Old House Show is there are data in the guide I receive from mc2xml which is reasonably accurate and I prefer to leave their episodeNum fields unaltered. Also, there's often no other info (like episode name) that I can use to poll tvdb for any more accurate season/episode data.
AW: New Tool: episodescanner - adds series and episodenumbers to your MP or 4TR EPG
Hey there,
first of all I'd like to say that Im a newbie to MediaPortal. Im learning day to day but it might happen, that my question is answered somewhere else already or I ve simply made a mistake. In that case I apologise for beeing noob
However I would like to ask if theres a extended manual how to set up this plugin. Ive followed the steps as far as I understood. But nothing just happens. Im not sure if I forgot a setting in Mpseries or something like that. Thus a noobfriedly step by step install manual would be helpful. And I would glady translate it to german - for this is the only thing I can contribute.
A big THX to all contributing members of the commnity!
Cheers
Hey there,
first of all I'd like to say that Im a newbie to MediaPortal. Im learning day to day but it might happen, that my question is answered somewhere else already or I ve simply made a mistake. In that case I apologise for beeing noob
However I would like to ask if theres a extended manual how to set up this plugin. Ive followed the steps as far as I understood. But nothing just happens. Im not sure if I forgot a setting in Mpseries or something like that. Thus a noobfriedly step by step install manual would be helpful. And I would glady translate it to german - for this is the only thing I can contribute.
A big THX to all contributing members of the commnity!
Cheers
- May 11, 2011
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Hello drunkenMaster,
no need to worry. Although the description at the start of the thread is quite sufficient to explain the usage of the tool it of course does not (and can not) cover all possible problems appearing on different hardware/software setups. Actually I am still struggling with the tool myself (see post above) and am still searching for fellow strugglers as I did not receive a sufficient answer yet.
So first of all can you please define)
Cheers
no need to worry. Although the description at the start of the thread is quite sufficient to explain the usage of the tool it of course does not (and can not) cover all possible problems appearing on different hardware/software setups. Actually I am still struggling with the tool myself (see post above) and am still searching for fellow strugglers
as I did not receive a sufficient answer yet.So first of all can you please define
?! Did you run the run_once.bat and did not receive any output (e.g. see no shell)? If so try to start it from the command line. Have you created a debug log yet and can only see that the tool does nothing at a point it should do something? For further informations about debugging stuff consult further posts in this thread and tell what happens and what does not although it should. (That would be the noob part actually
)Cheers