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Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 28, 2009, 07:32:34 pm »

Quote from: nostra on July 28, 2009, 11:49:02 am
In general: poster plugins only download images in silent mode if "Download all available images" is checked.

Just to be clear, that's not working.

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It actually never did [download the first poster]. The problem here was the fact that search results always contain some posters not related to a movie the plugin is looking for.

In the case of Amazon, the first search results page (I'm assuming this is where the plugin gets the thumbnails) normally places exact matches at the top of the page, and—there only being a few of these—the rest of the results are for box, sets, collections, or related movies. So Download all available images typically gets 6 - 8 posters, only 2 - 3 of which are correct. The efficiency of Silent Mode is outweighed by the need to delete the unwanted posters. I think it would be much better if Download all available images were replaced with the option to download the first N posters on the results page. I might then use Silent Mode with that set at 2 or 3, and be very confident I would get the best available poster, without too many unwanted ones.

Posted by: pencilhead
« on: July 28, 2009, 01:43:11 pm »

Quote from: nostra on July 28, 2009, 11:44:56 am
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I noticed the extracted dll for imdb has a date modified stamp of 1/07/2009. This matches the one I am overwriting.

Sometimes clearing browser cache solves such problems.

No tried that. My work caches/proxies everything

Posted by: nostra
« on: July 28, 2009, 11:49:02 am »

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I notice the amazon.com plugin still does nothing in Silent Mode, with or without Download all available images set. I'm expecting it to download the first poster, although I don't recall if it ever did this. What is it supposed to do?

It actually never did. The problem here was the fact that search results always contain some posters not related to a movie the plugin is looking for.
In general: poster plugins only download images in silent mode if "Download all available images" is checked
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 28, 2009, 11:44:56 am »

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I noticed the extracted dll for imdb has a date modified stamp of 1/07/2009. This matches the one I am overwriting.

Sometimes clearing browser cache solves such problems.

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The download page has has not been updated to indicate the correct version and release date for the Plain Text export plugin, but the file is the updated version (0.6.0.1).

Oh, I have forgotten this one, thx for the info

Posted by: pencilhead
« on: July 28, 2009, 09:35:43 am »

Quote from: pencilhead on July 28, 2009, 04:35:37 am
Hi nostra,

I noticed the extracted dll for imdb has a date modified stamp of 1/07/2009. This matches the one I am overwriting.
The others (amazon ones) have new datestamp.
Version IMDB is reporting is .0901 is this correct.

edit
amazon.dll has datestamp of 21/06/2009.
amazonde.dll, amazonfr.dll, amazonuk.dll have a datestamp of 28/07/2009

My Bad..
Looks like work was cacheing an earlier download
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 28, 2009, 05:50:59 am »

Quote from: nostra on July 28, 2009, 02:14:04 am
IMDB plugin for movies, all amazon plugins and the export plugin are updated! Get new versions from the download page.

Thanks for the timely update!

I notice the amazon.com plugin still does nothing in Silent Mode, with or without Download all available images set. I'm expecting it to download the first poster, although I don't recall if it ever did this. What is it supposed to do?
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 28, 2009, 05:21:04 am »

Everything I downloaded (about an hour ago) is date stamped 07/28/2009 and is the correct updated version. The download page has has not been updated to indicate the correct version and release date for the Plain Text export plugin, but the file is the updated version (0.6.0.1).
Posted by: pencilhead
« on: July 28, 2009, 04:35:37 am »

Hi nostra,

I noticed the extracted dll for imdb has a date modified stamp of 1/07/2009. This matches the one I am overwriting.
The others (amazon ones) have new datestamp.
Version IMDB is reporting is .0901 is this correct.

edit
amazon.dll has datestamp of 21/06/2009.
amazonde.dll, amazonfr.dll, amazonuk.dll have a datestamp of 28/07/2009



Regards
PH
Posted by: nostra
« on: July 28, 2009, 02:14:04 am »

IMDB plugin for movies, all amazon plugins and the export plugin are updated! Get new versions from the download page.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 27, 2009, 08:40:43 am »

Thanks, Moxley. The AllMovie posters are just thumbnail quality, but better than nothing.
Posted by: moxley
« on: July 27, 2009, 07:14:20 am »

If you are having a problem with IMPAwards plugin then might i suggest for the time being until nostra fixes our problem that you try the AllMovies plugin as it works but the quality is not as good as Amazon or IMPAwards.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 27, 2009, 05:02:16 am »

Quote from: rick.ca on July 26, 2009, 03:46:41 am
In the meantime, you might want to try the IMPAwards plugin.

The poster situation is getting worse by the day. :( 

I'm now experiencing the "HTTP1.1 503 service unavailable" error with the IMPAwards plugin, as originally reported here. This is a result of being banned by Google. If previous experience holds, this means I will be unable to use the IMPAwards plugin for about 24 hours.

The plugin executes the following search...

http://www.google.com/search?q=allintitle:+TITLE+Poster+site:www.impawards.com&filter=0

I note I can still do the equivalent Web Search...

http://www.impawards.com/googlesearch.html?cx=partner-pub-6811780361519631%3A48v46vdqqnk&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=TITLE

This results in an embedded Google search which is seems unaffected by the ban. (It passed my crude test of being fed about 30 queries in about 30 seconds.) I wonder if this suggests a way the plugin might be modified to resolve this problem.
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 26, 2009, 03:46:41 am »

Okay, everyone. I think we've established beyond any doubt the Amazon plugin is no longer working. Now please be patient and give nostra some time to investigate and update the plugin. In the meantime, you might want to try the IMPAwards plugin. It has better quality posters than Amazon anyway.
Posted by: holden6009
« on: July 26, 2009, 03:17:40 am »

I am having problems with all the Amazon plugins. All return a "No movie Found" error. :(

This is from the log...
(26/7/2009 10:13:50 AM) Searching posters for: John Q
(26/7/2009 10:13:51 AM) GET: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=John+Q
Posted by: moxley
« on: July 26, 2009, 02:59:44 am »

 Rick
 I really hate being a pest but I have another problem.
 After putting two hundred and eighty dvds into the database amazon.co.uk and amazon.com which I use for my poster downloads has suddenly stopped working by telling me "No Movies Found" and it is telling me this on movies a couple of days ago they both have found.Could tell me what the hell is going on
Thank You
Michael J Oxley
12:00pm Aust Eastern Time
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 26, 2009, 12:57:55 am »

What field are you trying to change?

Why do you think importing has anything to do with this? Even if I download to a movie in edit mode (something I wouldn't normally do), make changes and Apply Changes—everything is still there when I re-enter edit mode. Does the same thing happen with movies you have not just imported?
Posted by: clandher
« on: July 26, 2009, 12:06:08 am »

And now, i loose data. After i import data for movies, i completed some information, i save (Apply Changes). When i edit again, the info is gone...
Posted by: rick.ca
« on: July 25, 2009, 10:22:42 pm »

In addition to the IMDb plugin no longer getting posters (my previous post), the Amazon plugin is now returning the "No movies" error message. The URL that appears in the log seems to be correct—it produces a valid search results page with multiple posters. I doubt it's significant, but I note this URL is of the form...

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=Casablanca

whereas the form created by searching from the site is...

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=casablanca&x=16&y=15
Posted by: jvic
« on: July 25, 2009, 09:27:38 pm »

I am also no longer able to download posters. Same error message.
Posted by: clandher
« on: July 25, 2009, 09:25:55 pm »

I have the same problem - doesn't function when i try to import posters (No movie found).
In the morning is working fine, but now ....
I don't understand how it is possible...