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Posted: **2009-02-17 18:10:55**

I like to use DVD Empire so I thought I'd try my hand at a fix. Try it out and lemme know how it works.
BTW this is my first post so my apologies if I didn't follow protocol.

* EDIT *
deleted code due to update below....

Posted: **2009-02-17 18:26:28**

And once again

Thanks, that makes a new script a lot less urgent.

Some notes:
- When you copy the script to forum, you should prefer a complete copy. To do so, open the script file with an external editor and you will see some more lines on the beginning of the script, which hold some information and preferences (e.g. script options) that might get lost when you copy it from the internal editor.

- The script still misses some import values like original title and media type, producer field imports producers + directors (e.g. on "No country for old men" you will have "Scott Rudin,Ethan Coen,Joel Coen,Ethan Coen,Joel Coen" as producers then.

- On "Audio format" section the script imports some values to fieldComments, others to fieldLanguages. This is an error from previous script version. It should probably be fieldAudioFormat for all, I guess.

But nice job so far!

Posted: **2009-02-17 18:45:30**

deadeye,

I can not thank you enough. Myself, as well as countless others, use DVDEmpire.com as our prime DVD resource.

I just copied your new script, opened the editor in the old script and pasted this new one over it, works like a charm again.

A big debt of gratitude for your time and effort. If you ever need assistance in other areas of PC/DVD information/functions, pm me, maybe I can assist you.

Respectfully

oneacer

Posted: **2009-02-18 00:02:36**

I think I fixed the original title field

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// DVDEmpire.com Script
// Version 2.0.3 bugfixed picturedownload (20070106/bad4u)
// Version 2.0.4 bugfixed description & medium type import (20080403/bad4u)
// bugfixed changed search results (20090217/deadeye)

program From_dvdempire;
var
  MovieName: string;
  MovieName2: string;
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function FindLine(Pattern: string; List: TStringList; StartAt: Integer): Integer;
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  result := -1;
  if StartAt < 0 then
    StartAt := 0;
  for i := StartAt to List.Count-1 do
    if Pos(Pattern, List.GetString(i)) <> 0 then
    begin
      result := i;
      Break;
    end;
end;
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function GetValues(Line : String; UseCommaDelimiter : Boolean): String;
var
    Value     : String;
    StartPos  : Integer;
    EndPos    : Integer;
    Delimiter : String;
begin
  Result := '';
  Line   := StringReplace(Line, '•', '');

  if (UseCommaDelimiter) then
    Delimiter := ','
  else
    Delimiter := #13 + #10;

  while(true) do
  begin
    StartPos := Pos('">', Line) + 2;
    EndPos   := Pos('</a>', Line);
    Value    := Copy(Line, StartPos, EndPos - StartPos);
    Line     := Copy(Line, EndPos + 1, Length(Line) - EndPos);

    if (EndPos < StartPos) then
      break;

    Value := Trim(Value);
    HTMLDecode(Value);
    HTMLRemoveTags(Value);

    if (Length(Result) > 0) then
      Result := Result + Delimiter;

    Result := Result + Value;
  end;
end;
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure GetInfo(Page: TStringList; ItemID: String);
var Line, Value, Text, AudioFormat : String;
    LineNR, StartPos, EndPos, LineNrEnd, i, y : Integer;
    LineCR: Boolean;
begin
  //originální název
LineNr := FindLine('<title>', Page, 0);
  if LineNr >-1 then begin
    Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
    StartPos := Pos('<title>',Line);
    EndPos := Pos('- DVD-Video | DVD Empire </title>', Line);
    Value := Copy(Line, StartPos, EndPos-StartPos);
    if Pos(' / ', Value) > 0 then
      Value := Copy(Value, 0, Pos(' / ', Value));
    HTMLRemoveTags(Value);
    HTMLDecode(Value);
    SetField(fieldOriginalTitle, Value);
  end;

