[m4x1m]

@m4x1m

Confirmed and working with Eden-November 20 windows build

EDIT:
Small bug
One this is when after you have cancelled you get the question dialog if you want to start again.

The script ask you if you want update ratings of all your movies, if not, ask you if you want update the top250, if not, appear the thanks dialog, click ok then exit.

The script ask you two separate question because are two different procedures!

[Martijn]

The script ask you if you want update ratings of all your movies, if not, ask you if you want update the top250, if not, appear the thanks dialog, click ok then exit.

The script ask you two separate question because are two different procedures!

lol sorry i must have misread then. It seemed a little strange to me when you cancel it it will still ask you for updating.
Well then there are no bugs

[m4x1m]

Hi m4x1m, nice script! Just updated the top250 and all the values are out by a factor of +1.
The Shawshank Redemption is rated as 2 instead of 1
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is rated as 18 instead of 17 and so on.

Thanks you're right!

New Version:
script.ratingupdate-1.0.3.zip

Code:

v 1.0.3:
- Fix bug that was adding +1 to the real position taking from Top250
- Remove fanart image (I don't like anymore)
- Summary result and log information improved

[m4x1m]

New Version:
script.ratingupdate-1.0.4

Note: I've changed the IMDb Api, but I absolutely need to find a free php web space or someone who offers to host the files, I can not buy a domain with space would cost me too much to keep!

Code:

- Changed IMDb Api, now using imdbphp class (although it'is a little slower but ...) to retrieve only the actual ratings and top250 without additional data
  If anyone knows a good free hosting service, or wants to host the php files (warning: possible increase of traffic), please contact me on the XBMC forum, currently the php class reside on a web space that isn't mine and I can't use it for a long time
- Improved get_html_source function for rating scraping (now don't stop the process if the api site is unreachable but it will try 5 time then will continue)
- Fix double log (adding & updated)
- Added the ability to place a button on DialogVideoInfo.xml to retrieve the rating of a single movie
  This is the Run for the skinner: <onclick>RunScript(script.ratingupdate,Single=True)</onclick>

[User 55003]

Thanks for fixing the +1 bug in the top250, the 1.0.3 ver is working great.
However 1.0.4 ver has a -1 bug in the top250 , no biggie I just rolled back to 1.0.3.

Log..

Code:

12:29:04 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'The Shawshank Redemption': the old position in your DB was 1, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 0
12:29:05 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back': the old position in your DB was 11, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 10
12:29:06 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope': the old position in your DB was 17, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 16
12:29:07 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi': the old position in your DB was 98, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 97
12:29:09 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2': the old position in your DB was 161, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 183
12:29:10 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'The Truman Show': the old position in your DB was 216, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 215
12:29:11 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'The Social Network': the old position in your DB was 226, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 234

Edit: Version 1.0.3 also returned -1 value to the top250 when run for a second time.

[m4x1m]

Thanks for fixing the +1 bug in the top250, the 1.0.3 ver is working great.
However 1.0.4 ver has a -1 bug in the top250 , no biggie I just rolled back to 1.0.3.

Log..

Code:

12:29:04 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'The Shawshank Redemption': the old position in your DB was 1, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 0
12:29:05 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back': the old position in your DB was 11, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 10
12:29:06 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope': the old position in your DB was 17, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 16
12:29:07 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi': the old position in your DB was 98, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 97
12:29:09 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2': the old position in your DB was 161, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 183
12:29:10 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'The Truman Show': the old position in your DB was 216, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 215
12:29:11 T:3328  NOTICE: [Rating Update] - 'The Social Network': the old position in your DB was 226, the new position from IMDb Top250 is 234

Edit: Version 1.0.3 also returned -1 value to the top250 when run for a second time.

Eh eh the api change has modified somethings and I had not noticed!

New Version:
script.ratingupdate-1.0.5.zip

Code:

v 1.0.5:
- Fix again bug that now was adding -1 to the real position taking from Top250

[BigNoid]

I think you forgot to bump your version number in addon.xml.

Just tried this add-on and works perfect in my library. Thx!

