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<blockquote data-quote="RoChess" data-source="post: 1275051" data-attributes="member: 18896">It has only happened a few times for me in the ~10 years of using IMDb+, but the way I solve it, is to close MediaPortal, and then open the movingpictures.db3 database file (after you first copy it for a backup obviously) in an SQLite editor such as &quot;SQLite Expert Personal&quot;.Then you select the &quot;scripts&quot; table, and this is where it gets tricky. On the right side you switch to the &quot;Data&quot; tab. At the bottom it will show you how many scraper-scripts you have installed (including old versions). On mine it shows &quot;1 out of 56&quot; as I haven't cleaned things up lately.Jump to the last record via the &quot;&gt;&gt;|&quot; button, and it should show:[code]&lt;ScriptableScraper&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;details&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;!-- These details are for display purposes only. --&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;name&gt;IMDb+&lt;/name&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;author&gt;Ron (RoChess)&lt;/author&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;description&gt;Combination scraper, using the best data from IMDb and RottenTomatoes.&lt;/description&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;id&gt;314159265&lt;/id&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;version major=&quot;4&quot; minor=&quot;10&quot; point=&quot;5&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;published month=&quot;02&quot; day=&quot;24&quot; year=&quot;2020&quot; /&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;type&gt;MovieDetailsFetcher|MovieCoverFetcher&lt;/type&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;language&gt;various&lt;/language&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/details&gt;[...and much more...][/code]If you see another scraper-script other than IMDb+ v4.10.5, then use the &quot;&lt;&quot; button to go back one record at a time until you find it.Then right click on that row containing the IMDb+ v4.10.5 scraper-script XML code and select &quot;Record Editor&quot;.Click inside the &quot;contents&quot; textbox, and use CTRL+A to select the entire XML script. Then use CTRL+C to copy it to clipboard, and click CANCEL to close the record editor window.Now keep using the &quot;&lt;&quot; button until you locate the IMDb+ v4.3.8 entry, right click on that cell, and select &quot;Record Editor&quot; again.This time select all the content again inside the &quot;contents&quot; textbox via CTRL+A, but then use CTRL+V to replace that one with the v4.10.5 content.Then use the SAVE button to make the change, and use that 3rd icon in the toolbar to close the database. It will then ask you if you wish to save changes to the DB3 file, so say YES, and then close SQLite program.There might be a much easier way, such as using Moving-Pictures configuration to go to manual scraper-script control and &quot;delete&quot; the v4.3.8 script, but I've tried so many different things when this random bug was brought to my attention that I never could figure out exactly what solved it or how to hunt down the bug in MovPic source-code, but the SQLite database method is guaranteed to fix it and that is what I use myself.PS: I've marked this bug on my ToDo list again to look at this weekend, but I still don't know if it is a bug in Moving-Pictures or IMDb+ Plugin. Do you remember the order in which you installed things? Did you perhaps install IMDb+, and then maybe also applied an update to Moving-Pictures before you launched MediaPortal GUI? That's one scenario that might cause things to freak out as new MovPic installs updated scraper-scripts on the internal ones, which might not always respect the primary order the IMDb+ plugin assigns itself before MediaPortal GUI has launched. Just writing this out as a reminder note for when I can find time to test.PPS: Feel free to provide me with your movingpictures.db3 database, and I can do the fix for you if the above technical steps look scary.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RoChess, post: 1275051, member: 18896"] It has only happened a few times for me in the ~10 years of using IMDb+, but the way I solve it, is to close MediaPortal, and then open the movingpictures.db3 database file (after you first copy it for a backup obviously) in an SQLite editor such as "SQLite Expert Personal". Then you select the "scripts" table, and this is where it gets tricky. On the right side you switch to the "Data" tab. At the bottom it will show you how many scraper-scripts you have installed (including old versions). On mine it shows "1 out of 56" as I haven't cleaned things up lately. Jump to the last record via the ">>|" button, and it should show: [code] <ScriptableScraper> <details>  <name>IMDb+</name> <author>Ron (RoChess)</author> <description>Combination scraper, using the best data from IMDb and RottenTomatoes.</description> <id>314159265</id> <version major="4" minor="10" point="5" /> <published month="02" day="24" year="2020" /> <type>MovieDetailsFetcher|MovieCoverFetcher</type> <language>various</language> </details> [...and much more...] [/code] If you see another scraper-script other than IMDb+ v4.10.5, then use the "<" button to go back one record at a time until you find it. Then right click on that row containing the IMDb+ v4.10.5 scraper-script XML code and select "Record Editor". Click inside the "contents" textbox, and use CTRL+A to select the entire XML script. Then use CTRL+C to copy it to clipboard, and click CANCEL to close the record editor window. Now keep using the "<" button until you locate the IMDb+ v4.3.8 entry, right click on that cell, and select "Record Editor" again. This time select all the content again inside the "contents" textbox via CTRL+A, but then use CTRL+V to replace that one with the v4.10.5 content. Then use the SAVE button to make the change, and use that 3rd icon in the toolbar to close the database. It will then ask you if you wish to save changes to the DB3 file, so say YES, and then close SQLite program. There might be a much easier way, such as using Moving-Pictures configuration to go to manual scraper-script control and "delete" the v4.3.8 script, but I've tried so many different things when this random bug was brought to my attention that I never could figure out exactly what solved it or how to hunt down the bug in MovPic source-code, but the SQLite database method is guaranteed to fix it and that is what I use myself. PS: I've marked this bug on my ToDo list again to look at this weekend, but I still don't know if it is a bug in Moving-Pictures or IMDb+ Plugin. Do you remember the order in which you installed things? Did you perhaps install IMDb+, and then maybe also applied an update to Moving-Pictures before you launched MediaPortal GUI? That's one scenario that might cause things to freak out as new MovPic installs updated scraper-scripts on the internal ones, which might not always respect the primary order the IMDb+ plugin assigns itself before MediaPortal GUI has launched. Just writing this out as a reminder note for when I can find time to test. PPS: Feel free to provide me with your movingpictures.db3 database, and I can do the fix for you if the above technical steps look scary. [/QUOTE]

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