[mythtv-users] mythvideo, Q#2 (IMDB interface)

[Franco]

Next question. Again, a curiosity.
Could somebody explain how the interface
between Mythtv and the IMDB works?
...no, not the implementation details.
Just an hi-level explaination.

I looked over and over the IMDB page
but I didn't see any information about
the option of doing queries directly
to the database so... how does it work?
Does myth simulate the http commands
that a browser would issue, and then 
parse the answer for the requested
information?
Or is there a direct way to query
the IMDB without going through the web page?

However, I see that myth retrieves some data which
does NOT appear when making queries via the web site,
for example, the explaination of the rating.
The web site would say: Rating: USA: PG13
Myth would display: Rating: USA: PG13 due to violence and language

How does it work?

Franco