Can i add the names from a list?

TiaoMacaleh · Post by **TiaoMacaleh** » 2005-09-03 22:57:37

I have a excel file with all names of movies, im converting then very slowly because im adding one by one.... is there any way to put a list on clipboard, for example 30 names and past then on amc and it creats 30 new entrys with just the name for each movie that was on clipboard?

EDIT:

I was some time without update my list, now im getting some 404 errors on IMDB, is that normal, or i have to update imdb script etc?

TiaoMacaleh · Post by **TiaoMacaleh** » 2005-09-03 23:19:27

Something probally wrong

On the old one it gives full imdb url like
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097576

on the ones i added today it put only
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt

i noticed imdb site changed layout etc so might be this?

Teebee · Post by **Teebee** » 2005-09-04 08:30:12

what i always do when im adding new movies to the list, is copt/paste the names into a txt file, which i rename to movies.csv

Then i open amc, go to menu -> import -> choose csv , then i press the browse button and load movies.csv
Then you choose "original title" which is available in the "Available field names" and click on the bar just above the first name of the movie, the gray bar, and then it puts "original title" in the gray bar. after that you can click import button.

You can add extra fields also, but then you have to include then in movies.csv eg.
rocky;DVD;English
shrek;DVD;English
platoon;AVI;English
Taxi;AVI;French

then you pick original title and click above Rocky, then you pick mediatype from the available list and click on the gray bar just above DVD, next you choose Language from the list, and click in the gray bar above English, that way you can import a lot more fields, if you have extra info in the excel file that is

movies.csv can be opened with notepad or wordpad. You can also save your excel file to csv (save as)

Post by **antp** » 2005-09-04 09:51:47

TiaoMacaleh wrote:Something probally wrong

On the old one it gives full imdb url like
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097576

on the ones i added today it put only
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt

i noticed imdb site changed layout etc so might be this?

You mean changed very recently? Some time ago (several weeks or months) IMDB changed and the script was updated to correct this URL problem (and some others)

TiaoMacaleh · Post by **TiaoMacaleh** » 2005-09-04 15:13:33

Teebee wrote:what i always do when im adding new movies to the list, is copt/paste the names into a txt file, which i rename to movies.csv

Then i open amc, go to menu -> import -> choose csv , then i press the browse button and load movies.csv
Then you choose "original title" which is available in the "Available field names" and click on the bar just above the first name of the movie, the gray bar, and then it puts "original title" in the gray bar. after that you can click import button.

You can add extra fields also, but then you have to include then in movies.csv eg.
rocky;DVD;English
shrek;DVD;English
platoon;AVI;English
Taxi;AVI;French

then you pick original title and click above Rocky, then you pick mediatype from the available list and click on the gray bar just above DVD, next you choose Language from the list, and click in the gray bar above English, that way you can import a lot more fields, if you have extra info in the excel file that is

movies.csv can be opened with notepad or wordpad. You can also save your excel file to csv (save as)

Worked perfectly thanks a lot

EDIT

Found a small problem... it doesnt import in the txt order, is there any way to do it?

antp wrote:
TiaoMacaleh wrote:Something probally wrong

On the old one it gives full imdb url like
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097576

on the ones i added today it put only
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt

i noticed imdb site changed layout etc so might be this?
You mean changed very recently? Some time ago (several weeks or months) IMDB changed and the script was updated to correct this URL problem (and some others)

Thx antp

I found out im with an older version will change it too

Post by **antp** » 2005-09-04 16:23:56

TiaoMacaleh wrote: EDIT

Found a small problem... it doesnt import in the txt order, is there any way to do it?

You have to also include a "number" column I think. I thought that I fixed this problem, you have version 3.5.0.2 ?

TiaoMacaleh · Post by **TiaoMacaleh** » 2005-09-04 16:43:23

antp wrote:
TiaoMacaleh wrote: EDIT

Found a small problem... it doesnt import in the txt order, is there any way to do it?
You have to also include a "number" column I think. I thought that I fixed this problem, you have version 3.5.0.2 ?

Yup

Not sure if make difference but i didnt re-intalled just replaced the new files from the .rar

Post by **antp** » 2005-09-04 18:08:47

You should have the latest version then.
Actually the program sorts by number the movie that it adds, and if there movie do not have a number it seems that the sort function does strange things.
If your CSV file is made with Excel, it is quite easy to add a number column, in few clicks you can make an increment through the whole list in this column.

TiaoMacaleh · Post by **TiaoMacaleh** » 2005-09-04 19:50:26

Thx a lot worked setting the numbers on excel csv

I was looking for it because my original list is kinda messy, dont have any right order, so to check data later (subs language, quality etc) whould be a pain to locate the movies

EDIT

One last question is the error "unknow picture file extension" any big deal? the picture loads perfectly.

Post by **antp** » 2005-09-04 21:17:33

What kind of picture is it? AMC only supports JPEG/GIF/PNG

TiaoMacaleh · Post by **TiaoMacaleh** » 2005-09-05 10:25:59

Not sure it happens sometimes when i import from imdb using new script.... probally not a big deal because picture loads right on amc even with message (show only when importing)

Post by **antp** » 2005-09-05 10:47:11

If it happens each time you try to import a particular movie, it would be interesting if I could see what causes the message. For which movie does it happen?

TiaoMacaleh · Post by **TiaoMacaleh** » 2005-09-05 19:24:31

Started some to test and happened to two movies out of 8 or 10... one i remeber was "the hot chick", but trying it again didnt returned the error... i was using (like before) batch mode, tested 20 movies doing one by one not a single returned the error... maybe something with batch mode. Not that important since the picture seems to work. The error is this one:

Post by **antp** » 2005-09-05 20:27:25

That's quite strange. You say that it's not that important, but it seems to be a bug and I'd like to correct it

What options did you select for picture importation, in IMDB script options?