MetaData for Recorded TV Shows

[wayloncovil 2]

Running the most recent stable version...

 

I had previously been recording shows using NextPVR into a folder called D:\Recordings.

Emby had been going to TVDB and retrieving metadata based on the filename NextPVR was using.

Yesterday, I stopped recording using NextPVR and assigned Emby to record my TV Shows.

 

I had been recording Buck Rogers in the 25th Century using NextPVR.

As mentioned above, NextPVR found the correct metadata using the filename. Clicking on the TVDB link for the episode brought me to the correct page on TVDB.com.

 

With last night's latest recording, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century S02E08 The Crystals was recorded. When I look at the metadata for the episode, I notice that it doesn't have the TVDB or IMDB links populated and the metadata isn't complete like the other episodes. It appears that Emby didn't identify the episode or show correctly.

 

Also, last night's episode is in a new folder called Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) where previous episodes were in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - without the year in parenthesis. 

 

I also noticed the same behavior for a Nova episode I recorded yesterday. When I clicked refresh metadata for the latest Nova episode I recorded, Emby found the data from TVDB and populated it in the episode.

 

I thought is was weird that Emby didn't find the metadata without prompting from TVDB and populate it for the episode.

 

Any thoughts why this might be?

 

Thanks!

 

EDIT: Also, when I was setting Emby up, under Live TV, I told it to record shows in the D:\Recordings folder. After doing so, it added it automatically to my list of Libraries. Not sure if the type is the same as TV shows by doing this but I thought I'd pass this along.

Edited April 15, 2019 by wayloncovil

[Luke 42097]

@@wayloncovil, the recording process should save a .nfo file next to the video file. The next time this happens, can you please attach a copy of that file, before you refresh metadata on the recording? Thanks !

[wayloncovil 2]

@@Luke,

I've attached the .nfo file for Wild Kratts season 1 episode 16.

I want to clarify that it appears that the metadata for the recorded shows is the information supplied by the guide data. Meaning, the description is from the guide data. After the refresh of the metadata, the description is from (what appears to be) TVDB.

Not sure where the image for the episode is coming from.

I'm also not sure that any of this really matters. I don't see anything wrong per se with having the guide data description rather than the TVDB description. Although the description between the two sources is different. I think consistency across the application would make sense.

Thanks!

Wild Kratts S01E16 Walk on the Wetside.zip

Edited May 1, 2019 by wayloncovil

[wayloncovil 2]

@@Luke, another thought on this...

I suppose you could have Emby download and show the description and other information from the TVDB rather than whatever the current source that is being used.

[Luke 42097]

@@Luke,

I've attached the .nfo file for Wild Kratts season 1 episode 16.

I want to clarify that it appears that the metadata for the recorded shows is the information supplied by the guide data. Meaning, the description is from the guide data. After the refresh of the metadata, the description is from (what appears to be) TVDB.

Not sure where the image for the episode is coming from.

I'm also not sure that any of this really matters. I don't see anything wrong per se with having the guide data description rather than the TVDB description. Although the description between the two sources is different. I think consistency across the application would make sense.

Thanks!

 

This is all by design. If the guide data does not contain any unique identifiers such as a zap2itid or tvdb id, then all you get is guide data, unless of course, if you manually refresh. Why, because when searching by name, the chances of incorrect matches with tvdb data will be very high, high enough that we won't even try to do it unless the guide data gives an identifier that we can use to look it up on tvdb.

[wayloncovil 2]

This is all by design. If the guide data does not contain any unique identifiers such as a zap2itid or tvdb id, then all you get is guide data, unless of course, if you manually refresh. Why, because when searching by name, the chances of incorrect matches with tvdb data will be very high, high enough that we won't even try to do it unless the guide data gives an identifier that we can use to look it up on tvdb.

 

@@Luke, makes sense.

If I were to use Schedules Direct instead, would that include enough information for Emby to grab the data? 

Thanks!

[Luke 42097]

No because schedules direct gets theirs from the same place we do. This is related and might have an impact though:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/73191-dvr-and-metadata-question/?p=737426