[mythtv-users] Cover downloads from IMDB

Fri Sep 19 10:21:39 UTC 2008

Ashley Bostock wrote:
> 2008/8/21 Brian Sanders <brian.sanders at gmail.com>:
>> So I just found this thread, and applied the patch this morning.  It did
>> actually fix a few problems, but it seems Transformers is still low quality
>> compared to the others.  Anyone else seen this specific title look any
>> better?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 6:23 PM, Bobby Gill <bobbygill at rogers.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Bobby Gill wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>>>> <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     2008/8/20 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>>>>     <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>>:
>>>>>      > 2008/8/20 Ashley Bostock <abostock at gmail.com
>>>>>     <mailto:abostock at gmail.com>>:
>>>>>      >> 2008/8/20 Damian <damian at gingermagic.co.uk
>>>>>     <mailto:damian at gingermagic.co.uk>>:
>>>>>      >>> Brian Phillips wrote:
>>>>>      >>>> Bobby Gill wrote:
>>>>>      >>>>> James, I just glanced at my V poster as well hehe, yeah it's
>>>>>     high-res
>>>>>      >>>>> too.
>>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>>      >>>>> Yes another source would be good, maybe movieposter.com
>>>>>     <http://movieposter.com> or something?
>>>>>      >>>>>
>>>>>      >>>>> Bob
>>>>>      >>>>
>>>>>      >>>> If I'm not mistaken, the grabber goes to imdb.com
>>>>>     <http://imdb.com> and then goes to the
>>>>>      >>>> "posters" page.
>>>>>      >>>>
>>>>>      >>>> Once on that page it looks for URLs for various sites in a
>>>>>     "preference"
>>>>>      >>>> order.  IMDB images are the last grabbed (if the previous
>>>>> URLs
>>>>>     time out).
>>>>>      >>>>
>>>>>      >>>>>From line 277 of my imdb.pl there's a comment:
>>>>>      >>>>    # look for references to impawards.com
>>>>>     <http://impawards.com> posters - they are high quality
>>>>>      >>>>
>>>>>      >>>> Then if it can't get a poster from that site, it tries
>>>>>     "nexbase", then
>>>>>      >>>> "cinemablend", then finally imdb.com <http://imdb.com>.
>>>>>      >>>>
>>>>>      >>>> If all of them fail, it doesn't grab a poster.
>>>>>      >>>>
>>>>>      >>>> Brian
>>>>>      >>>
>>>>>      >>> So maybe it's the images on the first search that have
>>>>> changed?
>>>>>     Is that
>>>>>      >>> impawards.com <http://impawards.com>?
>>>>>      >>>
>>>>>      >>> Damian
>>>>>      >>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>      >>>
>>>>>      >>
>>>>>      >> Looks like imdb have changed their posters page layout. Just
>>>>>     edit you
>>>>>      >> imdb.pl file (probably located in
>>>>>      >> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts) and change line 282
>>>>>     from...
>>>>>      >>
>>>>>      >> my $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>>>>     "\">".$site);
>>>>>      >>
>>>>>      >> ...to...
>>>>>      >>
>>>>>      >> my $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>>>>      >> "\">\(Theatrical Movie Posters\)");
>>>>>      >>
>>>>>      >>
>>>>>      >> That should fix the problem.
>>>>>      >> Ash
>>>>>      >>
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Adding this additional line under 282 is also required for other
>>>>>     movies...
>>>>>      > $impsite = parseBetween($response, "<a href=\"".$site,
>>>>> "\">\(Internet
>>>>>      > Movie Poster Awards") if ($impsite eq "");
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > ...the above should be all on one line (looks like gmail is
>>>>> splitting
>>>>>      > it on to two).
>>>>>      >
>>>>>      > Ash
>>>>>      >
>>>>>
>>>>>     Patch (imdb.pl.patchv2) is attached to this ticket...
>>>>>     http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/5633
>>>>>
>>>>>     Ash
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Fantastic Ashley, it works! Thanks so much! Just had to rm * from
>>>>> ~/.mythtv/MythVideo and redownload 'em, they're coming in nice and high
>>>>> quality now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> Bob
>>>> I'm very happy that there's a fix so quickly! Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Out of interest, does anyone know how long it would take for this to
>>>> filter through into the Mythbuntu weekly fixes branch (is the clue in
>>>> the name of the branch??)? If it'll be there in a week or so, then I'll
>>>> let the updates fix it for me. If not, I'll dive in myself but I'm
>>>> scared to break something or do something that Mythbuntu doesn't expect.
>>>> Yes, I know I'm sounding like a wussy-geek, but the family is upset
>>>> every time I break Myth of a few days/weeks/months.
>>>>
>>>> Damian
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>>> Damian,
>>>
>>> Upto you, if it's not urgent just hang on until hopefully Ashley's fix has
>>> been included, otherwise I've uploaded the imdb.pl script right from my
>>> /usr/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts if you'd like. If you're on Ubuntu it
>>> should go into that path or perhaps
>>> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts. It's gotta be
>>> "/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts" at end of path either way. Just pop the script
>>> in there and make sure you clear youre ~/.mythtv/mythvideo/   folder of any
>>> .jpg's (all previous posters). Then go to the video manager and try grabbing
>>> the metadata again and check the posters, they should come in right.
>>>
>>> bobgill.net/imdb.tgz
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
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>>
>>
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> 2008/8/21 Brian Sanders <brian.sanders at gmail.com>:
>> So I just found this thread, and applied the patch this morning.  It did
>> actually fix a few problems, but it seems Transformers is still low quality
>> compared to the others.  Anyone else seen this specific title look any
>> better?
>>
> 
> Blimey they really are inconsistent with the way the poster page links
> are presented.
> Attached is a much better "fixed" version that should work for all
> films that have www.impawards.com linked posters.
> 
> I'll update the ticket with an svn diff later today.
> 
> Ash
> 
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I waited for a while for this to filter through to MythBuntu, but gave 
up in the end. I was finally brave enough to try cutting and pasting 
with this file and it worked perfectly! Thanks so much!!

Cheers
Damian