Emby only scrapes 3 actors and 2 writers? Is this default or an error?

[dexus 27]

Recently when adding new movies, I noticed Emby only scrapes the images of 3 actors all named all just titled "Actor" and 2 writers titled "writer".. 

Is this a default setting, or a problem with the scraper?

I think that this is far too few, at least for the actors.  One of the great things about having information on actors is when you watched a movie, and liked one of the actors, for then to find that actor in the list, and clicking the actor to find other movies.. With only 3 actors available, that option is gone.. 

[Happy2Play 9783]

Can you go over a specific example.  But Cast and Crew come from the first metadata provider.

[Luke 42081]

Yes, did you check what the metadata provider has for that title?

[dexus 27]

Well, As an example, I put in My Fair Lady, and only 3 actors and 2 writers are added to the roster.. In the library settings, the Open Movie Database is at the first spot, and then TheMovieDb at second.. IMDB isn't available anymore if I understood that right?

It happens to almost all the movies I add.  One exception was "A silent voice" an anime title, that actually filled right up.  Might that be because The Open Movie Database did not have info on it, and it went to the second?

 

[dexus 27]

I switched  TheMovieDb to first position, and it downloaded all the actors and writers.. Seems to be an issue with The Open Movie Database...

 

[dexus 27]

Another thing is that under the names it just says "Actor" or "Writer" when using The Open Movie Database, but when switching it actually named the role and elaborated on writing credits.. so somethings up..

[Happy2Play 9783]

Yes this a known issue as Cast and Crew only come from the first metadata provider and OMDB does no have Roles for People.  So you have to make TMDB first provider if you want this information.

OMDB

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{"Title":"My Fair Lady","Year":"1964","Rated":"G","Released":"25 Dec 1964","Runtime":"170 min","Genre":"Drama, Family, Musical","Director":"George Cukor","Writer":"Alan Jay Lerner, George Bernard Shaw","Actors":"Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway","Plot":"In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make crude flower girl Eliza Doolittle presentable in high society.","Language":"English","Country":"United States","Awards":"Won 8 Oscars. 25 wins & 13 nominations total","Poster":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNGM0ZTU3NmItZmRmMy00YWNjLWEzMWItYzg3MzcwZmM5NjdiXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDYyMDk5MTU@._V1_SX300.jpg","Ratings":[{"Source":"Internet Movie Database","Value":"7.8/10"},{"Source":"Rotten Tomatoes","Value":"95%"},{"Source":"Metacritic","Value":"95/100"}],"Metascore":"95","imdbRating":"7.8","imdbVotes":"91,295","imdbID":"tt0058385","Type":"movie","DVD":"04 Mar 2003","BoxOffice":"$72,560,711","Production":"N/A","Website":"N/A","Response":"True"}

vs TMBD snippet from cast

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"casts":{"cast":[{"adult":false,"gender":1,"id":1932,"known_for_department":"Acting","name":"Audrey Hepburn","original_name":"Audrey Hepburn","popularity":8.52,"profile_path":"/hwPHPRz7YqmcRAlvhag5VPeoaoC.jpg","cast_id":1,"character":"Eliza Doolittle","credit_id":"52fe43fb9251416c75024eab","order":0},{"adult":false,"gender":2,"id":35321,"known_for_department":"Acting","name":"Rex Harrison","original_name":"Rex Harrison","popularity":1.498,"profile_path":"/hy8cyCpmV0iRSl4Thby01anz4FY.jpg","cast_id":2,"character":"Professor Henry Higgins","credit_id":"52fe43fb9251416c75024eaf","order":1},{"adult":false,"gender":2,"id":12727,"known_for_department":"Acting","name":"Stanley Holloway","original_name":"Stanley Holloway","popularity":1.87,"profile_path":"/3FLfK05mtqhF0mtuWVVWQCYwbA9.jpg","cast_id":3,"character":"Alfred P. Doolittle","credit_id":"52fe43fb9251416c75024eb3","order":2},{"adult":false,"gender":2,"id":15387,"known_for_department":"Acting","name":"Wilfrid Hyde-White","original_name":"Wilfrid Hyde-White","popularity":1.708,"profile_path":"/dqdw6iQgMxHp7v5wdI5a2VI6Rwp.jpg","cast_id":4,"character":"Colonel Hugh Pickering","credit_id":"52fe43fb9251416c75024eb7","order":3}

 

[Luke 42081]

4 hours ago, dexus said:

Another thing is that under the names it just says "Actor" or "Writer" when using The Open Movie Database, but when switching it actually named the role and elaborated on writing credits.. so somethings up..

HI, nothing is up, that's just all the information that Omdb has available, so that's all you'll get as happy2play has explained. There are pros and cons to each metadata provider. If any of them were perfect, then we wouldn't' need to have options to choose the ones you want.

[dexus 27]

Good to know.. Thanks for the answers..

Is there any reason we stopped using imdb? (I'm guessing it is..)

 

[GrimReaper 4742]

2 minutes ago, dexus said:

Is there any reason we stopped using imdb?

When/where did you see IMDB as a scraper option? 

[dexus 27]

I thought I saw it. But a pretty long time ago.. I might have been wrong, though.  

[GrimReaper 4742]

9 minutes ago, dexus said:

I thought I saw it. But a pretty long time ago.. I might have been wrong, though.  

First two I've randomly found. 

On 12/16/2019 at 5:02 PM, Luke said:

Hi, we don't get data from IMDb because they are not a free and open data service.

We use moviedb and omdb. 

 

On 1/17/2019 at 11:02 AM, Happy2Play said:

Emby have never pulled metadata from IMDB.  Metadata has always come from TMDB and OMDB for movies. 

 

[Happy2Play 9783]

2 hours ago, dexus said:

Is there any reason we stopped using imdb? (I'm guessing it is..)

Main reason never used.

  

On 10/16/2021 at 1:20 PM, Happy2Play said:

Just think they want $50,000 a year just for ratings.  

AWS Marketplace: IMDb Ratings for Movies and TV/OTT Shows (amazon.com)

Or $150,000 a year for all metadata.

AWS Marketplace: IMDb Movie/TV/OTT Data (amazon.com)

 

[dexus 27]

Wow.. just wow.... 

[Luke 42081]

33 minutes ago, dexus said:

Wow.. just wow.... 

Have your questions been answered?

[dexus 27]

Sorry, Luke.. for the late reply.. Yes.. my question was answered.. The Wow comment was minted at IMDB's outragous prices..

[Luke 42081]

Thanks for the feedback.