General Discussion

Automatic sorting of recorded TV

woolooloo — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:00:18 GMT

I'm a new myTV user, purchased it this week, really pretty happy with it so far although I haven't had a chance to use it much yet, I'm still loading it up. As I've been tediously re-ripping my TV DVD's into episodes rather than the ISO's I've been using in MyMovies, I was not looking forward to having to rename all of the dvr-ms files in my recorded Tv directory.

So today I wrote a program to automatically go through, query the thetvdb.com database for the necessary information, rename the files, and put them into my "saved shows" directory where I store my files for myTV. Unfortunately, I didn't notice until just now that dgaust has written a service to do much the same, so it looks like there will be a new option for this :)

It is a command line program now, the usage is:

Usage: MCEZ Sort

(all command line options have been moved to the ConfigInfo.xml file)

It will search your recorded tv directory, try to determine the season and episode of each show based on its metadata, and rename/move the file to your saved tv directory. So for example, it found "d:\recorded tv\Two and a Half Men_WJZY_2008_11_10_19_30_02.dvr-ms" on my system, determined that it was season 5, episode 4, and moved it to "d:\saved tv\Two and a Half Men\Season 05\Two and a Half Men.S05E04.City of Great Racks.dvr-ms".

There are currently some limitations I will work to get rid of:

1. Will only work with one output (saved shows) directory. I imagine some people may have collections that span multiple directories and this won't necessarily work well in that environment (yet). Update, multiple directories can be configured manually in the SeriesInfo.xml file.

2. Matches on the first matching series in thetvdb.com's system. So for example, I had a Life On Mars episode, and I guess that is originally a UK show, so the proper name for the series in thetvdb.com is "Life On Mars (US)". Right now it will match on the UK version "Life On Mars". In my case it didn't match the other criteria so it didn't find a season/episode and just left the file for manual handling but in some cases it may wrongly match up and move the file. Update, the correct series id can be configured manually in the the SeriesInfo.xml file.

3. The renaming convention is fixed, it puts it into a subfolder "Name of Show" in your saved tv directory, and then puts it into a subfolder "Season XX" in there. The file will be named "Name of Show.SXXEXX.Name of Episode.dvr-ms". Update, naming is completely configurable as described in a later post and in ConfigInfo.xml.

The program also has a schedule culler. It will look through X days of your future scheduled recordings and if it finds there are reruns scheduled that you already have archived, it will cancel the recording. This will free up your tuners if you are trying to complete your collection of a series and it keeps recording the episodes you already have. For example, I am trying to collect all episodes of Family Guy. Reruns air like 10 times a day on different channels, but I only need a few episodes to complete my collection so I really only need like 1% of what is being recorded for the series. The culler will go through and cancel all the recordings for episodes I already have and free up my tuners.

Short term improvements will include the following, please provide feedback if you are interested in this tool.

1. Flexible renaming criteria. I am interested in knowing how people name their files so that I can make it flexible enough for everyone to use. Done

2. Allow it to span multiple output directories. Done via manual configuration

3. Provide a config file to store parameters. Done

4. Provide a user interface to resolve conflicts.

5. Provide a service that will run automatically.

6. Look for existing folders with the series information to further reduce the number of queries to thetvdb.com

7. Add support for WTV files for those with TV Pack. Done

8. Allow you to tell it to skip certain series, or to only move certain shows. Done

Anyways, that's all for tonight. If you are interested in testing with the current version and can live with the limitations, feel free. You can also set up test directories if you don't want to mess with your real files. You can also use the "-c" option to copy the files to the new directory instead of move them, but as you probably know, copying these files can take a lot of time.

If there are any features you'd like to see added, please let me know.

If you are interested in taking a look, you can find it here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/348000606/mcez-sort.1.2.0.a.zip

MyVPN

maccagill — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:18:20 GMT

Under purchases, I notice MyVPN product, but after doing a search I cannot find any info on it.

