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Oliver678
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Germany
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 Posted - 29 Nov 2006 : 18:08:17
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Hi Alessio
since many ofdb.de movie entries provide a link to the corresponding movie entry on imdb.com I thought about interchanging this link between both scripts.
The ofdb.de script would fetch the link the imdb entry and stores it inside one of the CUSTOM fields in XMM. When the imdb script is launched , it would look inside of its DIRECTLINK variable first and when it's empty it would lookup the CUSTOM variable. When the custom variable is filled than the RIGHTPAGEFOUND block (or the CREATEMOVIELIST block ??) would be able to fetch all informations without user interaction. Since imdb provides more informations than ofdb does, this would be an advantage.
Could this already be done via scripting without code changes to XMM?
I don't know wether other countries also have such kind of movie database like ofdb.de which contains a link to imdb.com . For now at least germans could benefit from this feature. :-)
Oliver
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Alessio Viti
Forum Admin
Italy
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Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 12:02:15
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Hi Oliver,
This is a really good suggestion, I will try to see how I can implement.
Thank you!
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Alessio Viti
Forum Admin
Italy
9171 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 12:07:01
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Oliver,
I have add just now these variables to #GETMOVIEVAR#:
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM1VALUE#
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM2VALUE#
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM3VALUE#
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM4VALUE#
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM5VALUE#
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM6VALUE#
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM7VALUE#
#GETMOVIEVAR#=#23#=#CUSTOM8VALUE#
SO, you can store the direclink in one of this slot, then, in the IMDB script, you can use the #GETMOVIEVAR# and look if the direclink is there or not.
I think that the best way is put this in #RIGHTPAGEFOUND# block
Alessio
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Oliver678
New Member
Germany
57 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 12:10:11
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That's perfect.
Thank you very much Alessio :)
Oliver
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Oliver678
New Member
Germany
57 Posts |
Posted - 30 Nov 2006 : 21:30:12
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There is one more site which could be joined with ofdb.de and imdb.com:
dvd-palace.de
The search interfaces of both ofdb.de and dvdpalace.dvdb.de are able to search for EAN.
One could start with search for a movie with i.e. the dvd-palace.de script (by title or EAN), then looking up EAN matching movies on ofdb.de. ofdb.de comes with a direct link to imdb.com (which was aleady described in this forum thread).
Also it would be possible to start with ofdb.de, fetching imdb direct link and EAN for dvd-palace, and so on.
Now we have already three sites where informations from two sites (in many cases) could be fetched without user interaction ;-)
This is not yet implemented into the mentioned scripts, but certainly will be in future.
Oliver
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Alessio Viti
Forum Admin
Italy
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Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 09:32:28
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Hi Oliver,
Yes, this is the goal, but I need to change the Engine for this.
At this time, from release 5.5.9.0, you will have all the instruction for do this, but you must first run a script and batch import the information, and after launch the second script (this because only with batch import you can know and save the EAN code for example).
So, this system, at this time, will not work with "chain of scripts".
I must think to a way for make this possible...
Alessio
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Alessio Viti
Forum Admin
Italy
9171 Posts |
Posted - 01 Dec 2006 : 17:12:27
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Hi Oliver,
The engine is finished, I have try with OFDB and IMDB and seem to work great.
If you make a chain with OFDB+IMDB, and you put the year in the movie before start downloading, the chain will found automatically the directlinks.
How it works:
1) The new OFDB has now the "Intelligent DirectLink selection", so if you have write the movie year, will found the movie automatically
2) The new OFDB saves, in the custom8 field, the link to German IMDB
3) When the chain run the IMDB Script, it load the directlink automatically from custom8 field.
The result of this is that you have NOT to select directlinks anymore 
Of course the engine must be tested, but seem to work correctly.
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Oliver678
New Member
Germany
57 Posts |
Posted - 02 Dec 2006 : 00:36:09
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Hi Alessio
this sounds promising 
Oliver
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Edited by - Oliver678 on 02 Dec 2006 00:36:54 |
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Joining ofdb and imdb via script?