  // Medium Type
  if (LineNr >-1) and (Pos(' / ', Line) > 0) and (GetOption('SetMediumType')=1) then begin
    StartPos := Pos(' / ',Line);
    EndPos := Pos('</title>', Line);
    Value := Copy(Line, StartPos+3,EndPos-StartPos-3);
    HTMLRemoveTags(Value);
    HTMLDecode(Value);
    SetField(fieldMediaType, Value);
  end;

  // URL
  SetField(fieldURL,'http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=' + ItemID);

  //Rating
  LineNr := FindLine('<b>Rating:</b>', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
    StartPos := Pos('<b>Rating:</b>',Line) + Length('<b>Rating:</b>');
    Line  := copy(Line, StartPos, Length(Line) - StartPos);
    Value := trim( copy(Line, 1, pos('<br />', Line) - 1) );
    SetField(fieldRating, Value);
  end;
  // Year
  LineNr := FindLine('<b>Production Year:</b>', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
    StartPos := Pos('<b>Production Year:</b>', Line) + Length('<b>Production Year:</b>');
    Line := Copy(Line, StartPos, Length(Line) - StartPos + 1);
    EndPos   := Pos(' ',Line);
    if EndPos > 0 then
      Value := Trim( Copy(Line, 1, EndPos - 1) )
    else
      Value := Trim( Copy(Line, 1, 5));
    SetField(fieldYear, Value);
  end;
  // Runtime
  LineNr := FindLine('<b>Length:</b>', Page, 0);
  if LineNr >-1 then begin
    Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
    StartPos := Pos('<b>Length:</b>', Line) + Length('<b>Length:</b>');
    Line := Copy(Line, StartPos, Length(Line) - StartPos);
    EndPos   := Pos('mins',Line);
    Value := Trim( Copy(Line, 1, EndPos - 1) );
    SetField(fieldLength, trim(Value));
  end;
  // Director
  LineNr := FindLine('<b>Directors:</b>', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
    StartPos := Pos('<b>Directors:</b>', Line) + Length('<b>Directors:</b>');;
    Line   := Copy(Line, StartPos, Length(Line) - StartPos - 1);
    EndPos := Pos('</td>', Line);
    Line   := Copy(Line, 1, EndPos - 1);
    Value  := GetValues(Line, true);
    SetField(fieldDirector, Value);
  end;
  // Producer
  LineNr := FindLine('<b>Producers:</b>', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
    StartPos := Pos('<b>Producers:</b>', Line) + Length('<b>Producers:</b>');;
    Line   := Copy(Line, StartPos, Length(Line) - StartPos - 1);
    EndPos := Pos('</td>', Line);
    Line   := Copy(Line, 1, EndPos - 1);
    Value  := GetValues(Line, true);
    SetField(fieldProducer, Value);
  end;
  // Actors
  LineNr := FindLine('<b>Actors:</b>', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
    StartPos := Pos('<b>Actors:</b>', Line) + Length('<b>Actors:</b>');;
    Line   := Copy(Line, StartPos, Length(Line) - StartPos - 1);
    EndPos := Pos('</td>', Line);
    Line   := Copy(Line, 1, EndPos - 1);
    Value  := GetValues(Line, false);
    SetField(fieldActors, Value);
  end;
  // Picture
  LineNr := FindLine('http://images.dvdempire.com/gen/movies/', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
     Line := 'http://images.dvdempire.com/gen/movies/' + ItemID + 'h.jpg';
     GetPicture(Line);
  end
  else
  LineNr := FindLine('http://images2.dvdempire.com/gen/movies/', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
     Line := 'http://images2.dvdempire.com/gen/movies/' + ItemID + 'h.jpg';
     GetPicture(Line);
  end;
  // AudioFormat
  LineNr := FindLine('PCM Stereo', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'PCM Stereo';
    SetField(fieldComments, AudioFormat);
  end;

