[mythtv-users] How to use tmdb.pl with MythVideo/MythWeb

Robert McNamara robert.mcnamara at gmail.com
Sun Apr 5 03:26:50 UTC 2009


On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>> For those of you using either trunk or 0.21-fixes who want to use tmdb.pl
>> with MythWeb's "IMDB" lookup or for any 0.21-fixes users who want to use
>> tmdb.pl with MythVideo, there are instructions at
>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Tmdb.pl .
>>
>> Note that if you have already downloaded and installed tmdb.pl for use in
>> 0.21-fixes, you'll need to do so again to get the MythWeb portion working
>> (do the download /and/ the install again--using the current/updated
>> instructions on the page).  Similarly, trunk users who haven't updated to
>> r20306 (from earlier today, Apr 4, 2009) or beyond will need to download an
>> updated tmdb.pl (either by updating all of Myth or just by following the
>> instructions on that page).
>>
>> Having done so, myself, I can say that the quality of the posters is
>> /significantly/ better than those I used to get with imdb.pl.
>>
>
> thanks Michael. Just one point, the option to manually put a number in
> does not appear to work. I note that themoviedb has urls like
> http://themoviedb.org/movie/13609, so I assumed if I put 13609 as the
> "imdb" number popup box it might find the right movie, but it doesn't
> appear to work. This is important to people who's filenames are even a
> little mangled.
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That's because you need to use IMDB numbers in it.  A bit
counterintuitive, I know.

Robert


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