IMDb+ Plugin 2.0.0.281 with IMDb+ Scraper v4.9.41 (2 Viewers)

[Lightning303]

Thanks for your hard work and thanks for the test build, i will give it a try later today.
Just so i do understand everything you said in your last posts correctly.

At this time, there are only 3 Collections (IMDb Top, Tolkin, Superheros), so when i would use this now, i would have to add e.g. "James Bond" Collection myself? However it seems, that you are replacing the renaming stuff from IMDb+ with Collections, so as soon as you did that, i would aot have to manualy add Collections like James Bond.
Did i get that all right?

If so, if i now use the testbuild without all the collections added yet, and later when you add them, would i have to refresh the data of every movie again?

Again, thanks for your work .

 

[RoChess]

Thanks for your hard work and thanks for the test build, i will give it a try later today.
Just so i do understand everything you said in your last posts correctly.

At this time, there are only 3 Collections (IMDb Top, Tolkin, Superheros), so when i would use this now, i would have to add e.g. "James Bond" Collection myself? However it seems, that you are replacing the renaming stuff from IMDb+ with Collections, so as soon as you did that, i would aot have to manualy add Collections like James Bond.
Did i get that all right?

If so, if i now use the testbuild without all the collections added yet, and later when you add them, would i have to refresh the data of every movie again?

Again, thanks for your work .

No, those three "» ...." are *extra* collection bonuses for IMDb+ users, every movie series that is part of the rename XML files will also be done, so you will get an automatic collection entry for "James Bond", "The Matrix Trilogy", "The Twilight Saga", etc. The name of the 'collection' is auto deducted from the series name that IMDb+ already prefixed. So "Alien I" is stripped from the Roman numeral and turned into "Alien" collection. But "Twilight I" is overruled with "The Twilight Saga".

Full list of automatic collections (derived from name stripped from Roman numerals) and the semi-automatic entries (overruled with the collection="..." entries) can always be viewed in total via: http://code.google.com/p/imdbplus/s.../trunk/Rename+dBase+IMDb++Scraper.xml&old=362 (for latest diff, you can navigate back and forth via Google code)

 

[Lightning303]

Thanks for your answer,
i just wanted to test the new movpic build and wanted to change some imdb+ settings, when i saw that something is wrong with the scraping.
Looking at the IMDb+ Infos within your plugin told me, that im using scraper version 4.3.8 from April 2012 .
So i set my date to tommorow (as i forgot how to force update the scraper ;p) and this is what the log tells me.

29.04.2013 22:51:20[MPMain][1][Info] Starting IMDb+ v2.0.0.281
29.04.2013 22:51:20[MPMain][1][Info] Using language en
29.04.2013 22:51:20[MPMain][1][Debug] Loading IMDb+ options from file.
29.04.2013 22:51:20[MPMain][1][Debug] Saving IMDb+ options to file.
29.04.2013 22:51:20[Extension Settings][6][Info] Adding hooks to MPEI Settings
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Scraper.IsInstalled" to "true" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Scraper.Version" to "4.3.8" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Scraper.Description" to "Combination scraper, using the best data from IMDb and RottenTomatoes." successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Scraper.Author" to "Ron (RoChess)" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Scraper.Published" to "03.04.2012" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Scraper.DetailsPriority" to "0" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Scraper.CoverPriority" to "-1" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Replacements.Count" to "1824" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Replacements.Custom.Count" to "0" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Replacements.Version" to "1.6.8" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Debug] Set property "#IMDb.Replacements.Published" to "27.04.2013" successful
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Info] Last script update time: 28.04.2013 22:44:23
29.04.2013 22:51:21[MPMain][1][Info] Plugin initialization complete.
29.04.2013 22:51:24[Check for Updates][11][Info] Checking for scraper update
29.04.2013 22:51:24[Check for Updates][11][Debug] Downloading file from: http://imdbplus.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Scraper/IMDb+.Scraper.SVN.xml
29.04.2013 22:51:25[Check for Updates][11][Info] Updating paths in scraper script
29.04.2013 22:51:25[Check for Updates][11][Info] Finished updating paths in scraper script
29.04.2013 22:51:27[Check for Updates][11][Info] Skipping update, latest version already installed.
29.04.2013 22:51:27[Check for Updates][11][Info] Checking for replacements update
29.04.2013 22:51:27[Check for Updates][11][Debug] Downloading file from: http://imdbplus.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/Rename%20dBase%20IMDb+%20Scraper.xml
29.04.2013 22:51:27[Check for Updates][11][Info] Skipping update, latest version already installed.

Is there maybe a problem in the plugin that it does not like a version ending with .10?
I also dont know where i got the 4.3.8 version.

