Synology Video Info Plugin

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This project is a video information plugin for Synology Video Station. It provides a way to fetch metadata from websites other than the default ones.

• Implemented in Python without any third-party dependencies.
• Supports multiple sources, and can be easily extended to support more.
• Has a simple configuration page where you can customize your plugin.

Usage

Install the plugin:

1. Download the latest release from here.
2. Open your Video Station, go to Settings > Video Info Plugin.
3. Click [Add], select the downloaded file, and click [OK].

Configure the plugin:

1. Open your browser, go to http://[NAS_IP]:5125 (replace [NAS_IP] with your NAS IP address) page.
2. Change the configuration as you want, and click [ 💾 ] button in the upper right corner.
3. Go back to your Video Station, the configuration should be applied automatically.

• [Note ⚠️ ] If you upgrade the plugin but the configuration page is not updated, you can restart the configuration service by following steps:
  1. Open the configuration page, click [Exit] button in the upper right corner to close the service.
  2. Go back to Video Station, go to Settings > Video Info Plugin, and click [Test Connection] button to restart the service.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• DSM 7.0+
• Video Station 3.0.0+

References

• The Video Station Metadata
• The Video Station API documentation

Tips for naming video files:

Movie:

• Naming format: Movie_Name (Release_Year).ext
• Example: Avatar (2009).avi

TV Show:

• Naming format: TV_Show_Name.SXX.EYY.ext (S as a shorthand for Season and E for Episode)
• Example: Gossip Girl.S03.E04.avi

Development

You can develop your own plugin based on this project easily. Here are the steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/C5H12O5/syno-videoinfo-plugin

2. Modify the code as you want, and test it like this:

python main.py --type movie --input "{\"title\":\"{movie_title}\"}" --limit 1 --loglevel debug

3. Package the plugin using the following command:

python setup.py sdist --formats=zip

License

Apache-2.0 license