Myth video scan.py
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End Of Life: This script has been deprecated by a video scanner built into the backend in 0.25, accessible through Myth Protocol.
| Author | Raymond Wagner |
| Description | A basic scanner for MythVideo intended as an example to document the Video, MythVideo, and VideoGrabber classes. |
| Supports | 
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This script will perform a scan of all defined storage groups, delete missing videos, and adding any new videos for which it can find an exact match using MythVideo's defined metadata grabbers. Any new videos for which there are no or multiple matches will be skipped.
myth_video_scan.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
#----------------------
import os
import sys
try:
from MythTV import MythVideo, VideoGrabber, MythLog
except:
print 'ERROR: The python bindings are not installed'
sys.exit(-1)
LOG = MythLog('MythVideo Scanner', lstr='general')
mvid = MythVideo()
def format_name(vid):
# returns a string in the format 'TITLE[ - SEASONxEPISODE][ - SUBTITLE]'
s = vid.title
if vid.season:
s += ' - %dx%02d' % (vid.season, vid.episode)
if vid.subtitle:
s += ' - '+vid.subtitle
return s
# Load TV Grabber
try:
TVgrab = VideoGrabber('TV', db=mvid)
except:
print 'ERROR: Cannot find MythVideo TV grabber'
sys.exit(-1)
# Load Movie Grabber
try:
Mgrab = VideoGrabber('Movie', db=mvid)
except:
print 'ERROR: Cannot find MythVideo Movie grabber'
sys.exit(-1)
# pull new/old content list
LOG(LOG.GENERAL, 'Performing scan...')
toadd, todel = mvid.scanStorageGroups(False)
# print list of content to be deleted
if len(todel) > 0:
print '--- Deleting Old Videos ---'
print len(todel),' found'
for vid in todel:
print ' '+format_name(vid)
vid.delete()
# loop through content to add
if len(toadd) > 0:
print '--- Adding New Videos ---'
print len(toadd),' found'
for vid in toadd:
print ' '+format_name(vid),
if vid.subtitle:
matches = TVgrab.sortedSearch(vid.title, vid.subtitle)
else:
matches = Mgrab.sortedSearch(vid.title)
if len(matches) == 0:
print '... no matches, skipped.'
continue
elif len(matches) > 1:
if matches[0].levenshtein > 0:
print '... multiple matches, skipped.'
continue
vid.create()
vid.importMetadata(matches[0])
print '... successful.'
