Mac/PC App to get metadata (posters, backdrops, actors...) for Movies and TV series [ Edited ]

[Tobogan]

Hi,

I just uploaded a simple Mac app to retrieve the metadata ( xml file ) and posters (jpg flies) from the net, so that the WD TV Live Hub can display a rich content making it much more pleasant to use.

The app is available here: http://tobogan.nozonenet.com/WDFlow

I tried to use PC apps but I had to use virtualization software, but the apps were rather clumsy and somewhat difficult to use. Being a long-time Mac user, I expected more. Most of the time there are Mac equivalents or PC software, but thsi time not. So i decided to develop one,WDFlow.

You'll find a complete user guide and a FAQ list. Please note that you need the last version of java (1.6). PC and Linux versions of WDFlow could be released in the coming months, if there's an interest.

In any case, I'll try to keep the app simple. I appreciate that an app doesn't both me with many checkboxes and option and is not asking a lot of resources from my computer. WDFlow achieves that, I believe. Hope you'll find it interesting.

Chris,

[l10rdr33f4]

Thanks. I'll check it out as soon as I have the time.

[MobbyG]

Just downloaded this and love it so far. But the app seems to not download data for movies.

Example: I do a search for the movie title, choose the correct one from the list, and click poster. The poster comes up and then I click save and choose the folder on my WDTV I want to save it in. The progress bar fills like a quarter of the way, then it says Done. When I check the folder on my WDTV Live Hub for that movie, all that is in there is the movie. No XML or poster jpg.

Works great for TV shows.

Does the name of the file have to match what was found in the search "EXACTLY"?

And thanks! Been waiting for something like this for Mac.

~MobbyG

[Tobogan]

Thanks for your feedback.

The Movies and Series mode operate differently.

• For series, you're right: you have to indicate the folder (directory) containing all the episodes belonging to a same series. WDFlow will start a batch process and identify each episode belonging to the folder you selected.

• For movies, it's different. Here you have to select the movie itself, not its directory. No bacth process exists , you have to locate the movie  (click on it) and WDFlow will add the required jpg and xml files next to it.

WDFlow does not need to have an exact match between the movie's title as displayed WDFlow and the filename you select. It does not matter.  Any filename is OK as you are the one deciding which file WDFlow would consider for generating the xml and jpg files. Just make sure that you select the filename and not the directory.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Chris,

[MobbyG]

Thanks for the reply.

When I just tried that, the movie name was greyed out and wouldn't allow me to click on it. Here is a screen shot of what I am seeing. Could there be something else I am missing?

[Tobogan]

Strange, I can't reproduce this.

Is your folder (TRON) writable? Do you have the admin rights?

Chris,

P.S: I reproduced it. Will correct the bug in the next version.

[MobbyG]

Ah cool! I like when I find a bug.

Thanks. I'll be watching for next release.

[Tobogan]

Hi MobbyG,

Thought it was a insidious bug, but finally it was simple enough to solve: version 1.0.2 is online.

http://tobogan.nozonenet.com/WDFlow/

Should be Ok now, unless there's another bug... 

Chris,

[MobbyG]

Downloaded and it's working. Thanks for the fix!

[Tobogan]

Hi,

Just released version 1.0.3.

Nothing fundamentally changed, just cosmetic changes: bigger buttons, bigger font, bigger image.

http://tobogan.nozonenet.com/WDFlow/

Chris,