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I had the Movie 21 in my collection and no matter how I named it it still wanted to be another movie when the imdb scrubber traversed it. Last night it wanted to be Father of the Bride Part 2... I have no idea on how that is possible but that's what it was. I got tired and removed the movie entirely...
But it got me thinking.
Why can't I in manual mode, specify a imdb ID? ( for example tt0478087 for 21)
Yes I know that I can (somehow) specify the imdb ID in a .nfo file but I haven't found (yes I've searched) out the correct syntax, and that involves me editing a file instead of using xbmc.
It seems to be that xbmc needs a new way of representing the movies and shows in the database and NOT to crash when the scrubber stops responding...
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Anyway.. see http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Import_-_Export_Library#Movies_2
When you get a wrong match from a scrape, you can from the media information window do a refresh, then select manual and type in the imdb id (tt..)
That wasn't so hard was it?
I get the same thing sometimes using Media Companion, I think it's because the IMDB search function lists 'Popular Titles' before 'Titles (Exact Matches)'.
eg search IMDB for the film 'Outlaw' -
Popular Titles (Displaying 1 Result)
1. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Titles (Exact Matches) (Displaying 6 Results)
1. Outlaw (2007)
...
I don't know if there's a way to get XBMC to choose the Exact match instead of the Popular one but that would solve it most of the time I think.
As for 'Father of the Bride Part II' that could be because XBMC ignores the word 'part' when looking up films as it assumes the film is split into seperate parts.
I get the same thing sometimes using Media Companion, I think it's because the IMDB search function lists 'Popular Titles' before 'Titles (Exact Matches)'.
eg search IMDB for the film 'Outlaw' -
Popular Titles (Displaying 1 Result)
1. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Titles (Exact Matches) (Displaying 6 Results)
1. Outlaw (2007)
...
I don't know if there's a way to get XBMC to choose the Exact match instead of the Popular one but that would solve it most of the time I think.
As for 'Father of the Bride Part II' that could be because XBMC ignores the word 'part' when looking up films as it assumes the film is split into seperate parts.
To ensure the scraper will hit the correct movie you could always append the given year to the foldername or filename. Search will be eg. "Outlaw+(2007)". XBMC wont split on "part".. when searching for "Father of the Bride Part II" the scanner will get only on result, the correct one.