JavLuv JAV Browser

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Do you think it's possible to add a feature like custom category or custom folder in the Javluv? So that we don't have to view all our movies in 1 single browser. For example if I had over 1000 movies, and from those I had 100 movies which I like, so I would move it to the mentioned category/folder as "Liked". The "Liked" then will be shown in the upper menu (tabs) and only included those 100 movies. Other category might be "Watched", "Not yet watched", or others depending on the user. It will be much more easier for the user rather than using the Search Collection box or sort it by rating all the time.
Of course it's just a suggestion from me, or maybe it's already on the wishlist.

 

[TmpGuy]

Do you think it's possible to add a feature like custom category or custom folder in the Javluv? So that we don't have to view all our movies in 1 single browser. For example if I had over 1000 movies, and from those I had 100 movies which I like, so I would move it to the mentioned category/folder as "Liked". The "Liked" then will be shown in the upper menu (tabs) and only included those 100 movies. Other category might be "Watched", "Not yet watched", or others depending on the user. It will be much more easier for the user rather than using the Search Collection box or sort it by rating all the time.
Of course it's just a suggestion from me, or maybe it's already on the wishlist.

I've got a few ideas for customizing views in JavLuv, but nothing definitely designed yet. One slightly vague idea I have is the ability to save and recall search / view settings, and put those in a customized menu for easy access. There are actually a lot of ways to customize the current view, but most of them require typing in the search bar, and of course there isn't currently a way to make shortcuts of those searches.

In the meantime:

For starters, you can customize genre tags yourself, or add new tags. I mark any of my own movies that have an annoying 3rd party watermark with a genre tag so I can find them more easily. I've also added some other genre tags of my own for movie themes I particularly enjoy. There's nothing preventing you from using the existing Genre field for this.

Or if you want to keep custom tags separate, and if you're not using the Notes field for anything else, you can type whatever you want in there and search on those words. So you can think of that as a separate field for tags, and it's completely searchable as well.

Another trick you can use is to filter based on folder names. If you put your favorites in a folder called \Favorites, you can just type "Favorites" in the search to show only movies in that folder.

 

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I've got a few ideas for customizing views in JavLuv, but nothing definitely designed yet. One slightly vague idea I have is the ability to save and recall search / view settings, and put those in a customized menu for easy access. There are actually a lot of ways to customize the current view, but most of them require typing in the search bar, and of course there isn't currently a way to make shortcuts of those searches.

In the meantime:

For starters, you can customize genre tags yourself, or add new tags. I mark any of my own movies that have an annoying 3rd party watermark with a genre tag so I can find them more easily. I've also added some other genre tags of my own for movie themes I particularly enjoy. There's nothing preventing you from using the existing Genre field for this.

Or if you want to keep custom tags separate, and if you're not using the Notes field for anything else, you can type whatever you want in there and search on those words. So you can think of that as a separate field for tags, and it's completely searchable as well.

Another trick you can use is to filter based on folder names. If you put your favorites in a folder called \Favorites, you can just type "Favorites" in the search to show only movies in that folder.

Yes, I have tried those 3 options of sorting or customizing you mentioned after using JavLuv for the past few weeks, and I think that is already good. It's just that when I use those options, I need to remember the keyword or tag used. It is not internally "saved" in the JavLuv. Using genre as keyword also looks quite troublesome cause we need to edit/write our tags manually one by one. As for filter the movies by folder, I can't use it as I arrange my movies folder based on the released date only and will keep it this way beacause it's comfortable for me.
I am not a programmer myself, and I can only give suggestions and feedbacks in using Javluv so that it will be better and user friendly for everyone who uses it.

 

[TmpGuy]

Yes, I have tried those 3 options of sorting or customizing you mentioned after using JavLuv for the past few weeks, and I think that is already good. It's just that when I use those options, I need to remember the keyword or tag used. It is not internally "saved" in the JavLuv. Using genre as keyword also looks quite troublesome cause we need to edit/write our tags manually one by one. As for filter the movies by folder, I can't use it as I arrange my movies folder based on the released date only and will keep it this way beacause it's comfortable for me.
I am not a programmer myself, and I can only give suggestions and feedbacks in using Javluv so that it will be better and user friendly for everyone who uses it.

One of the ideas I had was to allow the user to save all their search parameters (search line + all options) and assign it to a single entry in a list with a custom label. That might be an appropriate use of the space under the "Search Options" on the sidebar. Then it's just a single click to recall those search parameters. So, you could essentially create a number of buttons that act as "hotkeys" for different types of searches.

