[mythtv-users] Cover downloads from IMDB

Fri Sep 19 11:57:58 UTC 2008

2008/9/19 Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk>:
> Ashley Bostock wrote:
>> 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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>>>>>>      >>
>>>>>>      >> 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
>>
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> I waited for a while for this to filter through to MythBuntu, but gave
> up in the end. I was finally brave enough to try cutting and pasting
> with this file and it worked perfectly! Thanks so much!!
>
> Cheers
> Damian
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Good idea, being that the imdb script is going to be removed soon.
Due to that I doubt that my fixes will ever get applied - shame.

Ash