IMDB (Desktop version) scrape has a lot missing since new site

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Since a short while, the IMDB information is missing from the Desktop version. 
Mobile version is still fine! 
The title of the movie is still there, but it's also not correct: Title found 
[Downstream (2010) - IMDb]. The rest of the movie information like rating, 
plot, etc. is all missing.

Here is a example of the scan log for the movie Downstream:

[INFO]     17:59:36 :   >Begin scrape imdb [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229236/]
[INFO]     17:59:36 :       scraping http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229236/
[INFO]     17:59:36 :       Using persistent cache
[DEBUG]    17:59:36 :       START IMDB: title: poster  genre  cert  year 
[DEBUG]    17:59:36 :       Title found [Downstream (2010) - IMDb] current title []
[DEBUG]    17:59:36 :       IMDB: Got year [2010]
[DEBUG]    17:59:36 :       imdb title=[Downstream (2010) - IMDb]
[DEBUG]    17:59:36 :       Imdb title = [Downstream (2010) - IMDb]
[DEBUG]    17:59:36 :       :[]  promoted to imdb:[Downstream (2010) - Imdb] 
[INFO]     17:59:36 :       UTF-8 Encoding:1
[INFO]     17:59:37 :       actors|nm1555200||
[INFO]     17:59:37 : 
        actors|nm0731068||http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE3MTk3ODcyNl5BMl5Ban
BnXkFtZTcwNzYxODU1MQ@@._V1_.jpg
[INFO]     17:59:37 :       actors|nm1446823||
[INFO]     17:59:37 : 
        actors|nm0902188||http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk5Njg1MzU0MF5BMl5Ban
BnXkFtZTcwMzMyODE4Mg@@._V1_.jpg
[INFO]     17:59:37 : 
        actors|nm0428856||http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIxNzE2NjM0NV5BMl5Ban
BnXkFtZTcwNDc2NTcyMQ@@._V1_.jpg
[INFO]     17:59:37 :       actors|nm3060649||
[INFO]     17:59:37 : 
        actors|nm1696211||http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc3MjIxNTk1OF5BMl5Ban
BnXkFtZTcwNzg2MTkxMw@@._V1_.jpg
[INFO]     17:59:37 : 
        actors|nm1463709||http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTgzMjE3ODUxNV5BMl5Ban
BnXkFtZTcwNzA5Nzk3Mg@@._V1_.jpg
[INFO]     17:59:37 :       compress 
[nm1555200,nm0731068,nm1446823,nm0902188,nm0428856,nm3060649,nm1696211,nm1463709
] = [Þö€,¬Ï¼,ا§,·ˆ¬,š–¸,ºç©,çÃÓ,Ù«]
[DEBUG]    17:59:37 :       Genre=[Action | Sci-Fi]
[DEBUG]    17:59:37 :       imdb:[Downstream (2010) - Imdb]  promoted to 
imdb_orig:[Downstream (2010) - Imdb] 
[DEBUG]    17:59:37 :       AKA Downstream (2010) - Imdb vs Downstream (2010) - Imdb
[DEBUG]    17:59:37 :       AKA: <span class="see-more inline"><a 
href="releaseinfo#akas">See more</a></span> &raquo; </div>
[DEBUG]    17:59:37 :        AKA array:1=[ <span class="see-more inline"><a 
href="releaseinfo#akas">See more</a></span> &raquo; </div>]
[DEBUG]    17:59:37 :       Checking aka [ See more  ]
[ERR]      17:59:38 :       Unparsed imdb sections 
[DEBUG]    17:59:38 :        missing:_d=[Director]
[DEBUG]    17:59:38 :        missing:_W=[Writers]
[DEBUG]    17:59:38 :        missing:_r=[Rating]
[INFO]     17:59:38 :       Already have 
ovs:_J/ovs_Downstream_2010_-_Imdb_2010_tt1229236.jpg 
[/share/Apps/oversight/db/global/_J/ovs_Downstream_2010_-_Imdb_2010_tt1229236.jp
g]
[INFO]     17:59:38 :       Already have 
ovs:_fa/ovs_Downstream_2010_-_Imdb_2010_tt1229236.jpg 
[/share/Apps/oversight/db/global/_fa/ovs_Downstream_2010_-_Imdb_2010_tt1229236.j
pg]
[INFO]     17:59:38 :       >Begin getMovieConnections
[INFO]     17:59:38 :           >Begin 
scan_page_for_matches[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229236/movieconnections]
[INFO]     17:59:38 : 
                [][(<h[1-5]>[^<]+</h[1-5]>|tt[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]+)][0]
[INFO]     17:59:38 :               Using persistent cache
[INFO]     17:59:38 :               UTF-8 Encoding:-1
[INFO]     17:59:39 :           <End 
scan_page_for_matches[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229236/movieconnections]=[=[8
7]]
[INFO]     17:59:39 :           compress 
[tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236
,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236,tt1229236] = 
[˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,Ë
ƒ´,˃´,˃´]
[DEBUG]    17:59:39 :            tt1229236 movie connections:Related 
Links=[˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,˃´,Ë�
�´,˃´,˃´,˃´]
[INFO]     17:59:39 :       <End getMovieConnections=[]
[INFO]     17:59:39 :       follows=
[INFO]     17:59:39 :       followed_by=
[INFO]     17:59:39 :       remakes=
[INFO]     17:59:39 :   <End scrape imdb 
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229236/]=[=[M]]

Original issue reported on code.google.com by domini...@dofl.nl on 18 Oct 2010 at 6:59

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Thanks , IMDB Desktop scraping is a known issue, and is being addressed as part 
of bigger changes for multi-lingual support and also less dependence on IMDB.

Recommend using the Mobile option until next release.

I'll keep this ticket open though as I dont have one that explicitly mentions 
desktop scraping.

Original comment by lordylo...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 12:37

• Changed state: Started

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hi Lordy,

Thnx for the response. I've changed to the mobile version which works 
flawlessly. The only thing that doesn't work is the rating, is this correct?

Original comment by domini...@dofl.nl on 18 Oct 2010 at 1:02

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yup - currently working on scanning changes including imdb fixes

Original comment by lordylo...@gmail.com on 31 Oct 2010 at 4:01

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Use different interface by default

Original comment by a...@lordy.org.uk on 1 Jun 2011 at 2:21

• Changed state: Fixed