My DVDs remake (2 Viewers)

[dukus]

Updated version on :http://www.geocities.com/dukus13ro/

Suport for: Movie Collector
For request of hwahrmann:
Import into MP Videodatabase.(Option tab)

 

[hwahrmann]

Hi dukus,

thanks for implementing my request.
Having problems importing an Ant catalog, if there are special characters inside, like the German Umlaut.
error is:
"Invalid character in the given encoding".

Looks like you didn't specify encoding type of UTF-8.
When i saved the file as a UTF-8 out of my editor, i was able to process it.

A problem is also, if in a tag, there is a "&" like in "Clever & Smart" or "Mr. & Mrs. Smith".
Then the program terminates with a:
Invalid Catalog Format Exception: An error occured while parsing entity name.

regards,

Helmut[/img]

 

[dukus]

Hi dukus,

thanks for implementing my request.
Having problems importing an Ant catalog, if there are special characters inside, like the German Umlaut.
error is:
"Invalid character in the given encoding".

Looks like you didn't specify encoding type of UTF-8.
When i saved the file as a UTF-8 out of my editor, i was able to process it.

A problem is also, if in a tag, there is a "&" like in "Clever & Smart" or "Mr. & Mrs. Smith".
Then the program terminates with a:
Invalid Catalog Format Exception: An error occured while parsing entity name.

regards,

Helmut[/img]

Try to use the template export. File->export->html and change html extension with xml

 

[trosty]

This is a very nice plug in - THANKS!

I also like having my "hardcopy" movies in a different database than the ones on my htpc.

 

[faf4life]

Hi there...

I got the same problems that Helmut described. I tried exporting from AMC using the template. After eliminating all 'illegal' characters I only got the message 0 DVDs imported.
Has anyone managed to import movies from AMC? Which template used?

Eddie

 

[dukus]

Updated version of My DVDs. Now working with xml files with special caracters like "?|/\~!@#&". Minor changes in csv import. Try now to import ant xml files, if don't work send me a exemple file. dukusi@gmail.com

 

[hwahrmann]

Hi Dukus,

still the same problem with the new version.
I've mailed you the xml file.

Problem is that ANT doesn't export the file to be XML-conform.
The following special characters need to be changed first, before being able to process them in XML:
& -> &
< -> &lt;
> -> &gt;
" -> &quot;
' -> &apos;

Probably there's the need to open the file first using a StreamReader and do a Regexp or something like that to replace those strings first.

Any System.XML class will fail, when such things are found.

regards,

Helmut

 

[hwahrmann]

one thing that is still there.
The special characters are not read, when i don't open the exported file in an editor and save it as UTF-8.
in order to use the default encoding, i think you need to open the file as a stream and then pass the stream to the XmlReader.
Something like this:

string xmlfile = "C:\\Temp\\Ant\\Helmut.xml";
System.IO.StreamReader stream = new System.IO.StreamReader(xmlfile, System.Text.Encoding.Default);
XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
settings.IgnoreWhitespace = true;
XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stream,settings);

 

[mzemina]

I've got a few little problems with this plugin.

1) First is during the initial reading in of 250 DVDs - from DVDProfiler XML file. The problem is that it appears to stop for over 8 minutes with nothing appearing to happen on the progress bar. I had opened the task manager and saw memory continue to climb on the configuration program so I decided to wait but it took over 9 minutes in total for the import to finish.

2) The second problem is that the import does not ignore an "A" or "The" in the title so the listing does not appear correct. OK, it doesn't look how I have had them arranged in alphobetical order.

3) I'm not sure how it happened and I will try to repeat this, but this appears to be a bug. Using Big Icon View! The problem is once I have looked through the details on a DVD and go back and go to another DVD I cannot see the details. Has anyone else seen this problem?

4) Using only the keyboard I am having some trouble moving the focus from the buttons (on the left) to the list and back again. Is there a secret key stroke to move back and forth using only the keyboard?

Mike

 

[dukus]

I work on it :!: