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<p>This information is in the MythTV wiki at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Metadata_Lookup_Changes_March_2021">https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Metadata_Lookup_Changes_March_2021</a><br>
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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;"><a
href="https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/File:Important.png"
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style="border: none; vertical-align: middle; margin:
0px;" width="25" height="25"></a><span> </span><b>Note:</b><span> </span>For
TV series metadata lookup to continue working, you must
update as described here.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">MythTV
metadata lookup uses thetvdb.com as source for TV show
information and artwork. TheTVDB is changing their business
model to require a subscription payment to use the API. The
existing API will be shut down around March 2021.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">MythTV
fixes/31 and master (v32-Pre) have been updated to support two
new sources. For metadata lookups on TV shows to continue
working, you need to upgrade your system. To be able to make
the new selection, both backend and frontend must be upgraded
(if you use separate machines for backend and frontend).</p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">You can
select one of these options in mythfrontend -> setup ->
Artwork and Data Sources -> Television Metadata Source. You
need to change this for metadata lookup to continue working.
Select one of the following two options.</p>
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url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A");">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>TheMovieDB.org V3
television</b>. TheMovieDB is used for Movie lookups. It
can now be used for TV series lookups as well.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>TVmaze.com</b>.</li>
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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">If you have
recording rules that have inetref specified as ttvdb.py_nnnnn
these must be changed or metadata lookups for future
recordings will fail. Appropriate values are as follows:</p>
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url("data:image/svg+xml,%3C%3Fxml%20version%3D%221.0%22%20encoding%3D%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20width%3D%225%22%20height%3D%2213%22%3E%0A%3Ccircle%20cx%3D%222.5%22%20cy%3D%229.5%22%20r%3D%222.5%22%20fill%3D%22%2300528c%22%2F%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E%0A");">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">tmdb3tv.py_nnnnn for lookup
of TV series using themoviedb.org.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">tvmaze.py_nnnnn for lookup
of TV series using tvmaze.com.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">tmdb3.py_nnnnn for lookup of
movies using themoviedb.org.</li>
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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">In each
case, nnnnn is the inetref for the series or movie at the
appropriate site. These numbers are different for each site,
so you cannot just change the prefix.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">You can
update recording rules from mythfrontend by clearing out the
inetref field and clicking the search button to search using
the source that you selected in frontend setup. This does not
work with mythfrontend on Android.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">Note that it
is perfectly acceptable to have some rules using
tmdb3tv.py_nnnnn and some using tvmaze.py_nnnnn at the same
time. They will be looked up using the appropriate service. If
you have some that are still using ttvdb, they will continue
to work until the old ttvdb service is shut down.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">If you have<span> </span><a
href="https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Leanfront"
title="Leanfront" class="mw-redirect"
style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);
background: none;">Leanfront</a><span> </span>on Android or
on an emulator on a PC, you can search both tvmaze and
themoviedb without changing the frontend setup. That way you
can check for each show which service will support it and set
up accordingly.</p>
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id="Ubuntu_and_Xubuntu_Focal_.2820.04.29">Ubuntu and Xubuntu
Focal (20.04)</span></h3>
<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">If you
installed using Ubuntu packages, you can add the ppa and
perform an upgrade to get the latest version.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit;">Build from
git branch fixes/31 or master, depending on your version.</p>
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