MP-TVSeries v4.3.6 Release [2020-01-24] (14 Viewers)

[lobozen1]

My only advice to you @lobozen1 is to delete the series in question from the database.

There is no reason why it should not work for new series, is it possible it has been scanned before you put the series.tvdb file in place? It may have been marked as ScanIgnore meaning it will no longer fix itself on subsequent scans even with the file, only way to fix that is to delete from the database.

To delete a series from the database (if that is your issue), you can enter the config tool and delete from there or from the MediaPortal GUI you need to Show Hidden data from the context menu Options.

Hi Itfearme.
thank you for the fast reply.
I deleted the series already, tried again, deleted again.
The series.tvdb was added to the folder before scanning. Very strange.
Could my huge database (1200+ series!) be a reason?

 

[fischy667]

Hi Itfearme.
thank you for the fast reply.
I deleted the series already, tried again, deleted again.
The series.tvdb was added to the folder before scanning. Very strange.
Could my huge database (1200+ series!) be a reason?

That shouldn't be a problem. I also have 1100 series in my database and haven't had any trouble adding new series using the workaround.

 

[JimCatMP]

My only advice to you @lobozen1 is to delete the series in question from the database.

There is no reason why it should not work for new series, is it possible it has been scanned before you put the series.tvdb file in place? It may have been marked as ScanIgnore meaning it will no longer fix itself on subsequent scans even with the file, only way to fix that is to delete from the database.

To delete a series from the database (if that is your issue), you can enter the config tool and delete from there or from the MediaPortal GUI you need to Show Hidden data from the context menu Options.

I can confirm it's now working as expected.
a - Removed a series from TV-

That shouldn't be a problem. I also have 1100 series in my database and haven't had any trouble adding new series using the workaround.

Odd, it's works for some [most?], not others [incliding me]. I've removed series from TV-Series [delete database entry via config], created file 427281.tvdb in home folder for series [FUBAR] and imported - the reported series ID is -589, no online info but all the local files listed.
Thought this could be due to incomplete deletion, so retried with absolute NEW service [never been imported as never existed], created TVBD file [450033.tvdb] in home directory, [Spider-Noir] and import. Reported series ID is -590, etc.

Importing into existing services fine, give it series name, set to 'apply', reclick for 'green' and run import, 100% solid.

Ideas on why me and [at least]Iobozen can't make it work?-<

 

[580guy]

I was having a hard time with a new show that wouldn't appear in the database. Tried the ID.tvdb, and it finally showed up in the first screen in the TVDBconfig import. So I thought I was good. Then after all done, it was nowhere to be seen. I went to details, and show hidden, but it wasn't there. Tried repeated times to scan again, but it would never some up again. I then used a SQlite DB reader, and saw that the show was in the database somewhere, but I had no way to find it to delete it. Finally I used a previous database from a backup, and started again, and it worked withe ID.tvbd file. But it set me back a few days for my watched history, etc.
Keep some daily backups of the Database, just in case!

 

[JimCatMP]

Given ID.tvdb doesn't work for me, thought I'd do the harder way - direct sql.

So [using SQLITE3 installed on seperate host - just copied DB over, edited, saved and copied back to actual media server].

update local_series set ID=427281 where ID=-588; #Series is FUBAR, TVDB_ID is 427281 and -588 is the ID it was given on import.
update season set SeriesID=427281 where SeriesID=-588; # 2 seasons installed, both season entries updated in one query.
update season set ID=427281_s1 where ID=-588_s1;# Update the index ID, one query per season.
update season set ID=427281_s2 where ID=-588_s2;

#Fix up the LOCAL file info.
update local_episodes set SeriesID=427281, OriginalComposite="427281_1x1",CompositeID="427281_1x1" where CompsiteID="-588_1x1"; # Repeat this 8 times [8 episodes per series] as 1x2, 1x3 ...........
update local_episodes set SeriesID=427281, OriginalComposite="427281_2x1",CompositeID="427281_2x1" where CompsiteID="-588_2x1";# As above but now it's for Season 2, so 2x2, 2x3.........

#Fix up the ONLINE file info.
online_episodes set SeriesID=427281 ,CompositeID="427281_1x1" where CompositeID="-588_1x1"; #As above for Seasons 1 & 2.

Open Conf, do an import [for all the missing online cont] and it's now all looking good.

NOTE - this only works for FAILED import where some suitable data exists in the table.

Possibly, that may help someone:-?

TTFN _ J.