2008-01-11T03:15:33+11:00

1 Media Browser for vista MCE

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Media Browser has gone open source and now has a new home: Discussions are at "www.mediaborwser.tv":http://www.mediabrowser.tv Wiki is at: "www.mediabrowser.tv/wiki":http://www.mediabrowser.tv/wiki Downloads are at: "google code":http://code.google.com/p/videobrowser/downloads Media Browser is a plug-in for Windows Vista Media Center. It provides a _simple_ interface to your videos.

Media Browser has gone open source and now has a new home: Discussions are at <a href="http://www.mediabrowser.tv">www.mediaborwser.tv</a> Wiki is at: <a href="http://www.mediabrowser.tv/wiki">www.mediabrowser.tv/wiki</a> Downloads are at: <a href="http://code.google.com/p/videobrowser/downloads">google code</a> Media Browser is a plug-in for Windows Vista Media Center. It provides a simple interface to your videos.

2009-03-18T07:49:10+11:00

http://code.google.com/p/videobrowser/downloads

2008-01-11T03:51:39+11:00

The TV DB scraper will query the _The TV DB_ web services and try to find the best metadata for your television shows. If it finds any information it will create a hidden folder called _metadata_ beneath the video files and place an XML file and optionally an image which describes the show h3. Installation # Download a copy of "Ruby":http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl and install on your machine # Run "ruby tvdb_scraper.rb PATH" where PATH represents the path containing tv shows h3. Keys to getting this to work # Ensure your directory structure follows the pattern <TV Show Name>\<Season Number>\<TV Episode> ## so Extras\Season 1\01.avi is a good starting point # Ensure the TV show name matches the exact same tv show name in TheTVDB ## So it's 24 not "Twenty Four" # Ensure you have a Season directory ## Eg. place the first seasons episodes in the "Season 1" folder # The script runs recursively, so start small, with a folder containing only a few files. h3. What file names does it recognize? # 201 - blablbl.avi means Season 2 Episode 1 # s02e01 - another episode.avi means season 2 episode 1 h3. How do I rename my files to something a bit nicer than 2.avi The script has a special option called --fixnames, when specified it will rename your files to a nicer format <episode number> - <episode name> *Careful* with this option, it renames your files! Ensure all the metadata is 100% correct before using this.

The TV DB scraper will query the The TV DB web services and try to find the best metadata for your television shows. If it finds any information it will create a hidden folder called metadata beneath the video files and place an XML file and optionally an image which describes the show <h3>Installation</h3> <ol> <li>Download a copy of <a href="http://rubyinstaller.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl">Ruby</a> and install on your machine</li> <li>Run “ruby tvdb_scraper.rb PATH” where PATH represents the path containing tv shows</li> </ol> <h3>Keys to getting this to work</h3> <ol> <li>Ensure your directory structure follows the pattern <TV Show Name>\<Season Number>\<TV Episode> <ol> <li>so Extras\Season 1\01.avi is a good starting point </li> </ol> </li> <li>Ensure the TV show name matches the exact same tv show name in TheTVDB <ol> <li>So it’s 24 not “Twenty Four” </li> </ol> </li> <li>Ensure you have a Season directory <ol> <li>Eg. place the first seasons episodes in the “Season 1” folder </li> </ol> </li> <li>The script runs recursively, so start small, with a folder containing only a few files.</li> </ol> <h3>What file names does it recognize?</h3> <ol> <li>201 – blablbl.avi means Season 2 Episode 1 </li> <li>s02e01 – another episode.avi means season 2 episode 1</li> </ol> <h3>How do I rename my files to something a bit nicer than 2.avi</h3> The script has a special option called—fixnames, when specified it will rename your files to a nicer format <episode number> – <episode name> Careful with this option, it renames your files! Ensure all the metadata is 100% correct before using this.

2 Ruby TV Show Xml Scraper

This is a *public domain* script I wrote for scraping TV episode information from "The TV DB":http://thetvdb.com/. Do with it what you will, pretend you wrote it I don't care. *UPDATE* - I just fixed the script so it supports the new API, fork it "on github":http://github.com/sambo99/tvdb-scraper/tree/master if you feel like improving it. You can also use "Bill's new exe":http://wmediacenter.com/?p=78 which works exactly in the same way. Or even "TV Scout":http://www.codeplex.com/TVScout/

This is a public domain script I wrote for scraping TV episode information from <a href="http://thetvdb.com/">The TV DB</a>. Do with it what you will, pretend you wrote it I don’t care. UPDATE – I just fixed the script so it supports the new API, fork it <a href="http://github.com/sambo99/tvdb-scraper/tree/master">on github</a> if you feel like improving it. You can also use <a href="http://wmediacenter.com/?p=78">Bill’s new exe</a> which works exactly in the same way. Or even <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/TVScout/">TV Scout</a>

2008-09-11T15:48:52+10:00

/tvdb_scraper.rb