(2020-11-17, 16:37)jads Wrote: Just as an aside, it might also be safer to sort the episodes list by the 'order' key before sequentially numbering them. While I haven't seen any cases where the API returns episodes in a different order (and unlike with the season groups, you can't explicitly set or edit the order #) I'm not sure it's safe to assume the API will actually return the episode list in a particular order.

(2020-11-17, 20:17)pkscout Wrote:

(2020-11-17, 13:59)Karlson2k Wrote: @pkscout, why this scraper put temporally files to ".kodi/userdata/addon_data/metadata.tvshows.themoviedb.org.python/cache" instead of standard location ".kodi/temp/scrapers/metadata.tvshows.themoviedb.org.python"?
I have ".kodi/temp" mounted on RAM disk to avoid SSD trashing and speedup data processing and now it's required to use some tricks to move this scraper temp files to RAM drive.

I'm not familiar with the temp location.  I use a python call to get the addon_data location and then store the addon's data there. If there is some other Python call that will return the path to that temp directory on every platform, I'd be happy to change it. I'd rather not start doing platform specific code though.  As an aside, I'm using the same location the TV Maze scraper uses to store it's cache files.

(2020-11-18, 18:10)Karlson2k Wrote:

(2020-11-17, 20:17)pkscout Wrote:

(2020-11-17, 13:59)Karlson2k Wrote: @pkscout, why this scraper put temporally files to ".kodi/userdata/addon_data/metadata.tvshows.themoviedb.org.python/cache" instead of standard location ".kodi/temp/scrapers/metadata.tvshows.themoviedb.org.python"?
I have ".kodi/temp" mounted on RAM disk to avoid SSD trashing and speedup data processing and now it's required to use some tricks to move this scraper temp files to RAM drive.

I'm not familiar with the temp location.  I use a python call to get the addon_data location and then store the addon's data there. If there is some other Python call that will return the path to that temp directory on every platform, I'd be happy to change it. I'd rather not start doing platform specific code though.  As an aside, I'm using the same location the TV Maze scraper uses to store it's cache files.

I'm not an addon API expert, but by quick checking of kodi source code, it seems that simplest way to use temp patch is something like os.path.join('special://temp/scrapers', ADDON.getAddonInfo('id')). This path is automatically created before run of scraper and cleared from outdated items (no need to check for old files in your code). Expire time is defined in addon.xml in <addon> <extension cachepersistence="00:15"/></addon>.

(2020-11-17, 02:24)pkscout Wrote:

(2020-11-16, 21:26)Hebotsuki Wrote:

(2020-11-15, 05:34)pkscout Wrote: Just FYI that there is an update available from the repo now for this. If you don't get it automatically, you can force check for updates, and that should download it.

Thanks, @pkscout. I installed the latest version on leia and seems to work fine: actors, episodes, fallback to English works with titles and plot with no translation, etc. I don't see any missing information. I only have one question: which writing credits are scraped for the episodes? I tested a couple of TV shows and one of them doesn't scrape the writing credits, but in TMDb there are "screenplay" and "storyboard" for the writing credits. The other one only scraped the "writer" credits, but no the "stroryboard" writing credit, which is in TMDb too.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the work!

Writer is the only type of crew that is added in Kodi. That's to keep it consistent with the movie scraper. I can look at adding the other ones, but it's a bit of a whack-a-mole problem. Anytime another kind of writer is added, I'd have to update the scraper.  I'll take another look though. There might be a way to do it using "department" instead of roles.

(2020-11-18, 21:40)Karellen Wrote:

(2020-11-18, 21:23)montezuma Wrote: Sorry.
The problem is, that no episode from this TV Show could be scraped now, although it worked ~2 weeks ago.
In the logs I can see an empty result. Is it moviedb issue? Or maybe the query is wrong?

Ok, and yes I can confirm this problem also. I suspect the issue is due to none of the episodes having an overview.

With this scraper we are still trying to catchup to the changes that have occurred over at TheMovieDB, and while for the majority of users it works, it is these edge cases which involve different languages that are still causing problems.

Please change to the new Python scraper, as all the issues you reported do not exist and it works correctly... https://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:TMDb_TV_Shows

(2020-11-18, 22:41)montezuma Wrote: Thanks. I have installed the Python scraper, but it also fails with:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/47877-5-dn...ia-emeryta

xml:
: Searching for TV show s01e01 Smierc pana Kaliny (None)

(2020-11-18, 23:33)Karellen Wrote: @montezuma
I have moved you to the correct thread.

