Writing own movie scraper / Unable to connect to remote Server

**vdrfan** · 2012-02-13 12:58

Looks good to me.. and it actually "kinda" works.

Currently you have ..

Code:

<RegExp input="$$1" output="&lt;year&gt;&lt;/year&gt;&lt;director&gt;&lt;/director&gt;&lt;runtime&gt;\1&lt;/runtime&gt;" dest="8+">

  <expression trim="1" noclean="1">&lt;strong&gt;Dauer:&lt;/strong&gt;([\s0-9:]*)</expression>

</RegExp>

.. which only populates the runtime. In that case just use ..

Code:

<RegExp input="$$1" output="&lt;runtime&gt;\1&lt;/runtime&gt;" dest="8+">

  <expression trim="1" noclean="1">&lt;strong&gt;Dauer:&lt;/strong&gt;([\s0-9:]*)</expression>

</RegExp>

.. and do the same for all video info tags (like year, director) you're able to fetch from the site.

m0nk3y · 2012-02-13 20:50

Oh ok. I thought I red somthing about "...some tags must not be missing..." while collecting information on how to write my own media scraper. But I wasn't able to recover that page with its list of the needed tags.
So I decided to copy all the tags used by the xbmc example scraper (from the wiki) whether I use them or not. I will remove the tags I cannot fetch information for.

Quote:Looks good to me.. and it actually "kinda" works.

Could you further explain that please? It "kinda" works with XBMC or with any scraper tester or something?
Or do you mean something like "it probably should work after solving the 'unable-to-connect' Problem"? Smile

\EDIT:
Removing all unused tags unfortunately did not solve the problem

**vdrfan** · 2012-02-14 14:48

Kind works means, I've just replaced the scrapers .xml file from an installed add-on with yours and it "kinda" worked. Your build is actually using the add-on system?

m0nk3y · 2012-02-14 16:26

I think so. It's a clean XBMC Eden Beta3 installation.

Remove old XBMC (also the private data)
Download and install XBMC Eden Beta 3
Copy the metadata.dokujunkies.org folder to the addons directory
Start XBMC
Install YouTube plugin (combined with Common Plugin Cache)
Add a new source that contains "movies"
Select the Dokujunkies.org scraper to be used with this source
Scan for new content

After that I get the "Unable to connect..."-Error. As I mentioned before I placed my scraper in the "C:\ProgrammFiles\XBMC\addons\" directory. I don't change anything in "C:\User\...\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\" what also contains a folder named addons.

**vdrfan** · 2012-02-14 16:30

Please upload the entire addon and/or pastebin the entire xbmc debug log.

m0nk3y · 2012-02-15 13:47

Hey, thanks for your patience.

Debug Log: klick
Scraper: klick

Hope that helps.

**vdrfan** · 2012-02-15 14:10

Typo in addon.xml. dokujunkies.xml != dukujunkies.xml

Had no time to check it yet but I bet once sorted you should get first results Wink

m0nk3y · 2012-02-15 20:21

You would not believe how embarrassing this is for me even if I would try to tell you.

After dissolving this "highly complex" problem, I'm glad to tell you that now everything works how it should. Thank you very much!!! Wink

A short compendium how to fix this error (for all of you having the same problem):
Stop drinkin beer and check the spelling of all things, you're absolutely sure they're spelled correct.

Thanks again!

**vdrfan** · 2012-02-15 20:28

Glad to hear it's working now Big Grin

cruisebarth · 2012-06-03 21:55

Hello how can i ADd the scraper to xbmc On Apple tv Box? I dont find it there. I Copied the Metadata file to xbmc Addis

vdrfan Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,786 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 7 Location: Germany	2012-02-14 16:30 Post: #15 Please upload the entire addon and/or pastebin the entire xbmc debug log. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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m0nk3y Junior Member Posts: 10 Joined: Feb 2012 Reputation: 0 Location: Germany	2012-02-15 13:47 Post: #16 Hey, thanks for your patience. Debug Log: klick Scraper: klick Hope that helps.
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vdrfan Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 2,786 Joined: Jan 2008 Reputation: 7 Location: Germany	2012-02-15 20:28 Post: #19 Glad to hear it's working now Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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cruisebarth Junior Member Posts: 7 Joined: Apr 2012 Reputation: 0	2012-06-03 21:55 Post: #20 Hello how can i ADd the scraper to xbmc On Apple tv Box? I dont find it there. I Copied the Metadata file to xbmc Addis
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