TheTVDB metadata - V3 API and related issues

@zelkovatheai Metadata should be working so it should identify the show and download all the relevant info.

Most imagery seems to be working with the exception of season posters, which are working on some things for me but not others, probably due to the couple of errant servers mentioned above.

(PMS 1.18.2.2019 on Windows Server 2016)

I hope there is a miscommunication here because plex without 3rd party agents isn’t plex anymore

Please tell me there is something lost in translation here

Obviously you were not visiting the forums for the last year or simply did not pay attention:

Plugins are dead (more or less).

Do I read agents or plugins here? Tell me. Still I don’t know, whether 3rd party agents are handled differently than plugins. You tell me.

My typing mistake - apologies i have corrected it

It is desperately sad that plugins will likely stop worknig soo. Plex without the Trakt plugin for me will be useless. That will be when I move away. If I wanted movie deals with adverts, I would have requested them. It’s all such a shame.

Sorry for the aggressiveness on my side :wink:

No i understand - this stuff is stressful

HI All - IM following the post and most stuff is above my head… Simple question… will the TV posters for shows and seasons be fixed at some point? Does this discussion of plug-ins means there will be no fix?.. I can wait no problem, I just want to know if it will be fixed or if I need an alternative to PLEX (which is the best I’ve ever used). - THX

yes

No, it is an agent not a plug-in.

You can’t wait! Truly a 3rd world problem.

Update:

My testing is complete. A lot of progress has been made.
Per previous posting, we knew there were ways to improve on our end too.
We took a good hard look at that to implement now and prototyped.

I will update with more info after Engineering and QA go over it.

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poster Issue is now with Themoviedb agent - anyone else having this issue as well?

Please keep this clear for TheTVDB issues

Create a new thread please?

@Toby_Groves It’s not registering Fate/Stay Night Heaven’s Feel Lost Butterfly at all which is its own entry. I can’t get plex to even search for that. When I do it comes up with nothing. I don’t know whats wrong because prior to all of this I had managed to get the first movie to register and get all the relevant info for it but this one I just can’t.

I’m having issues with TheTVDB agent also.

Currently it’s not picking up the posters for each season of South Park and there are 23 seasons, however on TheTVDB website all posters and images for the seasons and data are present but for plex it isn’t pulling posters except the main South Park poster and then it uses the same for all 23 seasons

I also have problems.
The agent retrieves the synopsis (in English and not in French, although the translation is present on TheTVDB). The actors are recovered, but not the jackets!

PLEASE Read before posting.

  1. Posters not being downloaded is the primary problem
  2. It has been the topic of the week.
  3. There are multiple efforts underway to provide multiple solutions.
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So after downloading the latest Plex Pass version, I am now getting posters :slight_smile:

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For those who can update:

TheTVDB V3 API change we talked about doing is done.

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Will the change work automatically, or should the service/daemon be restarted to take effect?