[mythtv-users] Is there a good way to do bulk imdb lookups frommythvideo?

[Anduin Withers]

> I've got a frontend machine stuck on dialup with a very large library
> of DVD rips. I'd like to get mythvideo to look up all the titles that
> aren't already in the database and then present me the conflict
> resolution list at the end of the exercise. Ideally, it would download
> posters and information for all the conflicting titles so that I
> wouldn't have to wait for it to download them when the conflict was
> resolved.

You would need to create your own script to call the underlying one and do
what mythvideo does for single videos yourself.

In my experience a good number of items you query imdb about would have
"conflicts". Also if you wanted movie posters and other info the only
reasonable way would be as a second pass after conflict resolution
(otherwise you'd be downloading posters and info for items you'll never
select, which may seem great for your "while I sleep" circumstances but
certainly isn't nice).

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Anduin Withers