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Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:22 am
by kbarnes70
Rudy wrote:The new Beta 5 stops fetching any data from IMDB and Amazon...
It's not as simple as that I'm afraid. The last but one beta fetched the IMDB data with no problems - but I can't get data at all from IMDB now - anything - even if I use the previous *version* of DVDpedia, not just the previous Beta. I suspect it's an issue at IMDB.
I'm glad you confirm the problem though!
Kind regards,
Keith
Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:55 am
by Nora
Unfortunately we can't confirm the problem here, with the beta the search is working just fine. But we'll keep at it.
Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:46 pm
by kbarnes70
Nora wrote:Unfortunately we can't confirm the problem here, with the beta the search is working just fine. But we'll keep at it.
I can't update *any* fields at all using IMDB. Works OK with Amazon etc. Seems to be an issue with IMDB - it doesn;t seem able to process the request. I have gone back to an old version of DVDpedia and an old database file, via Time Machine, and it won't update there either, which sort of confirms the problem isn't in DVDpedia itself, but rather in the the way it is interfacing with IMDB. Have they changed something at their end?
What worries me is that it seems to be working for you, which is going to make it hard to find the cause. If you create a blank entry in your database, using the manual option for adding an entry, and then put just the IMDB reference number into the relevant field, and then try an update, does yours work even then? Does it find the movie and fill out the fields??
Kind regards,
Keith
Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:56 pm
by kbarnes70
Nora wrote:Unfortunately we can't confirm the problem here, with the beta the search is working just fine. But we'll keep at it.
Nora - it's just started working. Latest beta. Nothing touched here since I first posted the problem. Must have been IMDB. Remember I am in the UK, so that may make a difference (do I get taken to the US or the UK IMDB site by DVDpedia? Small differences - mainly in the parental ratings system etc where ours are different to yours).
I'll keep you posted if it stps working again. Phew, I was worried.
Kind regards,
Keith
Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:34 pm
by Rudy
Just a couple of minutes ago the plug-in started working again.
Magic's in the air...
Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:50 pm
by Nora
Ah, magic - I love it!
Seriously though, if you run across any trouble with the plug-in again, let us know. IMDb has been doing steady updates to their site recently and any one of those can affect the search plug-in.
@ Keith - DVDpedia accesses the US site, regardless of where you are searching from.
Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:07 pm
by kbarnes70
Nora wrote:Ah, magic - I love it!
Seriously though, if you run across any trouble with the plug-in again, let us know. IMDb has been doing steady updates to their site recently and any one of those can affect the search plug-in.
@ Keith - DVDpedia accesses the US site, regardless of where you are searching from.
OK - thanks Nora. And thanks Rudy for confirming the magic
Kind regards,
Keith
Re: IMDB plugin doesn't return userratings
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:56 pm
by sjk
kbarnes70 wrote:I too wish my library was IMDb only
I'm re-inspired to do an IMDB-only DVDpedia database conversion:
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