Movie Scraper (Reboot 2023) 1.4.0

16 minutes ago, Lucoshi said:

Can you attach your most recent log file for when the error occurred, please.

It'll be located in \\LaunchBox\Plugins\MovieScraper2023\Logs\

1 hour ago, JoeViking245 said:

Can you attach your most recent log file for when the error occurred, please.

It'll be located in \\LaunchBox\Plugins\MovieScraper2023\Logs\

Sorry this is the only one Log!

LogFile 2024-05-11 12-39-00.txt

Debug 2024-05-11 10-48-17 AM.log There's More!

7 minutes ago, Lucoshi said:

Debug 2024-05-11 10-48-17 AM.log There's More!

The other log file showed what I needed. But thanks.

Beta Release v1.4.0-beta-1

Fixed:  Error appears when selecting extraordinarily high grossing movies (i.e. Avatar at $2,923,706,026)

⟶ MovieScraper2023 (v1.4.0-beta-1).7z

 

On 7/9/2023 at 12:33 PM, billy1251971 said:

Ok, after looking at the log file i worked out what the problem was (my fault). thankyou . Excellent plugin

How did you fix this issue? It says "Fanart-background image already exists" for me yet there is no background image downloaded and nothing in the images that were downloaded. Can someone help me fix this? I really don't wanna manually put backgrounds on all these

8 hours ago, Taamo said:

How did you fix this issue? It says "Fanart-background image already exists" for me yet there is no background image downloaded and nothing in the images that were downloaded. Can someone help me fix this? I really don't wanna manually put backgrounds on all these

Troubleshooting:

• Edit one of the movies you scraped with the plugin and go to the Media - Images section.  Scroll through the images there to verify that there is/is-not a Fanart-Background image.
• Take a look at the log file (located in  \LaunchBox\Plugins\MovieScraper2023\Logs\) for that session.  See if indicates anything like "No Fanart-Background (moviebackground) for this movie".  If it gets it from TBDB, you will see "TMDB Downloaded Fanart-Background" and then down below under "Attempting to get images from FanArt.TV...", you should see "Fanart-Background image already exists".
• If it's a single movie you're having this issue with, go to TMDB and FanArt.TV websites and confirm that they even offer a Fanart-Background image.  TMDB might call it a 'backdrop' image and FanArt.TV, 'movie background'.

 

Please let me know your results from trying the above.

54 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Troubleshooting:

• Edit one of the movies you scraped with the plugin and go to the Media - Images section.  Scroll through the images there to verify that there is/is-not a Fanart-Background image.
• Take a look at the log file (located in  \LaunchBox\Plugins\MovieScraper2023\Logs\) for that session.  See if indicates anything like "No Fanart-Background (moviebackground) for this movie".  If it gets it from TBDB, you will see "TMDB Downloaded Fanart-Background" and then down below under "Attempting to get images from FanArt.TV...", you should see "Fanart-Background image already exists".
• If it's a single movie you're having this issue with, go to TMDB and FanArt.TV websites and confirm that they even offer a Fanart-Background image.  TMDB might call it a 'backdrop' image and FanArt.TV, 'movie background'.

 

Please let me know your results from trying the above.

Hello, yes I tried all of the above as I saw you had posted this solution earlier in the thread, but this did not fix my issue. I scrolled the images and no background was downloaded, I looked in the log files and it did not say "no background for this movie" rather it told me that a background already existed (no background image is there) and I checked the website for both for these movies and they do indeed have backgrounds on both TMDB and Fanart.tv

Any idea what could be going on? Everything else like the cover, disc art, logo, etc downloads and is shown, but so far none of them will get the background image

15 minutes ago, Taamo said:

Hello, yes I tried all of the above as I saw you had posted this solution earlier in the thread, but this did not fix my issue. I scrolled the images and no background was downloaded, I looked in the log files and it did not say "no background for this movie" rather it told me that a background already existed (no background image is there) and I checked the website for both for these movies and they do indeed have backgrounds on both TMDB and Fanart.tv

Any idea what could be going on? Everything else like the cover, disc art, logo, etc downloads and is shown, but so far none of them will get the background image

Ah, OK. You didn't mention that. So wasn't sure.  When you edit one of the movies, how many images does it have and what are those image types?

