Mixed content library + TheMovieDB duplicate ID's

[Pantalaimon 2]

I have one library with type 'Mixed' that contains among others movies and (mini)series.

 

Some of the titles there were misidentified. To fix that, I wanted to correct the external ID's and refresh the metadata. However, upon checking I found out the ID's are correct, but the metadata's something completely different. It turns out that TheMovieDB ID's are only unique in its own category, but may have duplicates in other categories.

 

Here are a few examples:

 

What I want:

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/19566-dune

 

What I get:
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19566-autism-the-musical

 

What I want:

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/40546-the-10th-kingdom

 

What I get:
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/40546-no-doubt-rock-steady-live

 

 

I can't get these to scrape correctly, because it will always pick the one I don't need. I understand that mixed content libraries have to consider every category, but it would be great if we could choose the TMDB category of a title in the metadata manager to ensure correct scraping of the information. Or pick the category for sub-folders in a mixed content library.

 

 

 

[Luke 37057]

Hi, try using the identify feature instead to correct the metadata. Please see if that helps. Thanks.

[Luke 37057]

How have you named and organized the files?

[Pantalaimon 2]

Hi, try using the identify feature instead to correct the metadata. Please see if that helps. Thanks.

Just did that. If I ignore the TheMovieDB input field, it will find the iMDB title and scrape from there. However I do prefer the TheMovieDB metadata, and it's also my primary source for images.

 

 

How have you named and organized the files?

The two cases in the OP are stored as:

 

/DVD/Miniseries/Dune.mkv

/DVD/Miniseries/The 10th Kingdom.mkv

[Luke 37057]

Just did that. If I ignore the TheMovieDB input field, it will find the iMDB title and scrape from there. However I do prefer the TheMovieDB metadata, and it's also my primary source for images.

 

That's not true. We don't use Imdb because it's not an open data service.

 

If you enter the imdb id, we can use that to lookup the movie on MovieDb.

[Pantalaimon 2]

That's not true. We don't use Imdb because it's not an open data service.

 

If you enter the imdb id, we can use that to lookup the movie on MovieDb.

 

Ok, the scraped data was identical to the info on IMDb, but it's likely scraped from The Open Movie Database instead.

But still, I can't get no match whatsoever on TheMovieDB.

 

This is what happens when I try to identify The 10th kingdom:

 

By name:

The 10th Kingdom

Finds:

* The 10th Kingdom: The Making of an Epic (incorrect)

* The 10th Kingdom: The Making of 'The 10th Kingdom' (incorrect)

Both hits probably come from IMDb, can't find those titles on TheMovieDB or OMDb.

 

By IMDb ID:

tt0207275

Finds:

* The 10th Kingdom (correct)

Scrapes rating and overview (OMDb?), no images downloaded

 

By TheMovieDb ID:

40546

Finds:

* No Doubt: Rock Steady Live (incorrect)

 

 

I'm guessing the TheMovieDB search is looking in the movies category first, and upon match, looks no further in other categories?

[Happy2Play 8281]

Yes there is a major defect in TMDB as the duplicate ids via /tv and /movie, has been reported  before.

 

Another issues is MiniSeries are Shows and without Series structure they will not be search properly with /tv on provider, it will only search /movie.  Non-structured and named miniseries items will never really be identifiable in Emby.

Edited April 4, 2020 by Happy2Play

[Luke 37057]

OK the issue is actually file organization and naming. Those two files are detected as movies based on your file organization. If you want them to be TV, then you'll need to follow our TV naming guidelines:

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159110-tv-naming