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[FAQ] Series added - asks for title for every single episode!

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Happy2k:
I tried to import a series, containing three full episodes. At first, it works fine. But here's a few issues:

PVD gets the title right - yay! It fills in the overall series info fine, but none of the episodes are filled with any info.. why?
Ok, so i select an entire season, and requests data import from theTVDB - a dialog box pops up and asks me to choose which series it is. There is.. 1 option - luckily its the right one.
At the next episode, im asked again to choose what series it is..

It shouldnt even ask.. what serie the episode belongs to, should be inherited from the series title. Anything else wouldnt make sense.


Any way to fix this? Babysitting the program through several thousand episodes, just isnt an option :)
Thanks in advance!

rick.ca:

--- Quote ---It fills in the overall series info fine, but none of the episodes are filled with any info.. why?
--- End quote ---

Generally—not for TVDb—it would take too long to download all episodes whenever a series is added. So this generally requires two steps. First, add the series. This will add episode records for whatever episodes exist, but will not add the data. So, second, select the episodes you want updated, and run the plugin. Unfortunately, only one season at a time can be updated. On the other hand, if you're adding Law & Order—and only want data for the 20th season—this is a very good thing. ;)

In the case of TVDb, the plugin is only able to download all available data for the selected series. So you may as well just do that—I believe all the episode data will be updated (whether it needs it or not) without any further prompts. This is rather illogical if you only want to add one or two recently released episodes. You can update them separately, but there's no avoiding that prompt. No, I don't know why—I wish it would be fixed. [Edit] If the plugin is being run for the first time on a new series record, it will add all the episodes and add the episode data. In other words, it's a one-step update. To subsequently update episode data for episodes previously added, it seems to be necessary to select the episodes and update them. In other words, just as is required for other plugins. The plugin has been updated so there's no longer a confirmation prompt for each episode. There's still one prompt, apparently because the plugin has to get the series data by name, rather than URL.

BTW, I don't recommend using TVDb alone. Use IMDb to maintain the integrity of the people relationships in your database. Use TMDb to add additional information (I use it for it's better episode descriptions). For this reason, I haven't considered the case of adding a new series using only TVDb. I suppose you get the series and episode data in one step, but I'm not sure. The site is down now (another reason not to use it exclusively!), so I can't try it.

Happy2k:

--- Quote from: rick.ca on August 08, 2010, 09:44:44 pm ---
--- Quote ---It fills in the overall series info fine, but none of the episodes are filled with any info.. why?
--- End quote ---

Generally—not for TVDb—it would take too long to download all episodes whenever a series is added. So this generally requires two steps. First, add the series. This will add episode records for whatever episodes exist, but will not add the data. So, second, select the episodes you want updated, and run the plugin.

--- End quote ---

Problem here, is that i have to confirm the series title for every single episode - that info should already be inherited from the series title.
It would be no problem if i could select an entire season, and run the update - but having to double-click for every single episode, is just too much work.

I hope it makes sense, else let me know ;)

rick.ca:
Are you saying it's asking you to confirm each and every episode, even though it's the series (and not a selection of episodes) you're updating?

Happy2k:
Okay, its like this:

-- Eureka
- s01e01
- s01e02
- s01e03
- s01e04
- s01e05

The series is called Eureka, therefore the episodes within that series, should automaticly also belong to "Eureka". However, when i select episode 1 to 5, and press update, it asks me to select the title of the series. A list with 1 option pops up, and i have to select "Eureka" to proceed.

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