 

The plugin looks for existing background images based on the 'generic' Background image. 

Go to Tools < Options < Media < Background Priorities.

Of the boxes that are checked there, are any of the image types you found above one of those?

 

If none of that sheds any light, can you share the plugin's log files.

6 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Ah, OK. You didn't mention that. So wasn't sure.  When you edit one of the movies, how many images does it have and what are those image types?

 

The plugin looks for existing background images based on the 'generic' Background image. 

Go to Tools < Options < Media < Background Priorities.

Of the boxes that are checked there, are any of the image types you found above one of those?

 

If none of that sheds any light, can you share the plugin's log files.

The images that it successfully downloads are the Box - Front, Arcade- Marquee, Banner, Clear Logo, and Disc. 
On my Background Priorities list, I have every type of background checkmarked, however Fanart - Background is at the top of the list. 
Any idea what could be going on? By the way here is a log file. 

LogFile 2025-01-16 14-25-48.txt

33 minutes ago, Taamo said:

The images that it successfully downloads are the Box - Front, Arcade- Marquee, Banner, Clear Logo, and Disc. 
On my Background Priorities list, I have every type of background checkmarked, however Fanart - Background is at the top of the list. 
Any idea what could be going on? By the way here is a log file. 

I just did a couple tests and can't seem to reproduce it.   As in... It's working here.

In your /LaunchBox/Images/[your_movie_platform]/ folder, is there a "Fanart - Background" folder?   Are there images in that folder?   

Is there one (or more?) closely named to Child_s Play-01.jpg?

How about in your other 'background' image folders?  Any "Child.....jpg" images?

When you say "every type", I assume it's just these 5.  Any chance you have 'Banner' or 'Arcade - Marquee' or something else checked in there as well?

12 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

I just did a couple tests and can't seem to reproduce it.   As in... It's working here.

In your /LaunchBox/Images/[your_movie_platform]/ folder, is there a "Fanart - Background" folder?   Are there images in that folder?   

Is there one (or more?) closely named to Child_s Play-01.jpg?

How about in your other 'background' image folders?  Any "Child.....jpg" images?

When you say "every type", I assume it's just these 5.  Any chance you have 'Banner' or 'Arcade - Marquee' or something else checked in there as well?

Yes, those 5 are checkmarked and nothing else in the Background Priorities section.
Here's what my folder looks like in images. let me know if anything seems off. And no, I do not have any other movies that are close in name to the ones I've tried so far. 
Do you think there would be any way to upload a version of this scraper where even if it says there is already a background image, it downloads a new one anyway to overcome this issue? If we can't find a fix anyway

50 minutes ago, Taamo said:

Yes, those 5 are checkmarked and nothing else in the Background Priorities section.
Here's what my folder looks like in images. let me know if anything seems off. 

Appears that at some point you may have manually reinstalled LaunchBox.  Try looking in /LaunchBox/Images/ (vs /LaunchBox/LaunchBox/Images/)?

(unless that structure is by your design)

Also you have 2 images for '3 Centimeters Per Second'.  The plugin wouldn't have done that.  Manually added?

Did those other Background - Fanart images come via the plugin?

 

1 hour ago, Taamo said:

And no, I do not have any other movies that are close in name to the ones I've tried so far. 

Sorry. I was meaning file names in those 5 folders.

 

1 hour ago, Taamo said:

Do you think there would be any way to upload a version of this scraper where even if it says there is already a background image, it downloads a new one anyway to overcome this issue? If we can't find a fix anyway

I'd rather try to resolve what's going on before resorting to 'drastic measures'.  (Well... not really "drastic". But it'd be nice to figure out what exactly is going on.)

