CATVids 9th Life

Fixed: TMDB lists the actors for each series and also lists guest stars per episode. While 9th Life was doing a per episode search for the actors, it was not adding the per episode guest stars to that list. This has now been fixed. The number of supporting actors added to the import has been raised from 30 to 50.

Fixed: TMDB sometimes lists a movie music composer as just Music, other times Composer, Music Composer or Original Music Composer. 9thLife first looks for Composer, Music Composer or Original Music Composer and has now been updated to look for Music if none of those Composer jobs are found.
The previous code was intended to find actual composers and not any crew with "music" mentioned. The new code is a compromise that will still first look for actual Composer but if nothing found for that, will then check for just "Music".

Fixed: TMDB can once a month or so kick up a "no reply" to an info request. This can mess up an entire series lookup. Fixed/mitigated by having the backend code check to see if TMDB has replied properly and retry a few times if it has not.
Smart Redirect Alerts: If you search for a tricky title that has a messy double-listing or duplicate on IMDb/TMDB (like Caligula Ultimate Cut or the Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium concert), the backend now automatically swaps it to the correct working ID and locks a helpful advice message right into your status box (e.g., reminding you which Season/Episode to select for TV broadcasts like Great Performances). So now, when I write advice in the Errors/Fixes to use a different IMDB tt number, I will have the code do that swap and the status will advise accordingly.
Hardened Server Security: Added background "gatekeepers" to block malicious automated web bots and scanners instantly with a 403 Forbidden error before they can clutter our server error logs.

Fixed: 9th Life can now gather the dates in the format your computer is set to. It was previously using just DD/MM/YYYY in all countries.

Fixed: Fixed a problem that could cause the Composer and other crew to be also incorrectly labelled as Special Effects.

Fixed: Chrome and perhaps other web browsers might have been complaining about the original Image download button. The code behind that button has now been updated to make it more friendly to browsers.

Fixed: The script that tries to find the Aspect Ratio for a film was throwing PHP warnings which may have been affecting performance. Aspect Ratio can not always be found but I do try.

Fixed: Certification, which was working in beta version, was broken in v1.0 release. This has been added back in. This feature attempts to find the UK and US certification of a title and will add that data in CATVids if found.

Fixed: If not found, the Aspect Ratio will simply not be set, instead of setting it to "null". TMDB does not have Aspect Ratio but I do check Wikidata to see if they list it and grab it from there if they do. As with all other data, IMDB will not respond for a request for Aspect Ratio or any other details.

Fixed: Restored missing Keywords functionality by optimizing cURL handle management.

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