[mythtv-users] Cover downloads from IMDB

Ashley Bostock abostock at gmail.com
Thu Aug 21 09:58:46 UTC 2008


2008/8/21 Brian Sanders <brian.sanders at gmail.com>:
> So I just found this thread, and applied the patch this morning.  It did
> actually fix a few problems, but it seems Transformers is still low quality
> compared to the others.  Anyone else seen this specific title look any
> better?
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>> Bobby Gill wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>> > <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >     2008/8/20 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>> >     <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>>:
>>> >      > 2008/8/20 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>> >     <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>>:
>>> >      >> 2008/8/20 Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk
>>> >     <mailto:damian at gingermagic.co.uk>>:
>>> >      >>> Brian Phillips wrote:
>>> >      >>>> Bobby Gill wrote:
>>> >      >>>>> James, I just glanced at my V poster as well hehe, yeah it's
>>> >     high-res
>>> >      >>>>> too.
>>> >      >>>>>
>>> >      >>>>> Yes another source would be good, maybe movieposter.com
>>> >     <http://movieposter.com> or something?
>>> >      >>>>>
>>> >      >>>>> Bob
>>> >      >>>>
>>> >      >>>> If I'm not mistaken, the grabber goes to imdb.com
>>> >     <http://imdb.com> and then goes to the
>>> >      >>>> "posters" page.
>>> >      >>>>
>>> >      >>>> Once on that page it looks for URLs for various sites in a
>>> >     "preference"
>>> >      >>>> order.  IMDB images are the last grabbed (if the previous
>>> > URLs
>>> >     time out).
>>> >      >>>>
>>> >      >>>>>From line 277 of my imdb.pl there's a comment:
>>> >      >>>>    # look for references to impawards.com
>>> >     <http://impawards.com> posters - they are high quality
>>> >      >>>>
>>> >      >>>> Then if it can't get a poster from that site, it tries
>>> >     "nexbase", then
>>> >      >>>> "cinemablend", then finally imdb.com <http://imdb.com>.
>>> >      >>>>
>>> >      >>>> If all of them fail, it doesn't grab a poster.
>>> >      >>>>
>>> >      >>>> Brian
>>> >      >>>
>>> >      >>> So maybe it's the images on the first search that have
>>> > changed?
>>> >     Is that
>>> >      >>> impawards.com <http://impawards.com>?
>>> >      >>>
>>> >      >>> Damian
>>> >      >>> _______________________________________________
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>>> >      >>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>> >      >>>
>>> >      >>
>>> >      >> Looks like imdb have changed their posters page layout. Just
>>> >     edit you
>>> >      >> imdb.pl file (probably located in
>>> >      >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts) and change line 282
>>> >     from...
>>> >      >>
>>> >      >> my $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>> >     "\">".$site);
>>> >      >>
>>> >      >> ...to...
>>> >      >>
>>> >      >> my $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>> >      >> "\">\(Theatrical Movie Posters\)");
>>> >      >>
>>> >      >>
>>> >      >> That should fix the problem.
>>> >      >> Ash
>>> >      >>
>>> >      >
>>> >      > Adding this additional line under 282 is also required for other
>>> >     movies...
>>> >      > $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>> > "\">\(Internet
>>> >      > Movie Poster Awards") if ($impsite eq "");
>>> >      >
>>> >      > ...the above should be all on one line (looks like gmail is
>>> > splitting
>>> >      > it on to two).
>>> >      >
>>> >      > Ash
>>> >      >
>>> >
>>> >     Patch (imdb.pl.patchv2) is attached to this ticket...
>>> >     http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5633
>>> >
>>> >     Ash
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Fantastic Ashley, it works! Thanks so much! Just had to rm * from
>>> > ~/.mythtv/MythVideo and redownload 'em, they're coming in nice and high
>>> > quality now.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
>>> > Bob
>>>
>>> I'm very happy that there's a fix so quickly! Thanks!
>>>
>>> Out of interest, does anyone know how long it would take for this to
>>> filter through into the Mythbuntu weekly fixes branch (is the clue in
>>> the name of the branch??)? If it'll be there in a week or so, then I'll
>>> let the updates fix it for me. If not, I'll dive in myself but I'm
>>> scared to break something or do something that Mythbuntu doesn't expect.
>>> Yes, I know I'm sounding like a wussy-geek, but the family is upset
>>> every time I break Myth of a few days/weeks/months.
>>>
>>> Damian
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>>
>> Damian,
>>
>> Upto you, if it's not urgent just hang on until hopefully Ashley's fix has
>> been included, otherwise I've uploaded the imdb.pl script right from my
>> /usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts if you'd like. If you're on Ubuntu it
>> should go into that path or perhaps
>> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts. It's gotta be
>> "/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts" at end of path either way. Just pop the script
>> in there and make sure you clear youre ~/.mythtv/mythvideo/   folder of any
>> .jpg's (all previous posters). Then go to the video manager and try grabbing
>> the metadata again and check the posters, they should come in right.
>>
>> bobgill.net/imdb.tgz
>>
>> Bob
>>
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2008/8/21 Brian Sanders <brian.sanders at gmail.com>:
> So I just found this thread, and applied the patch this morning.  It did
> actually fix a few problems, but it seems Transformers is still low quality
> compared to the others.  Anyone else seen this specific title look any
> better?
>

Blimey they really are inconsistent with the way the poster page links
are presented.
Attached is a much better "fixed" version that should work for all
films that have www.impawards.com linked posters.

I'll update the ticket with an svn diff later today.

Ash
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