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Author:  Human [ Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:47 pm ]
Post subject:  informal survey: Thumbnail Generator usage in R5F27
I added a Thumbnail Generator in R5F27 (Utilities/Setup -> Thumbnail Generator), and I was just curious how many people were using it :) Thanks again to TJC and Sarah Hayes for code contributions.
Author:  funkydan2 [ Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:55 pm ]
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I don't regularly use me myth box to store ripped DVDs and other videos, but for a while I had an exercise video on it and it was nice to have something other than a yellow folder icon for the video. Thanks.
Author:  Gibble [ Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:00 pm ]
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Don't really have a need for it at the moment, but that's not to say I won't. :)
Author:  stevetv [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:52 am ]
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for some reason i thought it was around before F27? .. anyway..

i like it... for my home movies its great. and its also great for tv eps that ive downloaded, as the imdb doesnt have tv eps.. and there isnt a script to use the tvdb.

thanks for creating it. :) ..
Author:  Too Many Secrets [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:32 am ]
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I clicked it once by accident and it ran (I would have liked an option to run or just get info about it), but I didn't notice any thumbs. This was right after I installed F27, some weeks back. Haven't played with it since.
Author:  Human [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 9:35 am ]
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Too Many Secrets wrote:
I clicked it once by accident and it ran (I would have liked an option to run or just get info about it), but I didn't notice any thumbs. This was right after I installed F27, some weeks back. Haven't played with it since.

Had you run Video Manager before running Thumbnail Generator? TG will only work on videos that VM knows about.
Author:  Too Many Secrets [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:24 am ]
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Human wrote:
Too Many Secrets wrote:
I clicked it once by accident and it ran (I would have liked an option to run or just get info about it), but I didn't notice any thumbs. This was right after I installed F27, some weeks back. Haven't played with it since.

Had you run Video Manager before running Thumbnail Generator? TG will only work on videos that VM knows about.


As it was some time back, I can't say one way or the other. I know that I have a number of TV shows (DVD rips and TV recordings) that I have in there now w/o thumbs, I might try to run the app again to see what I get.
Author:  bigbro [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:17 pm ]
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Tried using it again today. It says it ran, but I can't see where it added thumbs to existing items in there that had no Thumbs.
Author:  Human [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:23 pm ]
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bigbro wrote:
Tried using it again today. It says it ran, but I can't see where it added thumbs to existing items in there that had no Thumbs.

Can you tell me what this returns?
Code:
mysql -u root mythconverg -B -e "select filename from videometadata where coverfile="No Cover";"
Author:  mjl [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:43 pm ]
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Hi,

I use it as needed, saves me the trouble of going through and making snapshots manually :)

A name change on the image extension would be nice so it could be available for other recordings. (they don't show up in the video manager)

Definitely worthy of being kept around.
Mike
Author:  knappster [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:45 pm ]
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I use it for TV Series that I have converted to XVID since they are not available on IMDB. If it's a movie that I have recorded, I just let it import the thumbnail from IMDB. I am glad that the thumbnail generator does not overwrite the IMDB thumb :)
Author:  tophee [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:57 pm ]
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It's a vast improvement to the yellow folders. Like most people (sweeping statement time) I only use it when I've downloaded some tv eps though i do like a picture.
Ok, it's purely a bit of visual shine, but it's these little bits that make a product so professional looking.
Author:  bigbro [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:46 pm ]
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Human asked:
Quote:
Can you tell me what this returns?
Code:
mysql -u root mythconverg -B -e "select filename from videometadata where coverfile=\"No Cover\";"


When I run that I get a listing of the exact same 23 videos that I do not have Thumbnails for in the video list.

An Example is:
Code:
/myth/video/The Wolf Man.avi


I have had some issues with getting all the videos to display across the network in the same path. But that didn't have any effect on this issue.

Sorry for the long delay in responding.
Author:  Too Many Secrets [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:49 pm ]
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OK, I re-ran and got nothing. Here's output (sample) asked for above. As you can see there is a few subdirectories, they are sym linked and 'networked', but the /myth/video/ directory is local (if it matters).

Code:
~$ mysql -u root mythconverg -B -e "select filename from videometadata where coverfile=\"No Cover\";"
filename
/myth/video/VERONICA_MARS_S3_D5 - Title 10.vob
/myth/video/VERONICA_MARS_S3_D5 - Title 7.vob
/myth/video/VERONICA_MARS_S3_D5 - Title 8.vob
/myth/video/VERONICA_MARS_S3_D5 - Title 9.vob
/myth/video/Movies_A-M/Joy Ride.nuv
/myth/video/Movies_A-M/Hitch.mpg
/myth/video/Movies_A-M/Duel.mpg
/myth/video/Movies_A-M/As Good as It Gets.mpg
/myth/video/TV/The Simpsons/The Simpsons - Treehouse of Horror VI.mpg
Author:  Human [ Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:13 pm ]
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Too Many Secrets, try:
Code:
screenshooter.sh -v /myth/video/Movies_A-M/Duel.mpg -o -s 270
and let me know what it says/does.
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