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Can you convert the comment field to a TstringList with the built in functions in the Scripting engine?

I'm trying to navigate through a list of Extra fields that i manage in the comments field and i haven't been able to figure out how to convert the comment field into a tstringlist it simply ...

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Ant Movie Catalog importation script
www.antp.be/software/moviecatalog/

[Infos]
Authors=Nicezia
Title=XBMC .nfo Export
Description=Exports Movies to individual .nfo files that XBMC can read for movie Information
Site=
Language=?
Version=1.0.32 ...

Is there any way to export the images from a catalog through scripting?

yeah pretty much figuired out load and save files
but i appreciate the input

Sure, if that script could be useful to other people I would be glad to include it with other scripts ;)


here it is, suprisingly it took very little code to do this task

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Ant Movie Catalog importation script

www.antp.be/software ...

is there a alternate command to display a directory select dialog? or is that an unrealistic approach as far as scripting goes?

Well, I guess it should be possible to build some kind of selection menu using PickTree and ListDirectory nevertheless. Analyze the ListDirectory results, list the ...

Only few basic functions were added to the script engine.
As far as I know, only way to input a folder name is to ask the user to type it or to copy/paste it :D

well if that's the case, i need to know if there are a few functions in there, specifically : 'WriteLn', 'ReadLn' and other file ...

well darn, that kinda defeats my script, but i guess o could input the folder location manually.

is there anyway to select a folder through scripting

I've been checking out delphi pages, and SelectDirectory doesn't seem to work in the scripting engine.

is there a alternate command to display a directory select dialog? or is that an unrealistic approach as far as scripting goes?

So here is a small function which will convert actors list to xml

Much appreciated!!!
You probably already know this but you da man!!!!!!! :hihi:

Just so to let you know thanks to that little snippet, I was able to write an entire script from scratch to do EXACTLEY WHAT I NEED, (the scripting ...

and there is no "AMC scripting for dummies"

I really should write a document like that some day, it would be useful for many people :D
Unfortunately except suggesting to see how work current script, I cannot help much more due to lack of time :/

Honestly where it stands right now, i have been ...

I have written a script that does an export for each movie to a .nfo file,
you place the nfo file with the movie and xbmc will recognize it ...

it isn't yet working perfect (for me it does, but I have changed some fields)

You mind if i borrow that script?
How about parsing Actors, how is that ...

You want to export a separate XML file for every film ? This could easily be done using AMC's scripting engine.

That would be good and all, but I know jack about whatever format the scripts are in. If i knew what i was doing in the scripts i probably wouldn't be here asking for this feature... I ...

I am using XBMC as my Video Player, as most of my Movies are archived on external harddrives. Is it possible to make an export individual movies to XML format that XBMC can use?

The XML structure is pretty easy for XBMC

as i can outline ith here


<movie>
<title>Who knows</title>
<originaltitle ...