How to handle dates in titles?

[Backwoods Genius]

I had a show with a year in the title that got misidentified and re-done AFTER it had already been in place for a while. The folder named was in the format;

Code:

Series Name (start year) [tmdbid-xxx]

It had been working fine, had all the correct episode titles and everything. Then it randomly got replaced with a series with a similar name that aired in the year given in the title of the actual series. I thought the purpose of the formatting was to prioritize information? Why did it ignore the tmdbid and overwrite an existing nfo with incorrect data?

[TheDreadPirate]

What series/TMDB ID? I will try to replicate, but having the TMDB ID in the folder name has worked for the couple of shows that have similar named shows.

[Backwoods Genius]

What series/TMDB ID?  I will try to replicate, but having the TMDB ID in the folder name has worked for the couple of shows that have similar named shows.

"Space 1999 (1975) [tmdbid-134]"

Don't understand how it went from being fine to being broken. Went in today and renamed all the episodes with just the tmdbid and the s**e** format. Also changed the series nfo and season nfos to reflect the correct information. Fired the server back up, will see how it looks in the morning.

[Backwoods Genius]

Okay, it's getting more bizarre. Half the information is right, half is wrong. Even with the correct tmdbid, it pulled in the wrong imdbid. Has the correct show title, but all the rest of the show info is wrong. All the episode nfos are correct.

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<tvshow>
  <plot>Spaced is a sitcom like no other. The premise is simple enough: Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim (Simon Pegg) are out of luck and love, so pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat together. Downstairs neighbour and eccentric painter Brian suspects someone's fibbing, and almost blows their cover with their lecherous lush of a landlady, Marsha. Fortunately he soon falls for Daisy's health-freak friend Twist, while Daisy herself goes ga-ga for pet dog Colin. Tim remains happily platonic with lifemate Mike; a sweet-at-heart guns 'n' ammo obsessive.</plot>
  <outline>Spaced is a sitcom like no other. The premise is simple enough: Daisy (Jessica Stevenson) and Tim (Simon Pegg) are out of luck and love, so pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat together. Downstairs neighbour and eccentric painter Brian suspects someone's fibbing, and almost blows their cover with their lecherous lush of a landlady, Marsha. Fortunately he soon falls for Daisy's health-freak friend Twist, while Daisy herself goes ga-ga for pet dog Colin. Tim remains happily platonic with lifemate Mike; a sweet-at-heart guns 'n' ammo obsessive.</outline>
  <lockdata>false</lockdata>
  <dateadded>2024-07-22 11:03:00</dateadded>
  <title>Space: 1999</title>
  <originaltitle>Space: 1999</originaltitle>
  <trailer>plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&amp;videoid=IXx0pxPD8mY</trailer>
  <rating>8.8</rating>
  <year>1999</year>
  <mpaa>TV-14</mpaa>
  <imdb_id>tt0187664</imdb_id>
  <tmdbid>134</tmdbid>
  <premiered>1999-09-24</premiered>
  <releasedate>1999-09-24</releasedate>
  <enddate>2001-04-13</enddate>

And the series artwork is correct, but the cast list is wrong.

   

The episodes are fine.

   

Looks like I should be able to correct the various ID numbers and get it back in shape. Maybe when I enabled the tvdb plugin, it grabbed the wrong info and messed it all up?

[TheDreadPirate]

I created a test folder and just put some random files in there.

Code:

/media/storage2/testShows/Space 1999 (1975) [tmdbid-134]/Season 01/s01e01.mkv

The library points at "testShows".

       

It immediately detected the correct show and cast.  TMDB is my primary source.  Double check that your metadata providers in your library settings are enabled and ordered correctly.

[Backwoods Genius]

I created a test folder and just put some random files in there.

Code:

/media/storage2/testShows/Space 1999 (1975) [tmdbid-134]/Season 01/s01e01.mkv

The library points at "testShows".



It immediately detected the correct show and cast.  TMDB is my primary source.  Double check that your metadata providers in your library settings are enabled and ordered correctly.

My metadata providers are enabled, but I had no idea ordering was even a thing. How do I do that?

I did edit the nfos, changed the other ID numbers to the correct values. Seems to be holding together now.

What I really don't understand is why it got confused. When I went to the sites to get the correct id numbers all the sites returned the correct series when I searched. So it doesn't seem like the search is getting mixed up.

[TheDreadPirate]

In Dashboard > Libraries > Select library. In this panel there will be various boxes listing out the metadata category and which providers you are using and in which order of precedence.

[Backwoods Genius]

Well, blow me down. Been in those menus dozens of times and it never registered that I could shuffle things up and down. All set now.