coming attractions page (1 Viewer)

A

Anonymous

Guest
Exellent idea. This has been discussed on xbmc forum, and the developer Guybrush had some intresting ideas of how this would work.

Quote
"And darkie, in your python script you are indeed parsing the website which could change over time, but take a look at:
http://www.apple.com/moviesxml/h/index.xml
or
http://www.apple.com/moviesxml/h/view1_all.xml
(set your user agent to "iTunes/4.5")

Sneaky eh?, XML is perfect for these kind of things ;)

iTunes uses these urls for trailers, so the format wont change or they will break their own application."

This quote has been taken from.
http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-b...4320ad7d4ab6e163bb366e;act=ST;f=5;t=5598;st=0

Maby someone skilled programmer would like 2 make a plugin for myTrailer?
 
A

Anonymous

Guest
Odrike said:
Exellent idea. This has been discussed on xbmc forum, and the developer Guybrush had some intresting ideas of how this would work.

Quote
"And darkie, in your python script you are indeed parsing the website which could change over time, but take a look at:
http://www.apple.com/moviesxml/h/index.xml
or
http://www.apple.com/moviesxml/h/view1_all.xml
(set your user agent to "iTunes/4.5")

Sneaky eh?, XML is perfect for these kind of things ;)

iTunes uses these urls for trailers, so the format wont change or they will break their own application."

This quote has been taken from.
http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-b...4320ad7d4ab6e163bb366e;act=ST;f=5;t=5598;st=0

Maby someone skilled programmer would like 2 make a plugin for myTrailer?

awesome!
 

dman_lfc

Retired Team Member
  • Premium Supporter
  • July 28, 2004
    1,772
    30
    UK
    Home Country
    New Zealand New Zealand
    Just FYI,

    If you use QuickTime Alternative *.MOV movies play nicely in MP...
    I manually pull down the streams and store them for TV playback so feature you guys are talking about would be very nice.

    DMAN.
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    dman_lfc said:
    Just FYI,

    If you use QuickTime Alternative *.MOV movies play nicely in MP...
    I manually pull down the streams and store them for TV playback so feature you guys are talking about would be very nice.

    DMAN.

    althought it would be better if the coming attractions feature could pull them directly off the apple trailers page
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    I've started working on a scrapper application to pull showtimes for local movie theatres. I can't find anything like xmltv for movies.
    movietickets.com has all AMC theatres.
    canada.com has all the other theatres for canada.

    I'm trying to select a good site to scrape from for testing. I'm thinking a config can define numberous sights and some parameters to help in the scrapping.
    What good site are there for movie listings? Anything else i'm missing?
    I'm kind of at the proof on concept stage.
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    knubile said:
    I've started working on a scrapper application to pull showtimes for local movie theatres. I can't find anything like xmltv for movies.
    movietickets.com has all AMC theatres.
    canada.com has all the other theatres for canada.

    I'm trying to select a good site to scrape from for testing. I'm thinking a config can define numberous sights and some parameters to help in the scrapping.
    What good site are there for movie listings? Anything else i'm missing?
    I'm kind of at the proof on concept stage.

    wow! keep up the work. thanks man.
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    Well, I can't really complete this plugin without a good selection of sites to scrape the info from.
    I can do it for my personal needs cause there's only a couple of theatres I go to in the Ottawa(Ontario, Canada) area.
    All the relevent information is at famousplayers.com and moviewatcher.com.
    I don't think that covers much in the states and definitely doesn't cover anything overseas.

    I'm looking for a good selection of sites to make sure the program works as expected.
    What sites do the readers of this forum go to for show time information?
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    You should try http://movies.yahoo.com/

    I know that the myHTPC/Meedio version of their plugin runs from yahoo. It works on Zip code and there are versions for about 15 countries which all work in a similar way, so it fairly easy to code for a lot of countries. The one above covers the USA and Canada.

    Australia and New Zealand http://au.movies.yahoo.com/

    If you want I can track the whole list for you.
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    That site looks like a good choice to start with. It doesn't cover the AMC theatres but that's alright.
    I'll start with that one.
    Thanks forbes
     

    Users who are viewing this thread

    Similar threads

    Hello, I would like to use a media server to display various learning categories. I prefer not to use software like Kodi, as it requires extensive metadata scraping that I don't need. Is it possible to instantly access the video categories when landing on the page? I would like to display a single media page with the following...
    Hello, I would like to use a media server to display various learning categories. I prefer not to use software like Kodi, as it...
    Hello, I would like to use a media server to display various learning categories. I prefer not to use software like Kodi, as it...
    Replies
    0
    Views
    390
    I solved it myself, by modifying the host IP-address in the server table of the database, MariaDB [(none)]> use mptvdb; Database changed MariaDB [mptvdb]> SELECT * FROM Server; +----------+----------+--------------+----------+ | idServer | isMaster | hostName | rtspPort | +----------+----------+--------------+----------+ |...
    I solved it myself, by modifying the host IP-address in the server table of the database, MariaDB [(none)]> use mptvdb; Database...
    Hello everyone, I'm going to need help from the community to resolve a TV server crash issue. I encountered a problem with my...
    Replies
    4
    Views
    811
    Thanks CyberSimian, that's fixed it (y) and also thanks to AJS for including the change in the next release.
    Thanks CyberSimian, that's fixed it (y) and also thanks to AJS for including the change in the next release.
    When using the List Layout for Argus TV Recorded TV the page count is above the bottom information bar, refer to attached...
    Replies
    4
    Views
    666
    sorry, that shouldn't happen ;) Link on this subpage is fixed, you can use Support MediaPortal by making a donation. Thanks for your support!
    sorry, that shouldn't happen ;) Link on this subpage is fixed, you can use Support MediaPortal by making a donation. Thanks for...
    Lol.. The top-right PayPal donate link is broken on contribute - MEDIAPORTAL page. Links to...
    Replies
    1
    Views
    387
    MP1 MP2 Lost new wiki page DE
    Thanks! It's working now.
    Thanks! It's working now.
    A few months ago I started a new wiki page "SQL Server 2019" from a copy of SQL Server 2017 Express. Now I can't find it. Is there...
    Replies
    5
    Views
    2K
    Top Bottom