TMM not pulling any data from IMDb

🐞 Bug Report

🐛 Summary

TMM not finding any search results when attempting to scrape IMDb music videos, which I have verified are listed on IMDb.

Example: "The app crashes when exporting a file with special characters in the name."

📈 What is the expected behavior?

I have used TMM Pro to scrape metadata for over 1,000 music videos from IMDb in the last week and it has worked as expected.

Example: "The file should export correctly regardless of filename characters."

🧐 Actual Behavior

Today, TMM shows "No results" when attempting to scrape music videos, many of which I have verified are listed on IMDb.

Example: "The application closes immediately without saving the file."

♻️ Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open TMM Portable (default settings) with IMDb set for the movie database scraper.

  2. Once I can see the videos in Source, I choose 'Search and scrape" on one of the videos and in the search window that appears it shows "No results".

  3. Even if I limit the search to just the band/artist (which has help me find some that were oddly named), it still shows "no results".

  4. Go to '...'

  5. Click on '...'

  6. Scroll down to '...'

  7. See error

🔖 Environment

  • TMM version:

    5.2.7.1

  • OS:

    Windows 11

  • Language:

    English

💡 Additional Context

Since TMM had been scraping metadata from IMDb as recently as yesterday (March 5) and my config hasn't changed, I tried the troubleshooting steps of first, restarting TMM, then restarting the machine. I also installed TMM on a second Windows 11 machine but get the same results. The attached log file is for Disturbed: Unstoppable (2023) that is listed on IMDb (tt28186083). Thank you so much!

tmm_logs.zip

Example: "Might be related to Unicode handling, see issue #NNN."

✅ Checklist before submitting:

  • I have checked existing issues to avoid duplicates
  • I have provided clear steps to reproduce the bug
  • I have attached logs/screenshots
  • I am willing to help test a fix if available