Another upcoming feature is going to be a Genres tab. So, you'll be able to list all genre tags, sort them alphabetically or by popularity, easily delete or merge them, modify and set up import filtering, and so on. I think this will make customizing Genre tags a lot more attractive in general. Combine that with a proposed batch editor, and I think managing genre tags should be much nicer.

 

[JohnJr]

First thank you for this program, just realized I had no idea what I had on my external hard drives, this is a great program.
It doesn't seem to recognize iso files in a folder? I created a fake mkv file just so it would create an entry, and am editing it manually. Just thought I'd mention it. I didn't see anything listing what kind of video files it scans.

 

[TmpGuy]

First thank you for this program, just realized I had no idea what I had on my external hard drives, this is a great program.
It doesn't seem to recognize iso files in a folder? I created a fake mkv file just so it would create an entry, and am editing it manually. Just thought I'd mention it. I didn't see anything listing what kind of video files it scans.

Glad it's working well for you. I've got iso support on the to-do list for upcoming updates. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[mei2]

Hi @TmpGuy , some time ago you wrote an excellent script (.exe) to find all videos that are missing a sub. Would it be possible if you could add to that script the ability to search in a specific path/directory --given as an argument from command line?

For the life of me I have been trying to use GPTChat to write up a script to do that but it has so much errors

Thanks

 

[TmpGuy]

I guess GPTChat isn't putting me out of a job quite yet, eh? I made the modification over my lunch break, and the new version is published here:

Release NoSubFind v1.0.1 · JavLuv/NoSubFind

Add command-line option to specify scan path

github.com

Just type in a path as an optional command-line param (no switches). Remember to add quotes to the path if it has any spaces. It will try to use an absolute path if it's fully qualified, or will create a relative path from the current working folder otherwise.

 

[Not2srius]

I guess GPTChat isn't putting me out of a job quite yet, eh? I made the modification over my lunch break, and the new version is published here:

Release NoSubFind v1.0.1 · JavLuv/NoSubFind

Add command-line option to specify scan path

github.com

Just type in a path as an optional command-line param (no switches). Remember to add quotes to the path if it has any spaces. It will try to use an absolute path if it's fully qualified, or will create a relative path from the current working folder otherwise.

I wish you would write that for computer dummies like me. And please give an example. Also, I note that you can check a box for hard subtitles. How about a box for .srt files? Once you have that file, you could check the box to remind yourself that an .srt file is available. Keep up the good work.

 

[TmpGuy]

I wish you would write that for computer dummies like me. And please give an example. Also, I note that you can check a box for hard subtitles. How about a box for .srt files? Once you have that file, you could check the box to remind yourself that an .srt file is available. Keep up the good work.

Are you talking about support in JavLuv? JavLuv automatically detects if you have subtitles in external files (like srt), and displays a special icon in the lower right corner under the movie cover. If it's not there, you may need to right-click on the movie thumbnail and "Rescan files".



I guess the one thing you can't technically do right now is to show only movies without subtitles (which that one-off script does). I've kind of resisted adding that feature because it didn't seem all that useful, and I'd have to turn a simple checkbox into a three-option dropdown instead. As a general principle, I've tried to keep the UI as simple and friendly as I can. But if enough of you really want that option, let me know. No promises, but I do try to listen to people's opinions on stuff like that.

 

[mei2]

I guess GPTChat isn't putting me out of a job quite yet, eh? I made the modification over my lunch break, and the new version is published here:

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Haha -- so true about GPTChat
Thanks a lot for this. I'll test and let you know. I see that you have published the code too. That's very helpful. Cheers!

 

[Not2srius]

Are you talking about support in JavLuv? JavLuv automatically detects if you have subtitles in external files (like srt), and displays a special icon in the lower right corner under the movie cover. If it's not there, you may need to right-click on the movie thumbnail and "Rescan files".

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I guess the one thing you can't technically do right now is to show only movies without subtitles (which that one-off script does). I've kind of resisted adding that feature because it didn't seem all that useful, and I'd have to turn a simple checkbox into a three-option dropdown instead. As a general principle, I've tried to keep the UI as simple and friendly as I can. But if enough of you really want that option, let me know. No promises, but I do try to listen to people's opinions on stuff like that.

Ok, I understand that now. I downloaded a big subtitle file that contains a lot of subtitles. That's what it sees, right? Another question: sometimes I would like two versions of a movie. One subtitled and the other uncensored, for example. But I'm getting errors when scanning new movies and both don't appear. Should I not "overide resolution" to accomplish that?

