Get Online Video Metadata not working

[martyd]

It looks like it's affecting long running shows, so lots of episode data to return. Shows with fewer episodes seem to work fine. Is there a size limit that could be causing this?

[jbinkley60]

It looks like it's affecting long running shows, so lots of episode data to return. Shows with fewer episodes seem to work fine. Is there a size limit that could be causing this?

This looks like something on the source side. I have checked a few shows with many episodes (i.e. Blue Bloods, Cheers, Heartland etc..) and they work fine. I agree Chicago Med is a mess, with the episodes not being in order, missing etc.. Mezzmo is using the older TVDB API interface, which TVDB is eventually shutting down in lieu of moving to v4 of the API. Unfortunately, from what I understand, TVDB is maintaining the rights and authoring for v4 clients. They provided one for Kodi. Peter had mentioned that once TVDB begins to really shut down the old API that Mezzmo would look to move to TMDB for episode metadata.


Thanks,

Jeff

[martyd]

Thanks, Jeff. Looks like we'll just have to wait and see.

[jbinkley60]

Thanks, Jeff. Looks like we'll just have to wait and see.

It looks like the issue is starting to spread on TVDB. I checked Young Sheldon for an episode which worked a week ago and is now missing when doing a Get Online Video Metadata. My conspiracy theory tingle thinks TVDB may be doing this to move people off their old API onto their new pay API. Of course the more likely scenario is that it is starting to break due to a lack of attention and support. We'll see what Peter thinks.


Thanks,

Jeff

[martyd]

My conspiracy theory tingle thinks TVDB may be doing this to move people off their old API onto their new pay API.

Ahh! Programmed obsolescence. Surely not!

[Peter]

We will need to switch to themoviedb.org eventually as TVDB is no longer free and will eventually stop working altogether.

[jbinkley60]

Ahh! Programmed obsolescence. Surely not!

It looks like I can land my black helicopter for a bit longer. I saw note in the Kodi forums where folks reached out to TVDB.com and they fixed the issue. You might want to try the ones again which were broken. They look good here. I checked your Chicago Med and see all 8 seasons now, in the proper order.


Thanks,

Jeff

[martyd]

You might want to try the ones again which were broken. They look good here.

Yes, Chicago Med is good, but Eastenders is still a mess. I might hop over to TVDB and see what they can do. Thanks, Jeff.