Does the cli provide any ability to return metadata like plot, actors, director? I would like to build a local database and am looking for a way to extract this metadata.
TIA.
Can filebot return any movie metadata?
Re: Can filebot return any movie metadata?
Yes, you can use the command-line for that. There are multiple ways to do it.
A.
Let filebot generate *.nfo XML files.
B.
Alternatively, you can use the -list command to print information to the command-line using a custom format.
A.
Let filebot generate *.nfo XML files.
B.
Alternatively, you can use the -list command to print information to the command-line using a custom format.
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Re: Can filebot return any movie metadata?
That's great, but I couldn't find any examples. Could you please point me to one where I pass a movie title and year and get the xml output file please?
Re: Can filebot return any movie metadata?
A.
Please read Fetch artwork and NFO files (v2) for filebot -script fn:nfo details. You notably can only generate *.nfo files for movie files that have previously been processed with FileBot and tagged with xattr metadata.
B.
You can search for movies and print information like so:
Please read Fetch artwork and NFO files (v2) for filebot -script fn:nfo details. You notably can only generate *.nfo files for movie files that have previously been processed with FileBot and tagged with xattr metadata.
B.
You can search for movies and print information like so:
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$ filebot -list --db TheMovieDB --q "avatar" --format "{n} | {y} | {director} | {actors}"
Avatar | 2009 | James Cameron | [Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, ...]
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Re: Can filebot return any movie metadata?
Thanks for that! I tried it but it failed so I put an update under the support forum.