[mythtv-users] tmdb grabber switch to v3

Raymond Wagner raymond at wagnerrp.com
Thu Sep 19 22:03:02 UTC 2013


On Sep 19, 2013, at 16:43, Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com> wrote:

> Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote on Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 08:17:30AM -0400:
>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 8:05, Joey Morris <rjmorris.list at zoho.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Al Bates <d2a at lineone.net> wrote on Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 09:41:58AM +0100:
>>>> Not sure if I'm the only one whose metadata grabber stopped working
>>>> - can't see any mentions here so perhaps my system is unusual.
>>>> 
>>>> TMDB recently (September 15th) retired their v2.1 api, which meant
>>>> that my myth 0.26 system setup (mythbuntu, recently updated) stopped
>>>> looking up video metadata.
>>>> 
>>>> The fix (in my theme) is to go to Setup/Artwork and data sources and
>>>> switch the Movie Metadata Source from TheMovieDB.org to TheMovieDB.org
>>>> V3
>>> 
>>> Thanks. I had just noticed mine stopped working but hadn't
>>> investigated yet. Changing the Movie Metadata Source worked for me,
>>> mostly. The problem is that it picks up the rating incorrectly. For
>>> example, it grabs a rating of K-18 for Reservoir Dogs. I'm in the US,
>>> so the rating should be R. On the TMDB web page for this movie
>>> (http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/500-reservoir-dogs), it looks like
>>> K-18 is the rating in Finland.
>> 
>> First guess is that everything is working as it should, but it's
>> case sensitive.  The script wants capital locales, while MythTV wants
>> them lowercase, so with no exact match, it just takes the first one
>> off the top of the list.
> 
> Hmmm, I wouldn't exactly describe that as "working as it should". Are
> you suggesting that this might be a configuration issue on my end? Or
> should I open a ticket?

I'll take a look at it tonight.


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