[REL] IMDB ( via API )

[rossipaz]

How do I set the plot language to Italian?

[Munkey]

How do I set the plot language to Italian?

Such feature is not implemented.
I'll check if it's possible.

[Munkey]

How do I set the plot language to Italian?

With 3.4.0 version you can retrieve Italian plots:

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3.4.0 - (2026/05/03) - New feature: You can now select the plot language with DescriptionLanguage1st.
                                    DescriptionLanguage2nd is fallback if a plot with 1st language is not found.
                                    If 2nd language is not found then it falls back to English.

[phil5660]

Hello, only one country is being retrieved for the "Country" field. Is it possible to modify the script so that all co-producer countries are taken into account? Thank you in advance.

[Munkey]

Hello, only one country is being retrieved for the "Country" field. Is it possible to modify the script so that all co-producer countries are taken into account? Thank you in advance.

It depends on what you've set for the MultipleValuesCountry option.

[phil5660]

By default, this is what is displayed

if GetOption('MultipleValuesCountry') = 0 then
if RegExprSetExec('^[^,]+', Countries) then
Countries := RegExprMatch(0);
SetField(fieldCountry, Countries);

What do I need to change?

[Munkey]

By default, this is what is displayed

if GetOption('MultipleValuesCountry') = 0 then
if RegExprSetExec('^[^,]+', Countries) then
Countries := RegExprMatch(0);
SetField(fieldCountry, Countries);

What do I need to change?

You don't need to change there anything.

[phil5660]

Thank you for your response.

Where do I need to change the setting to select more than one country?

[Dorohedoro]

Actors Images script updated:

https://mega.nz/file/Zf9C2QaZ#LMK-TSysm ... p9MzqFTLMc


New selection options:

New options:

0 = choose ONE actor (pick from list)
1 = choose TWO actors (pick from list)
2 = choose THREE actors (pick from list)
3 = choose FOUR actors (pick from list)
4 = choose FIVE actors (pick from list)
5 = first FIVE actors
6 = first TEN actors
7 = add all actors

I did this for two reasons:

1- convenience to manually pick more actors because some movies are badly sorted, for example: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320661/reference/ the first billed is the Gravedigger , I've made a script to solve this, but is not ready for the public yet, the same for the main script that has the same issue.

2- some weirdos like me want to have all actors in the catalog, beware, a lot of images will be downloaded if your catalog is huge, I'm working on a way for the script to share the same image for the same actors across the catalog.


Please tell me if you find bugs, thanks.

[Munkey]

Where do I need to change the setting to select more than one country?

There:

[phil5660]

Thank you for your help, it works !

[humungus]

While we're on the topic of countries, the script has a small problem when the movie/TV episode on IMDb does not have a country listed.

sample movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326204
sample TV episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349467

First, as I run the script an error pops up: "Error: Unknown country code! Please report the error."

Then, if I click "OK" and let the script do its thing, I end up with text "movie" or "tvEpisode" in "Country" field.

Obviously, there aren't that many movies without a country, but there are indeed many such TV episodes. Neither of which presents a terrible problem with the script for me (I just delete that text and/or enter the country manually for TV episodes, it's obviously no different from the country of the series...), but I thought I'd mention it.

Note: I am using version 3.2.0 as versions 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 only have fixes/features I don't use, so I didn't see the need to update the script. If the issue I described is not present in version 3.4.0, obviously feel free to tell me off.

[MMM]

5 = first FIVE actors
6 = first TEN actors
7 = add all actors

I tested it on a couple of movies and it works.
Could you add ''first FIFTEEN actors'' please ???

2- I'm working on a way for the script to share the same image for the same actors across the catalog.

Very, very, VERY usefull

Not a bug but, I believe the picture should NOT be cut if it does not have ''standard'' ratio, or it will, in most cases, cut half of the face ou something like that.

Thank you for the work.

[Dorohedoro]

5 = first FIVE actors
6 = first TEN actors
7 = add all actors

I tested it on a couple of movies and it works.
Could you add ''first FIFTEEN actors'' please ???

2- I'm working on a way for the script to share the same image for the same actors across the catalog.

Very, very, VERY usefull

Not a bug but, I believe the picture should NOT be cut if it does not have ''standard'' ratio, or it will, in most cases, cut half of the face ou something like that.

Thank you for the work.

For your request (first 15 actors) that's easy. I'm not really doing this, it was claude. Just upload the script in the claude chat (free version will do) and ask for any feature there, the hard part is already done: making the script work with the api.

As for the image cropping, do you have an example?

[MMM]

About the 15 images, I was able to change it, thank you.

About the cropping:
The template I use (Nature) also cropped the images but I was able to change it, deleting the ''height value'' and now the thumbnails show like this:




This is the picture with no cropping downloaded with the actual IMDB script...clicking the thumbnail it opens the full picture like this one..


This is the same picture with this script...clicking the thumbnail it also opens like it's shown here...cropped

I just could not find the ''height value'' to delete, I'm not a coder

Other than that, the script works fine, and also has room to improve, like ''share the same image for the same actors across the catalog''

Thank you very much.

[Dorohedoro]

The cropping comes from imdb, look how the image is like that in the actual website:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11118689/

That's why in the script there are options for the user to select, option 0 is no cropping and the result will be like in the image you shared of your catalog with no cropping.

Btw I managed (claude really) to make a script to share actor images across all movies, but it has too many moving parts (python, different folder, it's a bit of a mess really), it works for me, but is not for the public because it's weird.

[MMM]

Understood, I'll look the options with fresh eyes

About the script to share actor images across all movies, I hope you came up with a ''easy one''.
As it happens I have the option for images to be saved in a separate folder for each cathalog (I have 2) instead of ''inside'' the .EXE.

Thank you very much for your contribution.

[Dorohedoro]

Image files saving is hardcoded into the amc app, there is no way for the script as-is to override that, that's why the python was needed.

It will be a great feature to add to the program for sure, and also the option to hot-link website/server urls if the user want to combine with the local storage, this could save a lot of headaches and file management issues for huge catalogs like mine that has over 29000 movies, my image folder has over 200000 files, it's crazy. Or the ability to save and read compressed .zip/.rar files with all the images in there, much more cleaner approach if you ask me.

Since this is a open source project I was tempted to do all that with claude for personal convenience but I'm tired, I already completely a reworked version for the pocket amc (android) with claude and was quite a journey, the result was amazing but right now I'm a bit feed out with this AI coding mania I've got lately lol.

[Munkey]

Please create a separate topic for your script and continue the discussion there.

While we're on the topic of countries, the script has a small problem when the movie/TV episode on IMDb does not have a country listed.

sample movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326204
sample TV episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1349467

First, as I run the script an error pops up: "Error: Unknown country code! Please report the error."

Thanks for the report. Fixed:

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3.5.0 - (2026/05/10) - Reworked country importing.
                       Bugfix: The script failure when no country was present.
                       Change: Added a '15' option for ActorsLimit.

[Dorohedoro]

Please create a separate topic for your script and continue the discussion there.

I thought that the actor image code you added right after I shared the script through Mega was the one Claude created, but from your comment I now understand (or assume) that you made it yourself from scratch. Sorry for the confusion. I’m not going to talk about it again here, since it was just a personal project anyways...


Thanks and good day.