[mythtv-users] Cover downloads from IMDB

Bobby Gill bobbygill at rogers.com
Thu Aug 21 18:28:39 UTC 2008


On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/8/21 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com>:
> > 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
> >>>> >      >>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> >      >>> mythtv-users mailing list
> >>>> >      >>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org <mailto:mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >>>> >      >>> 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
> >>>> >     _______________________________________________
> >>>> >     mythtv-users mailing list
> >>>> >     mythtv-users at mythtv.org <mailto:mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> >>>> >     http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> > 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
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> mythtv-users mailing list
> >>>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> >>>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
> >>>
> >>> 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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> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Faithless is he, who says 'farewell', when the path darkens
> >> "you just keep on trying till you run out of cake"
> >>
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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
> >
>
> I've updated the patch on the ticket (imdb.pl.patchv4)
> http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5633
>
> I noticed that the impawards site didn't have posters for all my
> movies but MoTechPosters did.
> So I've added in the grabber code for that website as well :)
>
> Ash
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Yeah I forgot to take out the +'s, my bad. That's a perfect fix I think
Ashley, I just removed about 10 posters that had still been coming in at LQ
and are now just mint and high quality. Great stuff, thanks so much!

Bob
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