Version 3.5 - Final version released

[antp]

Here is it:
http://http2.antp.be/antp/temp/convert350to343.exe

Simply drag & drop the ".amc" file on it, it will make a backupt to a ".old" file and save the ".amc" file in 3.3/3.4 format.

[antp]

A small preview of the debug functions that I am adding in version 3.5:

http://img75.exs.cx/img75/3043/watchlist6co.png

[joly]

edited by Joly

[antp]

Sorry I do not understand your question

[joly]

I have a list of > 1000 movies
So i'm looking for a way to find duplicates, and i was wondering why i couldnt group it on the link/url i got from imdb.

Or perhabs there is another way of finding duplicates i havent discovered yet.

edit: Perhabs it could be added to the program. So it was first ment as a Suggestion

I now adjusted the find duplicate script in 3.43 so it searches for duplicate urls, but perhabs this could simply be added.

[antp]

I did not include in grouping the fields that were not interesting to group.
For finding duplicates there isn't really anything in the current program.

Why did you post this question in this topic actually ?

[UPollaehne]

A small preview of the debug functions that I am adding in version 3.5:

Yeah, yeah, this looks really good.

A happy new year to all of you.

[antp]

For the new year, here is the new beta of AMC 3.5

What has been added since beta 2:

- Debug system for scripts : step by step, step over, variable evaluation & watch list, etc.
- Scripting engine can now use external files : when you put a unit name in the "uses" of a script (.ifs file) it will search for a file named like this unit and having a .pas or .ifs extension. See the IMDB script for sample.
- .AMC to .XML conversion : now the picture filename depends of your choices in Preferences, like for image importations
- Stats: number of disks
- Minor bug fixes

About IMDB script:
I completely rewrote the IMDB script to use the new features of AMC 3.5 and correct lots of problems.
Tomorrow I will try to convert it to version 3.4.3
I added a possibility for searching the large picture on IMDB itself, since it is sometimes possible to find it. The picture search on Amazon does not work all the time (well, like before )
If you find problems with the script OTHER THAN PROBLEMS RELATED TO LARGE PICTURES you can report them (e.g. no "the IMDB script does not find large picture for movie XYZ").

[elman]

Hi, I tried new AMC 3.5b2 and found a problem with rating. When I opened my collection all movies had rating of 10,0. I changed it so that I would only get integers, but still all movies had rating of 10. Then I saved .xml to have version 3.5, and when I reopened the file, still all movies had rating of 10. When I looked into .xml, movies had various ratings eg (10, 20, 30...), so I guess it was all right. Any thoughts?

I haven't done any further testing, since I was waiting for 3.5 IMDb script. So I'm installing beta 3 right now

Anyway great work with scripting, it would be now so easy to update all movies when new fields arrive.

[antp]

Hi,

Thanks, you are right: there is a bug.
It happens when you open a .xml file of version previous to 3.5, it converts the rating two times so it was 10 times too big (internally now it uses a rating 0-100, stored like that in the .amc file, but stored as 0-10 in the .xml file)

I re-uploaded a corrected version

[elman]

Thanks, you are right: there is a bug.
It happens when you open a .xml file of version previous to 3.5, it converts the rating two times so it was 10 times too big (internally now it uses a rating 0-100, stored like that in the .amc file, but stored as 0-10 in the .xml file)

Great, thanks.. now it works just splendid
And all ratings are now saved as integers 0-10. Before I also noticed that newly added movies had correct ratings, so I was gonna post a note about that, but you outran me

[Guest]

The 2 options below don't work for me:
2=Actors names with character names between parenthesis separated by commas
3=Actors names with character names between parenthesis separated by linebreaks

Only the actors names are imported from the imdb (without character names between parenthesis).
Also it would be nice to have other option:
actor name (as character name)
Earlier versions of IMDB script had it so my database was created using such actors pattern.

[antp]

The 2 options below don't work for me:
2=Actors names with character names between parenthesis separated by commas
3=Actors names with character names between parenthesis separated by linebreaks

That's my fault ; I modified something without testing it again.
To correct it, at lines 165/166 remplace this:

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            if Value3 <> '' then
              FullValue := FullValue + ' (' + Value3 + ')';

by this:

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            if Value2 <> '' then
              FullValue := FullValue + ' (' + Value2 + ')';

(it was taking the wrong variable so of course the character name was never found )
I'll reupload the file on the temp/scripts_v350 folder, but the .RAR file will be updated later.

