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Support / Re: Import from IMDB Not Working
« on: August 23, 2010, 07:54:53 pm »I understood the first time. This is inconsistent with the log you posted. Without further information, it's impossible to determine whether this is because the log is not working, you didn't post the complete log, your observation is incorrect, or something else entirely is going on.
I also understand this may be inconsistent with the log, but that negates neither the observations I've reported nor the log data itself. I posted the entire log. More recently I focused on just the activity it tallied with respect to the IMDB plug-in, following your post so that apples may be compared with apples.
I wouldn't necessarily focus on the log being the problem. It's merely the piano player, reporting what the plug-in is doing inside PVD. I can write again what I am observing but it's not going to change. That's why, after first trying several troubleshooting steps before posting, I posted on this forum, believing the latest version of the IMDB plug-in has a flaw.
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Both your latest logs show the plugin running a query to find the title. In both cases, the result is ambiguous, and no further action is taken. These, too, are inconsistent with your observation that data is being downloaded. Are you not seeing a dialog for choosing from a list of movies? Might such a dialog be hidden under another window? Do you have Silent Mode on?
The result is identical to the log snippet that you posted, with respect that is to capturing the movie title. Login occurs, the movie is queried and the url is downloaded, added to the PVD database. Unlike the activity reported in your log, the IMDB plug-in halts after capturing the movie title url and adding this to the PVD database.
Yes, I see the dialog for choosing from a list of movies when, that is, there is a list of movies. There are certain movies that do not result in the opening of such a list. But that's unrelated to this specific plug-in not working properly since the new version was added.
No, Silent Mode is not on.
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What appears to be the result of a URL being added to a new record could actually be the result of an invisible record with the same title being made visible as a result of the add function. Such records, of course, would normally have at least one (and usually more) people associated with them. But there can be orphan records as well—that have nothing but a title and a URL. So to clarify...Are you getting a URL—and only a URL—for each and every movie you attempt to add?
With the latest IMDB plug-in I am only getting a URL and only a URL for any movie that I attempt to add. For any other similar plug-in I receive all information, for example, description, director, and so on. I prefer the data from IMDB.
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No, I'm the only one who has mentioned Visible items settings. Are they all checked or not?
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If none of this helps, start the program with the -portable switch (so a default configuration file will be used) and create an new database. Test that to see if the plugin works there. If it does, then there's probably something wrong with your configuration.
I started the program with the -portable switch and created a new database. I then entered a movie title and tried to import data from IMDB. Just as previously the status bar at the bottom of PVD indicated login, data download and data transfer rate, but the only data received and entered was the movie title url at IMDB.com.
I next tried to import from AllMovie.com using that plug-in. Again the status bar shows data download, data transfer rate and so on, but of course the process is a bit longer. It was also successful.
As I first reported, it appears the latest version of the IMDB plug-in is not working.