Add-on:The TVDB

The TVDB

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/addons/frodo/metadata.tvdb.com/icon.png See this add-on on the kodi.tv showcase Author: Team XBMC Type: TV information Repo: Kodi.tv repo v21 Kodi.tv repo v20 Kodi.tv repo v19 Summary: Fetch TV show metadata from TheTVDB.com

Add-ons

The TVDB

TheTVDB.com is a TV Scraper. The site is a massive open database that can be modified by anybody and contains full meta data for many shows in different languages. All content and images on the site have been contributed by their users for users and have a high standard or quality. The database schema and website are open source under the GPL.

Installing

This add-on is installed from the Add-on browser located in Kodi as follows:

1. Settings
2. Add-ons
3. Install from repository
4. Information providers (v16 and higher)
5. TV information
6. The TVDB
7. Install

Scraper settings

Use DVD order

Use DVD order instead of broadcast order.

Use absolute ordering (single season)

Treat show as having only one season so that file names only require episode numbers. Often used for single series and anime. See here for how to name such files.

Enable fanart

Download Fanart or not.

Prefer posters

Download posters instead of banners. Be sure to also toggle the layout setting for your skin: For Confluence (default skin) see: Add-on:Confluence/Settings#TV_shows

Language

Language to use for summaries and other metadata.

See also

• http://TheTVDB.com
• Video library
• Adding videos to the library