(original thread) MP-TVSeries (2 Viewers)

[Bobb25]

I don't understand which problem you are describing. On my end I'm always seeing the episode summary. But then it could be linked to a bug I found related to what you were reporting for the empty Genre. So try again & tell me if it still does that.

Hmmm... maybe i am doing something stupid? But since version 5c, when i parse the files it doesnt pull down or show any episode summaries? I worked off a 5c blank database as 6 doesnt create a database if one is missing it just hangs. Then i added all the input directories and parsed all my eps. Then, When i check the database information the sumaries were not retrieved? I have done it twice and both times it doesnt retrieve the data. I will check later again when the wife is finished watching Planet Earth and see if i missed a tick box or something stupid.

 

[zeflash]

new release, 0.6b.
Find it right now on sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mp-tvseries/) or wait for the download version to be updated.

0.6b
- fixed plugin not working when starting up with no DB (duh)
- fixed edition of metadata in the configuration: clearing a string now works
- fixed display of empty fields in MP
- fixed ignore / never ask again: it now works (and the ignored series is automatically hidden)
- added timestamp in the window log

 

[zeflash]

I don't understand which problem you are describing. On my end I'm always seeing the episode summary. But then it could be linked to a bug I found related to what you were reporting for the empty Genre. So try again & tell me if it still does that.

Hmmm... maybe i am doing something stupid? But since version 5c, when i parse the files it doesnt pull down or show any episode summaries? I worked off a 5c blank database as 6 doesnt create a database if one is missing it just hangs. Then i added all the input directories and parsed all my eps. Then, When i check the database information the sumaries were not retrieved? I have done it twice and both times it doesnt retrieve the data. I will check later again when the wife is finished watching Planet Earth and see if i missed a tick box or something stupid.

You're saying you don't have *any* data for the episode summary coming back from the DB?
For all series? specific one? How did you check the database information?

 

[Bobb25]

You're saying you don't have *any* data for the episode summary coming back from the DB?
For all series? specific one? How did you check the database information?

I just check under details under the tree list by going onto a specific ep and seeing if any data is reflected. I have checked heaps and none have the episode summary even the likely suspects like Lost etc where i know episode summaries used to exist! I have the following settings under import settings:

Enable online database retrieval: ticked
Retrieve episode info for the whole series: unticked
Auto Choose series: ticked
Dont clear local reference: unticked

under Display control i only have automatically resize info pane and show only episodes with matching local file ticked and the rest are unticked

Will try out latest version when my wife gives me a chance to fiddle with the machine

 

[mst3kroqs]

zeflash -

Sorry, some of those things were pretty obscure, and difficult to repeat, but on the episode summary download - to be clear - it's not only a MediaPortal display issue, but the episode summaries do not appear in the Details tab after import either.

Other users have reported this as well, FYI, eg. bobb25.


Not sure why starting with no database works for you - perhaps it's an 0.2.1.0 issue vs. SVN issue? Anyway - hope the log fragment helped, and I will try again with 0.6b. I am also installing SVN and easy way to switch back and forth so that I can test for you both ways.

Anyway - downloading 0.6b now, and will edit the remainder of this post with testing results in about an hour or so. No worries on the multiple releases, we're happy to continue testing them if you're happy to continue fixing them! :^)
We're just happy you're doing all the work here ...

-m

 

[mst3kroqs]

I don't understand which problem you are describing. On my end I'm always seeing the episode summary. But then it could be linked to a bug I found related to what you were reporting for the empty Genre. So try again & tell me if it still does that.

Hmmm... maybe i am doing something stupid? But since version 5c, when i parse the files it doesnt pull down or show any episode summaries? I worked off a 5c blank database as 6 doesnt create a database if one is missing it just hangs. Then i added all the input directories and parsed all my eps. Then, When i check the database information the sumaries were not retrieved? I have done it twice and both times it doesnt retrieve the data. I will check later again when the wife is finished watching Planet Earth and see if i missed a tick box or something stupid.

You're saying you don't have *any* data for the episode summary coming back from the DB?
For all series? specific one? How did you check the database information?

FYI - for me - *no* series summary information is downloaded.

 

[lampie]

I could not find it or know howto, but maybe it is hady do manually delete a series from the DB within the configuration. I have several directories wich are not there anymore, but it still displays them in the database?

 

[patrick]

I could not find it or know howto, but maybe it is hady do manually delete a series from the DB within the configuration. I have several directories wich are not there anymore, but it still displays them in the database?

I think you can just select the entry and press the delete key on the keyboard.

