SubtitleDownloader (5 Viewers)

[Dragy]

@seco, why don't you want to use the GetAllSubsFor function? It looks really good to me? It's the only request necessary to get the subs, so you won't need the 2 you use now?

 

[seco]

@seco, why don't you want to use the GetAllSubsFor function? It looks really good to me? It's the only request necessary to get the subs, so you won't need the 2 you use now?

I am using it. But it requires the show ID which is unknown so I need to find the show first. The show is found by using FindShowByName.

So what I currently do is

var show = FindShowByName(showName);
var subtitles = GetAllSubsFor(show.Id);

when I could do this:

var subtitles = GetAllSubsFor(showName);

What the Bierdopje developers are saying about showname not working is crap since I've been using from the day one.

 

[Dragy]

He also says that you can use TheTVDB ID, so you don't have to search for the "Bierdopje ID" first. Isn't the TheTVDB available from SubCentral?

var subtitles = GetAllSubsFor(TheTVDB.Id);

 

[seco]

He also says that you can use TheTVDB ID, so you don't have to search for the "Bierdopje ID" first. Isn't the TheTVDB available from SubCentral?

Yep, I know that too. TVDB ID is (usually) known in MP TVSeries but passing it to SubtitleDownloader is a different story, there is no support for such.

 

[seco]

Released 3.0.7

Changelog & download

 

[powermarcel10]

Hi guys,

I'm affraid I am going to ask a stupid question, bit I can't find the right answer yet..

What is exactly the difference between this piece of software and subcentral....Do I need them both? Or what..

Do I need this app installed also when I have subcentral installed? I'm using MP TV series and MovingPictures..


So the question is, what does this software exactly..

EDIT: I am reading that this application intergrate downloading subs in movingpictures and tvseries.. But I thought that only subcentral is taking care for downloading subs for these plugins.. So I'm a bit confused!

 

[seco]

Hi guys,

I'm affraid I am going to ask a stupid question, bit I can't find the right answer yet..

What is exactly the difference between this piece of software and subcentral....Do I need them both? Or what..

Do I need this app installed also when I have subcentral installed? I'm using MP TV series and MovingPictures..

So the question is, what does this software exactly..

Hi,

SubtitleDownloader is a standalone library that you can use in any .NET software. It provides a single interface for searching subtitles from multiple sites and contains all the logic which is needed to communicate with those sites. The main advantages of standalone library is that it can be re-used in any software, like a plugin for Mediaportal 2 in the future for example.

If SubtitleDownloader logic would be directly in SubCentral plugin, creating similar plugin for MP2 would be more difficult since all the logic would need to be copy-pasted to the new MP2 plugin. Also, all fixes and new stuff would need to be implemented in both plugins which is double the work. So basically SubCentral is just a user interface for SubtitleDownloader. Likewise it would be possible to create a web interface (web application) or command line application for SubtitleDownloader.

In MediaPortal 1 you need both, SubCentral and SubtitleDownloader. SubtitleDownloader is now distributed as MPEI package for easy updates, this way there is no need to create new version of SubCentral and update to that every time something new or fixed comes up in subtitle sites logic.

 

[powermarcel10]

Thanks a lot Seco!

By reading "So basically SubCentral is just a user interface for SubtitleDownloader." I understand it finally..

I understand that when you want to include this application into tvseries or movingpictures, You MUST download subcentral aswell, otherwise this application doesnt do anything right?

Thanks for fixing bierdopje!

 

[seco]

Thanks a lot Seco!
I understand that when you want to include this application into tvseries or movingpictures, You MUST download subcentral aswell, otherwise this application doesnt do anything right?

If you have only SubCentral installed, you can still download subtitles manually by entering the search parameters.

But if you install a plugin (like TVSeries, Moving Pictures) that supports SubCentral, you can access SubCentral from those plugins and the search parameters are already filled up for you under the hood by the supporting plugin.

If you don't have SubCentral plugin installed, supported plugins will not show "Subtitles" selection since they detect that SubCentral is not available.

 

[powermarcel10]

Yeah I understand that.. But what I mean is that I read in the topicstart that with only subtitledownloader installed (without subcentral installed) you can download subtitles within movingpictures and tvseries.. But that's not right I gues? You can download subtitles in these plugins using Subcentral.. (that is using subtitledownloader under de hood)

Right?