Brian Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 LaunchBoxMedia View File A tool to import movies and tv show episodes into LaunchBox. You'll need to apply for a TMDb API v3 key in order to use the application. Trailers for movies and theme songs for tv shows can optionally be downloaded in case a YouTube Data API key is supplied. Features: finds all the movie files in the given directory + subdirectories fetches the movie title + year based on the filename queries TMDb for the release date, synopsis, actual title and a backdrop and poster image automatically generates / fills an .xml-file in the launchbox/data/platforms folder downloads images to the 'Box - Front' and 'Fanart - Background' folders optional trailer download (all the required and optional keys are freely available) https://github.com/jsBrian/LaunchBoxMedia Submitter Brian Submitted 11/10/16 Category Third-party Apps and Plugins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Pretty cool people have been requesting this forever and it has been a firm maybe someday in the future. Good to see someone making their own tools to make this happen any chance on adding api's like Comic Vine or what ever one Calibre uses to scrape for books. I would love to import my comics and books into their own instance of LB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) It seems pretty hard to manually fetch this data, but we could use the fetched Calibre data in order to select / import the books into LaunchBox. Calibre creates an sqlite file, which could be parsed. Edited November 16, 2016 by Brian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatticusFinch1820 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Oh man if I could add my comic book collection cbz files and my movies to LB without third party aps that would be amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 @Brian Hi there, this app looks great and is just what I was looking for, however I have a problem. The app itself seems to work fine it scans my folder finds all my movies, then downloads all the metadata and images, so far so good. However when I open launchbox or bigbox it throws a error and will not launch either program (see attached image). However when I remove the Movies .xml from the data folder launchbox and bigbox launch just fine. Any ideas what could be going on here? any help is much appreciated. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 Is it possible to provide the XML? There was a XML syntax error. I should be able to fix the Movies.xml and upload a new version of the application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 @Brian, Thanks for the quick reply, here is my .xml. Thanks again. Movies.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 There seemed to be an issue when the release date is unknown. I attached the fixed Movies.xml. I'll try to release the fix asap. Movies.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 The newest version was uploaded. It also includes a way to download clear logos from FANART.TV. PS Thanks for reporting this issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 6 minutes ago, Brian said: There seemed to be an issue when the release date is unknown. I attached the fixed Movies.xml. I'll try to release the fix asap. Movies.xml Many thanks, .xml now working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Just now, Brian said: The newest version was uploaded. It also includes a way to download clear logos from FANART.TV. PS Thanks for reporting this issue. LOL, I was just going to ask about logo's 2 like minds!! thanks for your help, ill check out the updated version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverest Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Question about " You'll need to apply for a TMDb API v3 key in order to use the application. " How do I accomplish this? Does it cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Nah, all the keys are freely available. Sign up at https://www.themoviedb.org Then go to your account settings => API The key should be there somewhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil9000 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Nah, I thought that at first as well, you just need to register on the site and ask for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverest Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Does this still work with the current version of LaunchBox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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