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    Jellyfin Forum Support General Questions Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show

     
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    Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show

    Perseverant
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    2025-05-15, 08:02 PM
    (2025-05-14, 02:10 PM)theguymadmax Wrote: I don't think there's any issue when doing so, I switch my from TMDB to TVDB all the time for testing user issues.

    If you don't know how to do that:
    • Install plugin from catalog (restart required)
    • Go to your library and change the order so that TVDb is first
    • Make sure to turn off the Missing Episode Fetcher - Unless you want it, I find it causes more issues than it solves
    • Go to the series and replace all metadata with images selected. You may want to lock the series after acquiring metadata.
    • Then go back and change the order to have TMDB

    Thanks very much.  I figured out why Looney Tunes wasn't in TMDB's shows.  They list EACH EPISODE as a movie since they were originally short firms.  That might be accurate from a historical perspective, but it's insane from an organizational perspective.  Imagine 600+ 5-minute-long Looney Tunes "movies" cluttering up the place you store actual long-form films.  It's a no-brainer to go with TVDB in this case.  My main fear is that I mess something up and TVDB screws up all of my other stuff, but I guess I'll just do a backup of config/cache before pulling from there.
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    Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show - by Perseverant - 2025-05-08, 06:53 PM
    RE: Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show - by Perseverant - 2025-05-14, 02:23 AM
    RE: Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show - by Generator - 2025-05-14, 11:03 AM
    RE: Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show - by theguymadmax - 2025-05-14, 02:10 PM
    RE: Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show - by Perseverant - 2025-05-15, 08:02 PM
    RE: Advice on using TVDB rather than TMDB for metadata for a single show - by theguymadmax - 2025-05-16, 03:21 AM

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