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-I like to make backups of my kids' DVDs since they seem to enjoy destroying them. Once I get it working XBMC seems like a way for me to even skip over any sort of physical object for them to destroy, and just play them on a PC over the network directly from their backup location.
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-ARGGGH!!
-Getting XMBC to scrape properly has been an exercise in frustration.  This does not seem to be ready for prime-time yet.
-Main annoyance:
-* Scraping a directory containing movies, one per directory, named identically to IMDB (including parens and the year), doesn't work
-** as in the movie named by the directory exists in IMDB, but isn't scraped
-Minor annoyances
-* Scraping takes a VERY long time
-* No way to manually correct minor scrape errors
-** "guesses" wrong name even though directory named EXACTLY
-* backend scraping errors happen silently
-* data quality issues with IMDB data
-** missing covers
-* lots of long pauses with no reason why
-Possible fixes:
-* offline tool to create .nfo files to override scrapers
-* query the user on ambiguous data
-* allow the user to view video in question before answering
-* allow the user to clear one title/directory's worth of data from the user database instead of needing to wipe the whole thing
-The problems seem too embedded for a quick fix, so XMBC may need to wait until another day for me...

Latest revision as of 01:19, 1 March 2016