Tool to scrape TV Show Information for the WDTV Live Hub

[Ferio87]

Yeah I figured it would get too long

Besides even manually copy-pasting the regular actors into the guest stars in your program is still much faster than thumbgen, so works for me

[patatozor]

firstable, thank you for this wonderful application

my question :

is it possible to manage the language option included in thetvdb.com

in the url, I can see  it's the lid parameter

lid=17 for french

lid=7 for english

thanks

[Pulazki]

Another thing is the backdrops

You have it choosing for it to use the individual episode pictures (the same ones that are downloaded and used as the jpgs for the xml)

But these pictures are very small and low quality to be blown up to fit to the size of your screen

A better option would be to use the high quality fan art that is listed on the main page when you go into the tv show

The fan art photos are 1920x1080 and would make for much better backdrops than the pictures for each individual tv show that's only like 400x280

would really to see this small change

[AD613]

Seconded!

[TonyPh12345]

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Pulazki wrote:

Another thing is the backdrops

You have it choosing for it to use the individual episode pictures (the same ones that are downloaded and used as the jpgs for the xml)

But these pictures are very small and low quality to be blown up to fit to the size of your screen

A better option would be to use the high quality fan art that is listed on the main page when you go into the tv show

The fan art photos are 1920x1080 and would make for much better backdrops than the pictures for each individual tv show that's only like 400x280

would really to see this small change

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.... an even better option is to vote for the TVDB option for them to allow 1920x1080 for Thumbnails!  

[jrstinkfish]

Love the series tagging, really a timesaver.

[Pulazki]

.. an even better option is to vote for the TVDB option for them to allow 1920x1080 for Thumbnails!  

Thumbnails = the individual episode screenshot jps that are downloaded with the app?

even still they're not going to be sweet backdrops like the fan art would be.. they'll just be dull random screenshots from the show, rather than slick poster-like backdrops like the ones gathered for movies by the hub's get info option

I actually like the screenshot jpg's used with the XML's as the dvd cover.. i didn't think they would look right because of the size and shape but i like them because it helps me to differentiate between shows.. But i thinki it would look better to only use them as the dvd cover's and have the poster-like high-res photos from the fanart as the backdrop, or at least give the option on which one to grab possibly?

[TonyPh12345]

I'm mulling that over.   I might be able to work some of that up; 

The SCREEN-SHOT thumbs were easy, as they're referenced as PART of the TV Show EPISODE DATA.

The Fan Art and other stuff is ad-hoc, and is NOT included in the TV Episode Data, so it'd require substantial additional logic to determine which to use if there are multiple images.

[TonyPh12345]

By the way, Version 1.0.1.7 is now online (Posted at the first post.)

I probably should have mentioned this before:

This utility does NOT CHECK to see if there are EXISTING XML or JPG FILES.    If there ARE, it will OVERWRITE THEM WITHOUT ASKING!!!

-----------------Release Notes

Release 1.0.1.7
  -- Added more information to Activity Log
  -- 4:3 Thumbnail images are now properly scaled in the 16:9 window
  -- Activity Log now scrolls automatically
  -- Added option to included Regulars in the Actors List
  -- Added option to disable the inclusion of backdrops

Release 1.0.1.1   1/26/2011
  -- No longer enforces a "." between the filename and the SxxExx portion.
     NOTE: You can't see the trailing space if you type it in the Base Name, bit it's there.
           Look Carefully at the "File will be saved as:" text to ensure that's what you
           expect.

Release 1.0.1.0   1/26/2011
  -- Initial Release

[TonyPh12345]

Oh, wait a sec.

I just had a "Slap myself on the Head" moment.

I oughta be able to get the FanArt in there by the weekend.   Don't hold me to it.

Heck, being the first Windows-based program I've written, plus being in a language I've never touched until Last Week, I think I'm ahead of the game.