Could you send me in the right direction

Updates please.

ec96joan — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:24:42 GMT

Now it's been a year since "about to drop the build" in this thread:
http://mytv.senseitweb.com/forums/t/5374.aspx?PageIndex=1

And it's been 4 (!) months since he said "I will be back on the forums this week with some proper updates" in tihs thread:
http://mytv.senseitweb.com/forums/p/5374/61934.aspx#61934
And now they've locked the thread..how convenient..no more complaints. Just cover your ears and they don't exist.

I'm sorry for being harsh...but I have been patient.

Unable to get working, MyTVService Crash, Media Center Extensibility Host Stopped Working.

sdukes — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:07:12 GMT

Just purchased this the other day. Installed on W7 x64 followed the install guide, did the netsh cmds.

When ever i click MyTV-Settings-Database it ends with the Media Center Extensibility Host Stopped Error.

Also it doesn't find any of my episodes even though i've set the location. On check MyTV in the event logs it appears the service crashes with:

Unhandled crash occured. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) at senseIT.General.MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfo.MediaInfo_New() at senseIT.General.MediaInfoWrapper.MediaInfo..ctor() at myTVservice.myTVservice.VideoFileInformation(FileInfo f) at myTVservice.myTVservice.AddEpisodeToShow(Object obj) at myTVservice.myTVservice.AddEpisodes(Object showUIDobj) at myTVservice.myTVservice.CheckEpisodes() at myTVservice.myTVservice.InitialRun() at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

I've uninstalled and reinstalled multiple times including the Windows media player and Center features, SQL Server 2008 R2 (Database is created, Series data from folders gets entered no episodes however), MyTV, MediaInfo, etc etc and i get the same errors everytime.

Please can anyone help?

Cheers,

RSS Feed Updater for Torrents

Mackio — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:01:55 GMT

Hi everyone,

I noticed that there have been a few requests around the forums for fully automating torrent downloads and I would also like this feature. So I decided to write a program for bridging the gap between myTV and a torrent client (such as uTorrent, Vuze, etc). I'm quite new to programming and this is really only a temporary solution. The way it works is you point it to the directory that myTV downloads torrent files and it will update an RSS feed that is stored on a local IIS server based on the torrent files in the directory. You then add the feed to uTorrent and use the inbuilt features to sort through different TV shows and put them in the appropriate directory.

Requirements:

Internet Information Services (download through Web Platform Installer here)

myTV

Torrent client that supports RSS Feeds (recommend uTorrent)

Configure IIS:

1. Install IIS

2. Create a folder in a place you will remember (C:\IIS\) and then make two subfolders (I'll use "torrents" and "rss")

3. Run Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager

4. In the left pane under connections expand PCNAME -> Sites -> Default Web Site

5. Right click Default Web Site and click Add Virtual Directory

6. Fill in Alias with a name you will remember (this is important as it will be part of the URL later)

7. For Physical Path, browse to the folder you made in step 2 (I used C:\IIS\)

Configure myTV:

1. Start Media Center

2. Go to myTV Settings

3. Go to General -> Torrent Download directory and change it to the subfolder you made earlier (I used C:\IIS\torrents)

Configure RSS Feed Updater:

1. Open Notepad and click save (give it a name like rssfile), then change the file extension to .xml. Navigate to your folder called rss (C:\IIS\rss) and save it there.

2. Start RSS Feed Updater

3. Under RSS Feed Location browse to the RSS file in your RSS subfolder (C:\IIS\rss\rssfile.xml)

4. Under Torrents folder browse to your torrents subfolder (C:\IIS\torrents\) NOTE: Make sure you include the trailing slash or it will crash.

5. Under Server Address to RSS Folder write http://(HOSTNAME if local just leave as "localhost")/(ALIAS NAME DEFINED IN STEP 6 OF CONFIGURING IIS)/NAME OF RSS FOLDER (rss)/NAME OF RSS FILE (IN STEP 1, rssfile.xml)

6. Under Server Address to Torrents Folder write http://(HOSTNAME if local just leave as "localhost")/(ALIAS NAME DEFINED IN STEP 6 OF CONFIGURING IIS)/NAME OF TORRENT FOLDER (torrents)/

7. Under Regeneration Interval (Seconds) type the amount of time in seconds to refresh the torrent file (make the number higher if performance is impacted too heavily, default is 1)

8. Hit Save Settings to save the settings to a config file

9. Press Start to begin updating and your done!

I won't go through how to add and filter feeds here as this can be found elsewhere on the internet (the feed URL is the same as Server Address to RSS folder in your config). Please let me know if you plan to repost this tutorial.

