[mythtv-users] tmdb.pl gives seemingly random results, wtf?

Greg Grotsky spikeygg at gmail.com
Mon Oct 5 03:19:59 UTC 2009


Hello All,

  I've been playing around with tmdb.pl and I really like it. I totally
geeked out this weekend and wrote a cool script that takes my database
entries and looks for all the movie data and posters through tmdb.pl.  But
I've run into a snag on a few titles, it's really strange.

  I have a movie called "Down with Love" it's not a good movie but,
nevertheless, it's in my collection.  When I seach for the title using
>tmdb.pl -M "Down with Love" it generates all kinds of results, but "Down
with Love" is not included in them.  Furthermore, when I tried searching
just for "Down" it gave me a BUNCH of hits but none of them have "Down" in
the title, what gives?

$ /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/tmdb.pl -M "Down"
0468569:The Dark Knight (2008)
0418279:Transformers (2007)
0448011:Knowing (2009)
0438488:Terminator Salvation (2009)
0086190:Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
0080684:Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
0800080:The Incredible Hulk (2008)
0133093:The Matrix (1999)
0808151:Angels & Demons (2009)
1055369:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
0416449:300 (2006)
0103064:Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
0120915:Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
0910970:Wall·E (2008)
0371746:Iron Man (2008)
0076759:Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
1139668:The Unborn (2009)
0441773:Kung Fu Panda (2008)
0325980:Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
1205489:Gran Torino (2009)
0479952:Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
0796366:Star Trek (2009)
0120737:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
0167261:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002)
0167260:The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003)
0137523:Fight Club (1999)
0241527:Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001)
0121765:Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
0465580:Push (2009)
0198781:Monsters, Inc. (2001)
0087332:Ghostbusters (1984)
0258463:The Bourne Identity (2002)
0458525:X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
0372784:Batman Begins (2005)
0172495:Gladiator (2000)
1099212:Twilight (2008)
0022869:F.P.1 antwortet nicht (1932)
0121766:Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
0073036:Un genio, due compari, un pollo (1975)
0305357:Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
0936501:Taken (2008)
0448157:Hancock (2008)
0421715:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
0337978:Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
0317219:Cars (2006)
0383574:Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest  (2006)
0068646:The Godfather (1972)
0449088:Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End  (2007)
0480249:I Am Legend (2007)
I ended up using imdb.pl to search for it and it finds it right away:

$ /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/imdb.pl -M "Down with Love"
0309530:Down with Love (2003)

What gets me is that the movie clearly exists on the tmdb database:

$ /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/tmdb.pl -D 0309530
Title:Down with Love
Year:2003
ReleaseDate:2003-05-09
Director:Peyton Reed
UserRating:4.0
Runtime:101
Writers:
Cast:Renée Zellweger,Ewan McGregor,Sarah Paulson,David Hyde Pierce
Genres: Comedy Film,Romantic Comedy Film
Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Greg
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