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MegaEPG 0.9.8

Thu, 14/12/2006 - 16:57 — igor

MegaEPG 0.9.8 has been released to the public. Download it from the official distribution page or from the mirror site.Changes in the version:

  • Added: HOT provider direct listings (special thanks to Yonatan Rab).
  • Added: IMDB rating filter script.
  • Added: star rating for movies for XMLTV and MCE.
  • Added: If a show has episode number it will be marked as “series” in MCE.
  • Fixed: bug with tv2day scripts that set ismovie flag incorrectly.
  • Fixed: Shows cache will not be created if too few shows were grabbed for a channel.
  • Fixed: Channels.xml file has been updated.

In order to use the IMDB rating script, edit the megaepg.ini configuration file with your favorite editor or the notepad and add the following:

  1. Add the filter=imdb line to the global section.
  2. Add new section called [imdb] to the end of the file (if the section still does not exist). Add minvotes and stars parameters to the section, so it’ll look similar to: [imdb]minvotes=1300stars=7.5,6.5,5.0,4.0
  3. minvotes parameter defines the minimal amount of IMDB votes for the movie to assign it a stars rating. In the example above, a movie will get a stars rating only if more than 1300 people voted on IMDB for the movie.
  4. stars parameter defines the minimal IMDB rating for 4,3,2 and 1 stars respecitvely. It should have four float numbers separated by a comma. In the example above, a movie with the IMDB rating 7.5 and up will get 4 stars, a movie with the IMDB rating 6.5 and up will get 3 stars…. and a movie with the IMDB rating less than 4.0 will not receive any stars.

Adjust the parameters’ numbers to your personal preference. If you don’t want the IMDB rating to be added to show descriptions, use addtodesc=0 parameter in the [imdb] section. See the whole example in the megaepg.ini.sample fileNote, this preliminary version of the imdb script will get ratings only for movies with original name and production year. Currently only tv2day provides the original names and production years. In the future the script will lookup the movie by its original name only.Visit the Forum for discussion and support.