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Hey everybody. Just wondering if anybody has gotten the XBMC (Local) scraper script to play nice when using VIDEO_TS folders, as I seem to be struggling.
The scraper I am running is XBMC (Local), v1.0.3, published 5/30/2010.
I used the 'MP Artwork & Info Coppier' app to create XBMC compatible .nfo files for about 5 movies, all named movie.nfo. The .nfo files are placed in the parent movie folder. I then disabled the NFO scanner, and set XBMC (Local) as the ONLY scraper to check for movie details. I then try to run an import, and while all of my movies are detected, I get the little blue circle with an "i" indicating that it can't find any matches.
Here's the weird thing.
If I rename the movie.nfo file to VIDEO_TS.nfo, it will be detected and then auto approved. Unfortunately, the only data that is imported from the .nfo file is the 'Alternate Title' field and the IMDb ID, like so:
Here is an exact copy of the movie.nfo file for 'A Serious Man', in case anybody notices anything right off the bat:
Now, I am very confused as I don't know if the problem stems from the actual .NFO file, the XBMC scraper script, the fact that all of my movies are contained in a VIDEO_TS structure, or if it's something wonky with Moving Pictures.
Any help would be greatly appreciated - I would LOVE to be able to backup my customized movie information and re-import instantaneously if anything were to happen to the database!
THANKS!
EDIT:
WHOOOOAAA WHOA WHOA.
Just found the problem.
The 'MP Artwork & Info Coppier' app is adding an extra '</movie>' line at the end of the file, as can be seen in the example above. Removal of this line imports the data flawlessly - all .nfo files still have to be named VIDEO_TS.nfo for the scraper to recognize it as an XBMC NFO file.
Surprised that nobody else has brought this up - I wonder if this is a bug with VIDEO_TS structured movies?
ANYWAYS.
Looks like it was a problem with the actual NFO files I was trying to import.
The scraper I am running is XBMC (Local), v1.0.3, published 5/30/2010.
I used the 'MP Artwork & Info Coppier' app to create XBMC compatible .nfo files for about 5 movies, all named movie.nfo. The .nfo files are placed in the parent movie folder. I then disabled the NFO scanner, and set XBMC (Local) as the ONLY scraper to check for movie details. I then try to run an import, and while all of my movies are detected, I get the little blue circle with an "i" indicating that it can't find any matches.
Here's the weird thing.
If I rename the movie.nfo file to VIDEO_TS.nfo, it will be detected and then auto approved. Unfortunately, the only data that is imported from the .nfo file is the 'Alternate Title' field and the IMDb ID, like so:

Here is an exact copy of the movie.nfo file for 'A Serious Man', in case anybody notices anything right off the bat:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<movie>
<title>A Serious Man</title>
<sorttitle>serious man a</sorttitle>
<rating>7.2</rating>
<year>2009</year>
<plot>Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job,his pot-head son,who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah,only wants him round to fix the T.V. aerial and his useless brother Arthur is an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry's wife Judy,who wants a divorce, moves her lover,Sy, into the house and even after Sy's death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers' bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur's criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a Korean student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes.Still God moves in mysterious - and not always pleasant - ways,as Larry and his family will find out.</plot>
<tagline> </tagline>
<runtime>106</runtime>
<mpaa>R</mpaa>
<language>English</language>
<id>tt1019452</id>
<genre>|Drama|</genre>
<director>|Ethan Coen|Joel Coen|</director>
<actor>
<name>Michael Stuhlbarg</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Richard Kind</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Fred Melamed</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Sari Lennick</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Aaron Wolff</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Jessica McManus</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Peter Breitmayer</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Brent Braunschweig</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>David Kang</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Benjy Portnoe</name>
</actor>
<writer>
<name>Joel Coen</name>
</writer>
<writer>
<name>Ethan Coen</name>
</writer>
</movie>
</movie>
<movie>
<title>A Serious Man</title>
<sorttitle>serious man a</sorttitle>
<rating>7.2</rating>
<year>2009</year>
<plot>Bloomington, Minnesota, 1967: Jewish physics lecturer Larry Gopnik is a serious and a very put-upon man. His daughter is stealing from him to save up for a nose job,his pot-head son,who gets stoned at his own bar-mitzvah,only wants him round to fix the T.V. aerial and his useless brother Arthur is an unwelcome house guest. But both Arthur and Larry get turfed out into a motel when Larry's wife Judy,who wants a divorce, moves her lover,Sy, into the house and even after Sy's death in a car crash they are still there. With lawyers' bills mounting for his divorce, Arthur's criminal court appearances and a land feud with a neighbour Larry is tempted to take the bribe offered by a Korean student to give him an illegal exam pass mark. And the rabbis he visits for advice only dole out platitudes.Still God moves in mysterious - and not always pleasant - ways,as Larry and his family will find out.</plot>
<tagline> </tagline>
<runtime>106</runtime>
<mpaa>R</mpaa>
<language>English</language>
<id>tt1019452</id>
<genre>|Drama|</genre>
<director>|Ethan Coen|Joel Coen|</director>
<actor>
<name>Michael Stuhlbarg</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Richard Kind</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Fred Melamed</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Sari Lennick</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Aaron Wolff</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Jessica McManus</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Peter Breitmayer</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Brent Braunschweig</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>David Kang</name>
</actor>
<actor>
<name>Benjy Portnoe</name>
</actor>
<writer>
<name>Joel Coen</name>
</writer>
<writer>
<name>Ethan Coen</name>
</writer>
</movie>
</movie>
Any help would be greatly appreciated - I would LOVE to be able to backup my customized movie information and re-import instantaneously if anything were to happen to the database!
THANKS!
EDIT:
WHOOOOAAA WHOA WHOA.
Just found the problem.
The 'MP Artwork & Info Coppier' app is adding an extra '</movie>' line at the end of the file, as can be seen in the example above. Removal of this line imports the data flawlessly - all .nfo files still have to be named VIDEO_TS.nfo for the scraper to recognize it as an XBMC NFO file.
Surprised that nobody else has brought this up - I wonder if this is a bug with VIDEO_TS structured movies?
ANYWAYS.
Looks like it was a problem with the actual NFO files I was trying to import.