 

[TmpGuy]

Ok, I understand that now. I downloaded a big subtitle file that contains a lot of subtitles. That's what it sees, right? Another question: sometimes I would like two versions of a movie. One subtitled and the other uncensored, for example. But I'm getting errors when scanning new movies and both don't appear. Should I not "overide resolution" to accomplish that?

Subtitles
JavLuv recognizes subtitles when scanning movies. It looks for a subtitle file named the same as the movie, which is typically what you need for those to be played by a media player anyhow. There are a few advanced features in JavLuv for finding subtitles for movies in your collection, but it's sort of a complex procedure, and I've described it in detail elsewhere.

Override Resolution
The "Override resolution" option is for when you want to replace an existing movie with a higher resolution movie. It will show you a dialog and let you know what the old and new resolutions are, and ask you to confirm that you want to replace the old movie with the new one.

Multiple Versions of a Single Movie
If you're not using JavLuv's automatic move.naming feature, it's very easy. JavLuv supports any number of movie files for a given movie entry. Just make sure the movie names are different, and they'll both be listed. You'll want to drop the movie in the correct folder, and on the movie thumbnail, right click and "Rescan Files".

If you ARE using automatic move / rename, you need to play nice with JavLuv so it understands what the multiple movies are:

You can pretend it's a multi-part movie. If you have a movie name and append the parts with -A and -B, JavLuv will preserve both of those.

Another way to do it is to ensure JavLuv categorizes one of the movies as an "extra" movie file. If you look in Settings, you'll see that you can configure JavLuv to recognize some names as "extra" movies, like if you have a movie trailer, or a behind the scenes scene, etc. This is listed under "Movie Exclusions", and by default has a few phrases it looks for, like "exerpt; preview; extra" etc. You can add something like "uncensored" to that list, then make sure you name your uncensored movie that way. JavLuv shouldn't rename "extra" movies.

In either case, the procedure is the same. Manually place the movie in the folder with the current movie, then from the movie thumbnail view, right click and select "Rescan Files".

Note: Yeah, I'm aware it's sort of inconvenient to have to jump to the thumbnail view just so you can rescan files. I should probably add that as a right-click option on the Movie Details page.

 

[CanB1975]

TmpGuy, Thank you for JavLuv. Now I have a way of seeing what JAVs I have without having to do a search online. I do have some questions though.

I have scanned all the JAVs I have (over 700) and noticed that only 70 Actresses show up on the Actresses tab. Of those 70 Actresses only about half of them had any data when I double clicked them. Mostly only their name and nothing else or they may have some data entered like name and cup size but nothing else. So I have been entering the data manually from doing searches online. I have been using two (2) different sites (javrave and javdatabase) to gather the bio information but mainly javrave because it usually has more information than javdatabase.

BTW, I have all my JAVs listed in individual subfolders by their ID and then all movie files (and sub files) are listed the same way. On some files I have added titles or short descriptions after the ID in the file name and actress at the end of the file name. When I did my scan in JavLuv, I scanned the parent folder of all my JAVs and had both boxes checked (Scan Subfolders and Auto Import Movies..).

My questions are:
1. What database or website is JavLuv scanning or searching to populate the Actresses Bio info?
2. Am I doing something wrong when I scanned my JAV folders?
3. Is there a way to get all the bio info entered without having to manually enter it when the regular scan doesn't gather all the information?
4. Why are the other Actresses from my other JAV movies not automatically added like the 70 that were? ( I understand uncredited actresses not being listed but others that are listed?)
5. How do I add an Actress if an entry isn't already automatically there?

Also, I have a suggestion/request. Is it possible to add a Debut and Retired field in the Actresses tab? That is something I found on javrave (Debut) that I thought would be nice to have since.

Again, thanks for JavLuv. Great job!!!

 

[TmpGuy]

Only 70 actresses out of 700 movies seems very low. I'm not sure why so few were found. Typically, at least for mainstream movies, the success rate should be higher. JavLuv scans the following sites for actresses: JavDatabase.com, JavModel.com, and JavRave.club. I've just recently added JavBody.com too, but that hasn't been released yet.

Every actress listed in a movie credits should have an Actress page. If it's blank, by default it will not be shown unless you click the "show all actresses" option, which shows you actress pages with not enough information (like missing portrait, or too much info missing).

To add an actress, simply add her name to a movie detail page. Click the edit icon next to actresses to go into edit move, then you can add new entries. After you leave edit mode, you can double-click to jump to that entry.

If you're interested, feel free to send me your logs (look for a button down at the bottom of Settings), and I can take a look and perhaps get an idea of why so few actresses are being found.

