[mythtv-users] How do I switch from imdb to tmdb?

Steve Peters - Priority Electronics steve at priorityelectronics.com
Tue Jan 6 22:20:53 UTC 2009


>
>In the mythvideo setup, there is a place to store the commands  
>executed when grabbing metadata. If you are using a new 
>install, these  
>commands are correct but if you are using an existing install, you  
>have to manually change from the imdb scripts to the new ones.
>
>> I am running 0.21, without any fixes. I downloaded tmdb.pl and  
>> dumped it into my scripts folder. Is there a way to start 
>using that  
>> file instead of imdb.pl when I do a search for the video metadata  
>> (without having to recompile mythvideo)? I am willing to do a  
>> recompile if needed, but I was hesitant to  use the version of  
>> videodlg.cpp listed on that page because it differs a great deal  
>> from the one in my current installation. My current videodlg.cpp  
>> doesn't contain any mention of imdb.pl. I was worried that I would  
>> miss some other dependencies (different files) that were associated  
>> with previous revisions of that file. Looking at the revision log  
>> for that file, it appears that rev 18531 contains the first  
>> reference to imdb.pl. I am an svn novice, so please keep that in  
>> mind if you provide svn-related info.
>
>This is a setting stored in your database, not hard-coded.
>



Just replacing the command doesn't seem to work for me...did it work for
anyone else?
-steve




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