International Cinema Listings plugin version 4.3

[McBainUK]

Please post all questions about this plug-in here. Remember to include your the cinema number(s) source/country and any relevant logs.

As always suggestions and comments very welcome.

Changes from v4.2 include
* Fixed bug when using multiple cinemas with the IMDB.com source.
* Can now view all show times even if no extra info is available on the film.

[Ted the Penguin]

woo hoo, its my release :p

dont forget that it now plays nice with non-standard trailer directories

[Ted the Penguin]

ok, so its a bit better when updating from IMDB, but its still a bit buggy, seems as though you are emptying the lists of showtimes, but not the list of movies.

Code:

<Cinema CinemaID="11202"> <Showing Film="28 Weeks Later" Times="5/21 1:05pm 4:15 7:25 10:05 &#xA;5/22 1:05pm 4:15 7:25 10:05 &#xA;5/23 1:05pm 4:15 7:25 10:05 &#xA;5/24 1:05pm 4:15 7:25 10:05 &#xA;5/25 1:05pm 4:15 7:25 10:05 &#xA;5/26 1:05pm 4:15 7:25 10:05 &#xA;5/27 1:05pm 4:15 7:25 10:05" /> <Showing Film="Fracture" Times="5/21 1:10pm 4:10 7:10 9:55 &#xA;5/22 1:10pm 4:10 7:10 9:55 &#xA;5/23 1:10pm 4:10 7:10 9:55 &#xA;5/24 1:10pm 4:10 7:10 9:55 &#xA;5/25 1:10pm 4:10 7:10 9:55 &#xA;5/26 1:10pm 4:10 7:10 9:55 &#xA;5/27 1:10pm 4:10 7:10 9:55" /> <Showing Film="Georgia Rule" Times="5/21 1:55pm 4:40 7:50 10:30 &#xA;5/22 1:55pm 4:40 7:50 10:30 &#xA;5/23 1:55pm 4:40 7:50 10:30 &#xA;5/24 1:55pm 4:40 7:50 10:30 &#xA;5/25 1:55pm 4:40 7:50 10:30 &#xA;5/26 1:55pm 4:40 7:50 10:30 &#xA;5/27 1:55pm 4:40 7:50 10:30" /> <Showing Film="Hot Fuzz" Times="5/21 1:40pm 4:35 7:35 10:15 &#xA;5/22 1:40pm 4:35 7:35 10:15 &#xA;5/23 1:40pm 4:35 7:35 10:15 &#xA;5/24 1:40pm 4:35 7:35 10:15 &#xA;5/25 1:40pm 4:35 7:35 10:15 &#xA;5/26 1:40pm 4:35 7:35 10:15 &#xA;5/27 1:40pm 4:35 7:35 10:15" /> <Showing Film="Shrek the Third" Times="5/21 1:15pm 1:30 2:00 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:45 6:15 6:45 7:15 8:15 8:45 9:15 10:00 5:15 7:45 10:20 &#xA;5/22 1:15pm 1:30 2:00 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:45 6:15 6:45 7:15 8:15 8:45 9:15 10:00 5:15 7:45 10:20 &#xA;5/23 1:15pm 1:30 2:00 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:45 6:15 6:45 7:15 8:15 8:45 9:15 10:00 5:15 7:45 10:20 &#xA;5/24 1:15pm 1:30 2:00 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:45 6:15 6:45 7:15 8:15 8:45 9:15 10:00 5:15 7:45 10:20 &#xA;5/25 1:15pm 1:30 2:00 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:45 6:15 6:45 7:15 8:15 8:45 9:15 10:00 5:15 7:45 10:20 &#xA;5/26 1:15pm 1:30 2:00 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:45 6:15 6:45 7:15 8:15 8:45 9:15 10:00 5:15 7:45 10:20 &#xA;5/27 1:15pm 1:30 2:00 3:15 3:45 4:15 4:45 5:45 6:15 6:45 7:15 8:15 8:45 9:15 10:00 5:15 7:45 10:20" /> <Showing Film="Spider-Man 3" Times="5/21 1:00pm 1:15 2:15 2:45 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:15 1:45 5:00 8:30 &#xA;5/22 1:00pm 1:15 2:15 2:45 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:15 1:45 5:00 8:30 &#xA;5/23 1:00pm 1:15 2:15 2:45 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:15 1:45 5:00 8:30 &#xA;5/24 1:00pm 1:15 2:15 2:45 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:15 1:45 5:00 8:30 &#xA;5/25 1:00pm 1:15 2:15 2:45 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:15 1:45 5:00 8:30 &#xA;5/26 1:00pm 1:15 2:15 2:45 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:15 1:45 5:00 8:30 &#xA;5/27 1:00pm 1:15 2:15 2:45 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:30 6:00 7:30 8:00 9:00 9:30 10:15 1:45 5:00 8:30" /> <Showing Film="Waitress" Times="5/21 1:00pm 3:50 7:05 9:50 &#xA;5/22 1:00pm 3:50 7:05 9:50 &#xA;5/23 1:00pm 3:50 7:05 9:50 &#xA;5/24 1:00pm 3:50 7:05 9:50 &#xA;5/25 1:00pm 3:50 7:05 9:50 &#xA;5/26 1:00pm 3:50 7:05 9:50 &#xA;5/27 1:00pm 3:50 7:05 9:50" /> <Showing Film="Blades of Glory" Times="5/21 4:20pm 7:35 10:10 &#xA;5/22 4:20pm 7:35 10:10 &#xA;5/23 4:20pm 7:35 10:10 &#xA;5/24 4:20pm 7:35 10:10 &#xA;5/25 4:20pm 7:35 10:10 &#xA;5/26 4:20pm 7:35 10:10 &#xA;5/27 4:20pm 7:35 10:10" /> <Showing Film="Delta Farce" Times="5/21 1:35pm &#xA;5/22 1:35pm &#xA;5/23 1:35pm &#xA;5/24 1:35pm &#xA;5/25 1:35pm &#xA;5/26 1:35pm &#xA;5/27 1:35pm" /> <Showing Film="Disturbia" Times="5/21 1:25pm 5:10 7:40 10:25 &#xA;5/22 1:25pm 5:10 7:40 10:25 &#xA;5/23 1:25pm 5:10 7:40 10:25 &#xA;5/24 1:25pm 5:10 7:40 10:25 &#xA;5/25 1:25pm 5:10 7:40 10:25 &#xA;5/26 1:25pm 5:10 7:40 10:25 &#xA;5/27 1:25pm 5:10 7:40 10:25" /> <Showing Film="The Ex" Times="5/21 2:00pm 4:55 7:20 9:40 &#xA;5/22 2:00pm 4:55 7:20 9:40 &#xA;5/23 2:00pm 4:55 7:20 9:40 &#xA;5/24 2:00pm 4:55 7:20 9:40 &#xA;5/25 2:00pm 4:55 7:20 9:40 &#xA;5/26 2:00pm 4:55 7:20 9:40 &#xA;5/27 2:00pm 4:55 7:20 9:40" /> </Cinema> <Cinema CinemaID="11651"> <Showing Film="28 Weeks Later" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Fracture" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Georgia Rule" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Hot Fuzz" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Shrek the Third" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Spider-Man 3" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Waitress" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Blades of Glory" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Delta Farce" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Disturbia" Times="" /> <Showing Film="The Ex" Times="" /> <Showing Film="Deep Sea 3D" Times="5/21 10:00am 2:00pm &#xA;5/22 10:00am 2:00pm &#xA;5/23 10:00am 2:00pm &#xA;5/24 10:00am 2:00pm &#xA;5/25 10:00am 2:00pm &#xA;5/26 10:00am 2:00pm &#xA;5/27 10:00am 2:00pm" /> <Showing Film="Dinosaurs 3D: Giants of Patagonia" Times="5/21 11:00am 5:10pm 7:15 &#xA;5/22 11:00am 5:10pm 7:15 &#xA;5/23 11:00am 5:10pm 7:15 &#xA;5/24 11:00am 5:10pm 7:15 &#xA;5/25 11:00am 5:10pm 7:15 &#xA;5/26 11:00am 5:10pm 7:15 &#xA;5/27 11:00am 5:10pm 7:15" /> <Showing Film="Sharks 3D" Times="5/21 1:00pm 4:10 &#xA;5/22 1:00pm 4:10 &#xA;5/23 1:00pm 4:10 &#xA;5/24 1:00pm 4:10 &#xA;5/25 1:00pm 4:10 &#xA;5/26 1:00pm 4:10 &#xA;5/27 1:00pm 4:10" /> <Showing Film="Whales" Times="5/21 12:00pm 3:10 6:15 &#xA;5/22 12:00pm 3:10 6:15 &#xA;5/23 12:00pm 3:10 6:15 &#xA;5/24 12:00pm 3:10 6:15 &#xA;5/25 12:00pm 3:10 6:15 &#xA;5/26 12:00pm 3:10 6:15 &#xA;5/27 12:00pm 3:10 6:15" /> </Cinema>

