Tool to scrape TV Show Information for the WDTV Live Hub

[Pulazki]

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Wow tony.. thats incredible

Any references you could point me towards to be able to write a similar program myself?

I've always been interested in being able to make small simple apps like this one.. I'm fairly good a writing HTML and such, but never ever ventured past the 'hello world' part of learning c++ obviously i understand they're two totally different things, but i learned HTML all by myself, and figure that if i'm capable of that, that i should be capable of this.. would really like to know how u were able to do this in 1 week having no prior windows based programming experience! thats insane man

[TonyPh12345]

Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2010. It's free.

[TonyPh12345]

I've added that functionality in two new options:

Now, by Default, the FAN ART will be included in the backdrops, but the user can turn that OFF.

Now, by Default, the EPISODE THUMBNAIL will be included in the backdrops, but the user can turn THAT off, too.

So, if BOTH options are selected, Backdrops will be DISABLED.

Third, I've added an option 

Use SEASON ART as COVERS (instead of Episode Art.)

I'm not ready to publish it out, though, as my logic is a bit perverse and needs some testing.

I know there are a few caveats:

If there are MULTIPLE SEASON COVERS, the LAST ONE listed in the XML tree will be used.  (No way to select from multiples.)

You cannot choose which Fan Arts to include.   It's all or nothing.

[Pulazki]

awesome..

[jrstinkfish]

A suggestion: Maybe include a way to choose a TVBD ID from a history of queries. You can make the list "TVDB ID - File Basename".

[Pulazki]

yeah thats another good idea, possible make like a drop down box from previous entered 5 digit tvdb.com numbers for shows that you've already searched, cuz i have to repeatedly look up each number everytime i want to make a change to my metadata, or if i have like 9 seasons of family guy, and i download each season at a time, everytime another season finishes, i have to go back to the site and look up the number again

[anddy01]

Totally new to this, but after using this tool and generating the xml etc, on the hub should it be displaying the episode title or the filename? Mine is displaying the filename.

[BSoriano]

TonyPh12345,

Would it be possible for you to post a different download link on another host? i have been trying without success to connect to sendpace to download the file.  Thanks!

Regards,

Bart

[TonyPh12345]

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anddy01 wrote:

Totally new to this, but after using this tool and generating the xml etc, on the hub should it be displaying the episode title or the filename? Mine is displaying the filename.

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With Hub Firmware version 2.03.24, It will display the FILE NAME.    The Hub currently IGNORES the "TITLE" tag in the XML.   Most of us think that is a bug in the Hub, and hope they'll address that!

Right now, the Metadata generator uses the EPISODE TITLE as the TITLE in XML.

I'm guessing the Hub will sort by TITLE NAME, so, now that you bring it up, I'm going to need to use a different title so the order remains in BROADCAST ORDER.

[Pulazki]

You could have it display the title as such:

"Title" "Episode Number: : "Episode Name"

So it would look like

Breaking Bad 1: Pilot

Breaking Bad 2: Cat's in the Bag...

rather than just "Pilot" and "Cats in the Bag..." because as you already stated, when the hub fixes the title bug this will mix all the episodes up and you wouldnt have any order,

As long as the tv shows are categorized in their own seasonal folder then it would list them in order on the hub

And it would be my guess that most people would have their tv shows categorized by season so

C:\Videos\Tv\Breaking Bad\Season 1\Breaking Bad s01e01.mkv

C:\Videos\Tv\Breaking Bad\Season 2\Breaking Bad s02e01.mkv

I thought about adding the season to the title but i think this just makes it look clunky and figure that 99.9% of people who'd be using this wil have their episodes in seasonal folders

Breaking Bad [Season 1] 1: Pilot

Breaking Bad [Season 2] 2: Episode 2

If i were going to add the season to the title this is how i'd do it, but i think it looks better the other way