German IMDB scraper, please test it and give feedback

trackel · 2011-08-07 13:15

Hi,

bugfix Version 3.1.1:
- fix nfourl lookup with uppercase imdb url (titel, year and rating missing on autoscan)
- more caching (imdb.com link to moviemaze)

the scraper: metadata.imdb.de-3.1.1.zip
the repository addon: repository.gropp.org.imdb.de.zip

trackel

otcho · 2011-08-21 15:11

Hey,

is it possible to add an option to keep the original title from IMDB.com ? I'd like to have the plot outline in german, but the title shall remain english because translations suck most of the time.

Other than that: good work! Big Grin

trackel · 2011-08-21 16:19

Hi,

that was kinda easy Wink

Version 3.1.2:
- added plot from tmdb
- added title from imdb.com

the scraper: metadata.imdb.de-3.1.2.zip
the repository addon: repository.gropp.org.imdb.de.zip

trackel

otcho · 2011-08-21 16:29

Wow, didn't expect that to happen so quickly!

devkid · 2011-08-25 12:59

Big thanks for this scraper, I like it alot!

But it seems to have sometimes problem for me finding the correct movie. Maybe I am doing something wrong or there is a setting that I missed.

For example a file named "Avatar (2009)". It fetches this as a result http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0497595/.
Also "The Champ (2007)", delivers this http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0325164/.

I dont understand since the names are quite clear and the year seems to get just ignored.
This is the xbmc.log for the scrapes:

Avatar
The Champ

Thanks for any hints!

Anira · 2011-08-28 16:17

Even when I really like your scraper, I personally think the posters (covers) from videobuster are the best (as they are german too). Therefor, it would be a great benefit for this (german) scraper to use the posters from videobuster.de

trackel · 2011-09-02 17:16

Hi,

@devkid: this is a problem with the imdb search engine. You can fix it using .nfo files with a correct imdb url or using the full movienames as folder

@Anira: i have no idea how to link from imdb to videobuster. If you have any clue how to get the correct videobuster url using imdb i can look into it

daniello · 2011-09-26 17:45

Hi all,

the german imdb scraper 3.1.2 doesn't work well anymore .. no plot .. no fsk (age rating). Could some skilled person look into this please.

**edit: probably my mistake .. ignore please if I don't follow up**

daniello · 2011-12-30 18:23

Just starting with Eden Beta ... and the imdb.de scraper doesn't work. It sais it fails to connect to server. Does anyone else experience this?

Edit: Went through the includes list in the scraper xml and now that I have all includes present it works.

cooper2k4 · 2012-02-17 20:13

Eisbahn/trackel, thank you for this scraper!

It works well for me with specific IMDb id search (see http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=120707). I wondered why some movies weren't found. There are rare cases where the year isn't [0-9]{4} but there is an additional '/I' suffixed. This has to be changed in GetSearchResults. GetDetails works accidentally ;-)

Examples:

Code:

<meta name="title" content="Armageddon - Das j&#xFC;ngste Gericht (1998/I)">

<meta name="title" content="Der Kautions-Cop (2010/I)">

Debug:

Code:

07:20 T:2752   DEBUG: VideoInfoScanner: No NFO file found. Using title search for 'E:\Filme.HD\The Code - Vertraue keinem Dieb (2009) [tt1112782].mkv'

07:20 T:3060   DEBUG: Thread CVideoInfoDownloader start, auto delete: 0

07:20 T:3060   DEBUG: ADDON::CScraper::FindMovie: Searching for 'tt1112782' using IMDb.de scraper (path: 'C:\Users\MediaPortal\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\metadata.imdb.de', content: 'movies', version: '3.1.2')

07:20 T:3060   DEBUG: scraper: CreateSearchUrl returned <url>http://www.imdb.de/find?s=tt;q=tt1112782</url>

07:20 T:3060   DEBUG: FileCurl::Open(002FD338) http://www.imdb.de/find?s=tt;q=tt1112782

07:21 T:3060   DEBUG: scraper: GetSearchResults returned <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes"?><results></results>

07:21 T:3060   DEBUG: ADDON::CScraper::FindMovie: Searching for 'tt1112782' using IMDb.de scraper (path: 'C:\Users\MediaPortal\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\addons\metadata.imdb.de', content: 'movies', version: '3.1.2')

07:21 T:3060   DEBUG: scraper: CreateSearchUrl returned <url>http://www.imdb.de/find?s=tt;q=tt1112782</url>

07:21 T:3060   DEBUG: FileCurl::Open(002FD338) http://www.imdb.de/find?s=tt;q=tt1112782

07:21 T:3060   DEBUG: scraper: GetSearchResults returned <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" standalone="yes"?><results></results>

07:21 T:3060   DEBUG: Thread CVideoInfoDownloader 3060 terminating

trackel Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-08-07 13:15 Post: #91 Hi, bugfix Version 3.1.1: - fix nfourl lookup with uppercase imdb url (titel, year and rating missing on autoscan) - more caching (imdb.com link to moviemaze) the scraper: metadata.imdb.de-3.1.1.zip the repository addon: repository.gropp.org.imdb.de.zip trackel
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otcho Senior Member Posts: 162 Joined: Mar 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Germany	2011-08-21 15:11 Post: #92 Hey, is it possible to add an option to keep the original title from IMDB.com ? I'd like to have the plot outline in german, but the title shall remain english because translations suck most of the time. Other than that: good work!
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trackel Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-08-21 16:19 Post: #93 Hi, that was kinda easy Version 3.1.2: - added plot from tmdb - added title from imdb.com the scraper: metadata.imdb.de-3.1.2.zip the repository addon: repository.gropp.org.imdb.de.zip trackel
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otcho Senior Member Posts: 162 Joined: Mar 2011 Reputation: 0 Location: Germany	2011-08-21 16:29 Post: #94 Wow, didn't expect that to happen so quickly!
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Anira Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: Aug 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-08-28 16:17 Post: #96 Even when I really like your scraper, I personally think the posters (covers) from videobuster are the best (as they are german too). Therefor, it would be a great benefit for this (german) scraper to use the posters from videobuster.de
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trackel Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Sep 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-09-02 17:16 Post: #97 Hi, @devkid: this is a problem with the imdb search engine. You can fix it using .nfo files with a correct imdb url or using the full movienames as folder @Anira: i have no idea how to link from imdb to videobuster. If you have any clue how to get the correct videobuster url using imdb i can look into it
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daniello Member Posts: 64 Joined: Apr 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-09-26 17:45 Post: #98 Hi all, the german imdb scraper 3.1.2 doesn't work well anymore .. no plot .. no fsk (age rating). Could some skilled person look into this please. edit: probably my mistake .. ignore please if I don't follow up (This post was last modified: 2011-09-26 18:44 by daniello.)
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daniello Member Posts: 64 Joined: Apr 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-12-30 18:23 imdb.de with eden beta Post: #99 Just starting with Eden Beta ... and the imdb.de scraper doesn't work. It sais it fails to connect to server. Does anyone else experience this? Edit: Went through the includes list in the scraper xml and now that I have all includes present it works. (This post was last modified: 2011-12-30 19:27 by daniello.)
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