Also it would be nice to have other option:
actor name (as character name)
Earlier versions of IMDB script had it so my database was created using such actors pattern.

That's exactly what the option 2 should do... when it works
If you want the word "as" to be added, modify the second line by:

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              FullValue := FullValue + ' (as ' + Value2 + ')';

[Guest]

Thx. It's working now

[elman]

Hi,

yesterday I looked at v3.5 b3 and found some stuff:

- typo in statistics - general informations - 'Totsl numbers of discs' -> should be 'total'
- also total movie length could be interesting
- when I resize main window, fields 'Source', 'Audio Format' and 'Languages' change colors as if selected, but they are not, since they don't have focus
- could it be possible to remember window positions? I don't use AMC in fullscreen, so I have to move window every time I launch Ant Catalog (and that's really often)
- is it possible to use 'natural sort algorithm' for text fields (like 'Media Label', so that 'DVD 14' comes after 'DVD 2') and numeric sort for numeric fields ( like 'Length' or 'File sizes' so that size 6300 Mb comes after 670 Mb and not before)

Keep up great work, Elman

[antp]

- typo in statistics - general informations - 'Totsl numbers of discs' -> should be 'total'

I did that a little too fast

- also total movie length could be interesting

Really ? I can add it but I did not know it would interest somebody (well, it can be funny to see for how many days of movies you have)

- when I resize main window, fields 'Source', 'Audio Format' and 'Languages' change colors as if selected, but they are not, since they don't have focus

That's a bug in Delphi or Win32 that exists since lots of time

- could it be possible to remember window positions? I don't use AMC in fullscreen, so I have to move window every time I launch Ant Catalog (and that's really often)

Yes. Currently it centers the window on screen, but that would be better to remember the position.

- is it possible to use 'natural sort algorithm' for text fields (like 'Media Label', so that 'DVD 14' comes after 'DVD 2') and numeric sort for numeric fields ( like 'Length' or 'File sizes' so that size 6300 Mb comes after 670 Mb and not before)

I know that Windows XP uses that for listing files, but I would have to search Delphi code that does that (or write it myself, but I do not really know how I should do that )

[elman]

- could it be possible to remember window positions? I don't use AMC in fullscreen, so I have to move window every time I launch Ant Catalog (and that's really often)

Yes. Currently it centers the window on screen, but that would be better to remember the position.

Centers? Really? Because sometimes window opens partly off the screen. If it would be centered, it would be ok with me. On my computer window opens just like modal windows do. In that cascading style.

- is it possible to use 'natural sort algorithm' for text fields (like 'Media Label', so that 'DVD 14' comes after 'DVD 2') and numeric sort for numeric fields ( like 'Length' or 'File sizes' so that size 6300 Mb comes after 670 Mb and not before)

I know that Windows XP uses that for listing files, but I would have to search Delphi code that does that (or write it myself, but I do not really know how I should do that )

Hmm.. I thought it would be easier to implement. For example PHP has bunch of functions for it. Can't you just use OS's sorting methods? (You know, I only program in scripting languages like perl, php, asp, so I have no idea what can be done with Deplhi or such )

[antp]

Centers? Really? Because sometimes window opens partly off the screen. If it would be centered, it would be ok with me. On my computer window opens just like modal windows do. In that cascading style.

Maybe you're right, it may use windows default position, so in cascading style.

Hmm.. I thought it would be easier to implement. For example PHP has bunch of functions for it.

I think that there is nothing in Delphi for that. Maybe in the latest version (Delphi 2005) but I use Delphi 7.

Can't you just use OS's sorting methods?

As I said, it was introduced by Windows XP so if methods exist it will only work on XP. But it may be interesting anyway to use them, since there are more and more people that have XP, they could use this function (the others still have the classic sort).
I'll search in the MSDN for that.

[xavierd]

I tested the 3.5b3, i love it.
You're still doing a great job !
I'm using amv every day to deal with my +1000 film collection.

I encounter a problem with the beta :
When using the grid display, the column titles are out of line with the content.

[antp]

you are right : I modified some columns but I forgot to make the same change to the headers