[mythtv-users] The dangers of automated metadata lookup

[Frank Phillips]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Doug Scoular <dscoular at cisco.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> On 6/26/2012 9:28 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>  Was this in "videos" or "recorded"?
>>
>    This was a show recorded via Free to Air digital TV and, hence, in the
> "recorded" section.
>
>     I'm using the Australian "Shepherd" grabber... so I'm not sure if we
> get the series info in the XML.
>
>    themoviedb.org does list the ID as "Rated: X" and has "plot keywords"
> that reflect it's adult nature.
>
>     It seems strange that if it found it in thetvdb.com I would have
> thought it would use the metadata from thetvdb.com.
>
>    Perhaps recordings should search thetvdb first, and fall back to
> themoviedb and videos should search themoviedb first and then fall back to
> thetvdb... not being a familiar with the code I'm not sure what the best
> approach might be.
>
>    It doesn't really bother me, I just thought it could lead to unexpected
> embarrassment for others. Fore-warned is fore-armed and all that I guess.
>
>    Cheers,
>
>    Doug
>
>
Raymond Wagner explains some in a previous thread:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/517589
What 0.25 revision are you using?
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