The Movie Database Support

It is quite common to find the No Language section of Posters and Backdrops containing images with text. When I see this, I do try to move them, but many of these images are locked and can only be moved by a moderator. (See my reporting history)

Here is an example... https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/127585-x-men-days-of-future-past/images/posters?image_language=xx

I believe this is caused by the current design of the upload page.

Could the upload page be redesigned so that the image language is set at the time of upload, rather than after uploading?

This will solve the confusion of an inexperienced user wondering what happened to their images and where to find them.

Thanks

9 replies (on page 1 of 1)

Jump to last post

Hi, in general I agree it would be helpful to set the poster language early. In this case, however, the user who added the images did set them to Chinese (which I believe is correct) in 2020. Later on another user changed many of those back to No Language (which counts as sabotage). I'll fix the sabotage now.

@KarellenX said:
Images with Text in No Language
I believe this is caused by the current design of the upload page.
Could the upload page be redesigned so that the image language is set at the time of upload, rather than after uploading?

Currently, by default, all images are added with no language.
But this new feature is already on our To-Do list.
https://trello.com/c/2qzjc5Vd/107-add-a-language-selector-when-uploading-posters
There is no implementation deadline.
You can vote. More votes, faster. :-)

Thanks @lineker for the fix. I am manually replacing some of my older artwork in my Kodi library with some better/newer versions, and I am amazed at how common the problem is. Easily 4 out of 5 movies I visit have this issue. Most I fix myself, but sometimes the posters are locked and I can't move them. Why would they be locked into the wrong section?

Thanks @ticao2 . That's been on the books since 2019, I hope it gets escalated :-)

Most I fix myself, but sometimes the posters are locked and I can't move them. Why would they be locked into the wrong section?

I would need some examples to know for sure. Poster language rules can be complicated in some cases, but backdrops should be more straight-forward.

@KarellenX said:
Thanks @ticao2 . That's been on the books since 2019, I hope it gets escalated :-)

There are 2 features in the plans, and maybe one depends on the other.
Maybe this is slowing down the work.
1 Choose language when uploading image
2 Add country in addition to language. Multiple languages with many countries.
I've been waiting a long time for this feature.

A Language with Multiple Countries

ar  Arabic 2 (AE+SA)
de  German 3 (AT+CH+DE)
fr  French 2 (CA+CH+FR) only CA and FR
ms  Malay 2 (MY+SG)
zh  Mandarin 3 (CN+HK+TW)
pt  Portuguese 2 (BR+PT)
es  Spanish 2 (ES+MX)

A possible solution is to change how this happens, adopting a resource of TAGs.
The same poster can be assigned to different countries and languages. Which is not possible today.
This should all impact all Scraper engines.
That is, you will have a little work. :-)

@lineker

I would need some examples to know for sure

I have come across an example of a locked fanart in the wrong location.

The image should be under English language instead of No Language. Its the last image in the listing.

@KarellenX said:

@lineker

I would need some examples to know for sure

I have come across an example of a locked fanart in the wrong location.

The image should be under English language instead of No Language. Its the last image in the listing.

For what movie?

@lineker

I am so sorry. I forgot to paste the link before posting, and didn't notice.

Lightyear (2022)... https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/718789-lightyear/images/backdrops

Hmm, its now unlocked. So I'll go ahead and move it.

Can't find a movie or TV show? Login to create it.

Global

s focus the search bar
p open profile menu
esc close an open window
? open keyboard shortcut window

On media pages

b go back (or to parent when applicable)
e go to edit page

On TV season pages

(right arrow) go to next season
(left arrow) go to previous season

On TV episode pages

(right arrow) go to next episode
(left arrow) go to previous episode

On all image pages

a open add image window

On all edit pages

t open translation selector
ctrl+ s submit form

On discussion pages

n create new discussion
w toggle watching status
p toggle public/private
c toggle close/open
a open activity
r reply to discussion
l go to last reply
ctrl+ enter submit your message
(right arrow) next page
(left arrow) previous page

Settings

Want to rate or add this item to a list?

Login