The Bridge (2011) v The bridge (2011)

[jchh]

Hi

Why does matching the file "The.bridge.s03.Episode 9.mp4" match to "The bridge (2013)" without showing any alternatives) as other matches typically do?

I am actually looking for "The Bridge (2011)" which us currently airing on the BBC in the UK.

...incidentally, TheTVDB also shows a "The Bridge" (no year).

Thanks!
James.

[rednoah]

You can use SHIFT-CLICK to force manual input and selection.


Please read Q: How do I fix misidentified files? for details:
https://www.filebot.net/manual.html

[jchh]

cheers, but isn't that episode by episode? How can do that for an entire show?

Why would it choose the 2013 version over the other 2 though?

[rednoah]

How can do that for an entire show?

SHIFT-CLICK TheTVDB to force manual input of either series name or series id.

Why would it choose the 2013 version over the other 2 though?

No idea. Here's what I get though:

[jchh]

So I just had a similar issue where Filebot renamed:

The IT Crowd (2006)\Season 01\...

to

The IT Crowd (2003)\Season 01\...

I cannot even find a (2003) on the TVDB (which was the search I used). Again, there was no option to choose 2006 or 2007 (2006 was what I was looking for).

I cannot work out why this is happening.

[rednoah]

I cannot work out why this is happening.

Are you using a custom format?


Logs? Screenshots?


Add {id} to your format so you can see the numeric ID which uniquely identifies the series.

[jchh]

Hi,

Will get that info and come back to you (and will remember that for future).

[jchh]

I am using the following format in this example:

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{ny} - {s00e00} - {id} {t}

https://snipboard.io/fc9urT.jpg

[edit: added the following]

The {ID} is correct, but the year is wrong.
The logs did not show anything when I did the rename.

[rednoah]

I'm getting 2006 for that series id. You can press F7 to copy & paste the json metadata so you can see what FileBot sees.


The raw data should look something like this:

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The IT Crowd 1x01.mkv	{"@type":"Episode","seriesName":"The IT Crowd","season":1,"episode":1,"title":"Yesterday's Jam","absolute":1,"airdate":{"year":2006,"month":2,"day":3},"id":305884,"seriesInfo":{"database":"TheTVDB","order":"Airdate","language":"en","type":"TV Series","id":79216,"name":"The IT Crowd","aliasNames":[],"certification":"TV-14","startDate":{"year":2006,"month":2,"day":3},"genres":["Comedy"],"network":"Channel 4","rating":8.9,"ratingCount":8110,"runtime":25,"status":"Ended"}}

The {y} binding would be based on the "startDate":{"year":2006,"month":2,"day":3} record.

[jchh]

So this is interesting. The full <f7> is below, but here are 2 extracts:

It's showing a (2003) alias...

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"type":"TV Series","id":79216,"name":"The IT Crowd","aliasNames":["IT Crowd","The IT Crowd (2003)"

It's also showing a (2003) start date:

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"startDate":{"year":2003,"month":2,"day":2}

Full <f7>:

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The IT Crowd (2006)/Season 01/The IT Crowd (2006) - S01E01 - [DVR] [SD] - Yesterday's Jam.ts	{"@type":"Episode","seriesName":"The IT Crowd","season":1,"episode":1,"title":"Yesterday's Jam","absolute":1,"airdate":{"year":2006,"month":2,"day":3},"id":305884,"seriesInfo":{"database":"TheTVDB","order":"Airdate","language":"en","type":"TV Series","id":79216,"name":"The IT Crowd","aliasNames":["IT Crowd","The IT Crowd (2003)","Ajťáci","IT-porukka","ITporukka","צוות אי.טי","צוות איטי","Kockafejek","IT 크라우드","Technicy-magicy","Technicymagicy","A Malta das TI","Malta das TI","Компьютерщики","Los Informáticos","IT狂人"],"certification":"TV-14","startDate":{"year":2003,"month":2,"day":2},"genres":["Comedy"],"network":"Channel 4","rating":8.9,"ratingCount":8110,"runtime":25,"status":"Ended"}}

[rednoah]

No idea why you might be getting different results.


What does sysinfo say? Are you using the latest version?


Have you tried clearing the cache? Does that make a difference?

[jchh]

Clearing the cache made no difference.

Sysinfo does not seem to highlight anything special:

FileBot:

Version: 4.9.2
Obtained from: Identified Developer
Last Modified: 30/10/2020, 11:04
Signed by: Developer ID Application: Point Planck Limited (EN9ZYER6WW), Developer ID Certification Authority, Apple Root CA
Location: /Applications/FileBot.app
Kind: 64-bit

I'll try a total uninstall and reinstall, but is there a way to copy/save my presets and formats first?

[rednoah]

1.
You can backup and restore user data like so:
viewtopic.php?t=4205


2.
Uninstall / reinstall is unlikely to make a difference, but worth a try on the off chance that it does make a difference.

[jchh]

well you were right, uninstall/re-install did nothing.

Interestingly, I do get (2006) when matching to theMovieDB, so this appears to be unique to theTVDB but no clue why I would get a different year to you.

Is geographical location a factor (I am in the UK)?

[rednoah]

That's a technical possibility, though it would be a most weird one.

[jchh]

Any other suggestions?

[rednoah]

You could try running this command on different machines located in different countries (i.e. use VPN) and compare the results:

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$ filebot -version && filebot -clear-cache && filebot -list --db TheTVDB --q 79216 --format "{startdate} | {episode}"
...
2006-02-03 | The IT Crowd - 1x01 - Yesterday's Jam
...

[jchh]

OK, thats nuts. I:

• Cleared the cache
• Restarted Filebot (just to be sure)
• VPN'd into the US
• ...I got (2006) back.

I then repeated that without vpn:

• Closed VPN (back to UK)
• Cleared cache
• Restarted Filebot
• ...and I still got 2006 back!

...and now "The bridge" is also correctly defaulting to (2011) as well!

So, good news all round, but no clue why.