Blockbuster, Tivo, and Greasemonkey

Someone asked for a Blockbuster version of the Netflix Greasemonkey script I wrote. I signed up for the free two week trial and got it working, I think. It's not very different from the original Netflix version, just some stripping of extra characters like "|WS|" or "|Unrated|" that Blockbuster adds to the title. Feel free to download it from here.

gm_blockbuster_tivo

Update: BlockBuster made some minor changes that broke that version of the script. I've made some minor changes to fix things. I updated the link in the post to point to the new one. If you can't be bothered to find that link, you can get it here.

Update: I updated URLs to which the script applies and added quotes around the search title to get more exact matches. As always, you can get it here.

6 Responses to “Blockbuster, Tivo, and Greasemonkey”

  1. Running as Root » Blog Archive » Netflix, Tivo, and Greasemonkey Says:

    [...] Here's a Blockbuster version. [...]

  2. Robert Says:

    I'm the Robert that made the Blockbuster "modification" request. I just gave it a try and it worked perfectly on my queue of 50+ movies. I scheduled 10-15 for my TiVo and deleted them off the list! Thanks alot for a great greasemonkey script.

  3. Robert Says:

    Excellent. I'm glad to see someone is finding it useful.

  4. Robert Says:

    Seems to be broken now (I guess blockbuster changed some internal structure). Too bad, I really liked this script.

  5. Robert Says:

    That's a shame. They're just creating work for me. I'll take a look at it this weekend. Unless they did something crazy it should be a quick fix.

  6. Robert Says:

    All fixed.

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