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Overview

Movie Data Crawler (MDC) is a tool for organizing and scraping local movie or series files

MDC consists of two parts:

Web user panel
Local client

User Panel

Account Management: Provides user registration and login
Cloud Configuration Management: Manages cloud scraping configurations
Device Management: Views and manages devices logged in with your account

✅ Multi-platform support - Supports Windows macOS Docker
✅ Cloud configuration synchronization - Synchronizes cloud configurations from the web panel and organizes local videos based on those configurations
✅ Metadata acquisition and cover download - Scrapes metadata for local videos and downloads covers based on cloud configurations
✅ Multi-client support - Supports using multiple cloud configuration instances on multiple local clients under the same account
✅ OpenAI large model translation integration support

Info

This project does not provide any video download methods and is only for personal file organization.

📖 Use Tutorial

1. Download and Run

Go to the download page, download and run the program. Global proxy usage is recommended
Upon first opening, you can select the language in the LANGUAGE field
Except for Windows systems, please read How to use each client before downloading

2. Register an Account and Log In

Register an account on the web User Panel
Click Login in the client

After logging in, you can personalize Cloud Configuration. New users are recommended to use the current default configuration first.

Cloud configuration supports multiple instances, which can be added for different types of videos
Each account can log in to up to 3 devices, and each of the two configurations can have up to 6 cloud configuration instances
(Optional) If you use it frequently or require more accurate data, apply for a TMDB API KEY and fill it in the cloud configuration

3. Activate Subscription

Select a suitable subscription plan on the Activate Subscription page
The subscription will be activated automatically after payment is completed
Multiple payment methods are supported

4. Adjust Local Configuration

Configure the scraping directory and output directory on the LOCAL CONFIG page
NAS or cloud drive users should refer to NAS or cloud drive directory configuration

By default, the input folder is the program directory, and the output folder is the newly created output folder under the program directory.

5. Select Scraping Type

According to the File Naming Rules, click the corresponding Video Type in the lower right corner of the LOCAL CONFIG page.

Before processing videos, click Name Parsing Test to confirm whether the extracted result meets expectations
If the extracted name does not meet expectations, manually rename the video file

Cloud Configuration

The default cloud configuration is the best adjustment based on extensive user feedback and testing, and can be used without editing. If you need to adjust the cloud configuration, click EDIT & SYNC CLOUD.

Clicking this entry will open the web page and automatically trigger client synchronization.

Info

This feature depends on permission for Chrome to access local network devices
On macOS, please change the default browser to Chrome

If the client does not show ✔ Cloud Config Synced, click SYNC CLOUD ONLY below.

6. Start Scraping

Tips

Supports dragging multiple or single video files into the MDC window for scraping
When dragging a single file into the MDC window, you can customize the scraping name

Videos that fail to be processed will be recorded. You can click ❗ in the lower-left corner of COMPLETED PROJECTS to remove them.

7. Finish Organizing

Warning

Do not share or distribute the files before or after organization, or the generated metadata. This may create legal liability in the user's jurisdiction.

The output folder can be imported into media managers such as Emby, Jellyfin, Plex to manage videos.

Access Program Logs

.mdc/logs under the system user directory