Mezzmo Folder Manager

[jbinkley60]

Mezzmo has a lot of inherent flexibility allowing users to manage folder
and playlist information from the GUI, via NFO files, internal hierarchical
relationships, dynamic updating and similar. These all work great but
problems can occur like accidentally updating a parent folder description
where you don't to have the child folder descriptions also get updated.

You could do a full restore or fix via the GUI but I wanted to have an easier
way to view and mass update folder / playlist data or protect your data
from accidental changes without resorting to a full database restore
which might include other changes you have made

Enter a new tool I am developing called Mezzmo Folder Manager which
will have the following initial features:

• The ability to backup / restore all Mezzmo playlist / folder description
information with up to 10 saved versions
• Sync Mezzmo Folder Manager to Mezzmo either via menu driven or
command line for batch operations
• Export playlist or folder data to CSV file for easy viewing or making bulk
updates
• CSV file import of playlist or folder information
• Available in native Python and Windows x64 EXE formats


This new tool should provide a lot more granular control over your folder
and playlist information. The initial release will only support bulk updating
folder or playlist descriptions. However, the CSV exports will show associated
poster and backdrop artwork files, parent / child relationships and more.

I am hoping to have an initial release available later next week for testing.


Feedback is welcome.


Jeff


Visit the Mezzmo Kodi addon Wiki for the latest

[jbinkley60]

A quick update here for the Mezzmo Folder Manager tool. The initial coding is done and initial testing is very positive. I am doing some additional testing, need to add some debugging code and finish the initial documentation so users know how to use it properly. It is going to likely take a couple more days but watch for something soon.


Thanks,

Jeff

[jbinkley60]

The first release, v0.0.1, of the Mezzmo Folder Manager has been published to GitHub
and can be downloaded here. Mezzmo Folder Manager is another powerful tool in the
Mezzmo Ecosystem which provides easy viewing into the playlist and folder structures
in your Mezzmo library. For those leveraging the Mezzmo Kodi addon much of the folder
data syncs to Kodi via the background sync process. Playlists stay on Mezzmo but are
accessible by Kodi in GUI mode. For all non-Kodi clients folder and playlist information is
accessed via the client interface.

In addition to providing excellent visibility into your library this initial release supports
bulk updating of folder and playlist descriptions.


v.0.01 features and highlights

• Sync folder and playlist information from the Mezzmo database
• Export folder and playlist information to CSV file
• Import folder and playlist information for bulk updating of descriptions
• Update Mezzmo folder and playlist information from Mezzmo Folder Manager database
• Maintain up to 10 timestamped copies of all data for quick restoration
• Detailed logging to local logfile
• Menu driven command functions for easy usage
• Command line support for syncing with Mezzmo for automated backup operation
• Backup Mezzmo Folder Manager database
• Native Python and Windows 64 exe formats


An initial wiki page has been created covering topics such as Getting Started, How it Works,
Running Mezzmo Folder Manager and more. This is a work in progress and will continue to be
updated over the next few weeks.

While I am calling this a beta release it has been extensively tested. I have not added some
automatic error handling yet, which I plan to do so in the future because I want to see if there
are issues in the current code which it might mask. Please let me know if you see anything
which looks odd or if you get any errors when running the tool.


Thanks in advance,

Jeff


Please visit the Mezzmo Folder Manager wiki for more information