Show information includes show artwork. TMDB artwork is not the correct dimensions for Channels.
fixed
possibly fixed also in next prerelease
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.
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.
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.
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I would prefer the show and episodes get matched by TMDB and pull the artwork from gracenote if needed. Is this on the roadmap?
Gracenote images can only be used with their metadata.
Seemed to work, I'll keep an eye out for when an episode I haven't added in a previous test becomes available or just make up something new to test tomorrow and will let you know if there are any issues.
Not for me:
Gotcha. At least for series with a lot of episodes it makes manually fixing those individually a lot better. Just having to manipulate the show at series level one time is a time saver.
Out of curiosity, do you only allow the placard size for TV Series images due to the limitation with Gracenote's images? It is very hard for some old series shows to find good placard sized images. Thumb size is much easier to make and find. I get it though if Gracenote doesn't provide that size.
Is it difficult on the coding size to allow Thumb sized images?
You could edit the metadata to add whatever images you want. But the Channels api UI expects 4:3 aspect ratio and other images won't look good in that layout. It's not easy to redo the layout, nor would it work if some images are 4:3 and others aren't.
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Okay, with this version...
... I now get this...
... instead of this...
Is that because of this?
Also, I added a net new show that was not in Gracenote and didn't match, did the TMDB Match, and then added an episode. It immediately pulled the new episode description, so I think I can confirm that one fixed!
how do you deal with specials in tv shows - i have them set for moviedb but they don't match
I don't know whether this will be the case for your show but, a lot of times, specials are labeled as season 0 (zero).
Maybe try: name_of_show - S00E01.mpg.
s00 works for theTVDB, but Ive found that Specials in TMDB tend to be completely separate shows.
Current state of the Beta as far as I can tell. Please correct if wrong.
- Show episodes that appear at TMDB will be matched if the S#E# in the imported filename matches TMDB
Show special episodes (Season 0) will not get matched, even if they appear at TMDB- Fix match at the episode level still only uses Gracenote and we cannot fix match by searching TMDB for Episode Title, only S#E#
Can you provide some examples of TMDB specials and check how they appear in their API?
There's one here
TMDB website list 98 Specials in Season 0 Top Gear: Season 0 (2003) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Okay new prerelease should scan in specials
Okay, I got this to work with Star Wars Rebels that was previously matched to Gracenote (not the Specials, though). However, when I changed it to TMDB the Specials did not update. I had to completely remove the Stream Link files, purge, and re-add them, then they matched.
Also, they still remained under the "# Recordings" category instead of being something like "Season 0".