[mythtv-users] Any use of imdb data? I found a java tool to import into mysql.

[Lincoln Dale]

On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 06:03:08 +0100, Vijay Gill wrote
> > That's a great idea. Maybe it should be added to mythfilldatabase to
> > retrieve movie information from imdb after grabbing the listings from
> > data direct - only for movies flagged to record, of course. No sense
> > in slamming imdb for a bunch of data we're not going to use.
> >
> 
> Hmmmm, adding to mythfilldatabase. Well it could be done in 
> following way:
[..]

i'm not too far off releasing something which massages XMLTV data with imdb.

it fits into a general framework a few of us have been working on to merge 
XMLTV data from multiple sources, resolving conflicts betweeen them & 
various other things.

i'm sure it will be announced here before not too much longer.

i'd suggest you don't do it in a manner that is proprietary to 
mythfilldatabase or to the DB schema within myth itself; working with the 
XMLTV is a somewhat standards-based approach that can be used with any xmltv 
data.


cheers,

lincoln.

--