don't understand basic concepts

[archp2008]

Actually, although I have this working, there are a few basic concepts that I am still not clear on: MoC has an export function and so does My Lil Movie Jukebox Script. Do both have to be run consecutively? Is there a quick way to run MLMJ script? For my 300 movies it spoils 2 hours if I answer yes to all the questions on the script. Is there a way to run the image enhancers for just the updated or new movies?

[gsbaker]

(01-10-2009 05:39 PM)archp2008 Wrote:  Actually, although I have this working, there are a few basic concepts that I am still not clear on: MoC has an export function and so does My Lil Movie Jukebox Script. Do both have to be run consecutively? Is there a quick way to run MLMJ script? For my 300 movies it spoils 2 hours if I answer yes to all the questions on the script. Is there a way to run the image enhancers for just the updated or new movies?

You do not need to separately run any export using the MoC functions. The MLMJ export script does all of that for you. So you only need to get MoC set up properly and then use the export script executable file to create the PCH jukebox pages.

In the recent versions of the MLMJ export script Allen has added a "Quick Export" function. This bypasses some of the more time consuming pieces of the process.

I have over 350 movies in my collection and my script run typically takes less than 5 or 10 minutes. Here are some of the key variables to watch out for:

1. Actors export - this is the most time consuming of all the parts of the script as it cycles through creating pages for up to 400 actors. I only run this part of the script occasionally - and only after adding lots of movies to my collection. For most exports I set "Perform Actor Export?" and "Copy Actors Support Folder?" to NO so this step is not performed.

2. Irfanview and Imagemajick - I generally keep these variables set to YES as these are used to modify the cover art on the index and detail pages. These can take quite a long time if you have added lots of movies, but they will bypass any images that they have already modified - and only spend time on new images. If you have only added a couple of movies since the last time you ran these routines - they take very little time.

3. After you have run the export script the first time, you can set the "Copy Resources Folder" setting to NO. This skips this step although it onlyl saves a few seconds of time.

4. Filters/Genres/TV Series/BoxSets - while these take some time, depending on the number that you use - they are an integral component of the indexing and navigation - so again I run these each time.

As I said I find my export takes me only 5 - 10 minutes - and I write my export files to the hard drive installed in my PCH over the network.

Hope this helps.