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12-04-2018, 08:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-05-2018, 11:35 AM by dinky.)
The metadata download is a great jump start for creating Plex .nfo files.
However, not all the episode data is included, and I currently add it manually, copying from the iplayer website, and pasting to .nfo files.
It would be great if the download also included:
1. <director> (=Plex 'Directors')
2. <credits> (=Plex 'Writers')
3. <actor> (=Plex 'Cast')
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12-04-2018, 04:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2018, 07:00 PM by dinky.)
Sorry, but it's a no from me. I've considered it before, but I'm not willing to support what you are looking for. I would entertain a pull request for a feature that worked like track lists (plain text with an option to add to metadata tag), but that's it. Besides, for your purposes get_iplayer would only get in the way. Just download the credits directly (
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/<pid>/credits.inc for TV programmes, not available for many radio programmes) and parse them together with the existing get_iplayer metadata file to produce a .nfo file.
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Actually your also get a text-only basic credit list for Radio drama using
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/<pid>/credits.inc
thanks for the tip dinky!
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12-04-2018, 07:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2018, 07:26 PM by dinky.)
Sorry - I should have said "not available for many radio programmes". For most radio programmes you probably wouldn't care, but there is a bunch of 4 Extra programmes without credits that would be nice to have. Credits for some of those older programmes can be found on the BBC Genome site, though.
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12-04-2018, 09:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2018, 09:39 PM by kleh.)
Thanks for that URL Dinky, I wasn't aware of it.
The tracklist type option sounds good.
I'm a noobie; I only learned about the existence of XLS this week, and had fun and games struggling to work out how to install xlstproc.
Now I need to go away and learn how to parse!
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07-05-2018, 09:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-05-2018, 09:02 PM by dinky.)
Standalone programme credits download implemented in v3.14
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Super duper!
That was quick - many thanks