Get movies from hdd/media

[LukasLt]

Situation: I have a large external HDD for keepng movies. It would be great, if Griffith would be able to detect new movies and add them to my movie library.

The solution could be a new feature, which would scan selected directory(ies) and index all files if they match by extension (.mpg, .vob etc) and keep file path as unique key for that movie (for skipping in future searches, playing movie, deleting it etc.).
Next step: if meta information is unavailable,  Griffith could try to extract movie name from file name (replace .-_ into spaces, phrase tags like [divix] dvdrip as media type, [En] -ru- .lt. as language (adjustable by user) and any other fun ). Then try tu search web for movie detailed info and with end user supervision add it to database.

So the ideal action plan would be: l connect my HDD, select Edit -> Add from directory, Griffith finds new files and checks for deleted, I confirm and successfully have an almost automated update

I've found suggestion to use trailer fileld, but i don't think that manual management is the answer.

Thank You,

Lukas

[DasMonzta]

just wanted to inform about the open source MediaInfo project, that provides automatically generated details about media files, like resolution.
So it could be used to generate input to the database.


Some exampleData:

Format :     Matroska
File size :    4.37 GiB
Duration :    1h 28mn
Overall bit rate :    7 058 Kbps
Encoded date :    UTC 2008-05-09 04:08:55
Writing application :    mkvmerge v2.1.0 ('Another Place To Fall') built on Aug 19 2007 13:40:07
Writing library :    libebml v0.7.7 + libmatroska v0.8.1
Video
ID :    1
Format :    AVC
Format/Info :    Advanced Video Codec
Format profile :    High@L5.1
Format settings, CABAC :    Yes
Format settings, ReFrames :    5 frames
Muxing mode :    Container profile=Unknown@5.1
Codec ID :    V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration :    1h 28mn
Bit rate :    6 130 Kbps
Nominal bit rate :    6 417 Kbps
Width :    1 280 pixels
Height :    544 pixels
Display aspect ratio :    2.35
Frame rate :    23.976 fps
Resolution :    24 bits
Colorimetry :    4:2:0
Scan type :    Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) :    0.367
Audio #1
ID :    1
Format :    AC-3
Format/Info :    Audio Coding 3
Codec ID :    A_AC3
Duration :    1h 28mn
Bit rate mode :    Constant
Bit rate :    384 Kbps
Channel(s) :    6 channels
Channel positions :    Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate :    48.0 KHz
Title :    Deutsch
Language :    German
Audio #2
ID :    3
Format :    DTS
Format/Info :    Digital Theater Systems
Codec ID :    A_DTS
Duration :    1h 28mn
Bit rate mode :    Constant
Bit rate :    1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) :    6 channels
Channel positions :    Front: L C R, Surround: L R, LFE
Sampling rate :    48.0 KHz
Resolution :    24 bits
Title :    English
Language :    English

[kuku]

any info about it ?
Would be great for new users with large movie collections

[mike]

It's added to the todo list but no developer has started the implementation. Sorry.

[dadom]

any info about it ?
Would be great for new users with large movie collections

Had the same problem. I use griffith to sort my TV Recordings (AVI - Files on HDD). I wrote a very simple Python program which generates a CSV which includes the movie title (from the filename) and the Save-Path (for merging it to the Trailer-Field)

The only bad thing is, that there is no opportunity to do a Batch-Web-Reading for all movies, so i had to click on all Movies and fetch the information "manually" from the Web

Greets
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