3 minutes ago, JoeViking245 said:

Appears that at some point you may have manually reinstalled LaunchBox.  Try looking in /LaunchBox/Images/ (vs /LaunchBox/LaunchBox/Images/)?

(unless that structure is by your design)

Also you have 2 images for '3 Centimeters Per Second'.  The plugin wouldn't have done that.  Manually added?

Did those other Background - Fanart images come via the plugin?

 

Sorry. I was meaning file names in those 5 folders.

 

I'd rather try to resolve what's going on before resorting to 'drastic measures'.  (Well... not really "drastic". But it'd be nice to figure out what exactly is going on.)

The Structure was by design yes on my end due to the way I add some extra material to some games (Artbooks, Tournament videos, that sort of thing). The backgrounds for centimeters per second were also done by me, all images currently there are not from the plugin but ones I had manually put in (I actually was using Launchbox for movies far before I found this plugin, but this would help a ton with the movies I hadn't added yet hence trying it out)
There is no images folder in the first Launchbox folder there, as the only thing listed there is the Extra Materials folder and the second Launchbox folder. See image attached below
 

1 hour ago, Taamo said:

The Structure was by design yes on my end due to the way I add some extra material to some games (Artbooks, Tournament videos, that sort of thing).

Makes sense.

 

Can you try this... With LaunchBox closed, Move (not copy) those 5 'background' folders to somewhere outside of /LaunchBox/.  (i.e. Into your root E:\LaunchBox\ folder alongside EXTRA MATERIALS would work.)  LB will, at some point recreate those folders.  Start LaunchBox (none of the movies should now have any background images) and run the plugin.  

@Taamo

This version provides a bit more debugging info in the output Logs.  It should show the full path to the mysterious existing Fanart image(s).

MovieScraper2023 (v1.4.0-beta-1 Debug).7z

 

18 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Makes sense.

 

Can you try this... With LaunchBox closed, Move (not copy) those 5 'background' folders to somewhere outside of /LaunchBox/.  (i.e. Into your root E:\LaunchBox\ folder alongside EXTRA MATERIALS would work.)  LB will, at some point recreate those folders.  Start LaunchBox (none of the movies should now have any background images) and run the plugin.  

Alright, trying this now with the debug version of the scraper. For the record though, I did try copying the folder somewhere else before and deleting all the fanart background images and then trying the plugin, and still nothing happened. That said maybe moving it to the first launchbox folder might do something, so lemme give it a shot!

Tried it and sadly, no dice. Once again logos and things downloaded, but no background. Logs seem to imply it continues to think there is already a background image there even though there is not. As well, it seems to say it is trying to save the files to a folder called "Fanart" instead of Fanart - Background. Is this normal? The thing is, I looked in the directory it states in the logs, and there literally isn't even a Fanart folder in there...here's a picture of what is in my images folder looks like after running the plugin again with your instructions, and here's the log file.

EDIT: I think I found the issue after reading the logs again, but you let me know if this is correct. It looks like it is trying to save the background image to "Images\Platforms\Movies" but my directory for images in movies is "Images\Movies" as is my directory for every other console I have in Launchbox, as is normal. Strangely this seemingly only does this with the background image, while everything else goes to the correct directory.
Know any way to fix this?
 

LogFile 2025-01-18 03-14-27.txt

Edited January 18 by Taamo

3 hours ago, Taamo said:

It looks like it is trying to save the background image to "Images\Platforms\Movies" but my directory for images in movies is "Images\Movies"

To get the existing background image path, the plugin uses LaunchBox's API call IGame.BackgroundImagePath.  The path that call returns (if any) is the first path found that has an image associated with 'that' game (IGame) based on the (5 in this case) Background Image Priorities.

• Go to Tools < Manage < Platforms
• Select Movies and click Edit
• Click the Folders tab  
• Look through the Folder Path(s) for one (or more?) that point to 
  • Images\Platforms\Movies  
• Probably start with looking at the Media Type "Fanart - Background"
  • (and then the other 4 Background's)

Do any of the Folder Paths (starting from "Advertisement Flyer - Back" all the way through "Uplay Thumbnail") point to Images\Platforms\Movies\..?

