The Movie Database scraper seems to have stopped working

    I tried adding couple movies to my movie database, and all of sudden, things aren't working. It keeps asking me for the movie title, yet the title is correct. Is anyone else experiencing any similar issues? The problem (as far as I know), started about a week ago.

    Here are the relevant entries from the log:

    2026-05-05 17:51:59.605 T:1789 debug <general>: Thread VideoInfoDownloader start, auto delete: false
    2026-05-05 17:51:59.606 T:1789 debug <general>: FindMovie: Searching for 'The Four Musketeers' using The Movie Database scraper (path: '/storage/.kodi/addons/metadata.themoviedb.org/', content: 'movies', version: '5.3.0')
    2026-05-05 17:51:59.645 T:1789 debug <general>: scraper: CreateSearchUrl returned <url>https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie…amp;language=en</url>
    2026-05-05 17:51:59.646 T:1789 debug <general>: CurlFile::Open - <https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie…974&language=en>
    2026-05-05 17:51:59.647 T:1789 debug <general>: easy_acquire - Created session to https://api.themoviedb.org
    2026-05-05 17:51:59.890 T:1787 debug <CWebserver[8080]>: request received for /jsonrpc
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.077 T:1789 info <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.077 T:1789 debug <general>: Get: Using "UTF-8" charset for "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie…974&language=en"
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.118 T:1789 debug <general>: scraper: GetSearchResults returned <results></results>
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.119 T:1789 debug <general>: FindMovie: Searching for 'The Four Musketeers' using The Movie Database scraper (path: '/storage/.kodi/addons/metadata.themoviedb.org/', content: 'movies', version: '5.3.0')
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.120 T:1789 debug <general>: scraper: CreateSearchUrl returned <url>https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie…amp;language=en</url>
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.120 T:1789 debug <general>: CurlFile::Open - <https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie…ar=&language=en>
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.347 T:1789 debug <general>: Get: Using "UTF-8" charset for "https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie…ar=&language=en"
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.421 T:1789 debug <general>: scraper: GetSearchResults returned <results></results>
    2026-05-05 17:52:00.422 T:1789 debug <general>: Thread VideoInfoDownloader 1673523712 terminating

    (I've x-outed the api_key for privacy purposes)

    When I manually go to the pages in my desktop browser (Firefox), it works. At least, the URLs returns JSON information that contains the movie information.

    I'm runnng LibreELEC version 12.2.1 on a Raspberry PI 2. I haven't made any recent changes.

    Richard

    I am having the same experience (albeit running on a Pi 4). I've posted about it here:

    Thread

    Can't Uninstall The Movie Database Scraper

    I'm trying to uninstall a scraper add-on in my LibreELEC installation (on a 4GB Raspberry Pi 4). The add-on is "The Movie Database" (version 5.3.0), which is marked as "broken - no longer maintained". Best I can tell, it has been replaced by "The Movie Database Python" (version 3.2.0). Unfortunately, I cannot figure out a way to uninstall it, as that option is not available (dimmed) when get Information about the add-on.

    I tried rescanning my media drive using the Python version as a scraper,…
    donutlover
    May 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM

    When I inspect the add-on (Add-ons -> Movie Information), "The Movie Database" add-on is marked as broken and no longer maintained. It appears that the newer "The Movie Database Python" has taken its place, but I've been unable to uninstall the older add-on.

    donutlover,

    When I checked my Add-ons / Movie Information, I saw the same thing you reported, that "The Movie Database", version 5.3.0 is marked as "Broken - No longer maintained". And with the uninstall option grayed out.

    I tried removing the add-on by removing (via ssh) the add-on's folder: /storage/.kodi/addons/metadata.themoviedb.org.

    Yes, that did removed the add-on (after rebooting) from the list of add-ons. But, it also removed the "Scan to library" option to add the movie to the database.

    So, I then tried installing the "The TVDB v4 (Movies)" add-on. But, that didn't restore the "Scan to library" option either.

    Does anyone else have any suggestions?

    PS...

    donutlover, you implied that "The Movie Database Python" is a replacement for "The Movie Database". I'm not sure that is actually the case. I my experimenting, I uninstalled both "The Movie Database" and "The Movie Database Python", and when I installed "The TVDB v4 (Movies)", "The Movie Database Python" add-on was also re-installed. I'm not sure, but that would seem to indicate that "The Movie Database Python" is more of a library or service that "The Movie Database" and "The TVDB 4 (Movies)" both utilizes.

    Of course, there might be some other reason that LibreElec reinstalled "The Movie Database Python" add-on.