There
is a way to work around all of this though, and ensure that your imported episodes gets the correct ID no matter what the "Get Movie & TV Info" tool says. I have done this for a few shows, and it works great (even if it's a tiny bit cumbersome to set up initially):
Step 1:Open
Options ->
Library & Folders ->
Configure auto-import. Mark the entry for your folder containing TV shows and hit
Edit. You'll be presented with the usual window for this action, and you'll want to hit
Add ->
CustomStep 2:In the
Tag dialogue that pops up, select
TheTVDB Series ID...
...and enter the following code*:
If(IsEqual(FileFolder([Filename,0],
1),
NameOfFolder),
123456,[TheTVDB Series ID])
* Change this number to how deep down in the folder hierarchy you have to dig, to find the folder name identifying the show, relative to the episode file. In my example show, the episodes are stored as "Z:\Media\TV Shows\Castle (2009)\Season 1\Castle (2009).S01E01.Flowers For Your Grave.mkv" so for me, the correct number is 1 (0 would be the folder named "Season 1", and 2 would be "TV Shows" etc.).
* This is the name you want matched. In my example image, this would be "Castle (2009)" (note: remember, escape any parenthesis with forward slash. This means typing something like "Castle (2009)" as "Castle /(2009/)").
* The correct TheTVDB series id.As you can
[in this screenshot], all my Castle episodes are now scraped correctly.
The same method can be applied if you want to name the series "correctly" as well (e.g. "Castle (2009)" instead of just "Castle"). If you have more than one show you need to correct the id for this way, just use the
IfElse function instead.
EDIT: Fixed image links. This forum software automatically changes "jrmc" to MC, for some annoying reason.