Tool to scrape TV Show Information for the WDTV Live Hub

[yuppicide]

I've no idea how to get this working. I have the necessary stuff to run it. When I click the button it opens some kind of XML file in my browser.

If I click the install button nothing happens at all.

[TonyPh12345]

When you hover your mouse over the "Install" button, you should see this URL in the status bar:

http://www.tonysown.net/XMLFetcher/Deploy/setup.exe

If you do not see that, then you do not have Microsoft's .NET framework or Java installed correctly as per the prerequisites.

The Download webpage uses Java to determine if you have .NET framework installed.  If Java thinks you do, then it passes that XML to the ClickOnce component of .NET to perform the installation.

You can try manually installing it using that URL above, but it may not work either if .NET isn't installed or correctly registered to your computer...

[ztrust]

hey ;D just boght myself a smp so first off i love this tool  so thanks for it ;D. have read the entire thread and havent found a solution other then one person saying dvd order works but when i try to get it in dvd ore i get over a 100 episodes (firefly) )stargate season 1)( 4147) just to name some because they are listed as episode 1.1 the scraper list it as epside1- so i wont get the actual episode 1 before episode 11. its the same with firefly my actual episodes is episode 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120,130,140 is there any way around this otherwise perfect piece of software ?

 p,s is there a way to handle double episodes ? e.g Stargate.SG1-s01e01&e02.Children.of.the.Gods-part.1&2.mkv

again tx

thanks for your wortk  Tonyph12345

[TonyPh12345]

Version 1.6.3.1 is now online.

Release 1.6.3.1 

• Removed the "Lower Resolution of Fan Art" Option -- The WDTV bug that prompted this requirement was corrected in Live Firmware 1.03.10 and Hub Firmware 2.08.13 (I think)
• Cleanup of several Tool-Tip texts
• Improved the File Naming Template -- It now uses the presently-displayed episode details to demonstrate the template.
• Updated Web Documentation

[AD613]

Hello,

Apologies if this has been answered ad nauseum, I tried searching but came up with either old answers that I'm not sure are still doable or questions that haven't been answered.

I have the latest firmware on my Hub and am using the latest version of the XML Fetcher program.

My issue is with the alpha-numeric sort of TV episode titles.  

After running the Fetcher for a season, making sure all file names matched (mp4 / xml / jpg) and compiling the Hub (using My Media Library or whatever it's called), the episodes are listed in alphabetical order by episode title, not by Season # / Episode #.  I've tried different settings in the 'Title Format' box, but all this did was add a number in front of the title - the hub still read the text first, then changed the displayed text to show the number in front but did not change the order of the files.

I hope I'm making my issue clear here.  Is this a known bug?  Is it software (Fetcher) or hardware?  What other information can I provide to lead someone to a thorough understanding of this issue?

The last time I used the software was a long time ago - everything worked fine then.  The changes in software versions and firmware make it hard for me to figure this out.....

Thank you,

AD

[TonyPh12345]

The Hub / SMP will sort by TITLE unless you're using the TV Show filter, in which case it will group by Season Number then sort by Episode Number.

If the Title Template includes the ^E  (capital E) at the beginning of the template, it will sort correctly in every filter mode.

For example, I usually use the Title Template '^E- ^t' 

Which yields titles such as 

01- Pilot

02- The Breakaway

... etc.

>>>  the hub still read the text first, then changed the displayed text to show the number in front but did not change the order of the files.

Since the titles are sorted based on what is in the Media Library database (not what's in the XML file in real-time), If you've already compiled your media library and then you change the XML, you must clear the media library in order for the changes to be re-imported into the media library.

[StuN_UK]

I was going to ask the same question. Thanks for clearing that up Tony. I have a lot of deleting to do now

[Hodgeman]

I'm sure the answer's somewhere in these 36 pages......

From what i've seen in the examples, these xml files look suitable for the WD Live SMP, yes ???

[TonyPh12345]

Yes.  It works identically on the SMP and Hub.

[Hodgeman]

Thanks. One more quick question...... I was hoping to run this on the old pc in the basement. Any chance i can get away with framework 3.5. Cant run 4.0 on that one :-(