Show not matching

[bjd223]

Hello,

Not 100% sure if this is the correct place for this but I think I found a minor bug in Filebot's TV show matching algorithm. Info is;

Show Name: A.P. Bio
DB Used: TheTVDB.com (show called A.P. BIO on site)
Filename example: A.P.Bio.S01E01.720p.HDTV.x264-AVS[ettv].mkv

Issue #1: Filebot strips the periods out of the series name and tries "a p bio" first, which does not match.
Issue #2: Even if you manually type in the series name, when prompted, (Like A.P. Bio) it still won't match it. You have to type it in exactly (case-sensitive) to theTVDB's name for the show which is A.P. BIO.

[rednoah]

Do you have screenshots or logs?

e.g.

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$ filebot -list --db TheTVDB --q "A.P. Bio"
A.P. BIO - 1x01 - Catfish
A.P. BIO - 1x02 - Teacher Jail
...

A similar search for "A P Bio" would indeed not return any results, because TheTVDB API search is known to not work as well as expected in this corner case.

This is generally not an issue for popular shows because FileBot already knows them all, but might be a temporary issue for new or unpopular shows. If you try again in 2-3 weeks time, it'll probably magically start working.

[bjd223]

Do you have screenshots or logs?

e.g.

Code: Select all

$ filebot -list --db TheTVDB --q "A.P. Bio"
A.P. BIO - 1x01 - Catfish
A.P. BIO - 1x02 - Teacher Jail
...

A similar search for "A P Bio" would indeed not return any results, because TheTVDB API search is known to not work as well as expected in this corner case.

This is generally not an issue for popular shows because FileBot already knows them all, but might be a temporary issue for new or unpopular shows. If you try again in 2-3 weeks time, it'll probably magically start working.

Sure, here is a screenshot of it trying to match a file with theTVDB.com. https://imgur.com/a/ITVnd

As you can tell by the season number, this is a new show.

[rednoah]

Yes, so for now you'll have to enter "A.P. Bio" manually for it to work, and after a few days / weeks it'll probably just start working by itself.