TV Theme Music Plugin Questions and Support Thread

[Kemosabe 0]

Hello.  I very much want to use this plugin and donate, however I'm using MBC and I can't find the "ThemeVideo Backdrops" plugin anywhere and fear that I won't be able to use it without that plugin.  I've looked within the configuration in the MBC client, and in the plug-ins section as an admin in the server dashboard.  Is it still available?

[Cheesegeezer 1281]

Hello.  I very much want to use this plugin and donate, however I'm using MBC and I can't find the "ThemeVideo Backdrops" plugin anywhere and fear that I won't be able to use it without that plugin.  I've looked within the configuration in the MBC client, and in the plug-ins section as an admin in the server dashboard.  Is it still available?

Its now part of MBC core so there is not plugin required anymore.

[ebr 10319]

Is there some documentation that needs to be updated?

[Kemosabe 0]

Oh terrific!  I'll start donating this morning and get it going.  I was a MB 2 user for a long time - I'll be happy to donate to this project.  Remarkable work on the 3rd version - I waited too long to upgrade.

[radeon 598]

AH yea, my plugin descriptions need updating all over the place.

 

Sorry about that. Just all over the country at the minute in my real world work so had little time to give to media browser at the minute. I'll get those descriptions updated over the next week but as @@Cheesegeezer kindly pointed out, its all in the core now. :-)

[Florux 23]

FEATURE REQUEST: User-configurable storage path for "theme.mp3"

 

Would it be possible to add an option to store the TV theme files together with metadata / images instead of directly in the media data directory along side the video files?

 

The reason is the added security that comes with mounting the video data drives ReadOnly on the Media Browser server. That way, no bug or security incident can lead to unintended and total loss of data, and the themes can be stored on the local drive together with all the other metadata collected.

 

Since there already is a well-functioning option to store all metadata in a separate (in my case, local) folder, perhaps the Plugin could just read that folder and store the file there, if this proposed new option is enabled from within the plugin?

 

 -Florux 

[radeon 598]

FEATURE REQUEST: User-configurable storage path for "theme.mp3"

 

Would it be possible to add an option to store the TV theme files together with metadata / images instead of directly in the media data directory along side the video files?

 

The reason is the added security that comes with mounting the video data drives ReadOnly on the Media Browser server. That way, no bug or security incident can lead to unintended and total loss of data, and the themes can be stored on the local drive together with all the other metadata collected.

 

Since there already is a well-functioning option to store all metadata in a separate (in my case, local) folder, perhaps the Plugin could just read that folder and store the file there, if this proposed new option is enabled from within the plugin?

 

 -Florux 

Hey @@Florux

 

I can't actually change the location of the theme media as I have to place it in a location that MBS will find it. My plugins are purely a metadata provider but dont control the playback or indexing of the files.

 

If mbs would allow for them to be found in the alternate metadata location then technically i could change the plugin to cater for that setup. There was quite a long thread about this exact thing and I dont think it will ever be very high up on the feature list for the head developers and in all honesty, I have a few reservations of my own about storing metadata in separate folder anyway so im not yet sure if it would become available in the plugins.

 

Cheers,

[Florux 23]

Thanks for quick and thorough response @@radeon, much appreciated!

 

One thing I didn't quite catch, and was hoping to understand. As MBS already allows metadata to be found in a local, dedicated metadata folder, how does that prohibit it from searching for the mp3 files within the same folders?

 

Apart from that I fully agree it is not a very high priority, but it would be really good to be able to mount the storage system read-only from the dedicated server. 

 

 -Florux

[radeon 598]

Whilst mbs it supports metadata for the images and synopsis etc in a separate folder, it doesn't support lookups for theme media placed elsewhere.

 

The following GitHub Wiki article lists the supported locations:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Theme%20songs%20&%20videos

 

I could only ever change the location if MBS supported it too. Sorry I cant give you a better answer than that. :-(

[Luke 24249]

I think we will eventually do it. Same for subtitles as well. But when is really based on demand, and up until this point it just hasn't been high enough for us to say yea we need to do this now.

[Florux 23]

I think we will eventually do it. Same for subtitles as well. But when is really based on demand, and up until this point it just hasn't been high enough for us to say yea we need to do this now.

 

That's all right. Expecting userbase to grow pretty fast, so it's only a question of time then :-) Thanks!

[paulcdb 5]

Hi,

 

I bought the media pack on Wednesday but it still shows as trial and not had anything to say it's been added to my supporter key. - Sorted

 

So just wondering if maybe alien abduction? Holiday to North Korea? Hopefully nothing as serious as Wife Earache though? 

Edited June 20, 2015 by paulcdb

[radeon 598]

Hi,

 

I bought the media pack on Wednesday but it still shows as trial and not had anything to say it's been added to my supporter key.

 

So just wondering if maybe alien abduction? Holiday to North Korea? Hopefully nothing as serious as Wife Earache though? 

 

 

Yo @@paulcdb, drop me a pm with your email and supporter key and a fresh full embyS log (restart EmbyS, wait to initialise, run scheduled tasks 1 by 1 and wait to finish (not all at the same time), upload log to dropbox and pm link)  and ill check your licence for you.

