AllMusic album scraper not working?

gborg · 2010-10-14 17:14

As far as I can tell, the AllMusic scraper is out of date, although I might be missing something. The CreateAlbumSearchUrl is this:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg...amp;OPT1=2

Where \1 is the album title. For example, if you scrape the Dire Straits album "Brothers In Arms", you get:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg...amp;OPT1=2

But both interactively and in the debugger, this just seems to return the allmusic.com home page. Shouldn't the CreateAlbumSearchUrl be something like this?

http://www.allmusic.com/search/album/\1?

**spiff** · 2010-10-15 10:04

this changed 2 days ago. we are aware but haven't gotten around to it.

Joelp53 · 2010-10-16 11:32

That sucks i loved Allmusic.com, However it does seem like it's not just allmusic, Alot of the scrapers have stopped working or rather wont work. Undecided

**spiff** · 2010-10-16 11:37

please, stay out of the dev forum if you have nothing to contribute.

ferrytale · 2010-10-28 11:07

Is there any news about the scrapers within XBMC my music scrapers do not work anymore or are scraping wrong data.
Hopefully there is somebody who has a solution to this problem.

spiff Wrote:this changed 2 days ago. we are aware but haven't gotten around to it.

**spiff** · 2010-10-28 11:13

both of these have been redone. make sure you are up to date.

ferrytale · 2010-10-28 12:04

I did a clean install for my XBMC and also installed the allmusic addon for the artists and for the albums.

The version for the albums is 2.01 and the version for artist information is 2.02. (in my believe the most recent versions of the scrapers)

But they still scrape the wrong information or no information at all.

Can you help me with this?

spiff Wrote:both of these have been redone. make sure you are up to date.

**spiff** · 2010-10-28 12:08

then we have to wait for olympia to comment.

ferrytale · 2010-10-28 12:54

I am fairly new to xbmc and this forum can you tell me who is olympia?

spiff Wrote:then we have to wait for olympia to comment.

**spiff** · 2010-10-28 12:57

he's the guy who wrote the new scrapers..

spiff Grumpy Bastard Developer Posts: 12,186 Joined: Nov 2003 Reputation: 82	2010-10-15 10:04 Post: #2 this changed 2 days ago. we are aware but haven't gotten around to it. 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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Joelp53 Junior Member Posts: 5 Joined: Oct 2010 Reputation: 0	2010-10-16 11:32 Post: #3 That sucks i loved Allmusic.com, However it does seem like it's not just allmusic, Alot of the scrapers have stopped working or rather wont work.
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spiff Grumpy Bastard Developer Posts: 12,186 Joined: Nov 2003 Reputation: 82	2010-10-16 11:37 Post: #4 please, stay out of the dev forum if you have nothing to contribute. 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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ferrytale Member Posts: 58 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0	2010-10-28 11:07 Post: #5 Is there any news about the scrapers within XBMC my music scrapers do not work anymore or are scraping wrong data. Hopefully there is somebody who has a solution to this problem. spiff Wrote:this changed 2 days ago. we are aware but haven't gotten around to it.
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spiff Grumpy Bastard Developer Posts: 12,186 Joined: Nov 2003 Reputation: 82	2010-10-28 11:13 Post: #6 both of these have been redone. make sure you are up to date. 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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spiff Grumpy Bastard Developer Posts: 12,186 Joined: Nov 2003 Reputation: 82	2010-10-28 12:08 Post: #8 then we have to wait for olympia to comment. 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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ferrytale Member Posts: 58 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0	2010-10-28 12:54 Post: #9 I am fairly new to xbmc and this forum can you tell me who is olympia? spiff Wrote:then we have to wait for olympia to comment.
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spiff Grumpy Bastard Developer Posts: 12,186 Joined: Nov 2003 Reputation: 82	2010-10-28 12:57 Post: #10 he's the guy who wrote the new scrapers.. 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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