Movie Importer not getting all movies (1 Viewer)

[Alan Honeyman]

I just noticed that several movies were not imported into MP2. Is there a known problem with the importer? Is it a coincidence that they were both avi’s?

 

[Lehmden]

Hi.
You may have a look into "Videos" section... If a movie could not be identified properly it is imported nevertheless, but not in movies section but in videos. Every movie is a video (same is for series) so at first the generic information (path, filename, container, codec,...) valid for any type of video is read by the video "importer" (official name is metadata extractor, that's why I set it in "") If it is possible then the extra information like "tt number", moviename, description, fanart,... ist read by the movie" importer" and the video then is shown in "movies". If this did not work (means the video could not be identified), then the video is to find in "videos". If the video isn't available in "videos" too, then something went terribly wrong. This normally only happens if the video file is damaged or the drive could not be accessed during import...

Best is to name the video file properly, means ad the IMDB-ID (the tt number) to the filename and MP2 will identify the movie with ease. You also can use .nfo files and local fanart. Then you have full control over everything, which poster to use, wich sorttitle, wich description,... .nfo could be created automatically by various tools like TinyMediaManager or my own tool Media-Buddy (formerly known as MKV-Buddy)

Is it a coincidence that they were both avi’s?

Yes, AVI is fully supported by MP2...

 

[Alan Honeyman]

Thank you, all good info but looking into “Videos”...<No items to display>. The top left says “Genres” 0 | 0.

 

[Lehmden]

Ok, then the videos are not readable (assuming the drive was online). Can you add the mediainfo output of one or two missing movies here?

 

[Alan Honeyman]

I’ve not used it before...Mediainfo has lots of different outputs, which one would you like?

 

[Lehmden]

Best zip all together and upload them here. I don't know which one is relevant. I'm using MediaInfoLite that adds itself to the explorer context menu so you only need to right click on a video to see all relevant info about...

 

[Alan Honeyman]

Ok, I installed Mediainfolite and the right-click gives:

General
Complete name : X:\Dunkirk (2017)\Dunkirk.avi
File size : 866 MiB

 

[Lehmden]

If this is all, then the video definitive is damaged badly.
Just above the "ok" button there is "save to text file". A sample file from a TV recording I made yesterday:

General
Unique ID : 57981063621832581275160124681342807861 (0x2B9EBF2559AF8B3FC9C4722D78C1EF35)
Complete name : D:\Media-Buddy_Arbeit\Eingang\Serien\Einstein\S02E02 - Aerodynamik.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 1.07 GiB
Duration : 46 min 35 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 3 287 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2018-02-14 08:07:20
Writing application : mkvmerge v20.0.0 ('I Am The Sun') 64-bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.5 + libmatroska v1.4.8
Video
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, Matrix : Custom
Format settings, GOP : M=3, N=12
Format settings, picture st : Frame
Codec ID : V_MPEG2
Codec ID/Info : MPEG 1 or 2 Video
Duration : 46 min 35 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 2 901 kb/s
Maximum bit rate : 15.0 Mb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 576 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Active Format Description : Full frame 16:9 image
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Standard : PAL
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Interlaced
Scan order : Top Field First
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.280
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code source : Group of pictures header
GOP, Open/Closed : Open
GOP, Open/Closed of first f : Closed
Stream size : 967 MiB (88%)
Default : Yes
Forced : No
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : A_AC3
Duration : 46 min 35 s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 31.250 FPS (1536 spf)
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 15 ms
Stream size : 128 MiB (12%)
Language : German
Service kind : Complete Main
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Similar to this the media info of a healthy video should look like.

 

[Alan Honeyman]

The text file has the same info and it must be damaged as VLC won't play it. The other file that was not loaded but I watched with PLEX and which VLC plays - the text file is attached. Apologies, but I need to go to an appointment - back in 4-5 hours.

 

[Lehmden]

Sometimes it repairs the video when it is remuxed into a different container... It's worth a try before you dump the video.
You can use MKVToolnix to muxx the avi into a mkv (it's fast, as fast as to copy the video and leaves video and audio quality untouched) Maybe it is "repaired" then. But no guarantee...

The other video should have been imported. Dunno why it did not.
As there are many movies existing named "Darkest Hour" it is not that easy to identify it properly. You best rename the avi file to "Darkest Hour (tt4555426).avi" and then trigger a re- import in MP2. Now it should be imported and identified