HTH,
patrick

 

[mst3kroqs]

0.6b Test Results

Hi zeflash -

Here is your 0.6b test report of the day (well - night for you)!

Environment: 0.2.1.0, BlueTwo 4:3 skin

Installed plugin on a 'standard 0.2.10' tree, and it now creates the blank/initial db correctly. (thanks!) I did a full re-import.

Bug: Confirming that episode summary import is still broken (or not supported). Is it an intention to support this?

I don't understand which problem you are describing. On my end I'm always seeing the episode summary. But then it could be linked to a bug I found related to what you were reporting for the empty Genre. So try again & tell me if it still does that.

OK, I finally narrowed this down as being related to the size of the tree/number of episodes. Bobb25 and I both have in excess of 2TB/5500+ episodes, and if you specify the video root, and make MP-TVSeries parse/import the whole thing at once, for whatever reason, the epsiode summaries are not imported/updated.

If however I add the series paths individually, and parse/import them individually (this took a while with 55 different series collections), the episode summaries are correctly imported/updated, therefore this must be a problem related to the number of episodes that need to be imported/updated in UpdateEpisodes phase in one import pass. (could we be using a shortint vs. a longint somewhere?)

I seem to remember that you used to do large numbers of UpdateEpisodes in 'chunks' of N (can't remember what 'N' was), eg. 'Updating N episodes, X left', but this iterative update loop doesn't seem to work with these big numbers of episodes.

On a different note - the incorrect display of the series summary when the Genre was blank is now fixed (thanks!), although this seems to have been unrelated to the episode summary import bug.

Bug?: After using the 'blank config' created by 0.5c, when attempting update the configuration in Import Settings/Parsing Expressions to add another regexp to the list, and enable it, and disable all the others, this work does appear to persist as I navigate the various "Import Settings" screens, and across the other 2 tabs, but if I exit MP-TV Series Configuration window by using the CloseWindow control (The 'X' in upper right corner), and then re-open MP-TV Series Configuration, it appears as if the changes I made in Import Settings/Parsing Expressions were not saved. I was doing this to try to create a 'blank-configured' version of the database which I could archive, and then reuse to test the next time I wanted to try to do a full import.

It could be that this tab/screen's changes are only saved as you perform a Parsing Test, I don't know.

I tried to add / removed reular expressions as well as checking / unchecking some; everything worked as expected, and my settings were (as they are supposed to) retained from one session to the other

Yes, and I was unable to reproduce this in 0.6b, so either you fixed it, or I'm drinking too heavily during the testing phase.

Bug: When scrolling/displaying the series view in MediaPortal in 'Text' form (my preference), when the series Genre field is empty, the series description field is not updated with the descriptive text for that series, and instead the series description for the previous series that was displayed is retained, even though the series description data for *this* series is correct and present in the database.

fixed. This might also solve your summary issue, I don't know.

As confirmed above - fixed!

Suggestion: During parsing test process, suggest changing 'Start Import' button/control to an 'Abort' control as in Import process, and allow cancellation of process.

Well I actually do change the name of the button. And I haven't been able to repro the thing you are seeing either.

No worries, and really the status bar update thing isn't worth worrying about, however I am explaining the interface suggestion badly. Let me try again:

Agreed - for Import process - you do change the name of the button to 'Abort', and that is very useful during Import process, but whenever you enter the 'Parsing Test' screen, parsing starts immediately. If your parsing expressions are wrong, you start to immediately realize this by seeing all of the 'red result entries', but you are unable to stop the parsing process with an 'Abort'.

Here's my suggestion:

In the 'Parsing Test' screen, change the control to 'Start Parse', and then 'Abort' to stop parsing. Do not start parsing immediately, instead wait for 'Start Parse' control. Do only parsing in the 'Parsing Test' screen, and do only importing in the 'Import Paths' screen. I think this is more intuitive, although it's a very subjective thing of course. Overall, I think your interface methodology is excellent.

Finally, one more suggestion - in Import Settings tab, Parsing Expressions, when accepting a new parsing expression, suggest you make selecting 'simple' or 'regexp' a requirement, as it seems you can currently also choose a 'blank' setting. The blank setting usually causes the parsing test to begin to fail immediately. (This is where the Abort would come in handy).

Best regards, and always -

-m

 

[mst3kroqs]

I could not find it or know howto, but maybe it is hady do manually delete a series from the DB within the configuration. I have several directories wich are not there anymore, but it still displays them in the database?

Details tab, right-click seriesname, 'Delete' ...

-m