Plex Media Server Agent

Mar 23, 2013 10:18 AM

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Hello everyone,

I can proudly tell you that I finished my little project. I wrote a metadata Agent for the Plex Media Server to use MyAnimeList.net data. Since there is already a AniDB Agent but couldn't find any Agent for MAL I thought I just program one myself :)

You don't know what the Plex Media Server is? Take a look at their homepage!
http://www.plexapp.com/

You can download the Agent from my Project page:
http://coding.fribbtastic.net/projects/myanimelistagent/

Agent Installation:

1. Stop Plex Media Server
2. Copy the MyAnimeList.bundle folder into your plugins folder (Where is my Plugins folder?)
3. Start Plex Media Server

FribbtasticFeb 6, 2016 11:22 AM

Mar 25, 2013 2:23 AM

Fribbtastic

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MAL.bundle_v1.1 is now online.

Mar 29, 2013 10:38 AM

Fribbtastic

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Yet another version is now available.

MAL.bundle_v2.0 is ready for download

I modified almost the whole Agent to send and receive requests from the unofficial MAL API which is much more comfortable instead the official. Search for ID, much more data and many more search results convinced me to use it.

Still there is much to do. I need to fix the Movies which aren't recognised yet.

Oh and btw you won't need a MAL account anymore since the unofficial API doesn't need one

FribbtasticMar 29, 2013 10:42 AM

Apr 21, 2013 8:54 AM

ashton

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Sweet after annoying dependence on tvdb from xbmc and thir crappy problems with episode showing i tried plex which actually recognized a lot of my stuff but getting Fate Zero grouped with fate stay night was a bit...

btw it'd be nice if it'd download backgrounds/banners as well, maybe by checking tvdb (they're good for that) or konachan.net

ashtonApr 21, 2013 9:05 AM

Apr 27, 2013 1:44 AM

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ashton said:
Sweet after annoying dependence on tvdb from xbmc and thir crappy problems with episode showing i tried plex which actually recognized a lot of my stuff but getting Fate Zero grouped with fate stay night was a bit...

btw it'd be nice if it'd download backgrounds/banners as well, maybe by checking tvdb (they're good for that) or konachan.net

i thought about that. for example use aniDB to fill the Episode title or background but then this wouldnt be the MAL Agent anymore and with the 2.1 version you can simply put the background picture you want into the folder of your anime it should recognise it.

FribbtasticMay 19, 2013 3:07 PM

Apr 27, 2013 7:39 PM

saka

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The mal api returns the url to the image, so you could get it straight from mal.

I am a banana.

Apr 27, 2013 11:18 PM

Fribbtastic

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saka said:
The mal api returns the url to the image, so you could get it straight from mal.

the image is the cover of the Anime but what we meant is a picture for the Background or a banner to this specific anime which isn't supported by MAL.

Dec 20, 2013 3:32 AM

Straumoy

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Sep 2008

Hello, does anyone else have problems getting info about anime shows using this plugin?

Everytime I try and match a show, it won't find any matches. If I use the default TV show plugin, I usually get the right match on the first try, or at least it gives me 2-3 options to choose from.

When this problem presented itself in the past, I usually searched up the show on the MAL site to make sure I got the spelling right and added the correct year in custom search to furhter narrow down the search.

I've updated the PLEX server (Version 0.9.8.14), but the issue started before the update. Reinstalling the plugin didn't seem to help either.

Feb 27, 2014 9:22 AM

nextgentutorials

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Feb 2014

Hi!

Here's a short and helpful Agent adding tutorial! If you want to add more Agents to your plex because f.e. you don't always get subtitles under all of your video's i suggest you check this out! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIVaRfezgLw

If you don't know how to "activate" your subtitles in your video's be sure to check out this Tutorial as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk4lJZ3yx1c

Also if you don't know what plex is check my other tutorials that will explain it all! :)

Mar 6, 2014 1:37 PM

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Fribbtastic

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Sorry for the late reply.

If you didn't know already the unofficial API doesn't work anymore. Therefore I wrote my own API and I'm at the point where I edit the Agent to get the information from my own API. I'm struggling a bit with the fanart images from TheTVDB but its just a matter of time until I figure out how to add them to the Plex metadata.

The next step is to get the API online because its still running only in my LAN but until the Agent doesn't work properly this will have to wait.

Apr 5, 2014 6:00 AM

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Fribbtastic

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I released a new version based on my own API today you can find all informations here https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/105054-release-myanimelistnet-metadata-agent/ or here http://devvsbugs.net/projects/pms-malagent

Sep 25, 2014 10:08 AM

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BazookaSamurai

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Jun 2014

This is great! Thank you!

Oct 7, 2014 8:44 PM

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shocknote

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Nov 2013

When I go to the agent settings for MAL.net I don't have a cog to sign in to my MAL account. Pls help.

Oct 19, 2014 8:52 PM

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kenjigoku

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Oct 2014

MAL agent seems to be broken atm

Dec 19, 2014 6:07 PM

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shikedi

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Nov 2013

Not working

Oct 19, 2015 10:08 AM

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Akamaru92

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Nov 2014

Does not work with Plex version 0.9.12.13 :/

Akamaru92Oct 19, 2015 10:26 AM

Jan 18, 2016 11:36 AM

#17

Fribbtastic

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Sep 2011

yeah working on a new version right now.

Jan 27, 2016 8:20 AM

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Akamaru92

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Nov 2014

When I add new Animes to my library, it recognizes the most Animes as "None Piece"

Jan 31, 2016 11:21 AM

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Fribbtastic

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Got a new version up. You can download it here http://coding.fribbtastic.net/projects/myanimelistagent/ try to clear your plex cache first and please direct all your problems to this thread http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/105054/release-myanimelist-net-metadata-agent/

FribbtasticJan 31, 2016 11:27 AM

Feb 3, 2016 11:48 AM

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Akamaru92

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Nov 2014

THX!
It does working now

Sep 30, 10:54 AM

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Plotcay

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Apr 2011

Does it still work? All the links in the thread seem to be dead already.

Sep 30, 8:28 PM

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Fribbtastic

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Reply to Plotcay

Does it still work? All the links in the thread seem to be dead already.

@Plotcay This thread is 11 years old with the latest post made in 2016 so "already" is a bit of a stretch.

But yes, the Agent still works. Sort of. A lot has happened since I posted here initially.

First, you can find the latest version in my GitHub Repository linked below with the Documentation and files. You can also join our Discord server

However, regarding the "sort of", there are some caveats. Plex deprecated Plugins in 2018 and recently announced that they finally will remove the dependency that Metadata Agents, like this one, rely on. When you use an Nvidia Shield as a server and have updated to the 1.41 version by using the Beta build (when you have Plex pass) you would already see that all 3rd Party Agents and Scanners were removed and inaccessible.

The same will happen soon for the rest of the servers as well. Plex has announced that they are working on an alternative but haven't released one yet, at least not that I could find. But both of this should happen soon.

This means that the Agent, in its current form, still works with the server version prior to that change. After that change, the Agent most likely has to be re-implemented in the new Version that Plex has yet to announce and release to us.

https://github.com/Fribb/MyAnimeList.bundle
https://discord.com/invite/4qMRaQeA9m

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