Movie info

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Request: is there any way to see in movie description infos about video and 
audio encoders, internal or external subtitles like "720p xvid DTS"?

Thanks.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mel...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2010 at 9:26

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i would like this too :)

Original comment by hfm...@gmail.com on 23 Dec 2010 at 2:25

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Original comment by schischu65 on 23 Dec 2010 at 9:56

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What is the purpose of seeing such info?

Original comment by schischu65 on 26 Dec 2010 at 1:16

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only eye candy, like xbmc or mediaportal. to make it pretty :) (my opinion)

Original comment by hfm...@gmail.com on 26 Dec 2010 at 7:50

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So nothing important I guess. ;-)

Original comment by schischu65 on 28 Dec 2010 at 1:09

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Issue 79 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by schischu65 on 22 Mar 2011 at 8:10

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Well we only get the information about the resolution while playing back.

There are also tools available which return this info without playing back, but 
these have way to many dependencies.

At the moment I dont see a way to implement this without having a big 
performance drain.

Original comment by schischu65 on 22 Mar 2011 at 8:12

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So i just thought about that.

The goal of project valerie is to offer a fast and small-in-installation media 
center to be able to run on many set-top-boxes, which are currently available 
on the market. So although my box would have enough power, some others won't.

So just as idea, although the pc-tool is currently not in development. Perhaps 
i also can be developed as extra tool, and later when the developers have more 
time can merge it into the old pc tool.

The Idea: Just let this do our computer, which is likely more powerful. What 
about using the mediainfo cli and taking the information from the output and 
save it back to the valerie database as meta information? Of course it must be 
possible to 1. access the database and 2. access the movie files.

Not all will have a complete cifs-environment where they can share everthing, 
so perhaps think about an API for the DB to make some "INSERT"s. The problem 
still alive is to access the media files which are on the box itself. If you 
think about that, you also can forget the API for the DB and let it be the 
problem of each user to get the movie files and the DB accessibly by the 
computer.

So this is to much, the developers have to check this and make a decision, what 
i just want to say, what it would be possible to source this feature out to the 
computer

Original comment by ichse...@gmx.de on 19 Apr 2011 at 7:35

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Such information could be stored as meta-information taken for example from 
nfo-files as requested in issue #156 and afterwards stored in the DAB itself, 
so there's no need for Valerie to detect the information itself "somehow"... 

Original comment by erik.for...@gmail.com on 8 May 2011 at 1:26

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By the end i would prefer a solution where i do not have 2000 nfo files. So it 
would be nice, if the information would be read from the nfo, saved to  the DB, 
and afterwards delete the nfo.

The problem with deleting nfo is: What will happen if the DB has to do a full 
resync. No one wants to create nfo files again.

A possible way could be to store "mediainfo" xml file as "moviename.nfo", when 
PV is synching you could process the nfo an take the information you need

Original comment by ichse...@gmx.de on 9 May 2011 at 10:52

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Another approach could be simpler to realise. Just check the file and/or folder 
size. It could be a sufficient condition, if the size bigger than (4,6 or 7 GB) 
to brand it as high quality.
In my case, the movies are separated by quality. So it would be enough, if i 
could choose a folder, and all movies in it will get a HD label or something 
like that. 
I know by this way you got no really information about codes and quality. But i 
think a simple icon, to assess the quality would be enough. 

Original comment by Sebastia...@gmail.com on 26 May 2011 at 8:29

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That idea is kinda simple as professional.

Currently you have "MOVIES" and "TVSHOWS" in the search path.
Just adding "MOVIESHD" and "TVSHOWSHD" as an extra option.

For Movies/Series with HD search patch just add a simple icon to the skins. 
There is no information about audio (AC3/DTS), but it could be, as i think, a 
fast solution for the next time, because the dev-team currently works on the 
migration to sqlite. So afterwards until there is more information available or 
this issue gets more importance, this would be a nice temporary solution

Original comment by ichse...@gmx.de on 26 May 2011 at 6:33

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Well there is no such thing as a fast solution for that.

But I have implemented a smaller change, the quality and sound are now being 
displayed if the filename contains one of the following strings: 720p 1080i 
1080p ac3 dd5 dts.

This works at least for me for about 70% of my movies and tv episodes.

@Sebastian: Your suggestion is a good idea, but you forgot that episodes are 
often not bigger than 3GB even if they are in 1080p, also a recording on ARD or 
ZDF can easily exceed 10GB. So this will generate false information for a lot 
of files.

Original comment by schischu65 on 29 May 2011 at 10:57

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Where exactly are the Icons displayed?
I had a new movie and titled it "title 1080p dts.mkv".
Didn't notice anything special.

Original comment by christia...@l4ng.de on 29 May 2011 at 3:33

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I tested it and it works well, but in my case, i need to edit ~1000 file 
names.. ;) 
The clear advantage is, you could see the exact quality. Its nice so far.

But what is with a "HD search path" option? Without information about the 
quality, only a HD icon for the files in it. It would be easier to select all 
files to good quality, as every single with the detailed quality. Will you add 
a option like that?

@clang: there are no icons. But under the Cover should be the information. You 
need to sync before and look in Movies(test).

@schischu: I get a green screen if i will start a movie with Movie(test) and 
the file is not available.  

Original comment by Sebastia...@gmail.com on 29 May 2011 at 7:20

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>> @schischu: I get a green screen if i will start a movie with Movie(test) and 
the file is not available.  

What do you mean with file is not available ?

Original comment by schischu65 on 29 May 2011 at 7:50

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the device, there the filme is stored, is not mounted. 

Original comment by Sebastia...@gmail.com on 29 May 2011 at 7:58

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Ah now I get it, ok should be fixed with rev716.

Original comment by schischu65 on 29 May 2011 at 8:12

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Please add this to the documentation: 720p 1080i 1080p ac3 dd5 dts

Original comment by ichse...@gmx.de on 30 May 2011 at 6:28

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We will add a new sub-section to the "Valerie usage" menu, where the usage of 
both Movie and TV Show lists are described (currently this is described in a 
very short way on the "Usage" page itself, but from my point of view it's 
better to have a dedicated page for that use-case, since searching and 
scrolling the own collection and checking video infos, e.g. plot, rating etc. 
is the most important thing you do using a "Media Center"). 

This new page would then of course also include the new audio codec and quality 
indicator introduced now.

Additionally I will add a note to the already existing "Sync" page, since it's 
also important to know how to name the files in order to get the correct icons 
displayed... :-)

Original comment by erik.for...@gmail.com on 31 May 2011 at 6:50

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Please add an option for 3d-movies

Would be nice, if it would be possible to sort and filter by this tags (1080i 
etc.)

Original comment by ichse...@gmx.de on 16 Jun 2011 at 6:44

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3D tag would be very nice!

Original comment by kirchhof...@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2012 at 12:18

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I would love to have the information if the movie has 5.1 or 2.0 audio, it is 
essential to know when to turn on the home teather or not.

Original comment by samuel.l...@gmail.com on 26 Sep 2012 at 5:12