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Metadata Provider Identifiers

To improve the accuracy of media identification, you can manually specify a metadata provider identifier for each movie or show. Each metadata provider uses a unique identifier for its content, and adding these identifiers greatly improves media identification. Identifiers can be specified in your movie/show file or folder name. Multiple identifiers can be specified. For example:

Movies
├── Best_Movie_Ever (1994) [tmdbid-680] [imdbid-1234]
│   ├── Best_Movie_Ever (1994) [tmdbid-680].mp4
├── Best_Movie_Ever_2 (1994) {tmdb-680}
│   └── Best_Movie_Ever_2 (1994) {tmdb-680}.mp4
└── Movie (2021) [imdbid-tt12801262]
    └── Movie (2021) [imdbid-tt12801262].mp4
Shows
└── Series Name (2018) [tvdbid-79168]
    ├── Season 01
    |   ├── Series Name S01E01.mkv
    |   └── Series Name S01E02.mkv
    └── Season 02
        ├── Series Name S02E01-E02.mkv
        └── Series Name S02E03.mkv

Metadata identifiers support square brackets [], parentheses (), and curly braces {}.

Supported Metadata Providers​

The following metadata providers are supported:

Finding Metadata Provider Identifiers​

Below are instructions on how to find metadata provider identifiers for each supported provider.

The Movie Database (TMDB)​

The identifier is found in the URL of the title. For example:

URL: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/569094-spider-man-across-the-spider-verse

Identifier: [tmdbid-569094] Alias: [tmdb-569094]

The TV Database (TVDB)​

The identifier is found on the main page of the title. For example:

How to find The TVDB media identifier

Identifier: [tvdbid-266189] Alias: [tvdb-266189]

OMDb API (OMDB)​

OMDB provider uses Internet Movie Database (IMDB) IDs as identifiers. The identifier is found in the URL of the title. For example:

URL: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9362722/

Identifier: [imdbid-tt9362722] Alias: [imdb-tt9362722]