Rizla
July 1st, 2008, 03:28 PM
Hey guys, maybe someone can help me out with a general movie question. I'm building out my DVD library that i'm using to access via a NMT (network media tank, awesome BTW). Currently, it doesnt have a very nice frontend for accessing movie meta data, but it does give you the ability to create your own custom listing via a webpage.
My goal is to populate my dvd list using data grabbed from IMBD, or collectorz.com (ex: http://www.collectorz.com/connect/movies/25th-hour-2002/
SO with that said, has anyone set foot down this path before?
Right now the way i envision my route is to wget the index page of the movie i want (see output of the link). Grab the relevant data via a regex expression. Place the data in a comma seperated file, then run a script that parses that data into a local db on my webserver. Then when my NMT accesses my movie listing, spit out the relevant data.
I'm a beginner with regex, but have a book that will probably get me through this exercise. Just wondering if anyone has done this already.
OR is there a program that does this? Im basicaly looking for cover art, plot summary, actors, and other general data.
My goal is to populate my dvd list using data grabbed from IMBD, or collectorz.com (ex: http://www.collectorz.com/connect/movies/25th-hour-2002/
SO with that said, has anyone set foot down this path before?
Right now the way i envision my route is to wget the index page of the movie i want (see output of the link). Grab the relevant data via a regex expression. Place the data in a comma seperated file, then run a script that parses that data into a local db on my webserver. Then when my NMT accesses my movie listing, spit out the relevant data.
I'm a beginner with regex, but have a book that will probably get me through this exercise. Just wondering if anyone has done this already.
OR is there a program that does this? Im basicaly looking for cover art, plot summary, actors, and other general data.