[mythtv-users] IMDB Python batch update fails to retrieve posters

scram69 scram69 at gmail.com
Sun Apr 26 19:36:44 UTC 2009


On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
> German Rodriguez wrote:
>>
>> Hi:
>>  I'm using the IMDB python scripts to batch populate my metadata
>
> It is against the IMDB TOS to use robots or scrapers to pull data from their
> website.

themoviedb.org has no problematic TOS.
I've had success with the TMDB script:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Tmdb.pl
After applying patches:
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6421
http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6428

The installer changes imdb.pl into a symlink for tmdb.pl.  Then you
can use the perl batch updater:
http://thepisanis.com/files/imdbupdater.tar.gz


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