themoviedb not finding movies with " -" substitute

Unicorn! · 2011-08-06 19:25

Firstly, I know absolutely nothing about scraping so my apologies if this is a this thread is demonstrates nothing more than my naivety.

As ":" is an illegal character for windows filenames it is often substituted with " -" (eg. "2001: A Space Odyssey" changed to "2001 - A Space Odyssey"). It seems that the themoviedb scraper doesn't recognise " -" ("[SPACE]-") as a substitute for ":" however it will recognise "-" (without the [SPACE]). Is this something that can be fixed/implemented?

Again, sorry if this just comes across as incoherent ramblings.

voochi · 2011-09-10 19:41

Yes, I am also having this problem.

devkid · 2011-09-10 23:30

Have a look here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=885558

and here:
http://forums.themoviedb.org/topic/2079/search-problem/

voochi · 2011-09-11 23:11

devkid Wrote:Have a look here:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=885558

and here:
http://forums.themoviedb.org/topic/2079/search-problem/

Thanks, that explains it.

voochi Senior Member Posts: 281 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 2	2011-09-10 19:41 Post: #2 Yes, I am also having this problem.
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devkid Senior Member Posts: 149 Joined: Jul 2011 Reputation: 4	2011-09-10 23:30 Post: #3 Have a look here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=885558 and here: http://forums.themoviedb.org/topic/2079/search-problem/
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voochi Senior Member Posts: 281 Joined: Jan 2010 Reputation: 2	2011-09-11 23:11 Post: #4 devkid Wrote:Have a look here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=885558 and here: http://forums.themoviedb.org/topic/2079/search-problem/ Thanks, that explains it.
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