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Main annoyance: | 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 | Minor annoyances | ||
* Scraping takes a VERY long time | |||
* No way to manually correct minor scrape errors | |||
* backend scraping errors happen silently | |||
* data quality issues with IMDB data | |||
The problems seem too embedded for a quick fix, so XMBC may need to wait until another day for me... | The problems seem too embedded for a quick fix, so XMBC may need to wait until another day for me... | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 14 November 2009
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.
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
- backend scraping errors happen silently
- data quality issues with IMDB data
The problems seem too embedded for a quick fix, so XMBC may need to wait until another day for me...