Since v5 imdbid for Episode Format has been broken

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Since v5 imdbid for Episode Format has been broken

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As the subject states for me when I do Episode Format it seems to be broken, but with Movie Format it seems to work just fine.
I get a "Binding "imdbid": undefined" when in Episode Format
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Re: Since v5 imdbid for Episode Format has been broken

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{imdbid} is generally not well supported for TV Series type information, depending on your chosen database.


:arrow: I recommend using {tmdbid} when tagging files and using TheMovieDB/TV as database since that guarantees {tmdbid} to work. You can use the {plex.id} format to add standard {tmdb-12335} markers to the Plex path.


:idea: {imdbid} may work with TVmaze. {imdbid} may have worked with TheTVDBv2 but is no longer supported with TheTVDBv4 due to server-side API changes.


:!: Note that adding [tt1234567] markers to file names is strongly discouraged for TV Shows, since [tt1234567] markers typically indicate Movie files, and aren't that useful for identifying TV Shows, because IMDb IDs are only ever useful for looking up the TheTVDB ID or TheMovieDB/TV ID and then working with that, and so you might as well use one of those directly.


:arrow: If you must have [tt1234567] markers, then you can use {series.externalIds} to retrieve available external IDs from your chosen database:

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{ series.externalIds }

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{ series.externalIds.imdb_id }
** the snippet above works with TheMovieDB/TV; different databases may provide different external IDs
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Re: Since v5 imdbid for Episode Format has been broken

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Understood, thank you for the clear breakdown. Appreciate all your work on the tool!
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