[mythtv-users] mythvideo, Q#2 (IMDB interface)

[Xavier Hervy]

Hi Franco,
I can't answer to your first question ;-)
Franco wrote:

> Next question. Again, a curiosity.
> Could somebody explain how the interface
> between Mythtv and the IMDB works?
> ...no, not the implementation details.
> Just an hi-level explaination.
> 
> I looked over and over the IMDB page
> but I didn't see any information about
> the option of doing queries directly
> to the database so... how does it work?
> Does myth simulate the http commands
> that a browser would issue, and then 
> parse the answer for the requested
> information?
Exactly what you said.
> Or is there a direct way to query
> the IMDB without going through the web page?
> 
no
> However, I see that myth retrieves some data which
> does NOT appear when making queries via the web site,
> for example, the explaination of the rating.
> The web site would say: Rating: USA: PG13
> Myth would display: Rating: USA: PG13 due to violence and language
I can't talk about the english movie data grabber (imdb.pl) because i'm 
french then i use allocine.pl
> 
> How does it work?
> 
> Franco

Xavier