[mythtv-users] Not downloading movie posters

[Nate Thompson]

On 6/1/05, Mark Read <b1rdy at msn.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm currently running version 0.18.1 of MythTV and am unable to download
> movie posters for MythVideo.  When using the Search IMDB option within Video
> Manager it successfully identifies the correct entry and downloads the
> metadata.  Am I correct in assuming that it should also at this point
> download the cover art as well?
> If I run imdb.pl -P manually from the shell giving the IMDB id as a
> parameter it successfully returns the url of the image at ipmawards, and
> when browsed to manually that image does exist.
> The directory specified within Videos/General settings does exist and the
> user MythTV is run as does have write access.
> The command specified to search for movie posters remains unchanged from the
> default and appears correct.
> Any ideas?  Am I missing something blatantly obvious?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
I am having the same problem after updating to the latest release via
ATRPMS. It pulls the data down correctly, but returns an error when it
tries to grab the artwork. Has anyone else had this problem and found
a solution?

Nate