Using MediaPortal to view Videos (1 Viewer)

[flashive]

First of all, I didn't include my system specs because I don't think they matter for the question I'm about to ask. I have been looking at the manual and read the FAQ but my question didn't seem to be in there, so here it goes:


I'd like to use MediaPortal to view my collection of movies/television series/cartoons/music videos that are stored on my computer as xvid. So far I've been able to get the movies to work but I'm having troubles importing them in the database because the program tries to look on IMDB.

Is MediaPortal capable of cataloging and viewing the video's I have stored on my computer? And if so, can someone point me in the right direction of how to do that?

 

[ThaClown]

What kind of video's do you mean?
For Tv series there is the MyTvSeries plugin.

For movies you already know the IMDB info lookup.

To add private movies like family movies, you have 2 choices (as far as I know):
- Just simply add them under the movie folder and give the logical filenames under folders.
- Add them to you Movie database as if they were a normal DVD movie, you can do this in the configuration under movies database and the the edit tab....

Good luck with it

 

[flashive]

I have television series, cartoons, anime and movies stored on my computer.

The MyTvSeries plugin seems a bit complicated to me when I go into configuration I get the Video importer and it doesn't seem to work. When I use the simple expression parser it does the following.

Successfully processed 137 video files.
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System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at System.Int16.Parse(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at System.Convert.ToInt16(String value)
at WindowPlugins.GUITVSeries.ImportVideo.ProcessFile(String VideoFile)

And when I close the video importer window after the parsing I get the My Tv Series Configuration screen with three white rectangles where I assume the movies should be.

When using regular expression parser it crashes with the message:

[ Failed to locate assembly 'SgmlReaderDll, Version=1.6.2195.24675, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'. Note that the configuration program must be executed from/reside in the MediaPortal folder, the execution will now end.

And i have to close the configuration with taskmanager.


What am I doing wrong here?

 

[ThaClown]

Well with MyTVSeries it is important to have your files named correctly so that the Plugin can seet exactly what Series/episode it is.

I renamed all my TVSeries files to: <TV Series Name> - <Season>.<Episode>.avi
So like this:
Lost - 01.02.avi
24 - 02.06.mpg

And added the simple expression: <TV Series Name> - <Season>.<Episode>.<ext>

A easy program to rename is Bulk Rename:
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php

Also make sure that you use the lastest TVSeries plugin:
https://www.team-mediaportal.com/files/Download/Plugins/VideoorMovies/MP-TVSeriesplugin/

And that you use the latest version of MP and update with the latest SVN....

 

[flashive]

First of all, thanks for helping me out so far. I seem to have messed up again anyway.

I did as you said, I made a folder with just one file in there called "Southpark - 10.01.avi"
Added the simple expression: <TV Series Name> - <Season>.<Episode>.<ext>

It gives me the following output again:
Successfully processed 1 video files.
---
System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format.
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at System.Int16.Parse(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at System.Convert.ToInt16(String value)
at WindowPlugins.GUITVSeries.ImportVideo.ProcessFile(String VideoFile)
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Scanning folder for supported video files...


I am using Stable Release V0.2.2.0 of MediaPortal and MyTVSeries 0.40. What is SVN, I dont think I have that.



Thanks again for your help