Metamovie is a simple script to fetch information about a movie and store it as git-annex metadata.
$ metamovie --help
usage: metamovie [-h] [-d] [-f] [-i ID] [-l LIMIT] filename
Fetch git-annex metadata from IMDB
positional arguments:
filename
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d, --dry Do not write metadata.
-f, --force Do not prompt user to accept metadata.
-i ID, --id ID Specify the IMDB ID (or URL) of the movie.
-l LIMIT, --limit LIMIT
Limit the number of values to be saved for list
attributes (default: 6).
The following attributes are set:
- IMDB ID
- Title
- Year
- Rating
- Director
- Genre
- Cast
- Writer
- Runtime (average)
- Kind (movie or TV show)
- Series (TV shows only)
- Season (TV shows only)
- Episode number (TV shows only)
For attributes whose values are lists (such as director, genre, cast and
writer) only the first six results are stored. This can be changed with the
-l option.
The default behaviour is to search for the correct movie based on the filename. This works well the majority of the time.
$ metamovie ~/video/movies/blade_runner.mkv
0083658: Blade Runner (1982)
0126817: Blade Runner (1997) (VG)
2797762: Blade Runner (2013)
1856101: Untitled Blade Runner Project (2017)
1775395: "5 Second Movies" Blade Runner (2009)
4006976: "Profiles" Blade Runner (2001)
3182880: "Supernatural" Blade Runners (2014)
3893266: "James's Daily Movie Reviews" Blade Runner (2014)
5274840: "Merci Qui?" Blade Runner (2009)
2263223: "Geek Crash Course" Blade Runner (2012)
5545480: "Renegade Cut" Blade Runner (2016)
5206542: Blade Runner: On the Set (1982) (V)
1080585: Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007) (V)
0281011: On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV)
3811070: "#NerdNoise" The Blade Runner Dress (2012)
1877226: "Cromartie High School" Blade Runners High (2003)
1846491: Blade Runner 60: Director's Cut (2012)
0162461: Making of 'Blade Runner', The (1997)
4769072: Blade Runner Holiday Special, The (2013)
2952584: CodeRunner (2012) (VG)
Enter the ID of the correct movie [0083658]:
Ok, using 0083658
{'cast': [u'Harrison Ford',
u'Rutger Hauer',
u'Sean Young',
u'Edward James Olmos',
u'M. Emmet Walsh',
u'Daryl Hannah'],
'director': [u'Ridley Scott'],
'genre': [u'Sci-Fi', u'Thriller'],
'imdb_id': '0083658',
'kind': u'movie',
'rating': 8.2,
'runtime': 117,
'title': u'Blade Runner',
'writer': [u'Philip K. Dick', u'Hampton Fancher', u'David Webb Peoples'],
'year': 1982}
Is this correct? (y/n) y
metadata blade_runner.mkv
cast=Daryl Hannah
cast=Edward James Olmos
cast=Harrison Ford
cast=M. Emmet Walsh
cast=Rutger Hauer
cast=Sean Young
cast-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
director=Ridley Scott
director-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
genre=Sci-Fi
genre=Thriller
genre-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
imdb_id=0083658
imdb_id-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
kind=movie
kind-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
rating=8.2
rating-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
runtime=117
runtime-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
title=Blade Runner
title-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
writer=David Webb Peoples
writer=Hampton Fancher
writer=Philip K. Dick
writer-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
year=1982
year-lastchanged=2016-04-21@02-59-26
ok
(recording state in git...)
However, if you know the the correct IMDB ID of the movie, you can specify it.
$ metamovie -i 0068646 ~/video/movies/the_godfather-part_i.mp4
{'cast': [u'Marlon Brando',
u'Al Pacino',
u'James Caan',
u'Richard S. Castellano',
u'Robert Duvall',
u'Sterling Hayden'],
'director': [u'Francis Ford Coppola'],
'genre': [u'Crime', u'Drama'],
'imdb_id': '0068646',
'kind': u'movie',
'rating': 9.2,
'runtime': 175,
'title': u'The Godfather',
'writer': [u'Mario Puzo', u'Francis Ford Coppola'],
'year': 1972}
Is this correct? (y/n) y
metadata the_godfather-part_i.mp4
cast=Al Pacino
cast=James Caan
cast=Marlon Brando
cast=Richard S. Castellano
cast=Robert Duvall
cast=Sterling Hayden
cast-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
director=Francis Ford Coppola
director-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
genre=Crime
genre=Drama
genre-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
imdb_id=0068646
imdb_id-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
kind=movie
kind-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
rating=9.2
rating-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
runtime=175
runtime-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
title=The Godfather
title-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
writer=Francis Ford Coppola
writer=Mario Puzo
writer-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
year=1972
year-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-02-43
ok
(recording state in git...)
When used on an episode of a TV series, additional attributes will be set.
$ metamovie -i 0993925 ~/video/tv/battlestar_galactica/battlestar_galactica-s04e03-the_ties_that_bind.avi
{'cast': [u'Edward James Olmos',
u'Mary McDonnell',
u'Katee Sackhoff',
u'Jamie Bamber',
u'James Callis',
u'Tricia Helfer'],
'director': [u'Michael Nankin'],
'episode': 3,
'genre': [u'Action', u'Adventure', u'Drama', u'Sci-Fi'],
'imdb_id': '0993925',
'kind': u'tv series',
'rating': 8.0,
'runtime': 44,
'season': 4,
'series': u'Battlestar Galactica',
'title': u'Battlestar Galactica : The Ties That Bind',
'writer': [u'Glen A. Larson', u'Michael Taylor', u'Ronald D. Moore'],
'year': 2008}
Is this correct? (y/n) y
metadata bsg403_the ties that bind.avi
cast=Edward James Olmos
cast=James Callis
cast=Jamie Bamber
cast=Katee Sackhoff
cast=Mary McDonnell
cast=Tricia Helfer
cast-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
director=Michael Nankin
director-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
episode=3
episode-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
genre=Action
genre=Adventure
genre=Drama
genre=Sci-Fi
genre-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
imdb_id=0993925
imdb_id-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
kind=tv series
kind-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
rating=8.0
rating-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
runtime=44
runtime-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
season=4
season-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
series=Battlestar Galactica
series-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
title=Battlestar Galactica : The Ties That Bind
title-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
writer=Glen A. Larson
writer=Michael Taylor
writer=Ronald D. Moore
writer-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
year=2008
year-lastchanged=2016-04-21@03-06-10
ok
(recording state in git...)
With the metadata set, you can use standard git-annex tools to query the files. For instance, maybe you're in the mood for a good James Stewart movie.
$ git annex find --metadata cast="James Stewart" --metadata "rating>=8"
movies/anatomy_of_a_murder.mkv
movies/rear_window.mkv
movies/vertigo.mkv
Or, you can use metadata driven views to group your movies by genre.
$ git annex view "genre=*"
$ tree -d
.
├── Action
├── Adventure
├── Animation
├── Biography
├── Comedy
├── Crime
├── Documentary
├── Drama
├── Family
├── Fantasy
├── Film-Noir
├── History
├── Horror
├── Music
├── Musical
├── Mystery
├── News
├── Romance
├── Sci-Fi
├── Short
├── Sport
├── Thriller
├── War
└── Western