[mythtv-users] Cover downloads from IMDB

Ashley Bostock abostock at gmail.com
Thu Aug 21 18:16:45 UTC 2008 

2008/8/21 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com>:
> 2008/8/21 Brian Sanders <brian.sanders at gmail.com>:
>> So I just found this thread, and applied the patch this morning.  It did
>> actually fix a few problems, but it seems Transformers is still low quality
>> compared to the others.  Anyone else seen this specific title look any
>> better?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Bobby Gill wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>>> > <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >     2008/8/20 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>>> >     <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>>:
>>>> >      > 2008/8/20 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>>> >     <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>>:
>>>> >      >> 2008/8/20 Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk
>>>> >     <mailto:damian at gingermagic.co.uk>>:
>>>> >      >>> Brian Phillips wrote:
>>>> >      >>>> Bobby Gill wrote:
>>>> >      >>>>> James, I just glanced at my V poster as well hehe, yeah it's
>>>> >     high-res
>>>> >      >>>>> too.
>>>> >      >>>>>
>>>> >      >>>>> Yes another source would be good, maybe movieposter.com
>>>> >     <http://movieposter.com> or something?
>>>> >      >>>>>
>>>> >      >>>>> Bob
>>>> >      >>>>
>>>> >      >>>> If I'm not mistaken, the grabber goes to imdb.com
>>>> >     <http://imdb.com> and then goes to the
>>>> >      >>>> "posters" page.
>>>> >      >>>>
>>>> >      >>>> Once on that page it looks for URLs for various sites in a
>>>> >     "preference"
>>>> >      >>>> order.  IMDB images are the last grabbed (if the previous
>>>> > URLs
>>>> >     time out).
>>>> >      >>>>
>>>> >      >>>>>From line 277 of my imdb.pl there's a comment:
>>>> >      >>>>    # look for references to impawards.com
>>>> >     <http://impawards.com> posters - they are high quality
>>>> >      >>>>
>>>> >      >>>> Then if it can't get a poster from that site, it tries
>>>> >     "nexbase", then
>>>> >      >>>> "cinemablend", then finally imdb.com <http://imdb.com>.
>>>> >      >>>>
>>>> >      >>>> If all of them fail, it doesn't grab a poster.
>>>> >      >>>>
>>>> >      >>>> Brian
>>>> >      >>>
>>>> >      >>> So maybe it's the images on the first search that have
>>>> > changed?
>>>> >     Is that
>>>> >      >>> impawards.com <http://impawards.com>?
>>>> >      >>>
>>>> >      >>> Damian
>>>> >      >>> _______________________________________________
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>>>> >      >>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>>> >      >>>
>>>> >      >>
>>>> >      >> Looks like imdb have changed their posters page layout. Just
>>>> >     edit you
>>>> >      >> imdb.pl file (probably located in
>>>> >      >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts) and change line 282
>>>> >     from...
>>>> >      >>
>>>> >      >> my $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>>> >     "\">".$site);
>>>> >      >>
>>>> >      >> ...to...
>>>> >      >>
>>>> >      >> my $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>>> >      >> "\">\(Theatrical Movie Posters\)");
>>>> >      >>
>>>> >      >>
>>>> >      >> That should fix the problem.
>>>> >      >> Ash
>>>> >      >>
>>>> >      >
>>>> >      > Adding this additional line under 282 is also required for other
>>>> >     movies...
>>>> >      > $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>>> > "\">\(Internet
>>>> >      > Movie Poster Awards") if ($impsite eq "");
>>>> >      >
>>>> >      > ...the above should be all on one line (looks like gmail is
>>>> > splitting
>>>> >      > it on to two).
>>>> >      >
>>>> >      > Ash
>>>> >      >
>>>> >
>>>> >     Patch (imdb.pl.patchv2) is attached to this ticket...
>>>> >     http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5633
>>>> >
>>>> >     Ash
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>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Fantastic Ashley, it works! Thanks so much! Just had to rm * from
>>>> > ~/.mythtv/MythVideo and redownload 'em, they're coming in nice and high
>>>> > quality now.
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks!
>>>> > Bob
>>>>
>>>> I'm very happy that there's a fix so quickly! Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Out of interest, does anyone know how long it would take for this to
>>>> filter through into the Mythbuntu weekly fixes branch (is the clue in
>>>> the name of the branch??)? If it'll be there in a week or so, then I'll
>>>> let the updates fix it for me. If not, I'll dive in myself but I'm
>>>> scared to break something or do something that Mythbuntu doesn't expect.
>>>> Yes, I know I'm sounding like a wussy-geek, but the family is upset
>>>> every time I break Myth of a few days/weeks/months.
>>>>
>>>> Damian
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>>>
>>> Damian,
>>>
>>> Upto you, if it's not urgent just hang on until hopefully Ashley's fix has
>>> been included, otherwise I've uploaded the imdb.pl script right from my
>>> /usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts if you'd like. If you're on Ubuntu it
>>> should go into that path or perhaps
>>> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts. It's gotta be
>>> "/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts" at end of path either way. Just pop the script
>>> in there and make sure you clear youre ~/.mythtv/mythvideo/   folder of any
>>> .jpg's (all previous posters). Then go to the video manager and try grabbing
>>> the metadata again and check the posters, they should come in right.
>>>
>>> bobgill.net/imdb.tgz
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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> 2008/8/21 Brian Sanders <brian.sanders at gmail.com>:
>> So I just found this thread, and applied the patch this morning.  It did
>> actually fix a few problems, but it seems Transformers is still low quality
>> compared to the others.  Anyone else seen this specific title look any
>> better?
>>
>
> Blimey they really are inconsistent with the way the poster page links
> are presented.
> Attached is a much better "fixed" version that should work for all
> films that have www.impawards.com linked posters.
>
> I'll update the ticket with an svn diff later today.
>
> Ash
>

I've updated the patch on the ticket (imdb.pl.patchv4)
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5633

I noticed that the impawards site didn't have posters for all my
movies but MoTechPosters did.
So I've added in the grabber code for that website as well :)

Ash

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