Ease mandatory Date of Release for Films

[joshallen13]

I'm in awe of the amazing work you put into this. I've been waiting so long for something this good to come along, and here it is.

I do have a slight request/enhancement/unintended conflict resolve idea that I"m sure you have a reason for it being the way it is, but I've run into several instances in GEVI where the release date is unknown. Therefore, the scrape does not recognize the title, and GEVI is my go-to agent.

Is there the possibility you can alleviate the mandatory requirement for adding the Release Date (YYYY) for full titles using the GEVI agent? For the most part, I'm able to name my files correctly using the studio and the title as it correctly shows, but for my 2k+ titles, I am having to look up the release year for each one, and it is painstaking.

Please provide some relief, if possible!

[JPH71]

Hi Josh If there is no release year in GEVI, the agent is supposed to pick the date provided in the file title. The agent is quite strict file names should follow the following format (Studio Name) - Film Title (Release Year).ext If the filename does not follow this format the agent will refuse to process. If you do not know the year the film was released just set the release year as 1900.... Give me examples of the filenames you have.... If you have a load of filenames with no year info - I can write a little script for you to add (1900) to the end of the filename for you. Kind Regards Jason

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On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 06:17, joshallen13 ***@***.***> wrote: I'm in awe of the amazing work you put into this. I've been waiting so long for something this good to come along, and here it is. I do have a slight request/enhancement/unintended conflict resolve idea that I"m sure you have a reason for it being the way it is, but I've run into several instances in GEVI where the release date is unknown. Therefore, the scrape does not recognize the title, and GEVI is my go-to agent. Is there the possibility you can alleviate the mandatory requirement for adding the Release Date (YYYY) for full titles using the GEVI agent? For the most part, I'm able to name my files correctly using the studio and the title as it correctly shows, but for my 2k+ titles, I am having to look up the release year for each one, and it is painstaking. Please provide some relief, if possible! — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#44>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKI3AKP3DRJACE3YR6SVPNLSEBS4LANCNFSM4QXAUQRQ> .

[joshallen13]

Thanks for the quick reply!

It's not a whole lot, and I'm usually able to solve it by trying a few agents until one hits, so it's not a dead end. I'd just rather have uniformity with everything as I'm a perfectionist.

I'm curious to know why the year is required on GEVI agent, when I've yet to see any conflicts under the Studio & Title hierarchy. Unless it's something to do with how Plex processes it, then I understand the limitations there. I guess my question points towards is the Year requirement a part of Plex's agent search, or is it a requirement written by the scraper?

[CodyBerenson]

Hi @joshallen13 hope this finds you well.

Hope this finds you well. The original intent/requirement/design in the GEVI Agent is as @JPH71 mentions above: "If there is no release year in GEVI, the agent is supposed to pick the date" (note: similar functional works in the other agents as well)

I've done some testing and the GEVI agent still works as designed: as long as there is a year in the file name (its up to you whether research and find the correct year), the GEVI will match. Please give it a try using whatever year you'd like (or if you want it exact, a quick lookup on IAFD or AEBN may help find the date that GEVI is missing).

If you have specific titles that don't match once you've included a year, let us know (please, no images, just the GEVI URL).

Thanks for letting us know you're enjoying our agents!

And, your requested enhancement will be considered by the Change Control Board; until then, the built in work-around should work for you.

Cheers,

Cody

[JPH71]

Hi Josh I so understand the perfectionist comment and everything looking uniform... For me I found it rather irritating to see some files in windows explorer with YYYY and some without. Thus, I trawl through the webisphere trying to find the date a film was released before giving it to plex to match The YYYY date is not a plex requirement but a scraper one - a hangover from the time I was new to Python programming and handling Regex in relation to optional matching. I will talk to Cody in relation to this, as I would have to make the changes uniform across all the 13..14 agents.... So bear with us In the meantime use this piece of software https://www.advancedrenamer.com/ to add (1900) to all the files you have that have no date...I should have thought of that beforehand... Kind regards Jason x

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On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 14:54, joshallen13 ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks for the quick reply! It's not a whole lot, and I'm usually able to solve it by trying a few agents until one hits, so it's not a dead end. I'd just rather have uniformity with everything as I'm a perfectionist. I'm curious to know why the year is required on GEVI agent, when I've yet to see any conflicts under the Studio & Title hierarchy. Unless it's something to do with how Plex processes it, then I understand the limitations there. I guess my question points towards is the Year requirement a part of Plex's agent search, or is it a requirement written by the scraper? — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#44 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AKI3AKMKSAS24KULNZPASPTSEDWSNANCNFSM4QXAUQRQ> .

[joshallen13]

I'm awfully grateful that this makes sense now. I wanted to have faith in my understanding of the rudimentary knowledge that I"m using this project to expand.. I spent many hours in quarantine with a very large need to expand ivy skills for my career. I just found this to be the one thing I haven't gotten tired of looking at. HA!