2024-05-23, 05:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 2024-05-23, 09:33 AM by mihara. Edited 2 times in total.)
So I have a typical anime problem: I have a show that TheTVDB considers one show that contains numerous other "shows" as seasons, while I would rather treat them as separate shows, because that's what AniDB does. No matter, I'll just use AniDB as the primary source of truth and use TheTVDB for the artwork references... right?
Well, no, turns out that it pulls in the episode guide from TheTVDB anyway, and that episode guide contains references to "seasons". So now the show contains "seasons" which are actually present in the library as other shows and it's super annoying.
But that's why I set Jellyfin to write NFO files. I'll just edit the NFO file to be correct and reload it...
Only, I can't do that, because it downloads TheTVDB data anyway. And this becomes a more general problem, because if I disable TheTVDB entirely, get the show right once, and then re-enable TheTVDB for any reason and accidentally scan the library, it's going to change the data again. EDIT: Actually, correction - even if I completely disable TheTVDB for this library, somehow re-adding the show with nfo files cleaned of any mention of TheTVDB still results in <episodeguide> tag appearing once the NFO file is saved again. I can't seem to get rid of it, and thus I keep seeing ghost seasons that don't belong there.
Is there a way to not download metadata missing from the NFO files for a particular show?
Failing that, is there a way to supply my own episode guide file?
Well, no, turns out that it pulls in the episode guide from TheTVDB anyway, and that episode guide contains references to "seasons". So now the show contains "seasons" which are actually present in the library as other shows and it's super annoying.
But that's why I set Jellyfin to write NFO files. I'll just edit the NFO file to be correct and reload it...
Only, I can't do that, because it downloads TheTVDB data anyway. And this becomes a more general problem, because if I disable TheTVDB entirely, get the show right once, and then re-enable TheTVDB for any reason and accidentally scan the library, it's going to change the data again. EDIT: Actually, correction - even if I completely disable TheTVDB for this library, somehow re-adding the show with nfo files cleaned of any mention of TheTVDB still results in <episodeguide> tag appearing once the NFO file is saved again. I can't seem to get rid of it, and thus I keep seeing ghost seasons that don't belong there.
Is there a way to not download metadata missing from the NFO files for a particular show?
Failing that, is there a way to supply my own episode guide file?