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nfo files not working for IMDb - rickles - 2010-01-28
This is my first setup of XBMC 9.11 on Windows 7, using TheMovieDB as the default scraper. I'm trying to use .nfo files to retrieve the movies not found at TMDB, but it doesn't work and as a result no information is entered into the library.
An example:
Code:
Folder name: Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Filenames: Topsy-Turvy (1999) CD1.avi and Topsy-Turvy (1999) CD2.avi
.nfo filename: Topsy-Turvy (1999).nfo
.nfo contents: [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151568/[/url]
Debug log: [url]http://pastebin.com/f4721d02e[/url]From reading the log, this appears to be the process:
1. Detect and read .nfo
2. Search TMDb for the IMDB id and get no results
3. Search TMDb for the text "topsy-turvy" and get no results
4. Quit
The thing I don't understand is why the .nfo uses the TMDb scraper instead of invoking the IMDb scraper. The whole reason I put the .nfo file there is because TMDb didn't have the information in the first place.
Am I doing anything wrong with my .nfo?
- bleze - 2010-01-28
TMDB has links from it's database to imdb. But still TMDB needs the title for you to use the TMDB scraper. You can fix this by using the IMDB scraper for that one folder you have a problem with
- shabba - 2010-01-28
I am seeing the same thing as OP. I have a video called "The Young Americans.avi" that tmdb has very little info for (year + runtime). I created a "The Young Americans.nfo".
$ cat The\ Young\ Americans.nfo
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108633/
All my movies are in the same directory. The log file (with debug on) has no reference to this file at all. Is it because the movie exists on tmdb?
Thanks,
D.
- prae5 - 2010-01-28
debug log needed
- rickles - 2010-01-28
prae5 Wrote:debug log needed
It's in the OP
- prae5 - 2010-01-28
themoviedb doesn't have the movie in it's db - so the lookup fails. add the movie to themoviedb.
- mkortstiege - 2010-01-28
Simple root cause. the movie tt0151568 is not listed at themoviedb.org. Solution: Add it, wait a bit and scrape again.
EDIT: Damn, prae5 was faster
- rickles - 2010-01-28
prae5 Wrote:themoviedb doesn't have the movie in it's db - so the lookup fails. add the movie to themoviedb.
I understand that the movie isn't in tmdb, but why doesn't my nfo file override that and invoke the imdb scraper?
I thought that was the point of nfo files - to override the default scraper and point to another source for missing entries.
- mkortstiege - 2010-01-28
Try to enable the language fallback in the scraper section of the video settings screen.
- shabba - 2010-01-28
vdrfan Wrote:Try to enable the language fallback in the scraper section of the video settings screen.
This does not work for me. Was one of the first things I tried :-(
log of refresh on video at http://pastebin.ca/1769579
PS. Above log is without language fallback option..
- mkortstiege - 2010-01-28
Set the scraper to imdb for that item(s).
- rickles - 2010-01-28
vdrfan Wrote:Set the scraper to imdb for that item(s).
I know there are workarounds, but could you clarify:
1. Is this the way the scrapers are supposed to work, i.e. is an .nfo containing a single imdb address supposed to launch the tmdb scraper, or the imdb scraper?
2. Is my nfo correct, with an imdb address on one line?
3. If I set the scraper to imdb for those items, will xbmc refresh the info for all other items too?
- mkortstiege - 2010-01-28
1. Yeah. Scrapers contain a <NfoUrl> section which tries to catch up urls and map them to something the scraper can handle, even if they are linking to different sites. TMDB eg can handle imdb ids fine.
2. Yeah, absolutely correct.
3. XBMC won't refresh items automatically, you'll have to re-scrape after setting the new content/scraper on the single item(s) which failed for you.
- rickles - 2010-01-28
Thanks vdrfan, at least now I won't be bashing my head against the wall trying to get it to work like I thought it should
- shabba - 2010-01-28
vdrfan Wrote:Set the scraper to imdb for that item(s).
Sorry I am new enough to XBMC. How do I set a different scraper for a single file? All my movies are in one directory.