  LineNr := FindLine('Dolby Digital Stereo', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'Dolby Digital Stereo';
    SetField(fieldLanguages, AudioFormat);
  end;

  LineNr := FindLine('Dolby Digital 5.0', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'Dolby Digital 5.0';
    SetField(fieldLanguages, AudioFormat);
  end;

  LineNr := FindLine('Dolby Digital 5.1', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'Dolby Digital 5.1';
    SetField(fieldLanguages, AudioFormat);
  end;

  LineNr := FindLine('Dolby Digital Surround', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'Dolby Digital Surround';
    SetField(fieldLanguages, AudioFormat);
  end;

  LineNr := FindLine('DTS Stereo', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'DTS Stereo';
    SetField(fieldLanguages, AudioFormat);
  end;

  LineNr := FindLine('DTS Surround', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'DTS Surround';
    SetField(fieldLanguages, AudioFormat);
  end;

  LineNr := FindLine('DTS 5.1', Page, 0);
  if LineNr > -1 then
  begin
    If Length(AudioFormat)<>0 then AudioFormat := AudioFormat+', ';
    AudioFormat := AudioFormat+'DTS 5.1';
    SetField(fieldLanguages, AudioFormat);
  end;

  // Description
  LineNr := FindLine('<td width="100%" valign="top" class="fontsmall3">', Page, 0) + 1;
  LineNrEnd := FindLine('</td>', Page, LineNR) - 1;
  if LineNr > 0 then
  begin
    for i := LineNR to LineNrEnd do begin
      LineCR:=false;
      Value := Page.GetString(i);
      If Pos('<br><br>', Value) <> 0 then LineCR:=true;
      Value:=StringReplace(Value, '>i<', '> <');
      HTMLRemoveTags(Value);
      HTMLDecode(Value);
      for y := 1 to Length(Value) do begin
         If Ord(Copy(Value, y, 1))=9 then begin
            Value:=Copy(Value, 1, y-1)+' '+Copy(Value, y+1, Length(Value));
         end;
      end;
      Value := Trim(Value);
      Text:=Text+Value+Chr(13)+Chr(10);
      If LineCR=true then Text:=Text+Chr(13)+Chr(10);
    end;
    SetField(fieldDescription,Copy(Text, 1, Length(Text)-4));
  end;
end;
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
procedure AnalyzePage(Address: string);
var
  Page: TStringList;
  LineNr, StartPos, EndPos, L, EndPos2: Integer;
  Line, TempValue: string;
  ItemID, MovieAddress, MovieTitle : string;
  AddItem : Boolean;
begin
  PickTreeClear;
  Page := TStringList.Create;
  Page.Text := GetPage(Address);
  LineNr := FindLine('<title>DVD Empire - Item -', Page, 0);
  if LineNr >-1 then
  begin
    LineNr := FindLine('javascript:itemHelp(', Page, 0);
    Line := Trim(Page.GetString(LineNr));
    // parameters are separated by ', '
    StartPos := pos(''', ''', Line) + 4; // move past the delimiter
    Line := copy(Line, StartPos, length(Line) - StartPos + 1); // skip the starting quotes
    ItemID := copy(Line, 0, pos(''', ''', Line) - 1);
    GetInfo(Page,ItemID);
  end
  else
  begin
    LineNr := FindLine('</strong> Matches Found', Page, 0);
    if LineNr >-1 then
    begin
      Line := Page.GetString(LineNr);
      StartPos := pos('<strong>', Line) + Length('<strong>');
      L := StrToInt('0'+ Copy(Line, StartPos, pos('</strong>', Line) - StartPos),1);
      PickTreeAdd(IntToStr(L)+' Matches found', '');
      If L>0 Then
      begin
        // Find Films
        LineNr := FindLine('<b><a href=''/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=', Page, LineNr + 1);
        if LineNr >-1 then begin
          Line := Trim( Page.GetString(LineNr) );
          repeat
              // find the item id
              StartPos   := Pos('<b><a href=''/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=', Line) + 38;
              EndPos := StartPos;
              if (EndPos < 1) then
                break;
              repeat
                TempValue := Copy(Line, EndPos, 1);
                if (TempValue = '>') then
                  break;
                EndPos := EndPos + 1;
              until(EndPos < 1);
              EndPos := EndPos - 1;
              ItemID := Copy(Line, StartPos, EndPos - StartPos);
              MovieAddress := 'http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=' + ItemID;

