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posted by RandoSTAFFMOD on February 10, 2021 at 4:20 PM
I have tried to add the TVDB link to certain shows and items and sometimes it works while other times it says successfully added but when I check it there is a 0. I am not sure what I am doing wrong in this instance. Can you please help?
Here are two examples from the same show:
This link works:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/78798/season/1/edit?active_nav_item=external_ids&language=en-US
While this doesn't:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/78798/season/3/edit?active_nav_item=external_ids&language=en-US
Reply by Banana
on February 10, 2021 at 9:58 PM
The field is for the "TVDB ID" i.e. a bunch of digits. I looks like there are a few issues.
Only the TVDB episode ID (eg. 7825487) should be saved when an episode link is entered: https://www.thetvdb.com/series/384983-hook/episodes/7825487 That's something Travis has to fix. In the meantime, please add the ID manually rather than copy-pasting the full link.
The series link https://thetvdb.com/series/detention-2020 does not include the TVDB show ID 387152. This one should not save at all. The series ID has to be entered manually.
Same issue with TVDB season IDs. There is no season ID in your link https://thetvdb.com/series/345645-show/seasons/official/3 As far as I know, TVDB retired seasons ID years ago. Just leave the field blank.
Reply by Rando
on February 10, 2021 at 10:00 PM
Ok got it. Thanks!
Reply by janar
on February 11, 2021 at 3:10 AM
Nerd alert!
@banana_girl wrote:
Indeed, TVDB does not display season IDs anymore. But they're still available in the source code of those pages. For example, go to:
https://thetvdb.com/series/345645-show/seasons/official/3
Now use the function of your browser to show you the source code of this page. Then search for the series ID (in this example 345645) or for the string
In this example, you'll find the number 1886512 - that's the correct season ID that you can enter here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/78798/season/3/edit?active_nav_item=external_ids
I did this maybe 10 times in the past, and it always worked. Also, if there's artwork added to a season on TVDB - like in this example - you can spot the season ID in the url of the image:
https://artworks.thetvdb.com/banners/series/345645/seasons/1886512/posters/5fdb7639e4fc0_t.jpg
Reply by Rando
on February 12, 2021 at 2:35 PM
Thank you!!! that worked so well!!!