[mythtvnz] Testers needed for MythKiwi Bulk Meta Grabber program

[Hayden Lovett]

I have a new script and libraries in the works which work with
themoviedb.com
and thetvdb.com - it's not quite ready yet but shouldn't be long.

Look forward to your new script.  Make sure you let us know when you release
it.

> stargate.atlantis.s02e13.
critical.mass.ws.dvdrip.xvid-saints.avi is not
> picked up as a TV show.

OK, thats fixed.  It will accept " SxxExx" or ".SxxExx".
 I have uploaded a new copy.



2009/1/9 Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz>

> On Friday 09 January 2009 12:45:48 Nick Rout wrote:
> > Initial reaction - it needs to better identify what is a TV show.
> >
> > for example
> > stargate.atlantis.s02e13.critical.mass.ws.dvdrip.xvid-saints.avi is not
> > picked up as a TV show.
>
> There's the find_meta.py script which is included in the mythvideo install
> (for
> now at least). It detects TV episodes and movies and searches IMDB
> automatically.
>
> > Have you ever considered using thetvdb.com (which has a well defined
> > api) and/or themoviedb.org (ditto).
> >
> > Imdb apparently doesn't like scraping which is why myth is moving to
> > tmdb. See recent discussion in mythtv-user mailing list.
>
> Indeed. The IMDB T&C don't support scraping so myth is moving away from it.
>
> I have a new script and libraries in the works which work with
> themoviedb.com
> and thetvdb.com - it's not quite ready yet but shouldn't be long.
>
> With open databases such as these with an API there's no reason to be using
> IMDB anymore, especially since they don't allow it.
>
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