importing cover art into dvdpedia

[bonsai]

Is there a way to import images into dvdpedia?

I know there is a "drag DVD cover here" option, but I'd like to import
them in batch mode.


My Setup

I have a perl script that generates a csv file that looks like:

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"title","links"
"movie1","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie1/VIDEO_TS"
"movie2","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie2/VIDEO_TS"

This list is imported into dvdpedia. The movie title is descriptive
enough to populate cover art for most commercial movies, using:

Advanced->Get Advanced Info For Selection


My Question

Unfortunately this doesn't work for home movies and obscure
titles. Basically I'd like to be able to do:

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"title","links","images"
"movie1","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie1/VIDEO_TS","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie1/jacket.jpeg"
"movie2","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie2/VIDEO_TS","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie2/jacket.jpeg"

ie, any image found next to VIDEO_TS to be used as cover art
iff Amazon/IMDB can't find the movie.

[Conor]

Is there a way to import images into dvdpedia?

Say no more, now there is. Download DVDpedia again and there will be a new field Image URL that you can map the URL in the text file to. All the URLs in the following test file will work:

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"title","links","image"
"movie1","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie1/VIDEO_TS","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/Movie1.jpg"
"movie2","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie1/VIDEO_TS","file:///Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/Movie2.jpg"
"movie3","/Users/foo/Desktop/dvd/movie1/VIDEO_TS","http://bruji.com/images/bruji.jpg"

If you import a large number of movies and use the Image URL field give it time to import the images (there is no progress view as it can import text files quickly but this new image option will slow it down).

[bonsai]

wow--now that's what i call support!

i downloaded the latest version, and indeed the imageURL option
works. dvdpedia is an awesome replacement for frontrow.

not to be ungrateful, but here are some more "low priority"
enhacement requests:

1. Advanced -> Get Advanced Info For Selection

It would be great if this menu was consistent with the box
that pops up when you add a new dvd. Some useful
features of that dialog are:

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search site:    cascade
search type:    dvd
sort order:     release date

2. there should be a way to browse collections in fullscreen mode.

suposing you have 3 catagories: action, nature and sports.
in fullscreen mode, there should be a way to browse action
dvds, then step up a level and select another collection to
browse.


3. when pausing on a dvd selection for a few seconds, a soft voice
in the background should start reciting all known information about
that DVD. during one session, narration should not be repeated.

[Conor]

Thank you for the suggestions. Having a way to change collections while on fullscreen is something we are working on. This forum post with user mock ups of what they would want the fullscreen to be like might be of interest.