Identifying Imported Shows

[Gwyn_P]

Hi,
I have imported my library of TV Shows into Channels- and there are some shows (non-UK/USA) that Channels can't indentify. Most are down-under shows - from Austalia and New Zealand. Two examples of this are Rosehaven and Outback Truckers. What does Channels use to identify shows? Both shows are on TVDB. Is there a work-around for this?

[babsonnexus]

Channels only uses Gracenote to match shows. Here are the 3 steps for you:

#1: Try the "Fix Incorrect Match" or "Find Match" function, attempting different spellings, etc...

Import Your Own Movies and TV Shows

#2: Try to find the TMS ID:

How do I merge two series library instances into one?

Go to zap2it.com In the search field, type in the name of the program you want. [image] Select the version of the program you want. This is usually the one with the latest year, but not necessarily (YMMV). Pay particular attention to the episodes as whatever is in Zap2It is what is in Gracenote, which is what Channels will expect. You must match to the seasons/episode numbers as it is here unless you want to manual edit everything to match your files. Look at the address bar. The …

#3: If all else fails, manually edit it yourself:

Metadata Editor

[Gwyn_P]

Thank you for your reply. I very much appreciate it.

1. I had tried the "Fix Incorrect Match" or "Find Match" function - unsuccessfully!
2. This solution did give me some success - however, I would be interested to know if Channels has an alternative source. This site is US only. I had to turn on my VPN to open it from here in the UK. As I mentioned - I did find one or two shows - however, a lot still did not appear. What prompts me to ask if there is another source of data is this - I entered a few UK shows that Channels HAS identified (Gogglebox as an example) as a test, and this did not show up on zapit.com. There were others. But they have been properly identified whilst imported. This leads to me to consider that there must be an alternative. It might be that I did not explain that I was based in the UK in my initial post? Does anybody know of an alternative - as I understand Channels works in Australia - what data source do the Ozzies use?!
3. Did not try this yet! Last resort

Thanks again

[babsonnexus]

@Gwyn_P

This leads to me to consider that there must be an alternative. It might be that I did not explain that I was based in the UK in my initial post? Does anybody know of an alternative - as I understand Channels works in Australia - what data source do the Ozzies use?!

Correlation is not causation. Consider: Gracenote uses different versions of the database in various countries, not a central one (check their website, they have offices/server farms around the world). Also consider: Zap2It and Channels cannot even 100% agree in the USA, meaning the pull each receives is different for many reasons that we are not privy to.

Metadata is sadly imperfect and a very big pet peeve of mine and many others, but #3 from above is the solution when #1 and #2 fail. There is no current better workaround, maybe in the future it will be different.

Also consider #0: Search for forums. These questions have been discussed in great detail in previous threads. For instance:

@tmm1

We have started integration TMDB for movies and plan to add TMDB shows support. It's complicated and will take time.

[Gwyn_P]

Thank you very much