[mythtv-users] Star Ratings no longer inserted

Karl Newman newmank1 at asme.org
Sat Nov 29 23:18:57 UTC 2014


On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 2:38 PM, glen <glenb at glenb.us> wrote:

> I am in the U.S. and *do not use schedules direct*. I use webgrabplus
> with tvguide.com. I have been more than happy with the listings and
> particularly the movie descriptions. the ratings are from imdb and take the
> form like this in the xml file:
> </star-rating>
>     <star-rating system="imdb">
>       <value>2.2/5</value>
>     </star-rating>
> i am using mythbuntu updates repo, 27.4 and do updates pretty much
> immediately. system is mythbuntu on precise.
>
> i use a manual command with mythfilldatabse to directly put the xml file
> to the listings. this has worked fine until today i noticed none of the
> movies any longer had the star ratings.
>
> i believe, but am not certain, that is the result of the update from a day
> or two ago. i have already restored a prior database and as soon as i run
> mythfilldatabase the star ratings are gone. everything else in terms of
> listings is fine.
>
> if someone either has or can point me to a way to get the previous version
> before this last update i would really appreciate it.
>
> i also tested with mc2xml data (which i know is discouraged), and the same
> result, no star ratings in the listings.
>
> i did read somewhere on the list recently that there was a change to the
> parsing file of xmltv files and i think maybe that could be it, or possibly
> i have some other problem that just happenned on my system but i know my
> restored database was good.
>
> i would like to revert to the packages as they existed before the very
> last download and test if anyone has them or knows of a way to do it.
>
> thank you.
>
> Not sure you're going to get a lot of support for what appears to be a
screen scraper which likely violates the terms of use of the website,
especially when there's a high quality, *supported* data source at a
more-than-reasonable cost available...

Karl
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