Emby ignoring tvshow.nfo

[Assmonkey 1]

Hi,

 

I have some shows that don't get properly identified in Kodi so I've created tvshow.nfo files for those with just a tvdb-link to that show. Works perfectly.

 

Emby however seems to completely ignore these tvshow.nfo files even though afaik they should be working in Emby.

Tried re-creating the whole library but nope, Emby still identifies the shows wrong or not at all, so it's definitely not using the tvshow.nfo file.

 

Using version 4.1.1.0.

[Luke 42083]

Hi, I don't think we've implemented tvdb link only in an nfo file, but we have done IMDb.

[Assmonkey 1]

Hmmm, iMDB isn't really an option for TV shows though. Any chance of this being implemented in the near future?

[Luke 42083]

Yes but IMDb should work just fine.

[Assmonkey 1]

It works but iMDB's info for tv shows is rubbish.

[Luke 42083]

It still comes from tvdb.

[Assmonkey 1]

Ahhh, nice! Did not know that. Thanks.

[Happy2Play 9783]

All IMDB ids are used on the provider sites Emby uses (OMDB, TMDB, TVDB).  This information will never come from or be used directly on IMDB.

[Assmonkey 1]

Well, unfortunately even with iMDB URL's in the nfo, Emby is still ignoring them.

[Luke 42083]

No, emby is not ignoring them, but sometimes tvdb does not have the IMDb id in their database for lookup that way.

[Assmonkey 1]

But these shows do have an IMDB id listed on the tv show page on tvdb.

[Assmonkey 1]

Looks like the NFO Metadata plugin was broken somehow. I uninstalled and reinstalled it and now it's parsing the nfo files properly.

[Luke 42083]

Thanks for the feedback.

[karimlemi 0]

Looks like the NFO Metadata plugin was broken somehow. I uninstalled and reinstalled it and now it's parsing the nfo files properly.

Hmmm, iMDB isn't really an option for TV shows though. Any chance of this being implemented in the near future?  Tutuapp 9Apps ShowBox

Edited May 18, 2019 by karimlemi

[Luke 42083]

Why isn't it? Tvdb and MovieDb both support lookup by imdb id.