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<blockquote data-quote="HappyTalk" data-source="post: 155135" data-attributes="member: 22671"><p>If you want metadata you're probably not going to get that happening automatically, that said I wrote fully automated ant scripts for imdb.com and tv.com + amazon for covers so they could be easily recoded in c#. I personally found MyVideos awkward to use and very hard to maintain the metadata (may have been buggy back then) hence why I moved to MyFilms. MyFilms works great whether your files are on local drives or external media.</p><p></p><p>It would be relatively easy to have MyFilms scan for files on local drives and using the folder hierarchy stuff make them appear with the rest of the entries in subfolders. It could pick up video_name.jpg & video_name.nfo for pic and info to give a basic cover and description entry for those who can't be bothered to run ANT (It could store these entries in a temp ant db so you could easily merge it with your main ant db if required). That way I wouldn't need to use MyVideos at all anymore for the loose stuff on my drives but not in the ant db. </p><p></p><p>Last thing I'd wanna see is MyFilms take on the bloat of adding stuff from other plugins. I've seen some parts of MP suffer the bloat of badly implemented, buggy, feature overload. MyFilms is lean and solid and doesn't need much more added. If it ain't broke...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HappyTalk, post: 155135, member: 22671"] If you want metadata you're probably not going to get that happening automatically, that said I wrote fully automated ant scripts for imdb.com and tv.com + amazon for covers so they could be easily recoded in c#. I personally found MyVideos awkward to use and very hard to maintain the metadata (may have been buggy back then) hence why I moved to MyFilms. MyFilms works great whether your files are on local drives or external media. It would be relatively easy to have MyFilms scan for files on local drives and using the folder hierarchy stuff make them appear with the rest of the entries in subfolders. It could pick up video_name.jpg & video_name.nfo for pic and info to give a basic cover and description entry for those who can't be bothered to run ANT (It could store these entries in a temp ant db so you could easily merge it with your main ant db if required). That way I wouldn't need to use MyVideos at all anymore for the loose stuff on my drives but not in the ant db. Last thing I'd wanna see is MyFilms take on the bloat of adding stuff from other plugins. I've seen some parts of MP suffer the bloat of badly implemented, buggy, feature overload. MyFilms is lean and solid and doesn't need much more added. If it ain't broke... [/QUOTE]
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