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

[D3ltoroxp]

Hi there can i setup something in this plugin that he add new movies with german title. Now all new movies where adding with english title. But it would be nice to have german titles.

 

[RoChess]

Hi there can i setup something in this plugin that he add new movies with german title. Now all new movies where adding with english title. But it would be nice to have german titles.

I had that functionality, until Amazon decided to kill off imdb.de website. Have to rewrite the entire logic to get the foreign title from the AKA page, but it still wouldn't restore summary then which worked fine when imdb.de still worked.

FilmInfo+ might be a better alternative then, though if you do not mind English summaries I will restore foreign title function again when I upgrade the IMDb+ plugin. Just lot of things going on still and it is a pretty big project to rewrite that logic. I'll see if there is a quick workaround I could put in place with the existing settings.

You can of course for the time being use the "use original title" setting, as that should give you German titles then, except for the default rename database entries, but you could fix those with the custom rename database.

 

[D3ltoroxp]

Hm ok than i think i wait and use filminfo so far, when you can fix this i will give it a try again.. Thanks for answering me !!

 

[TheBatfink]

Hi, IMDB+ seems to have trouble with "Gamer (2009)" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034032/ works if you provide the tt number.

 

[RoChess]

Hi, IMDB+ seems to have trouble with "Gamer (2009)" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034032/ works if you provide the tt number.

I just tested with:

Gamer.avi
Gamer (2009).avi

both imported correct for me, so can you give me more info please? Scraper debug-enabled log file with new IMDb+ optio enaled to give me HTML source would be perfect for me to see exactly why it fails for you.

Can only fix things if I can reproduce it, or get the right log file.

If you updated MovPic recently, be sure to manually verify IMDb+ is still in primary position, and that IMDb+ v4.9.28 is the one being used. In some cases MovPic gets confused and ends up using an older version of IMDb+ inside the 'scripts' table. Both are easy to fix, although the latter one requires SQL database editing.

 

[TheBatfink]

Yeah I'll check, I've had some weird matches again recently. Seems to be eveytime I reinstall MePo and use a backup of the database it screws up the versions.

 

[RoChess]

MovPic now has option to show what scraper-script was used to match, so it is handy to then see IMDb+ during import without having to look at logs/etc. As for restores, that never is a problem for me when you ensure that the restore uses the exact same versions of each program/plugin as what the database backup was made on. Once everything works, then you apply updates/etc.

But yeah, there is an annoying bug in MovPic that when internal scripts are updated it forces those and ignores IMDb+. In doing so, it screws up everything and looses track of things. I just have no idea what causes it, because I've upgraded MovPic dozens of times without any problem, but I did once had to fix my database 'scripts' table as well to get IMDb+ working again.

For new IMDb+ plugin release I plan to run an update check during installation/reinstall, so that you do not have to first open MediaPortal GUI. But would be nice if I knew how to reproduce the MovPic issue consistent so that I can trace down the source of the problem and not react to the symptoms.

 

[TheBatfink]

Hi, IMDB+ seems to have trouble with "Gamer (2009)" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034032/ works if you provide the tt number.

I just tested with:

Gamer.avi
Gamer (2009).avi

both imported correct for me, so can you give me more info please? Scraper debug-enabled log file with new IMDb+ optio enaled to give me HTML source would be perfect for me to see exactly why it fails for you.

Can only fix things if I can reproduce it, or get the right log file.

If you updated MovPic recently, be sure to manually verify IMDb+ is still in primary position, and that IMDb+ v4.9.28 is the one being used. In some cases MovPic gets confused and ends up using an older version of IMDb+ inside the 'scripts' table. Both are easy to fix, although the latter one requires SQL database editing.

Hi RoChess, so I did some movie updating in MovPics config and noticed that most of the new additions are using TheMovieDB rather than IMDB (which is set to first position scraper). I think this is the same issue I usually have when setting up a new MePo installation and copying over the MovPics database (something goes wrong when there is an existing installation of IMDB+ in the DB..).

Whats the SQL command to sort it out which you mention?

Thanks!

 

[RoChess]

Hi RoChess, so I did some movie updating in MovPics config and noticed that most of the new additions are using TheMovieDB rather than IMDB (which is set to first position scraper). I think this is the same issue I usually have when setting up a new MePo installation and copying over the MovPics database (something goes wrong when there is an existing installation of IMDB+ in the DB..).

Whats the SQL command to sort it out which you mention?

For some reason MovPic gets confused and is unable to locate the latest version of 'IMDb+' inside the 'scripts' table. It settles on an older version which then contains bugs causing no-results and other weird things long sinde fixed.

The only fix I have found as a sure fix is to do the following:

1. inside MovPic config verify the IMDb+ version that MovPic is stuck on and write this down
2. open the movingpictures.db file with an SQLite editor and to open the 'scripts' table.
3. locate the most currect IMDb+ entry (somewhere near the very last row) and ensure it has <version major="4" minor="9" point="28" /> at the top to make sure you got the right one.
4. CTRL+A to select the entire field and CTRL+C to copy the content
5. now locate the 'scripts' table row for the IMDb+ entry that MovPic is stuck on as noted in 1st step
6. edit the field and replace the contents with CTRL+V from the correct/current one.
7. save db3 database file and open MovPic config to verify v4.9.28 is once again current version used by MovPic

I will try to get together with @ltfearme to see if he can find out what keeps causing this. It has to do with the way MovPic upgrades its own internal scripts, and apperantly does that in a way that breaks IMDb+.

For future reference, had you recovered MovPic with the exact same version that the database backup was created with, then it would all have been fine, and an upgrade afterwards would have worked fine. Restoring an older backup directly into a newer version of MovPic causes a seperate update/verify routine to be performed that appears to break IMDb+.

That is my best guess anyway, it is a pretty damn random issue.

 

[TheBatfink]

Hey Rochess, sorry for the delay in replying. First I tried a suggestion you gave the last time I asked this question. That was to remove IMDB+ from the scrapers list and then re-add it. After I did this it started getting matches again but I did have one problem movie so I don't know if I fixed the scraper version and this is a dodgy movie, or I haven't really fixed it after all.

So my two questions:

1) Can you successfully import 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)' - tt0083866
2) How do I check to see what version of IMDB+ MovPic is really using (i.e. how do I check if I have this problem or not without going into the DB if possible). Would it be reported in the logs or something where I can check without bothering you every time

Thanks very much for your help.