Multi Part Movies (1 Viewer)

[hobbes487]

I think this is more of a ANT question, but I thought I would ask here anyway. I have some movies separated into 2 .avi file. How do I add 2 .avi's as one movie into ANT so it will play both when I select the movie in MyFilms?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Some programs will recognise CD labels in same folder.

ie folder name "Hulk", contents of folder "Hulk cd1" and "Hulk cd2"

See if that will work.

 

[zebons]

I think this is more of a ANT question, but I thought I would ask here anyway. I have some movies separated into 2 .avi file. How do I add 2 .avi's as one movie into ANT so it will play both when I select the movie in MyFilms?

- manage multifiles with 3 methods :
1) like the standard VIDEOS module, in case on monofile (only one file indicated in the ANT Storage File Info item) search for similar names files (differ only with extension cdx or discx)
2) possible to define many files separated by ';' in the ANT Storage File Info item. Functionality limited by the item's Length (200c)
3) Create a playlist (.m3u file) with a list of movie files (max 15 files) and give the name of the playlist file in the ANT Storage File Info item

And thanks to read the wiki please before posting ;-)

 

[ryall]

Sorry for repeat posting but it seems relevant:

I've just finished writing a windows importer for Ant, it does filenames, sizes, number of disks etc.

It also creates playlists for multi-part files too, thanks to zebons for implementing such a great feature.

It's called AVIList, you can find it here

 

[HappyTalk]

Hi there gave your util a quick test, can't quite use it yet but almost. Ran it, browsed to folder, hit save info = msg box "no files found!"
Msg should warn "Please click search first, select entries to be imported BEFORE clicking save info" took a few mins to guess this.


re-browse for folder, if file explorer starts at last selected folder, it's a lot easier next time.


csv file generated should Add field names as first line in csv file, can be unticked so as NOT imported otherwise it's quite hard to match up the headers. When importing csv file users need to ensure delimeter = ; or no dice. Also there's a blank line at top of file so you get an empty entry (unless you untick it).

HOWEVER this is all by the by as matching up the columns to import into Ant is a total pain so for < 10 files it's quicker to just do it manually. BUT after a bit of testing I realised a much neater solution is to export your file in ants XML format which will require minimal changes to your code. Then users can just do Import|Amc type and select the xml file, much easier. The cool thing is if you set <Movie Number="0" for EVERY entry ant will auto-assign unique numbers on import. You don't need the Checked, or FormattedTitle fields, So an example xml file would be:-

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<AntMovieCatalog>
 <Catalog>
  <Properties/>
  <Contents>
   <Movie Number="0" Source="M:\Father Ted.s03.06.Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse.avi" OriginalTitle="Father Ted.s03.06.Kicking Bishop Brennan Up The Arse" VideoBitrate="32000" AudioFormat="Fast Multimedia AG DVM (AC3)" AudioBitrate="256" Resolution="640x480" Framerate="25" Size="233" Disks="1"/>
   <Movie Number="0" Source="M:\Father Ted.s03.05.Escape From Victory.avi" OriginalTitle="Father Ted.s03.05.Escape From Victory" VideoBitrate="32000" AudioFormat="Fast Multimedia AG DVM (AC3)" AudioBitrate="256" Resolution="640x480" Framerate="25" Size="232" Disks="1"/>
   <Movie Number="0" Source="M:\Father Ted.s03.08.Going To America.avi" OriginalTitle="Father Ted.s03.08.Going To America" VideoBitrate="32000" AudioFormat="Fast Multimedia AG DVM (AC3)" AudioBitrate="256" Resolution="640x480" Framerate="25" Size="233" Disks="1"/>
  </Contents>
 </Catalog>
</AntMovieCatalog>

You could also set the MediaLabel field to the Disk Label (handy for numbered/named DVDR's) which Ant import does and is a necessity for using disks with MesFilms, else it won't be able to prompt you which disk to insert.


Lastly Ant currently also imports the info for mpeg files and maybe others. If you could add the other main formats supported by MediaPortal (.avi,.mpg,.ogm,.mpeg,.mkv,.wmv,.ifo,.qt,.rm,.mov,.sbe,.dvr-ms,.ts,.dat,.rmvb) and just set the Source, OriginalTitle, Size & Disks fields that are format independant that'd be great. If at a later date you wish to add the embedded file info great. I checked Ant against most of the above formats and here's the embedded stuff it currently gets:-
.avi = All (VideoBitrate, AudioFormat, AudioBitrate, Resolution, Framerate)
.asf = All Except VideoBitRate + Framerate
.ifo (DVD) = All Except VideoBitRate,AudioBitRate,FileSize (from VTS_01_0.IFO, though path needs to be eg M:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO)
.ogm = All except VideoBitRate
.mkv = All (Import takes 3+ minutes! seems to read through whole file)
.mov = None
.mpg = All
.rmvb = VideoBitrate + AudioBitrate
.wmv = All Except VideoBitRate + Framerate



Cheers

PS - it would be handy if it ADDED new entries to the END of any exisiting ones in the specified xml file, so if you are putting multiple disks in, you can scan them one after t'other into the same xml file you can then import the lot. Currently a new import will wipe any previous entries. Of course you could then just specify your current main ant.xml database, the entries get added, no need to even import! just load up your database. A bit more awkward to code but the more useable and easier it is to use, the more likely people will use it.

 

[jay_galway]

Ryall, nice app, any chance you will release the source so others can add new features to it?

 

[ryall]

HappyTalk:
All brilliant ideas, and most should be fairly easy to implement. Can't believe I hadn't considered xml I think I'll also add an option to enable people to choose the path field they want (ala MesFilms). Thanks for the (very helpful) input

jay_galway:
I'm working on it, when I get all the rest of this stuff coded I'll release the source as well.

 

[ryall]

Just did a quick update to AVIList, it adds headers to the .csv file now so AMC can automatically assign fields to the columns. Nothing major, but just makes things a bit easier.

 

[takagari]

Sorry for repeat posting but it seems relevant:

I've just finished writing a windows importer for Ant, it does filenames, sizes, number of disks etc.

It also creates playlists for multi-part files too, thanks to zebons for implementing such a great feature.

It's called AVIList, you can find it here

used it today. AWESOME!!! program
i'm haivng errors now with my films, but this program was great, its method for making the list was perfect and you can't beat the way it made a play list for multi-cd movies!