Originally posted by **gideunz** July 6, 2023
I am having a lot of trouble getting PGMA to work. I have followed the directions from the old and new Installation and Usage guide, but for some reason I can't any of the plug-ins to show up in the newest Windows 64bit version of PMS and I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling both PMS and all of my plug-ins with no success. I cloned and downloaded the repository using the Windows GIthub desktop application and according to the installation guide, if I am reading this correctly I just copy the entire PDMA-Modernized directly into the PMS plug-ins folder without removing any of the bundle folders. I completely understand that you might not be able to respond immediately Cody, but any help or suggestions that might be useful would greatly be appreciated, because I would really love to be able to use these plug-ins in PMS.
Originally posted by gideunz July 6, 2023
I am having a lot of trouble getting PGMA to work. I have followed the
directions from the old and new Installation and Usage guide, but for some
reason I can't any of the plug-ins to show up in the newest Windows 64bit
version of PMS and I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling both PMS
and all of my plug-ins with no success. I cloned and downloaded the
repository using the Windows GIthub desktop application and according to
the installation guide, if I am reading this correctly I just copy the
entire PDMA-Modernized directly into the PMS plug-ins folder without
removing any of the bundle folders. I completely understand that you might
not be able to respond immediately Cody, but any help or suggestions that
might be useful would greatly be appreciated, because I would really love
to be able to use these plug-ins in PMS.
Here's the screenshot of my plug-ins folder and the one thing that I realized when I looked at my plug-ins folder is that I apparently changed the name of the folder PGMA-Modernized to PGMA-Modernized.bundle and I am not sure if this makes any difference as to why I can't get the plug-ins to show up in PMS and I am also including a screenshot of the current agents that showing up in PMS as well. I hope the screenshots help.
I believe I see your issue. You shouldn't have a "PGMA-Modernized" or a "PGMA-Modernized.bundle" in your plex plug-ins folder. You should have the contents (i.e. all of the individual bundles folders and the _PGMA folder) copied to your plex plug-ins folder.
Go back to the zipped clone from GitHub and navigate one folder down. You'll see 28 folders and 5 files. This is what should be copied to your Plex Plug-ins folder. Technically, only 26 of these folders need to be copied, as highlighted in this image. So, try again, kill plex, give it a moment, restart it, and you should see the magic.
I can't see your pictures, because either they were not attached or for some reason github removed them. I also tried to follow the instructions from the original project PGMA that you have forked on your page and I still can't the plug-ins to show in PMS. I understand how to set up the the plug-ins in the settings, I just need to figure out why I can't get them to show up in PMS. I noticed that in one of the bundle folders there is cduniverse in XML format, can you explain what the xml's do in PMS, because I am not a coder or programmer. Please send me the pictures, so that I can get a better idea of what I need to do get the plug-ins to show up in PMS and thank you for the help.
p.s. I see that you are using ThePornDB Scene and Movie bundles. If you're familiar with those, ours are very similar, with a couple distinctions:
Naming convention for theirs vs. ours are different. File naming matters....follow the naming convention guidance in our guide
Ours return a lot more metadata than theirs. This makes ours better. LOL. :)
Ours match actors and retrieves their headshots from the Internet Adult Film Database, which has substantially more actor photos than ThePornDB does...again, makes ours better. ;)
There are plenty of times when ThePornDB has films and scenes that aren't indexed in any of the sites that we use, so kudos for rounding out your set of tools with ThePornDB. I'm a big fan of the site, and its plugin for TinyMediaManager.
@carl467 Also, do not forget to set the preferences for each of our agents that you choose to use. Without all of the preference set the agents will not function. Cheers!
Thanks for the help Cody and I now have the plug-ins showing up in PMS and I am going through setting them up under the PMS settings through both movies and shows. Cody I noticed that in one of the bundle folders is the cduniverse.bundle. I am not a coder or a porgrammer, so I don't the difference as to why some scripts and agents are json, xml or python, but I did want to ask if you don't mind answering this if you do know Cody, but I have noticed on a lot of the plex forums as well as a lot of the plex projects on here urging people to use either the json or xml agent if the python one isn't working. Cody, how do you use either the json or xml scripts or agents in PMS, in case I may need to switch to using these in the future? Cody if anyone asks you about using AdultEmpire or GayAdultEmpire as far as getting the metadata is concerned, all they need is the set of numbers directly after the .com and forward slash, but I have found that doing a search on the website and selecting the dvd option instead of the vod option proves to pull all the information instead of only a small portion. Thanks again for your help Cody and I am glad that you created or improved this project, because for me it gives me additional options to match my videos with the correct metadata.
Thanks Cody for your help, but do you mind asking him to attach pictures when he responds, because when he sent his response last night none of the pictures that he told me to look at showed up in either the email that I received or on his response on here.
Thanks again Cody for your help and I'm not sure if I would have figured out exactly what I did wrong and why I couldn't get the plug-ins to show up in PMS. Cody I am sure glad that you messaged me this morning, because you prevented me from reinstalling my operating system thinking that might have been the problem.
Jason, Cody tells me that you are the brains of the project and the real genius when it comes to the technical aspects. Jason, I noticed that some scripts and agents in the bundle folders are json, xml or python, but I did want to ask if you don't mind answering this Jason, but I have noticed on a lot of the plex forums as well as a lot of the plex projects on here in the readme.md files urging people to use either the json or xml agent or script if the python agent or script isn't working. Jason, how do you use either the json or xml scripts or agents in PMS, in case I may need to switch to using these in the future?
No, we are still on the python scripts. json is used for the settings.