Mackio

myDVD Refund

husky — Sat, 15 May 2010 05:16:38 GMT

Dear Admin,

I prematurely purchased a copy of myDVD on the 19th of May last year when it was available briefly on your store for $29USD.

After contacting you later in the week I received a message saying you would process a refund for me but nothing has shown up in my PayPal history.

I have messaged you 3 times and made one forum post to try and get a refund but blame myself for not trying to contact you in the general public forum sooner.

Can you please contact me to try and resolve this issue?

Thanks, Brad

thetvdb

maccagill — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:00:25 GMT

Looks like the site is down again.

This is happening quite often

why cant i download get trailers ?

darksithlord — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:10:48 GMT

it just keeps telling me i dont have permission

Almost 3 weeks later

darksoul1978 — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:59:04 GMT

I started a thread almost 3 weeks ago asking questions about the program and got plenty of answers to those questions. However I still see no content to help me decide to buy the program or not. The promised link to the wiki and screen shots still not delivered. Worst of all no trial, I'm sorry to say but I don't think I can buy a program without trying it out when there are as many post's as there are asking for refunds and mentioning other various complaints. Normally these thing's would not be an issue (having $20 potentially tied up for a week) But my big fear is still the 64 bit compatability, now people on here can assure me till they are blue in the face that it will work but until I can test it on my 64 bit trial tower I just cant commit to putting it on my media center and risk that going down. (Which has happened before and it aint pretty when everyone can't watch TV.)

trade for bit-hdtv

alexzogh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:54:29 GMT

anyone have a bit-hdtv they are willing to give?

I can provide a newzbin.com invite, or other things you may want....

Looking for a Demonoid invite...

lchuck — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 03:52:37 GMT

I'm looking for a Demonoid invite. I've got a tvtorrents invite if you're interested in that. I've got a great ratio on tvtorrents.com and currently have 420G Credits available on there. Thanks!

Marry Christmas

crzykidd — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:27:23 GMT

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday.

Any updates yet?

jojovee — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:00:51 GMT

Patience is a virtue but this is dragging on a bit far isn't it? Been away for a while but nothing has changed...we are still waiting for a new version?

4 BIT-HDTV invites available

2twisty — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:42:25 GMT

I have 4 BIT-HDTV invites available.

I'm looking for invites to other TV and Video-related sites.

1st 4 people who respond will get the invites, regardless of whether they give me one in return.

Can't download my TV

Jasonconmaggi — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:15:57 GMT

Hey guys,

why i can't download myTV? He tells me: Access Denied

Pls help,

greetz Jason

More Info on my TV

darksoul1978 — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:52:33 GMT

Hi I stumbled on this site searching for a program similar to the My Movies program only designed for TV episodes. Upon looking over your site I am finding hardly any info on the program itself and a link to a wiki page that just will not load, and NO TRIAL PROGRAM? Not to sound rude but things are looking rather fishy so far. But none the less I'll ask my questions.

1. Is the program at all similar to the My Movies program? as in layout, It's own section in media center, and ease of adding titles to the collection. my movies requires on disk titles to be in their own folder where it add's the metadata in the form of an XML file as well.

2. What format's of video does it support? All of my towers video is in the AVI format due to its convenient size and quality.

3. How is the program laid out in media center? I see from the only screenshot of the program at the top of the page that each show has its own banner, If I click on one do I go to the next screen where it is broken down by season? And if so is it then further broken down by each episode if I click on the season banner?

4. If each single episode is listed once you click or highlight an episode does the program provide some synopsis for that particular episode?

5. Where does the information for the shows come from? The my movies program I am comparing you to is all user contributions that is moderated and the actor listings is handled by importing from IMDB.com. Do you have a similar setup with TV.com?

