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Matching based on an alternate order
Posted: 28 Jul 2025, 10:33
by Hactar
With a show such as
https://www.thetvdb.com/series/dexters- ... ry#seasons there is an order called "Joined Order" which is refered to as an Alternate Order. Is there any way to get FileBot to use these orders?
Re: Matching based on an alternate order
Posted: 28 Jul 2025, 15:45
by rednoah

You'll want to use the
Episodes tool
(as opposed to the TheTVDB website) to check each
Episode Order for the series at hand to see if one of them matches what you wan:

In this case,
Episode Order: Digital will give you the episode listing you seek. Please read
Episode Order Preferences › TheTVDB for details:

Re: Matching based on an alternate order
Posted: 21 Sep 2025, 11:28
by Hactar
That did work in that instance, however, I now have an example where it doesn't.
If you look at "Batman: The Animated Series" on TVDB, there is an "Alternate DVD Order" listed under BluRay.
https://www.thetvdb.com/series/batman-t ... ons/altdvd
None of the options in FileBot matches this order.
Re: Matching based on an alternate order
Posted: 21 Sep 2025, 13:01
by rednoah
Alternate DVD Order currently cannot be retrieved via the
TheTVDB API due to the API being broken in this regard. Please click on the GitHub issue above for details. Hopefully they will fix this at some point in the future. I recommend using TheMovieDB instead of TheTVDB if possible at all.