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Franco wrote:<br>
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<span style="white-space: pre;">> Next question. Again, a curiosity.
Could somebody explain how the<br>
> interface between Mythtv and the IMDB works? ...no, not the<br>
> implementation details. Just an hi-level explaination.<br>
> <br>
> I looked over and over the IMDB page but I didn't see any
information<br>
> about the option of doing queries directly to the database so...
how<br>
> does it work? Does myth simulate the http commands that a browser<br>
> would issue, and then parse the answer for the requested
information?<br>
> Or is there a direct way to query the IMDB without going through
the<br>
> web page?<br>
</span>In the CVS version, mythvideo uses an external perl script which
if I recall correctly does a screen scrape. The .14 version has an
internal screen scraper<br>
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