6. 64 bit functionality? many programs claim to run on 64 bit machines and they do.....just not nearly as good as they do on 32 bit. Honestly how many problems will I run into on a 64 bit vista PC. I already have a million headaches from vista alone 1 more might send me over the edge.

7. Server/Client use? Again comparing to my movies, a server and client version is available which IS A MUST for me my network is set up with one main media PC which is extended to other PC's throughout my network, 11 others to be precise (I share with the neighbors). The main tower acts as a server and has a server version of my movies, while the rest have a client version that pulls all the data from the server program. Does my tv have a similar feature or must a database be set on each PC? And if so can it add the episodes through shared network folders?

8. Firewall issues? A problem with the early version of my movies was no firewall could be up on the server machine thankfully this was fixed. Does my tv have an issue with firewalls if it does the Server/Client thing?

I think this sums up my questions at this point. Hopefully I will get some answers that make this overpriced program look appealing. A word of advice add some info to the site with some screenshots and add more installs for the price, doing PC and web work all my life I know how time consuming programming is but $20 a PC for a program to sort tv episodes? Microsoft isn't even that bad with their garbage. (even though they claim to be.)

Post a YouTube demo?

superpt — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:45:54 GMT

Hey, i searched a bit on youtube, for anyone with a demo of MyTv on their WMC... But found nothing...

I'm really interested in this software, but before i'll do the commitment to buy your software i would like to see it in "action", and since there is no trial right now, what better way then a little video demo for youtube?

Cheers!

Popup crash... please try this if you're on Win7

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:17:56 GMT

Can someone please start myTV, scroll down a few shows and open the popup. Close it again and select the show in question (ie. open the season selection screen - in other words it has to be a show with more than 1 season), open the season popup, close it again, go back to the main menu and try to open the show popup again. Does this work or does it crash out?

It crashes here at the moment but I'm uncertain whether it's due to breaking changes or if it's something that's been in there for a while.

Any updates?

ec96joan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:46:15 GMT

It's been really quiet since you talked about releasing the latest beta.

/Joakim

Not happy with myTv

brussell — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:55:54 GMT

I am not happy with myTv. It doesn't do what I want. How do I get a refund?

Windows 7 RC & myTV Helix view performance...

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:28:39 GMT

Can someone confirm this to be an issue at all? Everything grinds to a halt and I'm unable to find a reason. Rolled back to the latest release (135) and it does the same, which leads me to believe it's a local [windows] installation issue, but wanted to make sure before I reinstall.

Watch MyTV while recording

maccagill — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:54:23 GMT

Might be a silly question, but as they both use Media Center, I thought I would query.

If I am recording something via Media Center, can I still watch one of my video files via MyTV?

I have heard that you cannot watch a recorded show at the same time as recording something else (unless you have multiple tuners), as media center requires access to the tuner to watch recorded shows, so I am not sure if it is the same for watching other video files

myTV and Windows Vista w/SP2

admin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:03:25 GMT

Do we see any kind of playback issues with SP2 under Vista?

TVRss Download, Torrent feature not working?

paula20744 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:04:29 GMT

paula20744 Posted: Mon, Jun 22 2009 20:50

I found that my torrent feature in myTV does not work. This started after TVRss site went down. I tried (Show Rss) but it only allows you to check once an hour. and my bit torrent client is not happy with this but that could be Me: the problem. I would like to try TVTorrent but that requires an invites. I finally sign up for Demonoid.com and I'm in good standing, but TVTorrent seem to not have an open season. What site is myTV pointed at, to check torrents. And if there is a pointer, will you change it. Please give me some insight and where I can get a invite to TVTorrent and is it a good site to maintain my collection of over 105 shows. They are not all showing up in Web Collection. I'm wish for TVRss site to return.

Thank you for this wonderful program, it in itself make Vmc and 7mc a better product.

Twitter updates...

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:56:26 GMT

Someone suggested myTV should be able to update your Twitter status depending on what you're watching.. Not being a tit myself I don't know how useful this would be, but looking at the available REST API it should be fairly simple to implement.

So the question is...

[Please visit the site to access the poll]