Emby Server - Be able to specify Metadata Provider on a Per-Metadata Basis (eg, Genres from different provider than default provider)

[funwithmedia 352]

Somewhat related to the Bulk Edit of Metadata feature request ( https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/42975-bulk-edit-metadata/ ), I'd love to be able to specify a different Metadata Provider on a per-metadata basis. My desire for this comes from learning of the tradeoffs between the two main providers, OMDB and TMDB, as talked about in this thread ( https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/43818-three-genre-limit/&do=findComment&comment=409723 ), which indicates that OMDB tends to have user-preferred Ratings data, while TMDB tends to provide more Genres (OMDB apparently just provides the first 3).

 

So, it would be nifty if I could set my default Metadata Provider as OMDB, but override that to be TMDB for something Genres (or any other piece of metadata). Then I'd get the best of both worlds.

 

Edit: Wanted to clarify that upon further investigation it seems it isn't clear cut which provider lists more Genres. OMDB seems to cap it a 3, but that doesn't guarantee that other providers will actually have more Genres listed. I still think this Feature Request has merit (as the Genre thing was just an example), but wanted to clarify my misinformation from above.

 

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Edited April 12, 2017 by funwithmedia

[funwithmedia 352]

Related / Similar:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/46175-server-give-us-more-control-about-metadata-scraping/

[schmitty 61]

This is a good idea. It would be useful to use IMDB for international parental ratings.

 

 

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[Happy2Play 8242]

This is a good idea. It would be useful to use IMDB for international parental ratings.

 

 

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Note IMDB will never be a provider for metadata unless someone is willing to pay the $15,000 annually they want to use their api.  All IMDB information comes from OMDB.

Edited March 29, 2017 by Happy2Play

[schmitty 61]

Wow. That is ridiculous! I completely understand why they aren't being used.

 

Do you know of any fetchers for TV, that support localised parental ratings, networks, airdates and times?

 

 

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[Luke 37009]

Both tvdb and tmdb have all of that.