(2020-11-18, 22:41)montezuma Wrote: Thanks. I have installed the Python scraper, but it also fails with:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/47877-5-dn...ia-emeryta

It works fine here for me.
What I can see in the log is it is not a scraper problem. In the below, which folder have you set as the Source...

/media/HDD6/Seriale/5 dni z zycia emeryta [1985] (PL)/s01e01 Smierc pana Kaliny.mp4

xml:
: Searching for TV show s01e01 Smierc pana Kaliny (None)

(2020-11-19, 08:55)montezuma Wrote: And btw. I could scrap today the TV show with the XML scraper 3.5.8

(2020-11-19, 08:55)montezuma Wrote: > What I can see in the log is it is not a scraper problem. In the below, which folder have you set as the Source...

"5 dni z zycia emeryta [1985] (PL)"

What is actually wrong with the folder name (as I said it worked ~2 weeks ago) ?

(2020-11-19, 09:18)montezuma Wrote: However from 32 TV shows I have on the disk, I could only scrape 22 with the Python scraper, and the XML scraper 3.5.8 managed all 32.

(2020-11-18, 23:45)Karellen Wrote: @Hebotsuki

Can you please switch to the new Python scraper and see if that solves your issue... https://kodi.wiki/view/Add-on:TMDb_TV_Shows

• Ao Haru Ride: It works - The guest actors show up in each episode view.
  
• Violet Evergarden: It doesn't work - Same result than with the XML scraper. It only gets the special episode, but without title. Debug log in case it's useful.
  

(2020-11-19, 19:56)Hebotsuki Wrote: I tried the Python scraper as asked:

• Ao Haru Ride: It works - The guest actors show up in each episode view.
  
  
• Violet Evergarden: It doesn't work - Same result than with the XML scraper. It only gets the special episode, but without title. Debug log in case it's useful.
  

(2020-11-19, 20:26)Karellen Wrote:

(2020-11-19, 19:56)Hebotsuki Wrote: I tried the Python scraper as asked:

• Ao Haru Ride: It works - The guest actors show up in each episode view.
  
  
• Violet Evergarden: It doesn't work - Same result than with the XML scraper. It only gets the special episode, but without title. Debug log in case it's useful.
  

That is not a scraper issue. That is MySQL being difficult again.

I have seen this problem a few time already, but never been able to figure out the cause. The Kodi/MySQL combination has a little glitch and the episode files are not seen or scanned, but if you were to switch over to local SQL, it would work perfectly.

Your show is here... smb://192.168.1.100/Animoteca/TV/Violet Evergarden (2018)/

You just need to change the path so Kodi reads it as a new tv show and starts the scan fresh. Maybe smb://192.168.1.100/Animoteca/TV/Violet Evergarden Special (2018)/ which is a valid alternate title at TMDB.

Let us know if that works.

(2020-11-19, 22:36)Hebotsuki Wrote: I tried renaming the folder as suggested, but, unfortunately, it didn't work.

(2020-11-19, 22:36)Hebotsuki Wrote: I had scraped the show before without any issue, but I changed the files -same name but different extension-. Could it be related?

(2020-11-16, 21:26)Hebotsuki Wrote:

(2020-11-15, 05:34)pkscout Wrote:

(2020-11-14, 20:58)Hebotsuki Wrote: It's not working for me either. According to Travis from TheMoviedb, some new fileds have been added to the credits in order to a future support for translated person names. That's probably what broke the scraper. I guess the scraper developpers are already aware of the problem.

Just FYI that there is an update available from the repo now for this. If you don't get it automatically, you can force check for updates, and that should download it.

Thanks, @pkscout. I installed the latest version on leia and seems to work fine: actors, episodes, fallback to English works with titles and plot with no translation, etc. I don't see any missing information. I only have one question: which writing credits are scraped for the episodes? I tested a couple of TV shows and one of them doesn't scrape the writing credits, but in TMDb there are "screenplay" and "storyboard" for the writing credits. The other one only scraped the "writer" credits, but no the "stroryboard" writing credit, which is in TMDb too.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the work!

(2020-11-19, 23:18)Karellen Wrote:

(2020-11-19, 22:36)Hebotsuki Wrote: I tried renaming the folder as suggested, but, unfortunately, it didn't work.

Do you have the Debug Log? Can you also post a screenshot of the Season 1 folder so I can clearly see every file in there.

(2020-11-19, 22:36)Hebotsuki Wrote: I had scraped the show before without any issue, but I changed the files -same name but different extension-. Could it be related?

No, not now that you changed the name of the tv show folder.

The episodes are not being seen by the scanner, so the scraper is not called.

Can you scan it with the default SQL setup?