Beginner Question re Metadata

[scb99 245]

So I won't be surprised totally here if I need to RTFM.

I have loads of stuff on my server which gets misidentified (e.g. the ancient TV anthology series Menace gets identified as Dennis the Menace).

I have tried clearing out the Metadata on such entries and adding the correct IMDB refs. What do I need to do to ask the Agent to rescrape the metadata using the reference I have given it?

TIA...

[MndWrp 101]

did you try the identify option ? it usually works pretty good for misfirings of this type.

[Luke 42080]

Hi, can we look at a specific example? Thanks !

[scb99 245]

Hi guys tx I ‘ll report back tom

[naeonline 27]

Your best bet to get proper identification is to follow the naming conventions outlined in the wiki.  I'd suggest using "Series Name (Year)" for each show's parent folder.  I have almost 600 tv series with 50k+episodes and don't have a problem when using that method.  Even with remakes because each has it's proper year, they get identified correctly.

[scb99 245]

To respond to naeonline, my Emby server is actually my second tier offsite backup, so the Emby / Plex side of it is kind of an optional extra, and I have nearly 100TB of data mainly TV and films so going through my live system, my first tier backup, and then the Emby system to make it Emby-correct isn't really short term feasible, especially when I'm not yet long term committed to Emby as a system. Of course, I understand exactly what you are saying.

 

My point wasn't at all to complain that the generated Emby metadata is sometimes wrong - it's at least 95% correct, so it's doing well. I wanted to ask if, when it is wrong, I could use the metadata editor to the data, put in just (say) the IMDB ref, and have the data repopulated using that.

 

So for instance the folder "Space 1999", which is the name of a TV series, gets identified as Space (1999) so that Emby guesses this is "Space Race - The Untold Story". Based on this, it has IMDB blank, TheMovie is 29792, and TVDB 248931. Can I clear these ID's out, put in the IMDB ID of tt0072564, and then Refresh metadata? Like I say, I'm not complaining about the automatic process which seems to do very decently, just asking if I can in this way manually fix the 5% errors? MndWrp mentions an "identify" option, maybe that's what I'm looking for.

 

Again many thanks for all the help so far.

Edited September 15, 2018 by scb99

[legallink 187]

Yes just put the correct IMDb tag in, click save, and click refresh all metadata on the three dot menu.

[jfgilliam 26]

Yes just put the correct IMDb tag in, click save, and click refresh all metadata on the three dot menu.

 

This usually works, but I have one example where it does not. There are 2 shows starting in 2018 called "Bite Club". I the one in my library is the one from Food Network. The first time it picked the wrong one. So, I did the identify thing, put in the right TVBD id and click search. No matter what I do, it falls back to the wrong one. I finally had to enter all the data myself, download the images and lock it down. 

[scb99 245]

Thanks for the help guys. It does seem to work as you say - don't know why I thought it didn't before. So, I put just the IMDB ref and the year in, refresh missing metadata, and it all seems good now. Cheers!

[MndWrp 101]

when you right-clic (or long press) you have an "identify" option. Entering the imdb id there will result in it re-scraping the right data.

[scb99 245]

Hi MndWrp

Aha got it thanks

Edited September 18, 2018 by scb99

[nmkaufman 50]

This thread actually answers a question I was about to ask.

 

'Automatic refresh' of metadata respects the current TVDB / IMDB IDs?

 

Emby did as good a job as anything I've ever used at metadata collection, but I'm still occasionally finding a show / movie that's incorrect.

 

I'd hate to have to start over.

[Luke 42080]

Yes it does.

[nmkaufman 50]

Very cool. I'll start using it.