[Ted the Penguin]

thanks for all the work.

and BTW dont worry about speed, if I really cared about the listings I got I would switch to zap2it, I am basically just using IMDB to help you work out the bugs in it.

cheers

[McBainUK]

Well thanks for your work too then. It's tough writing and checking all these sources.

Try the attached version:

[Ted the Penguin]

I bet, I am pretty good at writing text parsing stuff, but it is still extremely annoying. I hope you can at least use something that takes advantage of regular expressions.

I will try to remember to give that version a shot tonight when I get home.
thanks for the fast turnaround (yes, even though time is not a factor I still appreciate someone who likes to get things fixed promptly :p)

[McBainUK]

I hope you can at least use something that takes advantage of regular expressions.

Umm...what are regular expressions?

[Ted the Penguin]

poor poor you, at my job we use perl alot, and it is very good with regex, I think C# has regex if you include something, but since the updater can be in any language, it doesnt really matter.

http://www.regular-expressions.info/

http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/or..._0101.html

[McBainUK]

DOH! Reckon that would have been useful. The source scrapers are fairly lightweight - just telling it what to look for really. I wrote the HTML parser ages ago (back in the days of UK Cinema Listings).

Thanks for the reading material - always like to look at new stuff (well, new to me anyway :o ).

[Ted the Penguin]

always glad to help

yeah I find regex to be extremely useful, also helped me gain an understanding of parsing text so when I was taking a class where I had to write a char driver in linux I was one of the only ones who's command parsing actually worked correctly but I had to do it without regex