Add-on:The TVDB
From XBMC
| The TVDB | |||
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| Author: | Team XBMC | ||
| Type: | TV information | ||
| Version: | 1.2.4 | ||
| Repo: | XBMC.org (v11) XBMC.org (v12) Built-in add-ons
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| Summary: | Fetch TV show metadata from TheTVDB.com | ||
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.
1 Installing
To install this add-on you must do so from the Add-on Manager from within XBMC by going to:
- Settings
- Add-ons
- Get add-ons
- XBMC.org Add-ons
- TV information
- The TVDB
- Install
2 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
- Use posters instead of banners.
- Language
- Language to use for summaries and other metadata.
