STV Import: Imdb Search Interface (7 Jul 2008 v6.10)

[nielm]

It's not abandoned, I use it all the time I was just too lazy to update the actor photo parsing code. Thanks flashbacck

[mike1961]

It seems that I have lost the general information, Cast and much else. Only the Quotes and Trivia are being displayed. Anyone else having this problem? I'm on 6.3.1.

Thanks,
Mike

[JREkiwi]

Originally Posted by mike1961

Anyone else having this problem?

Mike, you are not alone.

John

[appelm]

yep having this problem too.

[Black Sky]

Me 3.......

[flashbacck]

It's not working for anybody, they've completely changed the page format.

[mherce]

I just noticed the same thing. it was working for me yesterday. Darn that was fast.

[cmaffia]

FYI to the developer in case he/she didn't realize it yet.
IMDB site must have changed again

GENERAL, CAST & BACKSTAGE info no longer providing info.
Also ACTOR photos stopped being displayed long ago for me.

Thanks

* merged *

[Shield]

Add me to the list! It's not working for me either..

[mkanet]

Add me to the list as well. This is a very valuable part of SageTV. I'm hoping it will be working again soon. Flashbacck, is this something you can get working?

[chiledog]

Any word on this? Last week I changed some of my directory structures and need to run the IMDB searches again.

Thanks,
Mike

[ron329]

I'm experiencing the same issues as everyone else with the summary etc. not downloading. This is a real pain as I was really getting used to this feature. I hope someone can fix this soon...

[mkanet]

This feature is so important, it really should be a core feature of SageTV. I also hope this will be fixed soon.

[jbuszkie]

Originally Posted by mkanet

This feature is so important, it really should be a core feature of SageTV. I also hope this will be fixed soon.

Look at how many times in the past IMDB has changed their format. I doubt Sage would ever support this feature. Now if IMDB would promise to stick to one format... then maybe they would consider it..

If I ever get around to upgrading to 6.x I'll take a look at it..

Hopefully Flashbacck or Nielm will get to it first.

Jim

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by jbuszkie

Look at how many times in the past IMDB has changed their format. I doubt Sage would ever support this feature. Now if IMDB would promise to stick to one format... then maybe they would consider it..

Considering that IMDB makes their money by people seeing the ads on their website... and that Sage users don't see those ads....

...I'm guessing that there's a reason that IMDB changes things around frequently.

(in case you aren't following my line of thinking, it's because they don't want products like Sage "borrowing" their data... they're not maintaining that website as a free service to the public, ya know...).

[nielm]

Ok... ill get onto it. They have taken down the old site layout that I was using to parse...

It may take a while to fix as the HTML parser may have to be re-worked, and depending on how much the layhout has changed this could be a lot of work...

And I truly hate screen scraping HTML with a passion especially on sites like IMDB that are machine generated but poorly written and do not even validate in an [X]HTML parser (882 errors, and just look at line 434!)... (I also maintain the belgian XMLTV grabber which uses screen scraping.)

Note, as mentioned previously: as this plugin is legally dubious, Sage is unlikely to make this a core feature unless they set up a licencing deal with the IMDB ($15,000/yr minimum), which is also unlikely...

[Shield]

Originally Posted by nielm

Ok... ill get onto it. They have taken down the old site layout that I was using to parse...

It may take a while to fix as the HTML parser may have to be re-worked, and depending on how much the layhout has changed this could be a lot of work...

And I truly hate screen scraping HTML with a passion especially on sites like IMDB that are machine generated but poorly written and do not even validate in an [X]HTML parser (882 errors, and just look at line 434!)... (I also maintain the belgian XMLTV grabber which uses screen scraping.)

Note, as mentioned previously: as this plugin is legally dubious, Sage is unlikely to make this a core feature unless they set up a licencing deal with the IMDB ($15,000/yr minimum), which is also unlikely...

Godspeed, Nielm! Keeping my fingers crossed!

[pjpjpjpj]

Originally Posted by nielm

Ok... ill get onto it. They have taken down the old site layout that I was using to parse...

It may take a while to fix as the HTML parser may have to be re-worked, and depending on how much the layhout has changed this could be a lot of work...

And I truly hate screen scraping HTML with a passion especially on sites like IMDB that are machine generated but poorly written and do not even validate in an [X]HTML parser (882 errors, and just look at line 434!)... (I also maintain the belgian XMLTV grabber which uses screen scraping.)

Note, as mentioned previously: as this plugin is legally dubious, Sage is unlikely to make this a core feature unless they set up a licencing deal with the IMDB ($15,000/yr minimum), which is also unlikely...

As always, neilm, you are awesome.

Hey, maybe the new IMDB layout will make it easy to put in a link to take you to a streaming trailer for any movie you choose. Hey, one can dream, right?

[cpainter]

I too would love to have this feature. Not only this but theater show times as well. Just curious if other users of SageTV would be willing to pay a little extra to have all the features of IMDB, including streaming trailers, properly integrated and part of the experience.

Like Nielm mentioned. Whether its IMDB or some other service, to properly (legally) incorporate it, there are significant fees associated with doing so. Yet, it is a great feature.

[Zippster]

Good thing I skipped to the end of this thread before I installed it on my new Sage install.