zap2it ID?

[Baenwort 118]

So I have a TV show that is only listed on zap2it but not TVDB or others: 

https://tvlistings.zap2it.com/overview.html?programSeriesId=SH03050169&tmsId=SH030501690000&from=TVGrid&aid=gapzap

I want to use the identify feature in Emby but when I put in either SH03050169 or SH030501690000 it does not find a series with either of those. What ID do I need to provide to Emby for Zap2IT?

[Happy2Play 9780]

@Baenwort You can't as the id is only used and gotten from TVDB.  Really no different the IMDB ids as nothing comes from IMDB.

[pwhodges 2012]

The easiest solution is simply to add the series to TVDB.   I have just done that (it will have tvdbid=429017), though it may need to go through moderation before you see it.  Being only four episodes it didn't take long.

Paul

Spoiler

 

Edited December 31, 2022 by pwhodges

[Luke 42077]

It's only going to work in the identify dialog if TVdb happens to have the particular value in their database. Often they won't, so it could be hit or miss. Perhaps we should just remove it.

[Baenwort 118]

Thanks, I was confused as I thought Envy used the other DBs directly and not tvdb solely. 

It might be useful instead to note that in the documentation. I could see someone finding use of searching by the other DB's ID but if the title was instead of a generic 'Identify' it included some sub-header text that noted 'by searching TVDB' instead of querying the specific metadata DB named next to the field.

It would be nice if Emby searched each DB and used the metadata hierarchy from the library to adjudicate conflicts. 

[pwhodges 2012]

30 minutes ago, Baenwort said:

Thanks, I was confused as I thought Envy used the other DBs directly and not tvdb solely.

Emby uses the first DB in the list in the setup for the particular library to identify, and the others in the list for additional information - you can choose which DBs are enabled, and their order (TMDB is default first for movies and TVDB for series).

What you can't do is add arbitrary additional DBs.  (The Anime plugin adds some for anime specifically, though IME you're better off without it.)  However, TVDB and TMDB include IMDB ids in their database, so you can use the IMDB id to search, if you happen to know it - but no information is fetched from IMDB itself (because $$$), and it won't be found if your chosen first choice DB doesn't include it.

Paul

[Baenwort 118]

On 1/1/2023 at 7:15 PM, Luke said:

It's only going to work in the identify dialog if TVdb happens to have the particular value in their database. Often they won't, so it could be hit or miss. Perhaps we should just remove it.

 

On 1/21/2023 at 11:09 AM, pwhodges said:

Emby uses the first DB in the list in the setup for the particular library to identify, and the others in the list for additional information - you can choose which DBs are enabled, and their order (TMDB is default first for movies and TVDB for series).

What you can't do is add arbitrary additional DBs.  (The Anime plugin adds some for anime specifically, though IME you're better off without it.)  However, TVDB and TMDB include IMDB ids in their database, so you can use the IMDB id to search, if you happen to know it - but no information is fetched from IMDB itself (because $$$), and it won't be found if your chosen first choice DB doesn't include it.

Paul

@pwhodges I interpret Luke's statement above that when using the identify dialog to search for a record that it only queries TVDB looking for the information. So therefor if the TVDB entry doesn't include zap2it id value then searching by it in the identify dialog will result in no return. 

[Luke 42077]

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@pwhodges I interpret Luke's statement above that when using the identify dialog to search for a record that it only queries TVDB looking for the information. So therefor if the TVDB entry doesn't include zap2it id value then searching by it in the identify dialog will result in no return. 

It searches your highest priority metadata fetcher, so it depends on whatever id's it supports looking up with.

[softworkz 5066]

13 hours ago, Luke said:

It searches your highest priority metadata fetcher, so it depends on whatever id's it supports looking up with.

 

That's not true. Emby queries ALL metadata providers to identify, no matter whether you query by name or ID and no matter which type of ID you enter.