IMDB plugin not fetching duration
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:21 pm
Whenever i try to make a search with IMDB it fetches duration 0. it would be really nice if this could be repaired since i remember this working in the past!thanks
Conor - on the latest version of DVDPedia, it's not fetching the rating (eg 7.1 (10.908 votes). Tried it on Touching The Void and Crank 2 - both fields left blank. Anyone else getting this?Conor wrote:Could you please give me two or three examples of the movies this is not working for as I am unable to repeat it. Please also try the beta that has a newer version of the plug-in.
Uh oh - it's not fetching genre either (from imdb).kbarnes70 wrote:Conor - on the latest version of DVDPedia, it's not fetching the rating (eg 7.1 (10.908 votes). Tried it on Touching The Void and Crank 2 - both fields left blank. Anyone else getting this?Conor wrote:Could you please give me two or three examples of the movies this is not working for as I am unable to repeat it. Please also try the beta that has a newer version of the plug-in.
Regards,
Keith
Hi Conor - sorry for the multi-part post - it's late here in England and I'm tired. Just reinstalled 4.5.3 from my backup and can confirm that that version is fetching all expected data from imdb but 4.5.4 is definitely not fetching at least rating and genre. HTH.kbarnes70 wrote:Uh oh - it's not fetching genre either (from imdb).kbarnes70 wrote:Conor - on the latest version of DVDPedia, it's not fetching the rating (eg 7.1 (10.908 votes). Tried it on Touching The Void and Crank 2 - both fields left blank. Anyone else getting this?Conor wrote:Could you please give me two or three examples of the movies this is not working for as I am unable to repeat it. Please also try the beta that has a newer version of the plug-in.
Regards,
Keith
Hi Nora. Working perfectly now. Oddly, the duration field here seemed to be filled in just fine, but not the genre and rating fields. But they are all being completed to perfection now. Thanks for you help and ultra-fast response, as always.Nora wrote:I get the rating and genre for both of those movies but the duration seems to be in trouble. That field is taken care of now so you can download 4.5.4 once more here. If the rating and genre fields continue to come blank after that, please select one of those 'faulty' entries in DVDpedia and choose 'Open IMDb for selection' from the Advanced menu. Then save that IMDb page as a webarchive (Command-S) and send it to us. Thanks!
Nora wrote:I get the rating and genre for both of those movies but the duration seems to be in trouble. That field is taken care of now so you can download 4.5.4 once more here. If the rating and genre fields continue to come blank after that, please select one of those 'faulty' entries in DVDpedia and choose 'Open IMDb for selection' from the Advanced menu. Then save that IMDb page as a webarchive (Command-S) and send it to us. Thanks!
Is that for IMDb 0796366 and how exactly are you adding it to DVDpedia? When I add it by searching for tt0796366 the new entry has a Summary but no Aspect Ratio. And Duration is 127.kbarnes70 wrote:The program no longer seems to be picking up the informatiopn from imdB properly - the latest movie I have added is Star Trek XI and it won't pick up the aspect ratio or the summary.
Thanks!Conor wrote:I can confirm SJK results, and have fixed both the aspect ratio and the rating, the latest version, still 4.5.4, can be downloaded again for the fix.
That's the one, but it has happened to others too - not picking up the cast members for example on Crank 2. I am going to restore a Time Machine backup of the database file from a week or so ago and see if that fixes it. If nobody else is having a problem then it seems like a problem at this end - maybe a database corruption? We had a power outage a day or two ago and DVDpedia *might* have been open at the time (although almost certainly no database activity) - who knows? I'll report back here after restoring the backup file.sjk wrote:Is that for IMDb 0796366 and how exactly are you adding it to DVDpedia? When I add it by searching for tt0796366 the new entry has a Summary but no Aspect Ratio. And Duration is 127.kbarnes70 wrote:The program no longer seems to be picking up the informatiopn from imdB properly - the latest movie I have added is Star Trek XI and it won't pick up the aspect ratio or the summary.
I downloaded the latest version posted by Conor and it is now bringing in the aspect ratio, rating etc. But it's still slightly odd as it seems to take a couple of attempts, on some movies but not others. It gets there in the end, but it was always a 100% reliable first-time hit before. I still suspect something at imdB is causing it. Re my previous post, I have not restored from my Time Machine backup now as this latest version seems to be working OK (albeit only after a couple of tries sometimes).sjk wrote:Thanks!Conor wrote:I can confirm SJK results, and have fixed both the aspect ratio and the rating, the latest version, still 4.5.4, can be downloaded again for the fix.