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

[Mark Perkins]

> On 16 Jul 2014, at 11:32 pm, "David Linville" <dlinvill at networksdown.com> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>> > 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.
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>> here is an idea then...
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>> I can link to my photo whenever artwork wasn't found.
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>> I'm sure TVDB will get updated very quickly and often then
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> 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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Correct. It is not always possible to change TTVDB. Sports shows is the example for me. I just use the local artwork override options, obviously everyone has to do the same thing on their local machine (whereas updating TTVDB benefits everyone) but it works.
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