If you have an example of the json/xml agents - send me a link and I will
look into it..
Jason xx
On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 14:53, Carl Randall @.***> wrote:
Jason, Cody tells me that you are the brains of the project and the real
genius when it comes to the technical aspects. Jason, I noticed that some
scripts and agents in the bundle folders are json, xml or python, but I did
want to ask if you don't mind answering this Jason, but I have noticed on a
lot of the plex forums as well as a lot of the plex projects on here in the
readme.md files urging people to use either the json or xml agent or script
if the python agent or script isn't working. Jason, how do you use either
the json or xml scripts or agents in PMS, in case I may need to switch to
using these in the future?
Discussed in https://github.com/CodyBerenson/PGMA-Modernized/discussions/262
Send a snapshot of your plugins folder then we can see what you've done... A picture is worth a thousand words xxx
On Sun, 7 Apr 2024, 01:09 carl467, @.***> wrote:
Here's the screenshot of my plug-ins folder and the one thing that I realized when I looked at my plug-ins folder is that I apparently changed the name of the folder PGMA-Modernized to PGMA-Modernized.bundle and I am not sure if this makes any difference as to why I can't get the plug-ins to show up in PMS and I am also including a screenshot of the current agents that showing up in PMS as well. I hope the screenshots help.
Here is mine!
[image: image.png]
And my Plex Settings: Fims [image: image.png]
Scenes: [image: image.png]
And an Example of an Agent's Settings: [image: image.png]
On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 02:15, Carl Randall @.***> wrote:
@carl467 Hello, and welcome.
I believe I see your issue. You shouldn't have a "PGMA-Modernized" or a "PGMA-Modernized.bundle" in your plex plug-ins folder. You should have the contents (i.e. all of the individual bundles folders and the _PGMA folder) copied to your plex plug-ins folder.
Go back to the zipped clone from GitHub and navigate one folder down. You'll see 28 folders and 5 files. This is what should be copied to your Plex Plug-ins folder. Technically, only 26 of these folders need to be copied, as highlighted in this image. So, try again, kill plex, give it a moment, restart it, and you should see the magic.
I can't see your pictures, because either they were not attached or for some reason github removed them. I also tried to follow the instructions from the original project PGMA that you have forked on your page and I still can't the plug-ins to show in PMS. I understand how to set up the the plug-ins in the settings, I just need to figure out why I can't get them to show up in PMS. I noticed that in one of the bundle folders there is cduniverse in XML format, can you explain what the xml's do in PMS, because I am not a coder or programmer. Please send me the pictures, so that I can get a better idea of what I need to do get the plug-ins to show up in PMS and thank you for the help.
@carl467
p.s. I see that you are using ThePornDB Scene and Movie bundles. If you're familiar with those, ours are very similar, with a couple distinctions:
Cheers!
@carl467 Also, do not forget to set the preferences for each of our agents that you choose to use. Without all of the preference set the agents will not function. Cheers!
Thanks for the help Cody and I now have the plug-ins showing up in PMS and I am going through setting them up under the PMS settings through both movies and shows. Cody I noticed that in one of the bundle folders is the cduniverse.bundle. I am not a coder or a porgrammer, so I don't the difference as to why some scripts and agents are json, xml or python, but I did want to ask if you don't mind answering this if you do know Cody, but I have noticed on a lot of the plex forums as well as a lot of the plex projects on here urging people to use either the json or xml agent if the python one isn't working. Cody, how do you use either the json or xml scripts or agents in PMS, in case I may need to switch to using these in the future? Cody if anyone asks you about using AdultEmpire or GayAdultEmpire as far as getting the metadata is concerned, all they need is the set of numbers directly after the .com and forward slash, but I have found that doing a search on the website and selecting the dvd option instead of the vod option proves to pull all the information instead of only a small portion. Thanks again for your help Cody and I am glad that you created or improved this project, because for me it gives me additional options to match my videos with the correct metadata.
@carl467 Terrific! Glad you're proceeding. For coding questions, I'll defer to Jason @JPH71. He's the brains, I'm just the eye-candy.
Thanks Cody for your help, but do you mind asking him to attach pictures when he responds, because when he sent his response last night none of the pictures that he told me to look at showed up in either the email that I received or on his response on here.
Its the price we pay for an overworked genius.
Cody do I need to keep the readme.md file in the plug-ins folder?
You do not. Just the 26 folders. I did send Jason a reminder about uploading images directly in GitHub. :)
Thanks again Cody for your help and I'm not sure if I would have figured out exactly what I did wrong and why I couldn't get the plug-ins to show up in PMS. Cody I am sure glad that you messaged me this morning, because you prevented me from reinstalling my operating system thinking that might have been the problem.
Here is mine!
And my Plex Settings: Films
Scenes:
Example of an Agent Setting:
Note to oneself : Vodka, Red Bull and Github is not a cocktail that works!
Jason, Cody tells me that you are the brains of the project and the real genius when it comes to the technical aspects. Jason, I noticed that some scripts and agents in the bundle folders are json, xml or python, but I did want to ask if you don't mind answering this Jason, but I have noticed on a lot of the plex forums as well as a lot of the plex projects on here in the readme.md files urging people to use either the json or xml agent or script if the python agent or script isn't working. Jason, how do you use either the json or xml scripts or agents in PMS, in case I may need to switch to using these in the future?
Hi Carl,
No, we are still on the python scripts. json is used for the settings. If you have an example of the json/xml agents - send me a link and I will look into it..
Jason xx
On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 at 14:53, Carl Randall @.***> wrote: