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It seems multiple tvshow db entries are created if the same tvshow is spread across multiple sources.
1) Could I get confirmation it is not a problem on my side
2) Is it supposed to be so? Looks like CVideoDatabase::GetTvShowId is trying to get the show id by path, so I assume if the same show shows up on a different path, it could indeed lead to a new show entry being created, which seems like a bug to me...
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IIRC this is not a bug but necessary for the video info scanner. We e.g. do a call to CVideoDatabase::Stack() at the end of CVideoDatabase::GetTvShowsByWhere() to combine identical tvshows with different paths. But jmarshall will be able to provide more details on this.
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Ok.
I might have an issue in JSON related to this with "lastplayed" picking up only one of the thshow instance...
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The problem is that there's reliance from the tvshow on path. Thus, atm we can get dupe'd tvshows with multiple paths. They're supposed to be seamless as we stack them down on the database fetch, but in some areas they aren't.
The ideal, ofcourse, is for the tvshow connection to path being done by a link table, so that there's only a single tvshow entry, and multiple path entries (we'd then just link back to the first path, which is how it works now anyway). The potential problem with this is if two shows are named similarly (but are in different paths), and happen to scan to the same item due to slightly inaccurate lookup on thetvdb.com (eg it might be the Life documentary from the BBC vs Life the show), correcting that later could be difficult. This may already be a problem now though...
Certainly if you could do some investigation that'd be great - a sample filesystem that clearly shows the issue would be a great place to start.
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2012-10-19, 02:59
(This post was last modified: 2012-10-19, 03:04 by Koying.)
Not sure what you mean by a "sample filesystem".
Would a "stripped-to-the-point" videodb export (I'm using mysql) help?
Re innacurate lookups, wouldn't a rescan at the fs folder level be able to resolve them, possibly forcing it with a tvshow.nfo?