8 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

To get the existing background image path, the plugin uses LaunchBox's API call IGame.BackgroundImagePath.  The path that call returns (if any) is the first path found that has an image associated with 'that' game (IGame) based on the (5 in this case) Background Image Priorities.

• Go to Tools < Manage < Platforms
• Select Movies and click Edit
• Click the Folders tab  
• Look through the Folder Path(s) for one (or more?) that point to 
  • Images\Platforms\Movies  
• Probably start with looking at the Media Type "Fanart - Background"
  • (and then the other 4 Background's)

Do any of the Folder Paths (starting from "Advertisement Flyer - Back" all the way through "Uplay Thumbnail") point to Images\Platforms\Movies\..?

Just checked, none of the folders direct to Images\Platforms\Movies, its all Images\Movies.

1 hour ago, Taamo said:

Just checked, none of the folders direct to Images\Platforms\Movies, its all Images\Movies.

Really not sure what to tell you then.  LaunchBox that's telling the plugin that that's the folder.  So, something somewhere is pointing to it.

Would you mind attaching your /LaunchBox/Data/Platforms.xml file?

Curious though, what exactly is the image E:\Launchbox\LaunchBox\Images\Platforms\Movies\Fanart\wp2411645.jpg?

7 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Really not sure what to tell you then.  LaunchBox that's telling the plugin that that's the folder.  So, something somewhere is pointing to it.

Would you mind attaching your /LaunchBox/Data/Platforms.xml file?

Curious though, what exactly is the image E:\Launchbox\LaunchBox\Images\Platforms\Movies\Fanart\wp2411645.jpg?

The image is just the background I use for the platform itself, it looks like this. (Image below)
Anyway, here is the file

Platforms.xml

@Taamo

(as it turns out...  aka 'things I've learned') LaunchBox wants to give your games every possible chance to have a background image available.  It will use the 1st background image found [for that 'game'] based on your Background Image Priorities.  If none are found, as a fallback, it will look for a Fanart image for the Platform it's in.  (Not sure if they're any other 'fallbacks' after that.)

Appears you're the 1st user in the last almost 2 years since this plugins' release to have the due diligence to actually add a Fanart image to the platform.  That, or the ones who have never paid attention to their downloaded results.  

Thank you for your patience, help and understanding.  

 

Temporary Fix:

• (Temporarily) remove the image(s) in your \LaunchBox\Images\Platforms\[name_of_platform]\Fanart\ folder
  • (moving it into your \LaunchBox\Images\Platforms\[name_of_platform]\ folder will work)
• Run the Movie Scraper plugin
• After all movies have been scraped for, replace the image(s)

Permanent Fix:

The next update will address existing images found in \Images\Platforms\

On 1/19/2025 at 8:31 AM, JoeViking245 said:

@Taamo

(as it turns out...  aka 'things I've learned') LaunchBox wants to give your games every possible chance to have a background image available.  It will use the 1st background image found [for that 'game'] based on your Background Image Priorities.  If none are found, as a fallback, it will look for a Fanart image for the Platform it's in.  (Not sure if they're any other 'fallbacks' after that.)

Appears you're the 1st user in the last almost 2 years since this plugins' release to have the due diligence to actually add a Fanart image to the platform.  That, or the ones who have never paid attention to their downloaded results.  

Thank you for your patience, help and understanding.  

 

Temporary Fix:

• (Temporarily) remove the image(s) in your \LaunchBox\Images\Platforms\[name_of_platform]\Fanart\ folder
  • (moving it into your \LaunchBox\Images\Platforms\[name_of_platform]\ folder will work)
• Run the Movie Scraper plugin
• After all movies have been scraped for, replace the image(s)

Permanent Fix:

