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Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 17:02
by mayormemories
Hello!
I read somewhere that after TVDB changed its interface a couple of years ago, there are still occasional issues with an entire series not being detected - only, say, the first season. Has anyone found a fix for this? I've been looking around and haven't seen anything conclusive (I'm also still relatively new to FileBot, so it could be some innate setting/action I'm missing). For example, let's say all 5 seasons of a show are on TVDB, but no matter what function/setting/action I try within the software, FileBot only detects Season 1. I'm convinced it's because of TVDB, but I just don't know the way around it other than manual renaming. Thanks, all!
Re: Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 17:17
by rednoah
Can you point out the specific series (ideally with TVDB link) or file path you're having trouble with?
Re: Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 17:45
by mayormemories
Absolutely! Thanks for the reply. Okay, so, for example, let's take Gullah Gullah Island. All the seasons and episodes are listed correctly on TVDB:
https://thetvdb.com/series/gullah-gulla ... s/official
Any fetch option yields the same result: only season 1 and one episode from season 4 (there are 5 seasons):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mm_ATo ... sp=sharing
Heading over to the episodes tab to manually search for it yields the same thing:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10D10vm ... sp=sharing
So, it seems as though, and I suspect due to TVDB for some reason, that FileBot is simply not detecting that there are other seasons. I do know that sometimes with older shows there can be a few issues, but all the seasons are on TVDB, and so, there really shouldn't be an issue.
Re: Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 18:37
by rednoah
Here's what I get for
TheTVDB › Gullah Gullah Island in
Airdate Order on
TheTVDB:
Console Output: Select all
$ filebot -list --db TheTVDB --order Airdate --q 258806
Gullah Gullah Island - 1x01 - Rain, Rain Go Away
Gullah Gullah Island - 1x02 - Ron's Birthday
Gullah Gullah Island - 1x03 - Charleston Market
...
Gullah Gullah Island - 4x17 - The Big Sleepover
Gullah Gullah Island - 4x18 - Stray Dog Blues
Gullah Gullah Island - 5x01 - You Wanna Salsa
Gullah Gullah Island - 5x02 - Shake, Rattle, and Roll
...
You seem to be using
TheMovieDB where
TheMovieDB › Gullah Gullah Island is still
incomplete as a result of nobody having bothered to enter the missing episode information yet:
Console Output: Select all
$ filebot -list --db TheMovieDB::TV --order Airdate --q 3107
Gullah Gullah Island - 1x01 - Yes I Can
Gullah Gullah Island - 1x02 - Rain, Rain Go Away
...
Gullah Gullah Island - 1x16 - Carnival
Gullah Gullah Island - 1x17 - Oops!
Gullah Gullah Island - 4x14 - A Gullah Gullah Christmas
If you're organising files for Plex you will need to either enter the missing episode titles into
TheMovieDB, or configure your Plex library to use
TheTVDB instead and then rename the files against
TheTVDB.
Re: Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 18:54
by mayormemories
Thanks so much! When I go to fetch, I always select TVDB for the fetch method for anything TV-related. Is there a general setting I'm missing that overrides this?
Re: Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 19:07
by mayormemories
I think I just solved it! I right-clicked and went in preferences and changed the episode order to "airdate" instead of "DVD."
Re: Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 19:23
by rednoah
mayormemories wrote: ↑10 May 2025, 19:07
I think I just solved it! I right-clicked and went in preferences and changed the episode order to "airdate" instead of "DVD."
Indeed.
DVD Order also seems to be missing a few episodes as well.
Re: Not detecting all TVDB seasons
Posted: 10 May 2025, 19:31
by mayormemories
Thank you!