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Support / Re: Personal Video Database 1.0.2.7 MOD
« on: March 15, 2026, 02:55:06 am »
With the complexity of configuring the programs needed to 'get all the information', maybe it's time to host a zip file (somewhere) that would give new users a working environment without need of an install. That's what Nostra had originally intended, after all.

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Support / Re: Personal Video Database 1.0.2.7 MOD
« on: March 13, 2026, 02:31:42 am »
Quote from: afrocuban on March 12, 2026, 08:56:19 am
https://imdbapi.dev/ is indeed very interesting resource, but still it looks to me with limited data?
True. There are thousands of species of fish and yet I only eat a few of them, so how would I categorize them?
As a casual user, I don't have the same data requirements as a film student.
I'm impressed by your technical acheivement in piecing together multiple programs to scrape every single byte from IMDB. I remember you from times past, from near the beginning of PVD. As a moment in time, this is a huge achievement.
Every 18 to 24 months, IMDB updates it's HTML. I'm sure this just is a refesh of the site and the introduction of new technology. The last update came about when AI became part of the site. When the next update comes, you will be the only person that can resolve the issues.
I'll say simply, "Take what's given" and build from that. The 'dev' site is simple to get data from, and for those want more, you have that solution.

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Support / Re: Personal Video Database 1.0.2.7 MOD
« on: March 05, 2026, 04:12:47 pm »
I've had considerable luck using PHP to download IMDB pages. OpenSSL has to be enabled, and you have to provide a valid user-agent. Both settings are in the PHP.INI file...just set it and forget it. If you set up a server @ localhost, you could relay requests to IMDB and return pages to the PVD script that made the request without windows opening and closing. I'm using CivetWeb64 server (a branch from Mongoose, I think). When it's installed as a service, it will start automatically when you boot your computer.

That doesn't resolve the javascript "click for more information" on the pages, but last week I found this:

https://imdbapi.dev/

For my uses this site is all I need. Since it's just JSON formatted data the format won't likely change, the queries are very fast and parsing would be simple. In my case, PHP also has a Json_Decode function to convert JSON data into PHP variables, which will simplify the creation of dynamic pages on my server.

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Support / Re: how to keep 2 different movies separately identified during scan for new movies
« on: December 06, 2022, 02:05:48 am »
Thanks.

I retired recently and thought I'd have time to help out a bit. It seems not so much as I no longer use PVD and have been busier in other areas than I would have thought.

I check in every few weeks so I'll help out where I can.

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Support / Re: how to keep 2 different movies separately identified during scan for new movies
« on: September 14, 2022, 04:06:46 pm »
Run the scan again. When you get the list of files, move your mouse over the item you want to work on, then click the right-hand mouse button. A menu will be displayed which will give you the options you need.

When I run into this problem, I usually edit the movie that's causing the problem and set the filename manually.

If you want to try to fix the REGEX, you'll need a 'Regular Expression Parser'. I think there's one in the download section of this site. What I guess is happening, is the regex is matching something in your filename (other than or along with the title). You'll need to know what the regex is returning in order to fix it. That's probably the easy part. Regex is messy to work with.

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