[mythtv-users] imdb.pl not returning any results

[Jason Koeninger]

On Jan 25, 2005, at 7:22 PM, Khanh Tran wrote:

> I've noticed my MythVideo IMDB search is not returning any results
> recently.  I did a little digging and found that the URL imdb.pl is
> returning is:
>
> http://www.imdb.com/find?;q=test
>
> Where the website is actually more like:
>
> http://www.imdb.com/find?q=test
>
> Anyone experience this?  Is it fixed in an updated .pl?
>
>

If no options are included with the -M argument to imdb.pl, the url 
will have the semicolon in it and won't return any results.  If you 
have options, they will be included before the semicolon, and you can 
get results with such a url from a web browser.  It looks like the 
website tends to put the "q" argument before the options, but it seems 
to work either way as long as there's something before the semicolon.  
Nevertheless, I still don't get anything from the script and just end 
up using the IMDB id manually.

I haven't looked at the latest CVS to see if the script has 
changed...using 0.16 right now.

Best Regards,

Jason Koeninger
J&J Computer Consulting