[mythtv-users] imdp.pl oddities?

Anduin Withers awithers at anduin.com
Mon Feb 18 17:59:29 UTC 2008


> I wonder if that means the number of Myth machines scraping them has
> reached "annoyance" level?  Perhaps they should just provide us the XML
> data as a raw feed and stick adverts for themselves in it? :)  Actually
> that'd be nice piccie, blurb and "Provided by IMDB" along with watermarks.

I've sent an e-mail to them asking if we can get official permission (I can
find no evidence we ever had it). I have some hope as it appears Freevo was
granted permission. No idea if I'll have an answer or solution before
release.

That said, imdbpy.py could be made to use the DB they make available, this
would be the worst solution (the DB is large, with few mirrors, and some
information unavailable). Not to mention it would force everyone to install
imdbpy. Currently imdbpy.py works but requires the imdbpy Python module to
be installed (why it isn't just replacing imdb.pl for the release).

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Anduin Withers 



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