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TV preview access
posted by Travis BellSTAFFMOD on October 4, 2013 at 12:47 PM
TV has been brought out of the private preview and is now available for everyone to see.
Please read the information below.
Please understand that this is indeed a preview. While there was plenty I could test while I was developing this feature on TMDb, being stuck in a vacuum like that can only expose so many things. If you find a bug please report it on this thread.
What I would like you guys to do is search for your favourite shows and look through the data that was imported. We're still importing data in the background so not all of your favourite shows will be here yet. This import is expected to take a few more days still (as of October 10, 2013). Please do not report missing shows until I have said the import is done.
When you're looking through things, there's one primary thing I would like you to keep an eye out for and that is, shows that should clearly have a season or more but don't. There was a small issue that seems to have affected a percentage of shows (I think around 2%) where their seasons were not imported. Please report those below.
What can you help with?
The data that was imported is real world editable data. If you see an error, fix it. This is the point of giving you guys access. With more of you trying to edit different things we'll discover the bugs and issues faster. There's a list of known issues below.
Known Issues / Pending Features
- LH-545 - Series/season/episode image upload dialogs don't show the right content
Closed Issues
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LH-568- Add the ability to add new TV shows -
LH-546- Write TV documentation -
LH-542- Credits are not yet sortable -
LH-543- TV credits do not yet show up on person pages -
LH-544- Favourite/watch list items are not viewable within your account -
LH-548- Seasons without a season number are not deletable -
LH-549- Season release dates aren't always saving -
LH-550- Season names are being saved lowercase -
LH-551- Adding a new cast member with the "add to every season" checked doesn't add them -
LH-555- Create a page to view a persons TV credits from a series page -
LH-554- Fix the ability to add episodes, improve cast callbacks -
LH-556- Restore the ability to add new seasons -
LH-559- Guest star character names are not editable -
LH-558- Show TV credits in the person search drop downs and known for credits in TV cast and crew pages -
LH-579- Allow the creation of new people via the TV edit dialogs
Import Status
The initial import of data for all 60,522 shows is complete.
Reply by sp1ti
on October 12, 2013 at 11:35 AM
Thanks for the clarification.
Regarding missing seasons: http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/890-neon-genesis-evangelion I created the S1 entry for a test. Adding episodes failed (when clicking save) with a 404 error in the console. Same thing goes for credits, etc.
and two others > http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/21733-macross-plus http://www.themoviedb.org/tv/95-buffy-the-vampire-slayer
For other feedback a pastebin to not clutter this thread: http://pastebin.com/sWZZQ1mX
To be honest I'll probably stick to TVDB for my TV needs. I wish you good luck with your huge undertaking ;o!
Reply by martinjuhasz
on October 12, 2013 at 12:31 PM
would love to get access to this feature!
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 12, 2013 at 3:00 PM
martinjuhasz, done.
Reply by lineker
on October 12, 2013 at 4:36 PM
Gossip Girl was added twice. This one has no seasons.
Also, One Life to Live has no seasons.
Reply by WingmanNZ
on October 12, 2013 at 4:42 PM
Would love to take a look and check over a few rare shows I have.
Cheers, WingmanNZ
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM
Chris, done.
I'll take a look at those in a bit,
Just a reminder for those of you with access, this is real world, editable data. If you find a content error, fix it! (Barring any editing bugs as described in my original post) :D
Reply by lineker
on October 12, 2013 at 6:03 PM
This didn't work for me. I'm using Chrome btw.
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 12, 2013 at 6:07 PM
What series (and cast member)? I've done it on a number of shows without any issues so more info in definitely needed. Thanks!
Reply by lineker
on October 12, 2013 at 6:56 PM
Sorry, false alarm. When I went back and checked now, the credits had been added (Kaley Cuoco as Penny for The Big Bang Theory). When I hit save, nothing happened so that's why I thought it didn't work. But obviously it did work, just with some delay.
Reply by Antiq
on October 13, 2013 at 8:51 AM
TMDB you are the best. I looking forward to translate tv shows to my language :) Would love to get access to this feature!
Reply by ender8088
on October 13, 2013 at 1:04 PM
I would like to take a peak. Have done a bit of work for the tvdb over the years and interested in how this will pan out.
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 13, 2013 at 2:15 PM
I've added you both, euvlad93 and ender8088.
Reply by FlyingAggie
on October 13, 2013 at 6:21 PM
Would definitely be interested in access to this as well! Looking forward to it!
Reply by rectifyer
on October 14, 2013 at 2:14 AM
Requesting access to the preview please :)
Reply by Kaspars
on October 14, 2013 at 2:38 AM
Travis, i think you missed me, still don't have an access. Thanks.