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dvdxml is charging $20 for a user account plus their data is obtained in an illegal way I'm told, so it's probably not the best way to go.
MyMovies.dk on the other hand has these dvdid's in the data base and they are obtained in a legal way since all the data is user submitted.
You could talk to Brian from MyMovies about gaining access to their powerful webservice. MyMovies users who have 2500 contribution/donation points already have free access. Non contributing users could probably get past by donating $20.
MyMovies.dk is also WAY faster than for example themoviedb.org (because money coming in is used on fast servers and internet access) and the database is very complete including dvd covers, hddvd/bluray covers, posters and backdrops.
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I was just bring in the idea because am not on that level of programming at all I mean writing a service or a plugin/addon to do this..
So it would be better if someone with more knowledge talk with Brian to make this happen and be able to use that service .
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oh any by the way, there is a difference between a movie (themoviesdb.org, imdb etc) and a movie release (dvd, dvd special edition, hd-dvd, blu-ray, etc). MyMovies has data for the latter...
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What would be the best method to approach this python plugin, script, add-on, built-in function, ect.. ?
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reaven, why did you stop using MyMovies then? I use MyMovies on WHS with XBMC because I coded support in XBMC to read mymovies.xml files and MyMovies has now even real support for XBMC NFO files... So it works for both existing collections and new ones. I have seen no scraper match the correctness and speed of MyMovies plus you even have the PC application to fix any mistakes
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dvdid is available on Windows OS. How to do it is a secret so you need to reverse engineer MS' code to be able to implement it in Linux etc. However I know how to obtained already reverse engineered code but it cannot be used without permission