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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lehmden" data-source="post: 1307578" data-attributes="member: 109222">Hi.For the past few days, I’ve been working on catching up with music video processing. Since there was no existing template from the "old" Media-Buddy to build upon, everything had to be developed and researched from scratch—which is why the scraping process is taking longer than expected. Scraping music videos is a fairly time-consuming task, as it requires querying multiple databases (MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Last.FM, and fanart.tv, along with potential online translation services) to ensure everything works correctly. Naturally, that takes some time. In any case, it is now possible to review music videos and make corrections whenever necessary.[ATTACH=full]219634[/ATTACH]You can easily swap out the graphics by clicking on them. If you want—or need—to create a cover image from the video itself, you can use the "Select cover" button.[ATTACH=full]219635[/ATTACH]This opens a window displaying up to 16 still frames from the video, which can be used to create a square cover image. You can adjust the position and size of the crop area. Once confirmed, a full-resolution still frame is cropped according to your selection and saved as [ICODE]{videoname}-poster.jpg[/ICODE].Additionally, there is a cool new feature currently undergoing active testing. When dealing with series like Ridley—where a German broadcaster (such as the channel "One") might split the original four 90-minute episodes into eight 45-minute segments—the "Series Wizard" can now handle this automatically. All that is required is an edit list (cut list) for each of the segments. These lists, in [ICODE].csv[/ICODE] format, can be created using tools like LosslessCut—a free, open-source, cross-platform video editing program. While Media-Buddy has long supported edit lists, a new capability in V2 is the "Series Wizard's" ability to recognize "video groups," which are then merged into a single video during processing. To achieve this, in addition to providing an edit list (which allows for the clean removal of, for example, the end credits of the first segment and the opening credits of the second to ensure a seamless transition), you simply need to ensure the filenames follow a specific convention: the segments must share the same name, with one distinct difference. For instance, if S01E01 is split across two files, the first should be named S01E01a and the second S01E01b (this also works with formats like 1x01a and 1x01b). The system will only identify and process these files as a "video group" if both the edit lists for all segments and the specific "a, b, c..." naming convention are present. Regardless of this, edit lists will continue to be taken into account, provided they are present. There’s no need to worry about this, as such edit lists don’t just appear by accident; anyone who includes one clearly intends for it to be used. Media-Buddy already offers an incredible number of configuration options—there’s no need for this to be configurable as well. If you don’t want any edits, simply don’t include an edit list with your video.Now, I still need to implement post-processing for "miscellaneous" videos and go through the GUI with a fine-tooth comb to root out any remaining bugs, glitches, or missing localizations. Once that’s done, the video-editing component will be fully complete, and I can move on to the music section.</blockquote>

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