Unable to search movie meta data

[ant-dat]

Hi Jeff,

I installed python and tried you package.
Unless i have missed a step or done something wrong i saw no change on mezzmo.
The steps i followed
ammended the config.txt file
C:\users\username\appdata\local\Conceiva\mezzmo\ # Path to Mezzmo database
C:\users\username\appdata\local\Conceiva\mezzmo\ar twork\ # Mezzmo artwork folder path with trailing \
ran the steps as per you details
but i saw no change in mezzo for the movie (details or images)
Have a missed a step?

[jbinkley60]

Hi Jeff,

I installed python and tried you package.
Unless i have missed a step or done something wrong i saw no change on mezzmo.
The steps i followed
ammended the config.txt file
C:\users\username\appdata\local\Conceiva\mezzmo\ # Path to Mezzmo database
C:\users\username\appdata\local\Conceiva\mezzmo\ar twork\ # Mezzmo artwork folder path with trailing \
ran the steps as per you details
but i saw no change in mezzo for the movie (details or images)
Have a missed a step?

I need to document the instructions better here.

Here's the steps once you've configured the Mezzmo Artwork Checker:

1. Run the artwork checker with: mezzmo_actor.py nfo
2. Answer the questions from the Mezzmo Artwork Checker
3. When it is done it will add 4 files to the NFO folder
4. Copy the NFO file and 2 JPG files into the folder with your video file in Mezzmo
5. If you've let Mezzmo already discover the new movie you will need to delete it out of Mezzmo
6. Have Mezzmo discover the new movie and you should see most of the metadata appear

You can manually copy / paste the other fields out of the extras file in the NFO folder.

I'll work on documenting this better.


Jeff

[Peter]

The current key is dee64c83bd0310bc227948c9d4bc5aab, there are 10 locations in the binary where it is used if you want to try replacing it in the binary.

[odin]

Just curious why mezzmo was blacklisted from tmdb, it seems to be the same functionality / load as TinyMediaManager does, but I am sort of liking the nfo and image system since it allows me to quickly update my db and even start from a clean mezzmo db if needed and no false results, saves time having to manually update movies or tv series, would be neat to implement an additional nfo saving system into mezzmo rather then just populating it into the db.

[Peter]

Mezzmo is a commercial application and TMDB want commercial applications to pay for access to the api.

[FranticOrange]

The current key is dee64c83bd0310bc227948c9d4bc5aab, there are 10 locations in the binary where it is used if you want to try replacing it in the binary.

Thanks Peter. I've noticed that the Mezzmo executables are compressed which adds a layer of complexity to the binary editing method. I don't suppose that there's an uncompressed version of the relevant binary available is there please?

[jbinkley60]

Mezzmo is a commercial application and TMDB want commercial applications to pay for access to the api.

Likewise TMDB has donated an API key to the Kodi Foundation for their internal metadata scrapers.


Jeff

[jbinkley60]

For those interested in testing I have published an updated test version 1.0.16c of the
Mezzmo Artwork Checker with a number of new enhancements for generating NFO files
and artwork. You can download it here from GitHub.

Here's a list of fixes and features in this test update:

• Fixed some High ASCII characters not importing properly into Mezzmo causing symbols
in the description, actors and other fields.
• Added TMDB missing JSON data detection for the known_for_department field.
Previously an error would be recorded vs. now a skip will occur for an actor
role with missing data.
• Continued improving the activity logging.

This version has been working well for me in testing. One feature I am looking to add
in the future is to try downloading any missing actor / actress information for movie cast
members who may not yet be in your Mezzmo database. NFO importing doesn't have the
concept of importing actor artwork.

I spent more time updating the Metadata Tools wiki page. It now has a section for using
the Mezzmo Artwork Checker NFO Tool and how to import NFO data and artwork into
Mezzmo. I hope you find this useful.



Thanks,

Jeff

[Peter]

Thanks Peter. I've noticed that the Mezzmo executables are compressed which adds a layer of complexity to the binary editing method. I don't suppose that there's an uncompressed version of the relevant binary available is there please?

No, we do not have an uncompressed version of the binaries.

[jbinkley60]

For those interested in testing I have published an updated test version 1.0.16d of the
Mezzmo Artwork Checker with a key new enhancement for generating NFO files and
artwork. This version of the NFO creation feature adds the automatic ability to check
for new actor / actress images after creating the NFO file. You can download this
new test version here from GitHub.

Note:
This is likely to be the last feature test release before releasing as version 1.0.17.
I'll hold this for a week to see if any bugs are reported.

Here's a list of fixes and features in this test update:

• Fixed very minor logging error
• Added the ability to automatically download new actor / actress image artwork
when creating NFO files.

This version has been working well for me in testing and the automatic fetching of
new actor / actress artwork is very handy and not something that most other NFO
tools can do.

I spent more time updating the Metadata Tools wiki page. It now has a section for using
the Mezzmo Artwork Checker NFO Tool and how to import NFO data and artwork into
Mezzmo. I hope you find this useful.



Thanks,

Jeff