2024-01-23, 04:03 PM
Jellyfin will base its metadata search on the type of library you created for it. If you create a show only library, it will only search for show metadata. Likewise for movies.
I believe most of the metadata providers built into Jellyfin split movies and shows, and so they have a different link to access metadata for both type. This is the reason why the correct ID number won't work when you enter it on the metadata. There's no option to select which database type to pull from since Jellyfin handles that in the background (would be nice to be able to override though).
There're some metadata plugins that don't care on the library type (like the aniDB & AniList plugins for anime since they both mix shows and movies in their databases and are accessible with the same link type).
There's always the option for you to manually edit in the metadata that you want something to have. Just make sure to lock the metadata so that Jellyfin doesn't bother pulling in the wrong metadata later on, or removing your custom edits.
I believe most of the metadata providers built into Jellyfin split movies and shows, and so they have a different link to access metadata for both type. This is the reason why the correct ID number won't work when you enter it on the metadata. There's no option to select which database type to pull from since Jellyfin handles that in the background (would be nice to be able to override though).
There're some metadata plugins that don't care on the library type (like the aniDB & AniList plugins for anime since they both mix shows and movies in their databases and are accessible with the same link type).
There's always the option for you to manually edit in the metadata that you want something to have. Just make sure to lock the metadata so that Jellyfin doesn't bother pulling in the wrong metadata later on, or removing your custom edits.