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wluk
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 Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:10 pm Post subject: Metadata Creator for Windows |
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I created a simple Windows program to generate Metadata files for each files in the same folder with the same seriesId and seriesTitle. I hope you will find it useful. Thanks.
It doesn't pull any video information from any online databases. It is a simple tool to create the metadata quickly. Let say if you have 26 videos in a folder, you only need to hit 2 clicks and it will create all metadata for those files for TiVo to group them together.
Step by Step instruction:
1) extract the program (.exe) and the app config (.config) files to any folder.
2) start the program
3) for the first time, the "pyTiVo Folder(s)" box should be blank. You will have to enter your pyTiVo Video Folder here. For example, I put "D:\TiVo" in the box. If you have multiple Video Folders, you can put multiple folders separate by ';'. For example "D:\TiVo; C:\KidsVideo"
4) after you entered the "pyTiVo Folder(s)" box, you can tab away or hit the Refresh button and the left Tree View should populated with your video folder.
5) Hit the save settings button to save the "pyTiVo Folder(s)" info so you don't have to enter it the next time.
6) Assuming you already have the videos in the folders, when you select the folder tree on the left, the video files should appear on the file list view on the right bottom.
7) now you can hit the "Create Metadata" button. When it is done, you can hit the individual files and the content of the metadata will show it on the lower left text box.
 Then you can use pyTiVo to push the videos like you normally do and it will group all the videos within the folder together on your TiVo.
New version Update 9/4/10
* add 1 Click to apply metadata files to all folders.
* bypass files with metadata already exist.
* delete orphan metadata files without video.
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Malphesian
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Tried to run the app and got a .Net Framework initialization error?
I'm running Window 7 Ulitimate
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wluk
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gonzotek
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Can you please explain the basics for using the program? Does it only create metadata for all the files in a folder, or can you work with one file at a time? It ran fine for me on an up-to-date Windows 7 laptop, but I didn't see any instructions on how to use.
Thanks!
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wluk
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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The program allows you to pick a folder and it will create the metadata files for each video files in the folder. Currently it will always create the metadata files for all, you can't pick a specific file. If this is useful to you, I can enhance the program when I have time.
When you upload the video files in the folder, TiVo will group them by the folder name.
To start using the program, you just have to type in your pyTiVo folder to start. Then save the settings so you don't have to define the pyTiVo folder again next time.
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rdian06
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What source are you using for the metadata?
How does your program determine what the show/movie name is?
Or does your program just generate fake seriesId data for grouping Push transfers?
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wluk
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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The metadata is based on the folder and the file names. The Windows folder name will be the group name in TiVo and the Filenames will be the episode IDs. yes, it is fake seriesID. The title and the seriesId can be modified.
I created the program so that if I put all video files into a folder, the program will just create the metadata files to group everything together then push it to TiVo. I just need to click a couple buttons and I am done.
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Malphesian
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| wluk wrote: | The metadata is based on the folder and the file names. The Windows folder name will be the group name in TiVo and the Filenames will be the episode IDs. yes, it is fake seriesID. The title and the seriesId can be modified.
I created the program so that if I put all video files into a folder, the program will just create the metadata files to group everything together then push it to TiVo. I just need to click a couple buttons and I am done. |
So you made this as a pull folder creator, or do you still need to push to make the folders on Tivo?
BTW, got it to run now that I have NET installed, LOL
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rdian06
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| wluk wrote: | The metadata is based on the folder and the file names. The Windows folder name will be the group name in TiVo and the Filenames will be the episode IDs. yes, it is fake seriesID. The title and the seriesId can be modified.
I created the program so that if I put all video files into a folder, the program will just create the metadata files to group everything together then push it to TiVo. I just need to click a couple buttons and I am done. |
Ah, you may wish to edit your first post to include that explanation. Most of the other metadata programs do lookups against online sites to get show and movie information into the files.
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Malphesian
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I can't get pytivo console to run anyway to push!!!! Ugggg!!! LOL. I followed all the instructions, but when I try to stop pytivo it says acess denied!!!
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Malphesian
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:13 am Post subject: |
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| OKAY. I have the Meta GUI up and I type in a path, but that's where it stops? I can't get any of the buttons to function and the Create Metadata button never becomes accessable to select?
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Malphesian
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wluk
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| added instructions
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Malphesian
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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| wluk wrote: | added instructions |
Thank you. The only Glitch that I found, was that it would not let me put in just on directory? After I put in two, then it populated the Left and let me work.
Also, another question.
If I move a movie from one folder to another after the metadata has been initially assigned, will it automatically reassign the new metadata of the folder it is transfered to?
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wluk
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 1:38 am Post subject: |
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I wonder why I won't let you just put one directory. Are you just assigning the C drive or something? Maybe there is a permission error reading some of the folders. I will fix it over the weekend.
if you move the movie from one folder to another and the folder has a different name, then when you recreate the metadata again, it will have the new folder as the seriesID and Title, therefore the movie will be in a different group.
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