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But Season 6 of House is giving me a hard time. Seasons 1-5 of House worked just fine, but on Season 6, every episode from 3 until the end has metadata whose IMDB id is wrong. It's the IMDB id of the previous episode. Episode 3 has Episode 2's IMDB id. Episode 4 has Episode 3's.
Is tvdb your main metadata provider? check that you have configured in your library tvdb has your 1st metadata provider. It sounds like your server is downloading metadata from TheMovieDataBase as you can look here -house/season/6 TheMovieDB has "Broken part 1" and "Broken part 2" as the first 2 episodes of the season.
So this is very curious to me, noob. The Metadata for the library itself doesn't seem to mention the imdb as a source. The metadata for these episodes all have an imdb ID (that is mostly wrong) but no ID for themoviedb or even a field that I can see to set themoviedb id.
I see that I can set the correct imdb id for a given episode but when I do so, even after I have refreshed the metadata the bad cast information remains. Yet, I'd hate to remove themoviedb entirely if it is providing good cast data for my other shows.
As far as i know and somebody correct me if i'm wrong. The IMDB is really not being used for any metadata downloading (due the very high fees they have), instead in emby is used for ID the content and then looking for it in other providers, most likely the imdb id is picked from any other metadata provider at the moment of searching metadata according to the name of the file/folder.
Sadly themoviedb doesn't use any id at the episode level, they only match episode number with the content on the series id. But it should allow you to download metadata from tvdb, i'm thinking that your problem could be related to tvdb not being free anymore, you have to pay for the api access and configure the emby tvdb plugin with those credential i ignore how you do that. So i'm thinking that maybe you don't have configured the plugin, after tvdb not responding, emby uses your second metadata provider.
Although restricting some access to TVDB to subscribers has been talked about for quite a while, it doesn't seem to have happened. You can subscribe to TVDB, but it doesn't get you much other than a warm feeling - and there's an alternative way to earn points towards a free "subscription".
@ACT_1 I just now saw this and clicked on some of the links. This makes the statement that @Col_Needham said this tested well among users as design was being rolled out even more ridiculous. Same complaints, same lack of interest by IMDB to listen.
It's so disappointing. I am going to try to taper off use and maybe stop altogether. I don't have the hours of extra time to navigate this unusable interface. It's sad as I LOVED IMDB and came here every day. I thought the pages with this new look were film companies getting carried away with their advertising, but I hated those pages and did not stay. Now every page is that same, unusable nightmare.
I wish TMDB was a substitute but they are lacking much of the resources on IMDB. That said, I hope the community will migrate to TMDB and that TMDB will make their interface more like the old IMDB. For now, there is really no solution.
@tcountis EVERY company is doing this, facebook, google, ebay, youtube, etc, etc.
Do they even realise MORE screen space used is MORE TIME SPENT NOT BEING PRODUCTIVE?
It's like they don't even care that your increased time spent on their site is causing MORE EMISSIONS!
Yes, all this BS is causing more emissions then if everyone just left stuff alone as nice and simple.
Congrats idiots...
@jamerkk I went looking for alternatives, seems that TMDb is the one most used/recommended. Took a look and it looks a bit more bare as far as info goes, but at least looks like an actual WEBSITE. I imagine with more users it could replace this.
lol, I also hate the Amazon UI for Prime Video. It's so clunky and impossible to use now, unless you are on mobile and who wants to watch videos on mobile unless you are at the airport or a kid sneaking it during class time.
The arrogance is breath-taking. They defy all of the rules of User Experience and User Interface because they feel we must only use mobile now. Apparently they know what's best for us and we are too ignorant to have an opinion that matters. Thank goodness we have these new data and user experience people to tell us what we have to like.
@Col_Needham How many more times do we have to tell you, we don't like the new page with the large bubbles for the photographs. We hate them. The old page, which does come up if one clicks on "All cast and crew", but that messy UGLY page is the first we see now when we go to IMDB. You get paid to defend the "new" look but you will never convince us it is better in ANY way.
@Col_Needham How about ? It says it's a "TV Series" but when I searched for it (for quite a while) I found nothing. Then I read the reviews and it seems it's a 'podcast'. The more I look at this new version of IMDB the more I think I'll find an alternative. I just keep checking to see if the site's reverted to a usable interface, perhaps time to give up on that?
@ApplePie I don't know why you apologized, Pie. They surely didn't mind insulting us with this incredibly horrible, tacky Amazon Ad page. And it IS an insult to movie information lovers. This is an app for mindless cell phone and tablet addicts who are too lazy to read.
@Chris_Park As I said to someone else elsewhere in the thread, I have a feeling you're confusing Gen Ys/Millennials (who were born between 1981-1996) with Gen Zs (who were born between 1996-2012) in terms of whom you're intending to insult. It's Gen Zs who are statistically more likely to use phones rather than desktops and thus are likely the ones most being pandered to with this redesign. I know "Millennial" has become a popular catch-all derogatory term for anyone under 45, but it does actually refer to a specific age group who are now as of this year ranging from 25-40 years old, and is the last generation to have all experienced a substantial part of their childhood before the technology boom that occurred in the early 2000s.
In any case, I really don't think this is a case where it's necessary to even bring generational conflict into the discussion at all. Judging from the fact that my Gen X parents, Millennial brother and Gen Z cousins all agree that it's horrendous, I think it's safe to say that this new layout is objectively atrocious no matter how old the person looking at it is.
@momur Point taken. Nevertheless, the new site is definitely NOT designed for people who are willing to read, and who are believed to want no more functionality than constant swiping, and trailer streaming. I will edit my comment.
The people a lot of people are complaining about are millennials because they are now the age of people who are now becoming young and mature adults - 15 (1996) to roughly early 30s (late 80s early 90s) - so they fit the complaint range perfectly!
You're a decade off. Those born in 1996 are now (or will be by the end of this year) 25. Gen Zs are the ones now broadly "coming of age" while even the youngest Millennials have been full-on adults for several years by this point. That said, apologies for being a nitpicky little so-and-so and we now return you to our scheduled complaining about the new title pages (which is what we're all here for anyway):
8 days in and they're still awful. Honestly, despite Col twice redirecting me to various replies of his throughout the thread which apparently are supposed to explain this, I still fail to see what exactly would have been so hard about upgrading the software but retaining a workable UI that still functions as a database (i.e. IMDb's brand and supposed function). Entertainment portals like the site is clearly trying to emulate are a dime a dozen and this redesign isn't nearly as appealing as half of those that already exist.
Technology can be updated or upgraded and still maintain a modicum of user friendliness. The new UI is a step backwards in both appearance and functionality, which is why my settings will always stay in "Reference View".
I'm not sure that is a valid statement. Technology does not become more difficult as it gets old. its the same tech, it hasn't changed. what does change is the developer's fascination with that which is new and shiny. i have seen this in some of my own developers. in order to promote their latest fancy they creatively find one reason after another why this old stuff has to be rewritten/redesigned. not unlike the child who just doesn't want to go to school today, there's one excuse after another.
and even if there was a legitimate reason to change technologies and redesign your website (like better support for mobile devices), it should be flexible enough to do so without tragically destroying the existing UI functionality or look-and-feel. if not, then either you are looking at the wrong technology or your developers are not applying it correctly.
either way, what you've currently got is a mess. don't take my word for it, or those who have taken the time to comment, why not put in a prompt allowing the user to choose the old or new format, and keep track of what gets chosen most.
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