Support and download links for Metagenerator 3 (MG3) are now transferred from the pyTivo forum to this thread, starting with the release of MG3 Ver. 3.83
Metagenerator looks up metadata for TV Shows and Movies, including Rovi-style programId and seriesId. It creates pyTivo .txt metadata output files but also can insert metadata into .mp4 and .wtv files. It can create output folders, and rename output files, based on metadata. It has automatic and semi-automatic modes. There is no user guide for MG3 but a complete cumulative change log is included in each version distribution. Searching this log and/or posting questions on this forum are the two best ways to get help.
Metagenerator was originally programmed by Master Cephus and has been enhanced and supported by me starting in 2011.
NOTE REGARDING ANTI-VIRUS:
Norton AV and Windows Defender have flagged some distributed MG3 files but these are believed to be false alarms. Just configure an AV exception for the MG3 runtime folder.
Change Log: The change log is included in the distribution zip. Only the most important changes for a few of the latest versions will be given in this post:
All versions starting with Ver. 4.01 (25 October 2021)
Enhanced: RPC searches for programId and seriesId now require no support
files or installations. A domainToken (cookie) is required, see "domainToken.txt"
which is attached and included in the distribution zip.
Ver. 4.04 (20 July 2022)
Enhanced: Can fetch domain token needed for RPC searches directly from Tivo.com or from KMTTG config file.
Ver. 4.14 (1 February 2024)
Fixed: In Autoprocess Series TV, Show Unmatched files showed some matched files.
Enhanced: In metadata-based folder/file rename, checked if source file was locked
by another process, tried for ten seconds before announcing error.
CL option "-runDirConfig" puts configuraton files in "Config" subfolder of runtime (installation) folder.
Known movie programId's are added to the database when movie metadata is saved to a pyTivo .txt metadata file either individually or during movie autoprocessing. See post #265 of this thread for more info on the movie programId database:
Metagenerator 3 -- Support & Downloads
Use of the {resolution} tag is optional and requires mediaInfo.dll in the installation (run time) folder.
Download here: MediaInfo.zip
See discussion in this pyTiiVo forum thread from July 18-21, 2011 for details on this and the optional filenamer.VBS file:
pyTivo Discussion Forum :: View topic - MetaGenerator Version 3
You can download the latest version of MG3, 4.14 in the zip file. Found via this one-drive link:
Metagenerator414.zip
There is no installer. Just extract the files to any folder and create a shortcut to MetaGenerator Version 3.exe.
NOTE: To avoid weird Windows file permission issues it is recommended that you do NOT put MG3 into a folder under the "Program files" or "Program Files (x86)" folders, and that you follow the procedure given in Post #125 of this thread for unzipping the downloaded distro:
Metagenerator 3 -- Support & Downloads
Metagenerator looks up metadata for TV Shows and Movies, including Rovi-style programId and seriesId. It creates pyTivo .txt metadata output files but also can insert metadata into .mp4 and .wtv files. It can create output folders, and rename output files, based on metadata. It has automatic and semi-automatic modes. There is no user guide for MG3 but a complete cumulative change log is included in each version distribution. Searching this log and/or posting questions on this forum are the two best ways to get help.
Metagenerator was originally programmed by Master Cephus and has been enhanced and supported by me starting in 2011.
NOTE REGARDING ANTI-VIRUS:
Norton AV and Windows Defender have flagged some distributed MG3 files but these are believed to be false alarms. Just configure an AV exception for the MG3 runtime folder.
Change Log: The change log is included in the distribution zip. Only the most important changes for a few of the latest versions will be given in this post:
All versions starting with Ver. 4.01 (25 October 2021)
Enhanced: RPC searches for programId and seriesId now require no support
files or installations. A domainToken (cookie) is required, see "domainToken.txt"
which is attached and included in the distribution zip.
Ver. 4.04 (20 July 2022)
Enhanced: Can fetch domain token needed for RPC searches directly from Tivo.com or from KMTTG config file.
Ver. 4.14 (1 February 2024)
Fixed: In Autoprocess Series TV, Show Unmatched files showed some matched files.
Enhanced: In metadata-based folder/file rename, checked if source file was locked
by another process, tried for ten seconds before announcing error.
CL option "-runDirConfig" puts configuraton files in "Config" subfolder of runtime (installation) folder.
Known movie programId's are added to the database when movie metadata is saved to a pyTivo .txt metadata file either individually or during movie autoprocessing. See post #265 of this thread for more info on the movie programId database:
Metagenerator 3 -- Support & Downloads
Use of the {resolution} tag is optional and requires mediaInfo.dll in the installation (run time) folder.
Download here: MediaInfo.zip
See discussion in this pyTiiVo forum thread from July 18-21, 2011 for details on this and the optional filenamer.VBS file:
pyTivo Discussion Forum :: View topic - MetaGenerator Version 3
You can download the latest version of MG3, 4.14 in the zip file. Found via this one-drive link:
Metagenerator414.zip
There is no installer. Just extract the files to any folder and create a shortcut to MetaGenerator Version 3.exe.
NOTE: To avoid weird Windows file permission issues it is recommended that you do NOT put MG3 into a folder under the "Program files" or "Program Files (x86)" folders, and that you follow the procedure given in Post #125 of this thread for unzipping the downloaded distro:
Metagenerator 3 -- Support & Downloads