[krish_2k4]

my man! XBMC forums always amaze me! will try this out as ratings for new movies tend to change a lot!

edit: just tried it, smooth as fuck and works very well! I does not update the nfo in the actual movie folder so you have to export video library and choose separate.

edit 2: It updates the ratings but not the number of votes. for instance when I original scraped '2001: A Space Odyssey' it had a IMDB rating of 8.4 with 183,779 votes and was number 89 in the Top250.

the script updated the rating and the Top250 ranking to number 90 but left the number of votes at 183,799 when there are 194,689 votes.

it might just be me though so can anyone else confirm it? I did the export video library to update the native nfo files.

[m4x1m]

edit 2: It updates the ratings but not the number of votes. for instance when I original scraped '2001: A Space Odyssey' it had a IMDB rating of 8.4 with 183,779 votes and was number 89 in the Top250.

the script updated the rating and the Top250 ranking to number 90 but left the number of votes at 183,799 when there are 194,689 votes.

Two separate procedure:

1. Rating (first question) this update rating and numbers of users who have voted

2. Top250 (second question) this update only position

If you say yes only at the second question will update only the position in top250

if you say yes at the first question will update all movies ratings (long)

[Martijn]

Two separate procedure:

1. Rating (first question) this update rating and numbers of users who have voted

2. Top250 (second question) this update only position

If you say yes only at the second question will update only the position in top250

if you say yes at the first question will update all movies ratings (long)

Would it maybe be an idea to set these options in add-on settings?
So user sets his preferences there and you just ask a confirmation on running the add-on.
Coding that only takes a couple of minutes. I could help you on that if you want.

[krish_2k4]

Two separate procedure:

1. Rating (first question) this update rating and numbers of users who have voted

2. Top250 (second question) this update only position

If you say yes only at the second question will update only the position in top250

if you say yes at the first question will update all movies ratings (long)

ahh yes got ya, my bad i thought the first option meant update all movie ratings and the 2nd option to update just the top250 movies.

edit: first option updated the views, my bad!

[m4x1m]

Would it maybe be an idea to set these options in add-on settings?
So user sets his preferences there and you just ask a confirmation on running the add-on.
Coding that only takes a couple of minutes. I could help you on that if you want.

I'm working on it

[JustinAiken]

Has anybody tried this on the 10.1 official release? Wondering if anybody's confirmed success/failure before I backup my database and try...

If not, this plugin may be worth moving to pre-Eden for; my top250 playlist is woefully out of date!

[User 55003]

Eh eh the api change has modified somethings and I had not noticed!

New Version:
script.ratingupdate-1.0.5.zip

Code:

v 1.0.5:
- Fix again bug that now was adding -1 to the real position taking from Top250

Cheers mate, That did the trick, great work.

[m4x1m]

BE CAREFUL

This new version doesn't use anymore an external imdb api site (this week-end I'll delete the files on a server), but use a great imdbphp api class by IzzySoft Projects then to work you must install php-cgi on your system (see README)

Read the changelog for the updates.

I've tested the script as best I could, but there may be some bugs in that case post the debug log.

Code:

Linux Ubuntu Users:
- Install php5-cgi "sudo apt-get install php5-cgi"
- For other distribution check the name of package (could be different) and install it
- Check the correct path (/usr/bin/ by default) in the settings add-on

Windows Users:
- Download php-cgi from http://windows.php.net/download/ choose the last "VC9 x86 Non Thread Safe" zip package
- Unzip in C:\php5\ or wherever you like
- Update the correct path in the settings add-on (use backslahes for example c:/php5/)

New version (Major release):
script.ratingupdate-1.1.0.zip

Code:

v 1.1.0:
- Changed the method of scraping. IMDbPHP now is run in a local system to prevent the ban of the server IP address by the IMDb staff.
  See README file to how to install php-cgi binary.
- Added the ability to scrape ratings of TV Shows (no single episodes, to many differences with thetvdb.com).
  The first launch could ask you to choose the correct TV Show from a list then the IMDb ID will be written in the database.
- Changed order of questions: 1. Top250 - 2. Movies - 3. TV Shows
- Fix possible freeze when scraping a single movie. Show result using notifications instead of dialog.ok (I hope)
- Added setting to disable single procedure, confirmation and to hide the progress dialog.
- Added setting to delete IMDb id from TV Shows so you can rescrape and choose another title if the first one chosen was wrong.