 

scrap that, found your details anyway. sending pm, 

Edited June 20, 2015 by radeon

[paulcdb 5]

scrap that, found your details anyway. sending pm, 

 

I was never any good at hide and seek! 

[paulcdb 5]

Why can't all support queries be resolved as quick as this? 

 

Took me longer to figure out an emby update overwrote the /etc/default/emby-server settings and could no longer write to the network share. Back to playtime!

 

Thanks Radeon

[strikegun 2]

Hi, I bought today the pack, but my paypal account is a different email as my emby account.

I am asking, because the plugins does nothing. It is installed but there is no series or movie in the plugin page.

 

Thanks

 

PS:

I change my email in the account. How long does it take until the plugin load the themes? Can I force a scan?

Edited June 23, 2015 by strikegun

[radeon 598]

Hi, I bought today the pack, but my paypal account is a different email as my emby account.

I am asking, because the plugins does nothing. It is installed but there is no series or movie in the plugin page.

 

Thanks

 

PS:

I change my email in the account. How long does it take until the plugin load the themes? Can I force a scan?

 

Hey, the licences are tied to your supporter key. Drop me a PM/Email with your details (the two email addresses you had) and I'll make sure you're fully licenced up.

 

And yeah, you can just run the scheduled tasks from the EmbyS Dashboard.

[strikegun 2]

I understand. Got next problem.

Many downloads don't work. Only two from 15 series are downloaded.

 

2015-06-23 22:17:06.6625 Error - App: Error downloading tv theme song for Forever

        *** Error Report ***

        Version: 3.0.5641.5

        Command line: /opt/emby-server/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe -programdata /var/lib/emby-server

        Operating system: Unix 3.13.0.53

        Processor count: 2

        64-Bit OS: True

        64-Bit Process: True

        Program data path: /var/lib/emby-server

        Mono: 4.0.1 (tarball Tue Jun  2 13:22:02 UTC 2015)

        Application Path: /opt/emby-server/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe

        Access to the path is denied.

        System.UnauthorizedAccessException

          at System.IO.File.Move (System.String sourceFileName, System.String destFileName) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

          at MediaBrowser.Plugins.ThemeSongs.Search.LocalThemeSongDownloader+<DownloadThemeSongForItem>d__1.MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

        --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---

          at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

          at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess (System.Threading.Tasks.Task task) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

          at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification (System.Threading.Tasks.Task task) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

          at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ValidateEnd (System.Threading.Tasks.Task task) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

          at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable+ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

          at MediaBrowser.Plugins.ThemeSongs.ScheduledTasks.LocalThemeSongDownloadTask+<Execute>d__8.MoveNext () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0

This is the error I have in the logs.

Edited June 23, 2015 by strikegun

[radeon 598]

Access to the path is denied

 

That'll be your problem.

 

Looks like have folder permission issues on the path the files are being written to.

[strikegun 2]

Short explain where the themes are get written?

[radeon 598]

If you have a movie here:

M:\Movies\Die Hard (1988)\Die Hard.mkv

 

Then the theme video would be

M:\Movies\Die Hard (1988)\backdrops\theme.mp3

 

The theme song would be 

M:\Movies\Die Hard (1988)\theme.mp3

 

For TV, if you had:

T:\TV Shows\24\Season 01\24 - S01E01.mkv

 

Then the theme video would be 

T:\TV Shows\24\backdrops\theme.mp3

 

The theme song would be 

T:\TV Shows\24\theme.mp3

[gillmacca 17]

Just installed the movie & TV theme song plug-ins, and I am fully registered.

Movie theme songs are downloading and working fine, but for some reason, no tv theme songs are being downloaded.

I have run the scheduled task.

In the TV Theme Song Configuration, I only have 'Download filters' and 'Audio Normalisation'. Download filters never populated.

Here is a small portion of the server log:

 

2015-07-15 16:59:13.3479 Info - App: Executing Download Local TV Theme Songs

2015-07-15 16:59:13.3635 Info - App: HttpClientManager GET: http://ballingtons.com/s/?n=Two and a Half Men&t=72227

2015-07-15 16:59:14.0017 Info - App: HttpClientManager GET: http://www.televisiontunes.com/T-theme-songs.html

Edited July 15, 2015 by radeon

[radeon 598]

 

Just installed the movie & TV theme song plug-ins, and I am fully registered.

Movie theme songs are downloading and working fine, but for some reason, no tv theme songs are being downloaded.

I have run the scheduled task.

In the TV Theme Song Configuration, I only have 'Download filters' and 'Audio Normalisation'. Download filters never populated.

Here is a small portion of the server log:

 

2015-07-15 16:59:13.3479 Info - App: Executing Download Local TV Theme Songs

2015-07-15 16:59:13.3635 Info - App: HttpClientManager GET: http://ballingtons.com/s/?n=Two and a Half Men&t=72227

2015-07-15 16:59:14.0017 Info - App: HttpClientManager GET: http://www.televisiontunes.com/T-theme-songs.html

 

 

Looks like they have changed their site somewhat, I'll have to make some changes to reflect and release a new build. :-)

[radeon 598]

@@gillmacca,

 

Give that a shot now matey, all should be fixed. :-D

[gillmacca 17]

Working like a charm now. Thanks