Hello. I just finished scraping my films with Tinymanager. Everything was recovered successfully in HT 5 using local scraping (nfo files). The only downside is that I don't have all the information on the actors and directors. Regarding the directors, nothing is displayed except the name. For the actors, I don't have access to all the details. I could rescrap with the HT 5 tools, but I don't have the courage to redo all the genres, modify the posters and logos (almost 1,800 films)... How can I recover all this information?
TMM normally makes a folder called .actors with all the images inside that folder. Maybe, I haven’t tried this, you could using the web editor insert those actor images ?
Actually, I have all the photos of the actors, but I don't have those of the directors, and no information (biography) of the directors and occasional actors.
Yes, thank you, I know, but how do I get HT 5 to recognize the links to these sites in the NFO? The links are managed by TMM. Why doesn't HT 5 support them? Should I change lines in the NFO?
How can I extract the film genres (fantasy, comedy, etc.) from an nfo file created by TMM to reinject them into the HT5 database?
I’ve always simply used the web editor to insert missing information within the limitations of that app. As far as I know so far there is no way to get Zidoo to update from changes made in NFO files.
Can’t remember what version it came in on, but HT has had the ability to update metadata from NFOs for quite a while now.
It works on HT5 the 1619BPD boxes and of course the AML ones. Unfortunately not on HT4 on the 1619DR boxes.
I don't use TMM, but if you scrape online with the box and then export NFOs, then actors and director have entries in the NFOs, so if I then clear the database and scrape with the NFO only, it picks up the cast details including images. Further details are pulled from the internet at runtime, although I dare say they could also be NFO entries. Does TMM make such cast entries? If not I bet there's a setting. Code: <actor> <name>Uma Thurman</name> <role>Beatrix Kiddo / The Bride / 'Black Mamba' / Mommy</role> <order>0</order> <creditId>52fe423ec3a36847f800ef93</creditId> <castId>1</castId> <thumb>http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/lg04iEqT6TC40H1jz10Z99OFMXx.jpg</thumb> <uniqueid type="tmdb" default="true">139</uniqueid> </actor> Same with genres - these are picked up from the NFO too. Code: <genre>Action</genre> <genre>Crime</genre> <genre>Thriller</genre>
However so far since HT5 and using Zidoo 99% matches include everyone. Only a few obscure items seem to not always work but then I insert them manually via the web editor. Although it won’t load the images of actors and directors if you insert the names in the web editor.
Ah - Sorry - I'd forgotten that - my old Z9Xs are on earlier firmware So yes, I remember when NFO refresh was first introduced there was a bug which was fixed later, but not on the 1619DRs It only works once - ie you can change the NFO one time, hit Metadata Refresh and it works, but any further changes are ignored. The workaround after the first change is this: 1. Remove NFO file from directory 2. Hit Metadata Refresh 3. Replace NFO file in directory with required changes 4. Hit Metadata Refresh again
Not accessible to users, but you can get a copy by creating a backup and unzipping it (it's a basic zip file with a .ztb extension). The database is inside and can be opened with SQLite.
Thanks. I just tried to modify the database from the .ztb file. I tried to restore it after the change was made, but the app gives me an error "An error occurred during the restoration."
I just tried it and it worked ok... Just unzipped, edited a field in the MOVIE_INFO table, committed, rezipped and restored:
But I think the answer lies in getting the NFOs right rather than fiddling with the database as that's not really practical as an ongoing solution.