The next update will address existing images found in \Images\Platforms\

Tried the temporary fix and it seems to have fixed the issue, the background instantly downloaded correctly. How silly!
In the meantime while I wait for the update I'll just do it this way. Thanks!
By the way, kind of unrelated, think there's any way to make an easy to use scraper like this for TV series? I imagine it might be a little more tricky for something like that, but the only scraper I saw for TV series on here was like, if you had each individual tv episode added, which is not how I have it set up, I have it so its just the whole series put as a single title there and then I choose the episode myself afterwards, so in other words its listed the same as my movies, but anyway I'm rambling
can't wait for the update to this movie scraper! thanks for troubleshooting with me

By the way, is there a reason much of the background art downloads at such a low resolution? I can deal with it over having to do all the work myself but it can be a little distracting since I don't often use a blur on the background. Thanks!

Edited Monday at 02:46 PM by Taamo

1 hour ago, Taamo said:

Tried the temporary fix and it seems to have fixed the issue, the background instantly downloaded correctly. How silly!
In the meantime while I wait for the update I'll just do it this way. Thanks!

Glad to hear it's working (with the workaround) now.

 

1 hour ago, Taamo said:

By the way, kind of unrelated, think there's any way to make an easy to use scraper like this for TV series? I imagine it might be a little more tricky for something like that, but the only scraper I saw for TV series on here was like, if you had each individual tv episode added, which is not how I have it set up, I have it so its just the whole series put as a single title there and then I choose the episode myself afterwards, but anyway I'm rambling

Never used it, but there is a plugin available for TV Series'.

 

3 hours ago, Taamo said:

By the way, is there a reason much of the background art downloads at such a low resolution? I can deal with it over having to do all the work myself but it can be a little distracting since I don't often use a blur on the background. Thanks!

Probably.  The background image size downloaded is the size that the original plugin used, which is set at a width of 500. So you'd get something like a 500x281 image.

Myself, I never tested viewing on anything larger than my computer monitor.  And even then, I only ever viewed them in LaunchBox in the Game Details pane, and to me they seemed OK.  Also to the 700+ downloaders of this plugin and the 2600+ downloaders of its predecessor.   TBH, I don't use this plugin so never really thought about it (and no one else has brought it up before). 

 

TMDB offers 3 image sizes plus "original".  On 2 movies that I quickly tested, 'original' gave images sized at 2048x1152 and 3000x1687.

I'll go ahead and change it in the next update from 500 to "original".  Since it is a background, I imagine users would want it to be full-background-size.  And that'll be a lot easier than me adding user options for image size.  

version 1.4.0 released

Fixed:          Error appears when selecting extraordinarily high grossing movies (i.e. Avatar at $2,923,706,026)
Fixed:          Movie-specific Background images wouldn't download if the Platform had an existing Fanart image.
Changed:    Downloaded Background image size from a width of 500 to the largest size available from TMDB.

5 hours ago, JoeViking245 said:

Glad to hear it's working (with the workaround) now.

 

Never used it, but there is a plugin available for TV Series'.

 

Probably.  The background image size downloaded is the size that the original plugin used, which is set at a width of 500. So you'd get something like a 500x281 image.

Myself, I never tested viewing on anything larger than my computer monitor.  And even then, I only ever viewed them in LaunchBox in the Game Details pane, and to me they seemed OK.  Also to the 700+ downloaders of this plugin and the 2600+ downloaders of its predecessor.   TBH, I don't use this plugin so never really thought about it (and no one else has brought it up before). 

 

TMDB offers 3 image sizes plus "original".  On 2 movies that I quickly tested, 'original' gave images sized at 2048x1152 and 3000x1687.

I'll go ahead and change it in the next update from 500 to "original".  Since it is a background, I imagine users would want it to be full-background-size.  And that'll be a lot easier than me adding user options for image size.  

Thank you so much! I use a mix of my PC monitor and my TV when I use launchbox since I use Big Box most of the time, so I always try to use higher quality backgrounds. Saved me a whole lot of work with this scraper and any movies that it doesn't recognize or images that don't get picked up by it are few and far between so I don't mind having to manually do a handful. 
Also, I'll give that TV Series Scraper a try although I think thats the one I tried before, thanks for the tip