Sometimes you want to create a pass for a series that exists but isn't currently airing. The only way to do that is to create an advanced pass. Instead of Title Matching (which isn't very accurate), adding the SeriesID will be safer. But that ID isn't easy to come by. (Query Gracenote, get TMS ID, do a web query of the CDVR server with the TMS ID, find the SeriesID in the JASON output, add that to the pass.)
While it would be nice to have a built-in tool to query the database, it would be quite an effort to add the required GUI to handle input and output, so I'm not asking for that. Here are my two(2) wishes:
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Provide an option to enter the TMS ID for an advanced pass and let the server replace it with the Series ID.
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(Bonus feature) Once the SeriesID is known, pull the relevant metadata into the pass. Which currently is the series artwork. It's already available, so why not put it in there.
Thank you!