 

[CanB1975]

If you're interested, feel free to send me your logs (look for a button down at the bottom of Settings), and I can take a look and perhaps get an idea of why so few actresses are being found.

Thanks for the reply. I just sent you the logs.

 

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Multiple Versions of a Single Movie
If you're not using JavLuv's automatic move.naming feature, it's very easy. JavLuv supports any number of movie files for a given movie entry. Just make sure the movie names are different, and they'll both be listed. You'll want to drop the movie in the correct folder, and on the movie thumbnail, right click and "Rescan Files".

If you ARE using automatic move / rename, you need to play nice with JavLuv so it understands what the multiple movies are:

You can pretend it's a multi-part movie. If you have a movie name and append the parts with -A and -B, JavLuv will preserve both of those.

Another way to do it is to ensure JavLuv categorizes one of the movies as an "extra" movie file. If you look in Settings, you'll see that you can configure JavLuv to recognize some names as "extra" movies, like if you have a movie trailer, or a behind the scenes scene, etc. This is listed under "Movie Exclusions", and by default has a few phrases it looks for, like "exerpt; preview; extra" etc. You can add something like "uncensored" to that list, then make sure you name your uncensored movie that way. JavLuv shouldn't rename "extra" movies.

Can you explain a little bit more about this "Movie Exclusions" feature? As I understand, this feature only used by the auto renaming movies only, is that correct? Or is there some more to it? The first time I scan my movies, a few times, JavLuv ask to override my movies because the movies are of the same code, but it is in different folder. The first one is the original and the other is the uncensored one. Is the "Movie Exclusions" feature to prevent this?

Multiple Versions of a Single Movie
If you're not using JavLuv's automatic move.naming feature, it's very easy. JavLuv supports any number of movie files for a given movie entry. Just make sure the movie names are different, and they'll both be listed. You'll want to drop the movie in the correct folder, and on the movie thumbnail, right click and "Rescan Files"..

For now, I used this way to make a double entry of my movies which have the uncensored one, so that I can categorized my own entry (without keeping the movies in the same folder). I just scanned my uncensored folder to regenerate new metadata or just copy the cover image and metadata nfo file of the movies, then I rename the titles with an "x" in front of the code (also the inside of nfo files). Is there any better option to this? Maybe with the function of mentioned "Movie Exclusions" which I still not quite undenstand yet.

 

[TmpGuy]

Can you explain a little bit more about this "Movie Exclusions" feature? As I understand, this feature only used by the auto renaming movies only, is that correct? Or is there some more to it? The first time I scan my movies, a few times, JavLuv ask to override my movies because the movies are of the same code, but it is in different folder. The first one is the original and the other is the uncensored one. Is the "Movie Exclusions" feature to prevent this?

The "Movie Exclusions" is o a way of telling JavLuv "this is an extra movie - don't rename it". It has nothing to do with importing another movie of the same ID, which is going to override the first. Rather, if you're scanning movies and have two movies side-by-side, you can give a hint that this is an "extra" movie.

For example, if you scan two movies:

ABC-123.mp4
ABC-123 trailer.mp4

JavLuv will see that because it has the name "trailer" in it, it should be excluded as a normal movie. It goes in a separate "extra" list of movies associated with that ID.

For now, I used this way to make a double entry of my movies which have the uncensored one, so that I can categorized my own entry (without keeping the movies in the same folder). I just scanned my uncensored folder to regenerate new metadata or just copy the cover image and metadata nfo file of the movies, then I rename the titles with an "x" in front of the code (also the inside of nfo files). Is there any better option to this? Maybe with the function of mentioned "Movie Exclusions" which I still not quite undenstand yet.

Unfortunately, JavLuv doesn't support multiple movies in different locations (like a separate "uncensored" folder). So this is probably the best you can do for right now. I'll give some thought as to better solutions for the future.

 

[TmpGuy]

Thanks for the reply. I just sent you the logs.

I took a look at your logs and didn't really see anything all that unusual. I'll continue investigating, maybe next weekend if I have more time, to see why some of those actresses weren't found, especially the ones that seem to should have been.

For the time being, you can retry scanning at any time by selecting all the actress entries, right-clicking, and selecting "Update Actresses". I've added a forth website for actress scraping (JavBody.com) in the last update. You can try rescanning and see if you can pick up a few more actresses.

 

[mei2]

Hi @TmpGuy , just a quick a low-priority feature request: someimes the rename/move function leaves the name of folders/files to end with multiple dots. I've noticed that naming sometimes doesn't play nice with folder search. Would be an idea to make sure names are cut to end with an alphabet or number.