[mythtv-users] IMDB script, no covers

[Raymond Wagner]

Joe Wilson wrote:
> I've had the same problem, added over 500 divx videos to a new hard drive.
> It got the data for the videos fine, but the pics were bogus. I found a few
> other places to get the pics in bigger size.. I went for the movie posters
> intead...Looks like the images IMDB is using is in a flash format now...?
>   
The images are still normal HTML. There is just a bit of javascript to 
prevent right clicks.  If you want, you can still grab posters manually.

The bigger issue is that the IMDB terms of service do not allow their 
website to be scraped by bots.  As such, the IMDB scraper will no longer 
be updated.