[mythtv-users] Metadata Now Writing 1x1 to DB when it can't find a match

[David Linville]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard <jyavenard at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 16 July 2014 09:39, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I try to update TTVDB when this occurs (which is not very often). The
> uglier the missing artwork is the more incentive I have to correct TTVDB
> and add the missing data.
>
> here is an idea then...
>
> I can link to my photo whenever artwork wasn't found.
>
> I'm sure TVDB will get updated very quickly and often then
>


One thing to note is that TVDB policies can prevent users from correcting
data.  One obvious example is the ban on any sports.  Another example is
the very famous 40+ year old PBS show Masterpiece Theater that should be in
Season 44 but was locked at season 40.  This is the cause of the [4417]
episode someone above reported.  There is no way for any US user to pull
accurate metadata for that show.

It would be great if in the metadata cleanup there was a simple way to
fallback on generic coverart in these type cases.  Maybe just a jpg
somewhere that matches the series title as the absolute last fallback?

Locked Masterpiece Theater: http://thetvdb.com/?id=78257&tab=series
TVDB forum thread enforcing lock:
http://forums.thetvdb.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=10536
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