[Suggestion]Local db via Text/CSV file + alternative db
Posted: 07 Oct 2015, 01:03
Okay, so this is something that just popped into my head as TVRage and TheTVDB API's are down at the moment and I have episodes downloading and needing organised which now need to be done manually..
So I had a thought, what about directing filebot to a text/csv for tv shows?
Something like --db "c:/series.csv" "c:/movie.csv" "c:/anime.csv", that way if the bot see's the name series it knows that csv file is tv shows only. Also having a backup db choice would be handy as well, so doing something like --db "tvdb" "tvrage" would tell the bot to try and use tvdb first and if it's not able to connect then try tvrage.
Having my script become completely useless due to both tvdb and tvrage going down means I am forced to manually extract/rename/move each completed download over to my plex library. So having the ability to have a backup db in a csv, text file or having just an alternative online source would be very handy, having a csv file would simply mean that all that would be required of me to do would be to grab all that info and place it in a csv file (I personaly think csv would be the best format.)
CSV file would look something like this.
(Line 1) American Dad, S01E01 - Plot, S02E02 - Title etc..
(Line 2) Family Guy, S01E01 - Plot, S02E02 - Title etc...
(Line 3) Lost Girl, S01E01 - Plot, S02E02 - Title etc..
essentially first column in each row would contain the series name, then everything after that would contain the season episode and title. This would also mean that the only data you'd have in the CSV file would be that of the series you auto-download each week.
So I had a thought, what about directing filebot to a text/csv for tv shows?
Something like --db "c:/series.csv" "c:/movie.csv" "c:/anime.csv", that way if the bot see's the name series it knows that csv file is tv shows only. Also having a backup db choice would be handy as well, so doing something like --db "tvdb" "tvrage" would tell the bot to try and use tvdb first and if it's not able to connect then try tvrage.
Having my script become completely useless due to both tvdb and tvrage going down means I am forced to manually extract/rename/move each completed download over to my plex library. So having the ability to have a backup db in a csv, text file or having just an alternative online source would be very handy, having a csv file would simply mean that all that would be required of me to do would be to grab all that info and place it in a csv file (I personaly think csv would be the best format.)
CSV file would look something like this.
(Line 1) American Dad, S01E01 - Plot, S02E02 - Title etc..
(Line 2) Family Guy, S01E01 - Plot, S02E02 - Title etc...
(Line 3) Lost Girl, S01E01 - Plot, S02E02 - Title etc..
essentially first column in each row would contain the series name, then everything after that would contain the season episode and title. This would also mean that the only data you'd have in the CSV file would be that of the series you auto-download each week.