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[SOLVED] Import from IMDB Not Working
mgpw4me@yahoo.com:
--- Quote from: nostra on September 19, 2010, 11:53:23 pm ---It is really weir with IMDB right now: I get the new design for a movie at work and the old one at home for the same movie. This behavior can also be observed with a browser (but not so often).
I am pretty sure that the most of the problems posted in this topic are related to this strange phenomena.
Hope to figure out what is happening asap.
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This appears to be the case. I've finally started adding some new movies and the errors are quite common...every 3 or 4 additions. When the new page format comes up, only the main movie page is parsed, but when the old page format comes up, everything works.
Deleting the movie and re-adding is like spinning a roulette wheel. Sometimes you get the same thing, sometimes not...restarting PVD is just another way of spinning the wheel, as best I can tell.
The urls in the log file are exactly the same, but return different page formats. This may be caused by incomplete DNS propagation. I've seen the same thing happen when moving a website to a new server...the old site remains active for up to 48 hours, and you can get the old or new site depending on whether the DNS propagation has reached the resolving server or not. With a large server farm, I have no idea what the time frame might be.
Here's the log from my testing:
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WITH ERROR (new IMDB PAGE format)
(9/22/2010 9:55:54 AM) Logging in...
(9/22/2010 9:55:55 AM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(9/22/2010 9:55:55 AM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(9/22/2010 9:55:55 AM) Searching movie information for: Apocalypse Now Redux
(9/22/2010 9:55:55 AM) GET: http://imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 9:55:55 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 9:55:55 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 9:55:55 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
(9/22/2010 9:55:58 AM) Searching posters for: Apocalypse Now Redux
(9/22/2010 9:55:58 AM) GET: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=dvd&field-keywords=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 9:56:02 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Wt5OTkAGL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:02 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Bx0DnadSL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:02 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FJJHDW5QL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:03 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41si3-7i9lL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:03 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B6WVP63GL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:03 AM) GET: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-site/icons/no-img-sm._V192198896_.gif
(9/22/2010 9:56:03 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PPrDmpf0L._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:03 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41G51EJ3QRL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:04 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/218RZEXQg-L._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:04 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31CSqM0fT3L._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:05 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419lSjMgUhL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:05 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517P29PD39L._SL160_AA115_.jpg
(9/22/2010 9:56:55 AM) Downloading poster for Apocalypse Now Redux
(9/22/2010 9:56:55 AM) GET: http://www.amazon.com/Apocalypse-Now-Redux-Martin-Sheen/dp/B00005OWEG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&tag=persvidedata-20
(9/22/2010 9:56:58 AM) GET: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FJJHDW5QL._S300S500_.jpg
WITHOUT ERROR (old IMDB page format)
(9/22/2010 9:58:34 AM) Logging in...
(9/22/2010 9:58:34 AM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(9/22/2010 9:58:34 AM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(9/22/2010 9:58:35 AM) Searching movie information for: Apocalypse Now Redux
(9/22/2010 9:58:35 AM) GET: http://imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 9:58:35 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 9:58:35 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 9:58:35 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
(9/22/2010 10:01:37 AM) Logging in...
(9/22/2010 10:01:37 AM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(9/22/2010 10:01:37 AM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(9/22/2010 10:01:37 AM) Searching movie information for: Apocalypse Now Redux
(9/22/2010 10:01:37 AM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
(9/22/2010 10:02:04 AM) Logging in...
(9/22/2010 10:02:04 AM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(9/22/2010 10:02:04 AM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(9/22/2010 10:02:04 AM) Searching movie information for: Apocalypse Now Redux
(9/22/2010 10:02:04 AM) GET: http://imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 10:02:04 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 10:02:05 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Apocalypse+Now+Redux
(9/22/2010 10:02:05 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/
(9/22/2010 10:02:05 AM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0078788/plotsummary
(9/22/2010 10:02:06 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0078788/plotsummary
(9/22/2010 10:02:06 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/plotsummary
(9/22/2010 10:02:06 AM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0078788/keywords
(9/22/2010 10:02:06 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0078788/keywords
(9/22/2010 10:02:07 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/keywords
(9/22/2010 10:02:07 AM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/fullcredits#cast
(9/22/2010 10:02:09 AM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0078788/releaseinfo#akas
(9/22/2010 10:02:09 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0078788/releaseinfo
(9/22/2010 10:02:09 AM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/releaseinfo
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What to do? What to do?
http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?redesignolddesign
So, I created an account with IMDB, set the "show old design" checkbox, added login info to PVD, added a movie and still got the new page. >:(
The only "fix" I can see is if the plug-in checks which page format is being returned and parses accordingly. This means having 2 parsing routines. It sounds painful, but from the forums, it looks like "reference view" (the old page format) will remain, so it will always be an issue for anyone with an account that uses it.
nostra:
Calm down guys, I am almost ready with making the plugin support the new design.
Just wait for it a little bit longer. (1 day maybe)
rick.ca:
--- Quote ---Calm down guys...
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Should I give this topic the [BE CALM] tag? ;D
nostra:
:) [WORK IN PROGRESS] maybe ;)
rick.ca:
I think you should add the CountDown BBC mod and use that to tell us exactly when a fix will be ready. 8) ;D
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