NewzBin Poster Image Script

By Felix Hunecker Last update Mar 20, 2009 — Installed 1,610 times.
Script Summary:
Groups reports, loads descriptions, ratings and poster images from different sources.
Version: 2.3.1

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Please read the description here: http://www.hunecker.de/?p=58

Currently supported data sources:

  • IMDB (Movies)
  • Gamespot (Games)
  • Gamerankings (Games)
  • TVRage (TV)
  • AniDB (Anime)
  • XonAir (XXX)
  • CDUniverse (Various)
  • Google Music (Music)
  • Allmusic (Music)
  • Metal Archives (Music)
  • Amazon (Various)
  • JadedVideo (XXX)

Legal notes:

After having a look at the terms of use of the various data providers (IMDB, etc.) I noticed that most of them disallow automated data fetching like this script does. That means, you must not use this script if you do not have their permission, otherwise you are violating their terms of use. By default, this script does not fetch any data from these sources, unless you explicitly activate the data sources that you are allowed to access.

Note to all users: Since I started writing the script two months ago, I was improving it steadily. Now, with the possibility to load data from various sites, to group episodes of different series, to display movie titles in different languages, I'm running out of ideas. If you have an interesting feature request or have a good idea that should be integrated, please leave a message in the discussion forum. But keep in mind that not everything is technically possible. As always, I'm doing my best, but cannot promise everything.

Updates:

v2.3.1
  • TVRage seemd to have changed their image location so images were not displayed. Fixed with this version.
v2.3
  • Added option to prevent grouping of deactivated data sources
  • Added option to expand groups by default
  • Adult content in CDUniverse and AniDB will not be cached until age is verified.
  • Added new Data source: JadedVideo (XXX)
v2.2
  • Big new feature: I added caching. Now the script will store information about reports you have seen and will not contact the data providers every time you reload the page. This should reduce some traffic, especially if you are often checking a specific page.
  • To furthermore reduce traffic, I added delayed loading. Before, the information was loaded when you opened a page. Now, the data is only loaded when it's visible. That means, if you have a page with 500 reports, it will only load the top few reports that are visible and load the rest when you scroll down. If you only want to check the recent few reports, this is much faster than before.
  • The delayed loading has a drawback: Sort by rating is not possible anymore. I hope nobody was using it anyway. If you need that, let me know and I'll think of a way to implement it.
  • Changed the Datasource Amazon.com to Amazon. This includes all local branches of Amazon, like Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, etc. Be careful with Amazon, though. Amazon keeps track of the products you access to give you personal suggestions what you could be interested in. So if you are logged in into your Amazon account and browse Newzbin, it will keep track of all reports you are viewing on Newzbin and will give you suggestions based on that. Probably that's not what you want, so be careful with this. You'll have to activate Amazon in the Menu, if you want to use it.
v2.0.5
  • Added Fadein/Fadeout effects
  • Added new Data sources: XonAir, CDUniverse, Google Music, Allmusic, Metal Archives and Amazon.com
v2.0.3
  • Added menu to enable/disable data sources
v2.0.2
  • Added AniDB provider for Anime
v2.0.1
  • Added TVRage provider for TV shows. All episodes of one show are grouped together.
  • Removed the categories "New reports", "Previous reports" and "Unrated reports" when the option "sort by rating" is turned off
  • The option "sort by rating" is now disabled by default
  • To save bandwidth and prevent long processing times, the number of reports that are processed is now limited to 100
  • The source of the poster and data is displayed at the foot of the group
  • Fixed a bug where the order of the reports was reversed in the groups
v2.0 (Major update)
  • Modified architecture to support different information providers
  • Added 2 info providers for games: Gamespot.com and Gamerankings.com
v1.4.6
  • Improved filter and updated menu
v1.4.5
  • Added filtering by rating
v1.4
  • Added a new Tab to configure appearance
  • Sorting by rating can be switched off
  • Option to load new reports only (to save bandwidth)
  • Show movie titles from specific country
  • Poster popups can be toggled
  • Language icons can be toggled
v1.3.1
  • Fixed bug with flags
v1.3
  • Displaying flags below poster
v1.2
  • Added big popup image
v1.1
  • Improved grouping
  • Added support for different listing styles
v1.0
  • Puts reports of the same movie into one group
  • Shows poster image for each movie
  • Loads movie description, rating and genre and displays them
  • Sorts movies according to rating
  • Compatible with Newzbin Normal and Lite Mode