[mythtv-users] imdp.pl oddities?

[Gísli Óttarsson]

Anything to report?


On Mon, Feb 18, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Anduin Withers <awithers at anduin.com> wrote:

> > I wonder if that means the number of Myth machines scraping them has
> > reached "annoyance" level?  Perhaps they should just provide us the XML
> > data as a raw feed and stick adverts for themselves in it? :)  Actually
> > that'd be nice piccie, blurb and "Provided by IMDB" along with
> watermarks.
>
> I've sent an e-mail to them asking if we can get official permission (I
> can
> find no evidence we ever had it). I have some hope as it appears Freevo
> was
> granted permission. No idea if I'll have an answer or solution before
> release.
>
> That said, imdbpy.py could be made to use the DB they make available, this
> would be the worst solution (the DB is large, with few mirrors, and some
> information unavailable). Not to mention it would force everyone to
> install
> imdbpy. Currently imdbpy.py works but requires the imdbpy Python module to
> be installed (why it isn't just replacing imdb.pl for the release).
>
> --
> Anduin Withers
>
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