              // discard the stuff we've already processed
              EndPos := EndPos + 2;
              Line   := Copy(Line, EndPos, Length(Line) - EndPos - 1);

              // find the movie name
              StartPos := 1;
              Line     := Copy(Line, StartPos, Length(Line) - StartPos);
              EndPos   := Pos('</a>', Line);
              MovieTitle := Copy(Line, 1, EndPos - 1);

              // add it to the tree
              HTMLDecode(Movietitle);
              HTMLRemoveTags(MovieTitle);

              // exclusion list -- these are false positives, not really titles
              AddItem := true;
              if (MovieTitle = 'Only Used Available') then
                AddItem := false;

              if (AddItem) then
                PickTreeAdd(MovieTitle, MovieAddress);

              L := L - 1;
          until (L = 0);
        end;
      end;
    end;
    Page.Free;
    if PickTreeExec(Address) then
     begin
      Page := TStringList.Create;
      Page.Text := GetPage(Address);
      ItemID :=copy(Address, 51, 8);
      GetInfo(Page,ItemID);
    end;
  end;
  //DisplayResults;
end;
// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Begin program
begin
  if CheckVersion(3,5,0) then
  begin
    PickListClear;
    MovieName := GetField(fieldOriginalTitle);
    if MovieName = '' then MovieName := GetField(fieldTranslatedTitle);
    if Input('Import from www.dvdempire.com', 'Enter the title of the movie:', MovieName) then begin
        MovieName2:=MovieName;
        MovieName:=StringReplace(MovieName, '’', Chr(39));
        MovieName:=AnsiLowerCase(MovieName);
        MovieName:=AnsiUpFirstLetter(MovieName);
        if pos('The ', MovieName)=1 then MovieName:=StringReplace(MovieName, 'The ', '');
        // the &pp=5 makes sure we display all results in one page!
        AnalyzePage('http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v5_search_item.asp?string='+URLEncode(MovieName)+'&pp=5');
    end
  end
  else
    ShowMessage('This script requires a newer version of Ant Movie Catalog (at least the version 3.5.0)');
end.

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Posted: **2009-02-18 00:18:35**

Yeah, that's pretty much what I've done now. I also fixed the Media Type field and working on some other things. I'll repost when I get it finished.

Posted: **2009-02-18 00:23:00**

I look forward to your post as my script seems to be hanging now. I am not a scripter at all and have no way to figure out why. Please post soon as possible as I have a huge back log of films to enter.
Thanks

Posted: **2009-02-18 20:00:57**

Let's try this again:

* fixed the directors name also showing up in producer field
* fixed media type
* fixed video format
* audio format and language now show first entry
* added subtitles and number of discs

http://rapidshare.com/files/199695371/dvdempire.ifs

Nordge1, this one will hang occasionally when searching a long title. Shorten the name and it works fine. I've got a couple of ideas on how to fix that so we'll see.
I'm still looking at cleaning it up more and other ways to make it better so let me know guys.

Posted: **2009-02-18 20:21:34**

Thanks for fixing this!!!

Posted: **2009-02-19 21:20:33**

Hi deadeye,

Again, a BIG thanks on fixing this script.

Side note: Hey, there is another script that I use, that is broke at the moment, when I can not find what I am lookig for on DVDEmpire.com, which is very rare, as DVDEmpire is by far the best.

http://www.cduniverse.com/default.asp?s ... =678155445

The movie section on cduniverse.com at the above link is another very good resource for DVD information. I cetainly understand you are a busy person, but this script would be another big plus if at your leisure you could look at it.

