[mythtv-users] Jamu not finding video metadata

[Andrew Barbaccia]

Doug,

Thanks for the explanation. I'll start using the -MG for my cron jobs.
A file name example is "Tropic Thunder.mkv"

Tell me what you think (and what steps you took to get there, so I can
better understand)

Thanks,
Andrew!
On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Doug Vaughan <r.d.vaughan at rogers.com>wrote:

> Andrew,
> Please provide an exact file name example of a video file that jamu is
> skipping and I probably can tell you what is happening.
>
> I noticed that you are using the -MIG set of command line options. The "I"
> and "G" are mutually exclusive. "I" is for interactive selection of an TVDB
> or IMDB reference number for a given video file. While the "G" option tells
> jamu to make a best guess at the video's TVDB or IMDB reference number
> without user interaction. In fact with the "I" option, if only one possible
> movie or TV series is possible for your video file Jamu will use it and skip
> the interactive selection. So in a way the "I" option has guessing
> functionality built in.
>
> Usually you only use the "G" option for video file names that are well
> formed like if they were named using Schedule Directs information or you
> used the tvnamer.py utility mentioned in the jamu wiki to fix your TV
> episode video file names. I only use the "G" option in cron jobs where I do
> not want to interface with Jamu.
>
> You can also rename both TV episodes and movie video files with Jamu using
> the options -MIF. Movies will be renamed to the format "movie title
> (YEAR).ext" and TV episodes to "TV series title - SxxExx - Episode
> title.ext". Along with metadata and graphics downloads and db updates. An
> all in one option. Option "-MGF" can also be used but again the accuracy is
> totally dependant on what can be parsed from the original file name.
>
> Note that when there are two exact matches for a movie title (e.g. "Planet
> Of The Apes") jamu "G" option will skip the video to avoid making the wrong
> choice.
>
> Doug
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