Edit:
Got the new version now, had to delete the scraper from within movinpictures config. Then at the next start of mp it got the current version. Strange.

 

[RoChess]

Got the new version now, had to delete the scraper from within movinpictures config. Then at the next start of mp it got the current version. Strange.

Yeah, I've seen that happen a few times before, some sort of weird bug were MovPic does not think an update is needed. It is on my ToDo list to look at that logic when I update IMDb+ plugin, which will then also come bundled with latest IMDb+ scraper-script.

I guess with the mass amount of updates I do with IMDb+, that MovPic just gets confused. By deleting the scraper-script inside MovPic config, then IMDb+ plugin can reinstall the current one fresh and all is well.

Have to find time to redo the entire wiki stuff and make that an entry, because if more then 2 people experience it, more are bound to follow.

 

[Lightning303]

So,
i played around a bit with the testbuild and the new collection feature, and i have to say, i really like it.
Some notes:

i noticed, that i got a collection for [Rec], and beucause of the [ it is above your 3 >> collections. A cosmetic thing, maybe strip the brakets from rec, or get another symbol instead of >> that would sort above the bracket?

at the moment it seems that i have to have renaming enabled. however, with this new feature it would be nice if i could go back to the original movie names, so no renaming, but still get my movies put into collections. is that possible? is it planed?

regarding the imdb top250, i guess there is no possibilty to have this collection dynamic right? because after time it will change, new movies coming in is no problem, as they get scraped and added, but movies that get kicked out will still stay in.


all in all, great work, thanks a lot

 

[RoChess]

i noticed, that i got a collection for [Rec], and beucause of the [ it is above your 3 >> collections. A cosmetic thing, maybe strip the brakets from rec, or get another symbol instead of >> that would sort above the bracket?

Will have to see if I can come up with a way to fix that, perhaps the ALT+255 hidden space or some prefixing the » char, because I do like that one for indicating a more prominent sub-menu.

at the moment it seems that i have to have renaming enabled. however, with this new feature it would be nice if i could go back to the original movie names, so no renaming, but still get my movies put into collections. is that possible? is it planed?

Yes, this is planned, but requires a new IMDb+ plugin option to enable/disable this. So you can use the collection system, but not the title rename part, or the sortby adjustment, or combinations.

regarding the imdb top250, i guess there is no possibilty to have this collection dynamic right? because after time it will change, new movies coming in is no problem, as they get scraped and added, but movies that get kicked out will still stay in.

The Top250 is done fully automatic, but it indeed currently does not remove entries that got pushed out of the 'current' Top250. This will be fixed, and also made an option in IMDb+ plugin.

Just not been easy to find time to work on the IMDb+ plugin. The IMDb+ scraper-script I can work on while listning to hold-music on the phone during calls, but with the IMDb+ plugin and Visual Studio I have to dedicate much more time and focus. I'll get to it though

 

[RoChess]

Scraper script v4.9.12 released

- Fixed regexp to deal with collections for "Kill Bill" and "The Godfather"

Also commited rename database v1.6.9 that will merge [Rec] and Quarantine movies into "Quarantine & [Rec]" to solve the problem reported by @Lightning303. Tried to use ALT+255 or even space, but it gets trimmed off by Moving-Pictures, so no way to get around it. Using ! or # prefix just did not look good in GUI for me.

Sorry for the users who enjoyed [Rec] collection at the top, but they can of course still overrule the default rename methods with their custom XML file. At least I noticed there is a 4th [Rec] due next year, so added that one in advance.

 

[TheBatfink]

I have a quick question.. if you have an existing movie, and you send it back to the importer (using the importer in-skin GUI).. if it was originally imported by a scraper other than imdb+, will it not try and use imdb+ when it re-imports? Reason I ask is because I think I'm finding over and over that imdb+ is not finding matches and themoviedb.org is having to kick in. I believe I'm set up right as imdb+ is at the top of the scraper list so not really sure whats going on. Thanks.

I had a look at the wiki. I manually refreshed an entry in movingpictures config tool and used the refresh drop down to tell it to use imdb+, it still appears to be using themoviedb.org. The entry is "Chasing Sleep (2000)" and its correct imdb entry is tt0221069 - which is the only entry given to me when using the website to search those terms, so not sure how its not finding it.

Will get a debug log shortly.

 

[TheBatfink]

So I took a look myself and I think its using an old version again. I think I remember this problem before where its stuck on an old version? Maybe something to do with installing imdb+ using the extensions installer, but then replacing the movingpictures database with a previous backup and the versions become out of sync? Whats the solution to forcing the update?

 

[HomeY]

When you open the IMDb+ options in MediaPortal GUI, you can force movies to IMDb+, and you can refresh them from there also.