BTW, I suppose I should start a new thread on this (cduniverse.com) if you recommend.

Thnx

Posted: **2009-02-20 03:24:47**

oneacer, I have used DVD Empire a lot lately and I have found everything I have searched for though not always on the first try. Some titles will cause the script to behave badly.
Example - search for the movie "It" and DVD Empire will return over 29,000 results. However if you tell it to search for "It Stephen King", it will return a little over 100 results, much easier to handle.

Regarding cduniverse, it looks like the script was only meant to retrieve the picture. Is that correct?

Posted: **2009-02-20 13:53:59**

dead eye,

Sorry, I just now opened the cduniverse script, and see it is very limited.
Not an issue, you can always copy and paste the info from their movie section on their web site if you ever find the need.

With regards to DVDEmpire.com, I recently had one lock up on me. I was searching for "Mirrors", the new DVD with Keiffer Sutherland. I then went to there web site, typed in Mirrrors and it brought it right up. I did notice however that it listed it as "Mirrors: Unrated". So I open up Ant, searched again, this time typing in "Mirrors: Unrated", and it brought it right up. It would appear that being specific would be a good rule of thumb.

Again, if I might be able to assit you on any tech/pc/software issues, PM me.

Thanks

Posted: **2009-02-20 19:10:48**

deadeye wrote:Some titles will cause the script to behave badly.
Example - search for the movie "It" and DVD Empire will return over 29,000 results. However if you tell it to search for "It Stephen King", it will return a little over 100 results, much easier to handle.

You should limit the number of search results, as that would speed up the script execution by far for titles with too many results, while it does not affect titles with less results. This could be done on line

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AnalyzePage('http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v5_search_item.asp?string='+URLEncode(MovieName)+'&pp=5');

pp=5 means 250 results, pp=4 is 100, pp=3 is 50, pp=2 is 25 results. Limiting to 50 or 100 results will reduce traffic for the website and make the script a lot faster. Or add a script option where 50 could be default value and user can change easily to any other if needed. Btw.. if the movie is not between the first 50 results, the user should use better keywords, I guess

Posted: **2009-02-20 20:05:11**

Also, the script does a keyword search (looking for the search term in the entire page) rather than just in the title. I have been testing it with the title search here and it seems to work well.
I think in combination with your suggestion it would be a much better script.
The line would look like this:

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AnalyzePage('http://www.dvdempire.com/Exec/v5_search_item.asp?string='+URLEncode(MovieName)+'&pp=3&search_refined=32');

Thanks.

Posted: **2009-02-20 21:58:16**

bad4u wrote:if the movie is not between the first 50 results, the user should use better keywords, I guess

Or click the "Find more" button (if linked to a less limited page)

Posted: **2009-02-22 06:10:59**

A big THANK YOU!!

Posted: **2009-02-25 22:43:23**

Someone reported me a bug by e-mail: it seems there is an infinite loop when searching for movie "Wanted" (I didn't test)

Posted: **2009-02-26 00:50:38**

Okay, I've updated the script to version 2.0.7 with the following changes:

* Tweaked search to give better results
- search titles only
- limit to 50 results

* Added Blu-ray search (change MediaType script option)

* Added large/small picture option (change PictureType script option)

* Put MPAA rating (PG, PG-13, R) in Comments field

Get it here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/202600812/dvdempire.ifs

Posted: **2009-02-26 03:11:18**

Can anyone send me v2.0.7 since i don't have rapidshare account?

Posted: **2009-02-26 06:24:01**

big thanks to you deadeye. thanks for all your hard work. i've been waiting for the blu-ray function for dvdempire on here for quite some time.

Posted: **2009-02-26 06:38:38**

nmt1978 wrote:Can anyone send me v2.0.7 since i don't have rapidshare account?

Click on "Free user", then on "Download" button. You don't need an account.

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