ImportBuddy

Installing ImportBuddy

Download the latest release here: https://github.com/lfoust/thediscdb-data/releases/

Unzip to the folder you would like to run ImportBuddy from

Configuring ImportBuddy

Edit the appsettings.json file and set the correct values for:

The path to where you have cloned the discdb-data repo goes here:

"ImportBuddy": {
    "OutputPath": "C:\\repos\\thediscdb-data\\data"
}

and

The path where you have makemkv installed and the list of drives you have on your system go here:

"MakeMkv": {
  "Path": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MakeMKV\\makemkvcon.exe",
  "Drives": [
    {
      "Index": 0,
      "Name": "import drive"
    }
  ]
}

If you only have one drive on your system, the index will likely be 0. If not you can get the list of drives from running makemkv and opening a disc.

ImportBuddy Tasks

Import

This is the first step to importing a new title or disc. In order to import a title you will need the following information:

• The name of the title you are importing
• A release slug for the release you are importing
• The UPC of the release you are importing
• The ASIN of the release you are importing
• The image URL of the release

Shortcut when importing multi-disc sets

When importing multi disc sets (such as TV Series) when doing an import for any disc after the first one, you can type 'x' in as the name to search for and ImportBuddy will allow you to select a Movie or Series from a recent list which is a quick shortcut for adding more discs.

Finalize

Once you have imported each disc in a release and have mapped out the contents of each disc, you can run finalize on the release folder to check for errors and ready the data files for submission

Rebuild Metadata

This task is used to rebuild the metata.json, imdb.json, and tmdb.json files