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Importing Cast/crew in to a new profile |
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| Registered: April 1, 2007 |  Posts: 185 |
| | Posted: | | | | If I copy existing cast/crew for a profile, it generates XML similar to this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <CastInformation> <Title>Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned</Title> <Actors> <Actor FirstName="Joseph" MiddleName="" LastName="Riker" BirthYear="0" Role="Chuck" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Trina" MiddleName="" LastName="Analee" BirthYear="0" Role="Michelle" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Gregg" MiddleName="Aaron" LastName="Greenberg" BirthYear="0" Role="Sammy" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Joe" MiddleName="" LastName="Testa" BirthYear="0" Role="Gordon" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Rebecca" MiddleName="" LastName="Hodges" BirthYear="0" Role="The Reader" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Sean" MiddleName="" LastName="Parker" BirthYear="0" Role="Paulie" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Dan" MiddleName="" LastName="Rusu" BirthYear="0" Role="The Fish" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Lloyd" MiddleName="" LastName="Kaufman" BirthYear="0" Role="Hot Babe" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Nathan" MiddleName="" LastName="Faudree" BirthYear="0" Role="Bartender" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Uncle Sam" MiddleName="" LastName="" BirthYear="0" Role="Bar Guy 1" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Mark" MiddleName="" LastName="Williams" BirthYear="1959" Role="Bar Guy 2" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Zoe" MiddleName="" LastName="Hunter" BirthYear="0" Role="Snowy" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Monique" MiddleName="" LastName="Dupree" BirthYear="0" Role="Emerald, the Demon Boobie Vampire" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> <Actor FirstName="Kaitlyn" MiddleName="" LastName="Gutkes" BirthYear="0" Role="Vermillion, the Snowball Vampire" CreditedAs="" Voice="false" Uncredited="false"/> </Actors> </CastInformation> For new movies or movies lacking cast/crew, can I generate this XML external to DVDP, say in notepad++ (I'm VERY good with macros), or something similar and paste it in rather than using the DVDP built in wizard? |
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| | | Registered: April 1, 2007 | | Posts: 185 |
| | Posted: | | | | The geocities links is dead. Whould you mind throwing it up on sendspace for me? Sendspace | | | | Last edited: by 69samael69 |
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| | Registered: April 1, 2007 | | Posts: 185 |
| | Posted: | | | | OK. Thank you. That's too bad, but oh well, in general, I find Excel too clunky anyway. I find it easier to copy and paste out of IMDB and format it using macros in Notepad++. I use macros all the time to generate and format XML and SQL scripts. Once I figure it out a good process I'll be able to do an entire cast from IMDB to DVDP in under 5 minutes. Crew is a little more problematic to script, with the CreditType and CreditSubtype, but I should be able to script most of it to generate the XML, then clean up those fields afterward.  | | | | Last edited: by 69samael69 |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,217 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 69samael69: Quote:
can I generate this XML external Absolutely, the XML is, as you see quite simple, disregard the title, that is just for info while pasting As you wrote you'd just have to play around with the "Types" Quote:
I find it easier to copy and paste out of IMDB ... RED ALERTWhile you can do that for yourself locally, you mustn't contribute such data, ever. The Contribution rules state clearly: "Take Crew Credits from the film credits only;" resp. "take the actor information from the end credits only" cya, Mithi | | | | Mithi's little XSLT tinkering - the power of XML --- DVD-Profiler Mini-Wiki |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,744 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 69samael69: Quote:
OK. Thank you. That's too bad, but oh well, in general, I find Excel too clunky anyway. I find it easier to copy and paste out of IMDB and format it using macros in Notepad++. I use macros all the time to generate and format XML and SQL scripts. Once I figure it out a good process I'll be able to do an entire cast from IMDB to DVDP in under 5 minutes. Crew is a little more problematic to script, with the CreditType and CreditSubtype, but I should be able to script most of it to generate the XML, then clean up those fields afterward. You can use Cast/Crew Edit 2 if you wish to use IMDb data locally. However, as Mithi wrote you're not allowed to contribute IMDb data to the Invelos database. | | | Karsten
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| | Registered: April 1, 2007 | | Posts: 185 |
| | Posted: | | | | So I've learned that IMDB is not allowed. I've withdrawn the two submissions from last night. Taking the info directly from the credits is too time consuming (My wife wouldn't be impressed with me). I'll just focus on what I have time for. Creating stubs for those I have that are missing entirely from the DB (2:13, for instance) and fixing box set contents, which is mostly what I've been focusing on anyway. Cast/crew is of less importance to me as I rarely use it, so I'll leave it to those who have more time and patience. I figured if I could come up with a convenient way to mine the data, I would include it. I generally only use the database to track what I've taken out of their cases, due to space constraints, and to ensure I don't buy duplicates. For this I've created a simple lookup site that I generate based on the database export utility. Very slow right now for some reason, but is typically very snappy. The on-line profiler takes too long to scroll the whole list. | | | | Last edited: by 69samael69 |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,744 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting 69samael69: Quote:
I generally only use the database to track what I've taken out of their cases, due to space constraints, and to ensure I don't buy duplicates. For this I've created a simple lookup site that I generate based on the database export utility. Very slow right now for some reason, but is typically very snappy. The on-line profiler takes too long to scroll the whole list. You could check out phpDVDProfiler, a sample installation being my collection. I even (mis)use DVD Profiler and phpDVDProfiler for my comics and books and it works for my needs. | | | Karsten
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| | Registered: April 1, 2007 | | Posts: 185 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'll have a look. Don't like how it does box set contents. Louis de Funès Collection: Box No. 4 has a movie called Never Play Clever Again, which if you search for it, it comes up under 'N', but does not show up if you browse 'N' because it's nested under the box set, which starts with 'L'. I like the box sets in DVD Profiler, but prefer the flattened views in the on-line profiler and my own app. It's a more instantaneous overview of what I have. Can phpDVDProfiler be configured to flatten the box sets and show all of a single letter? http://rpjj.ca/movies/P.htmScroll down to Puppet Master. I am going to do box set maintenance on these and contribute them (The 9-movie Puppet Master Collection is currently only in my collection, and needs to be redone and contributed), but I can see instantly, the various versions I have since once I fix them all a couple of these will sort under 'M' in DVD Profile for Midnight Horror Collection. My app does create some duplicate entries, which I should look at some time, but it's not the end of the world. It's mostly related to unnumbered entries such as season pack disks as I only count a TV season as one entry and DVD/BD combo packs, which I only assign a single number to. It's supposed to ignore them, but it doesn't work.  It's all a matter of taste, I suppose. |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 299 |
| | Posted: | | | | I use phpDVDProfiler as well. Link action below in my signature. Under "Settings->User Preferences" there's a "Box Sets Clustering Preference" option. Same option the DVD Profiler application offers. By default I have the option set to "Box Sets cluster together". Sometimes though I like to flatten them out setting the option to "Box sets shown separately" instead. And by the way, like your website 69samael69. Very cool. Nice job. | | | | My DVD/Blu-ray Collection | | | | Last edited: by Lowpro |
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