Hi There
I have been having a heck of a time getting the built in scraper to work on my TV Shows. It works great on Movies, just not TV.
I'm wondering how easy/difficult it would be to build a custom scraper for XBMC.
I just purchased a new domain name and am considering building my own database that serves up XML details for TV shows.
Not necessarily like this (havent thought this far ahead yet) but here's my idea.
[HTML]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TVShow>
<Title>The Big Bang Theory</Title>
<IMDB>tt0898266</IMDB>
<Synopsis>A woman who moves into an apartment next door to two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory. </Synopsis>
<Seasons>
<Season Value="1">
<Year>2007</Year>
<Thumbnail>http://example.com/The_Big_Bang_Theory/Thumbnail.jpg</Thumbnail>
<Fanart>http://example.com/The_Big_Bang_Theory/Fanart.jpg</Fanart>
<Episodes>
<Episode Value="1">
<Date>24 September 2007</Date>
<Title>Pilot</Title>
<Synopsis>A pair of brilliant theoretical physicists meet a woman who shows them how little they know about the real world.</Synopsis>
</Episode>
<Episode Value="2">
<Date>1 October 2007</Date>
<Title>The Big Bran Hypothesis</Title>
<Synopsis>Penny is furious and more than a little freaked out with Leonard and Sheldon when they sneak into her apartment overnight, and clean it while she is sleeping.</Synopsis>
</Episode>
</Episodes>
</Season>
</Seasons>
</TVShow>
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I'm ok with you guys telling me that this is a dumb idea... I'm just searching for a better solution for my TV Shows.
I have been having a heck of a time getting the built in scraper to work on my TV Shows. It works great on Movies, just not TV.
I'm wondering how easy/difficult it would be to build a custom scraper for XBMC.
I just purchased a new domain name and am considering building my own database that serves up XML details for TV shows.
Not necessarily like this (havent thought this far ahead yet) but here's my idea.
[HTML]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<TVShow>
<Title>The Big Bang Theory</Title>
<IMDB>tt0898266</IMDB>
<Synopsis>A woman who moves into an apartment next door to two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory. </Synopsis>
<Seasons>
<Season Value="1">
<Year>2007</Year>
<Thumbnail>http://example.com/The_Big_Bang_Theory/Thumbnail.jpg</Thumbnail>
<Fanart>http://example.com/The_Big_Bang_Theory/Fanart.jpg</Fanart>
<Episodes>
<Episode Value="1">
<Date>24 September 2007</Date>
<Title>Pilot</Title>
<Synopsis>A pair of brilliant theoretical physicists meet a woman who shows them how little they know about the real world.</Synopsis>
</Episode>
<Episode Value="2">
<Date>1 October 2007</Date>
<Title>The Big Bran Hypothesis</Title>
<Synopsis>Penny is furious and more than a little freaked out with Leonard and Sheldon when they sneak into her apartment overnight, and clean it while she is sleeping.</Synopsis>
</Episode>
</Episodes>
</Season>
</Seasons>
</TVShow>
[/HTML]
I'm ok with you guys telling me that this is a dumb idea... I'm just searching for a better solution for my TV Shows.
