BETA: TMDB metadata for TV episodes

[chDVRuser]

@timstephens24

automatic lookup for all shows that are already matched with Gracenote

That might not be a good idea at this point since matches don't use Episode Title, just S#E#

@chDVRuser

I tested by importing a single episode of NOVA and it matched the show correctly, but the episode data is wrong and I can't find a way to fix match for the episode now.

Filename is NOVA (1974) - S37E05 - Extreme Cave Diving (2010-02-09 2000 Tue KVIEDT).mpg
It imported as NOVA - S37E05 - Becoming Human: Birth of Humanity

[timstephens24]

Everything I have has correct S#E# for TMDB

[chDVRuser]

Lucky you!
Looks like I'll be relying on tinyMediaManager to do the file renaming. (Their FREE version uses TMDB scraping)
What do you use?

[timstephens24]

@chDVRuser

What do you use?

I've been using Filebot for years (even before Channels), first when it was free then when it was paid. I've just found scripting my renames with it has been fantastic. There's many other solutions out there, it's just finding the one that's for you, your OS, and your renaming strategy.

[cyclone]

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I can't find this option. I'm on the latest pre-release. Exactly where is it at?

[chDVRuser]

DVR web admin UI
Library > TV Shows and pick an imported show
Manage > More Options > Fix Incorrect Match
There you can select Gracenote or TheMovieDB for match searching

@tmm1

On the web UI, find the Show and click Options > Fix Incorrect Match. Then switch to TheMovieDB and pick the correct match. All the episodes will be updated with metadata from TMDB.

[JFiti19]

Amazing thank you guys! It does a great job matching episodes so far. Doesn’t seem to fully match a show’s title or update the artwork, but that may still be to come in future updates. This is huge!

[babsonnexus]

Yay, I was able to match all of my unmatched shows except for one!!!

Now, some notes (might just be because this is Beta v0.1 and you are already working on it, but putting it down anyway):

• Even though I was able to match, they remained in "Unmatched Shows" under Manage.

• When I added a new episode, it did not automatically pull the metadata for it. I had to fix the match again at the show level, and then it corrected.

• I had already previously used the manual metadata updater to change the image, description, etc... and none of this changed. I actually rather liked that it did not update, so will say keep it that way.

• During search, if there is a year in the description (i.e., "Name of Show (2023)"), then search will return nothing. You have to remove the year for this to work.

Otherwise, beautiful stuff! Been waiting a long time for something like this, thanks so much!

[jkr4m3r]

+1 for Filebot, I use it mainly for Emby though.

I'm here for the sports, very seldom do I ever want to save an event after I've combed over it a few times. It is handy for the occasional Pluto 60s western I may record occasionally.

[tmm1]

@babsonnexus

Even though I was able to match, they remained in "Unmatched Shows" under Manage.

fixed

@babsonnexus

During search, if there is a year in the description (i.e., "Name of Show (2023)"), then search will return nothing. You have to remove the year for this to work.

fixed

@babsonnexus

When I added a new episode, it did not automatically pull the metadata for it. I had to fix the match again at the show level, and then it corrected.

weird. lmk if this happens again.

[jasonmcroy]

Fixed the 2nd point for me, regarding leaving the year with the show name.

It still won't update the show description for Batman - The Animated Series. It fixes the episode ordering, but insists on only showing me the show as The New Batman Adventures. That part won't update.

[babsonnexus]

#1 and #2 seem to be working fine for me now. #3, though, is still the same. Here's an example I just added to test:

If I refresh the metadata nothing happens, but if I "Find Match" again (and another note, it is still showing the "Find Match" menu instead of the "Fix Incorrect Match" menu), then is comes in correctly:

[tmm1]

Please submit diagnostics.

We currently only use TMDB for episode information not show information

[AeroR1]

How about artwork because it’s not pulling show artwork. Thanks.

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[tmm1]

Show information includes show artwork. TMDB artwork is not the correct dimensions for Channels.

[tmm1]

@babsonnexus

and another note, it is still showing the "Find Match" menu instead of the "Fix Incorrect Match" menu

fixed

@babsonnexus

#3, though, is still the same. Here's an example I just added to test:

possibly fixed also in next prerelease

[AeroR1]

So I had a show that was not in gracenote but then added it via tvdb. Guess for those scenarios the art work must be done manually. Thanks.

[jasonmcroy]

I see. So, if the show is mixed up on Gracenote, it's not going to change anything if I choose to have the information pulled from TMDB, just the episode ordering?

I guess there is no solution then for this particular show because Gracenote has these two thrown together as one.

If that is the case, it's not a bug.

[tmm1]

I see, yea they're mixed into the same series on the gracenote side.

The workaround for now would be to split the series first, then assign tmdb to the new series.

You would need to select the individual episodes, then in the multi-action menu pick Fix Incorrect Show. Select TMS and pick some other random show that's different. Maybe the 1966 batman. Then it will move all the episodes to that "show" and you can fix the art/description and map to TMDB to get the proper episode information.

You could also do the same by changing the folder name to something random that won't match correctly into gracenote before scanning the files in. That way you'll end up with a separate group that can be fixed and mapped to TMDB.

[chDVRuser]

I would prefer the show and episodes get matched by TMDB and pull the artwork from gracenote if needed. Is this on the roadmap?