@richwells98@yahoo.com said:
API search vs website search
So I'm re-indexing my NAS and I have the 2009 show Kings. Which prior to using tmdb gave me the correct data. Now that im only using TMDB, it gives me incorrect data

Kings Ep1/2 gave me Breakout Kings. Ep3 gave me Pair of Kings as the show.
Now i notice when i search the website for 'kings' and select TV shows, despite having a show with that exact name, its not top of the search results. Those two shows appear before the correct show.
Im thinking if the API uses the same search results, this could explain why so many are coming up incorrect.
My Macgyver episodes from 1985 come up as 2016. 2016 rates higher in your search results.

I dont think theres much you can do about macgyver in this respect because its an identical name, despite my references in the file/folder structure to the year, but clearly the website search results are not geared towards the closest match being top of the list. Is that something that can be fixed?

Is your NAS a Synology NAS/DS Video by any chance?

I think this subject should be in API Support.
So I'm going to move this conversation to API Support.

It was more i think the search feature on the site is an issue. If i can't get an expected result searching directly on the site, then i don't expect the API to give me the correct results because I assume both use the same search function. So if the website search is fixed....

@richwells98@yahoo.com said:
It was more i think the search feature on the site is an issue.
If i can't get an expected result searching directly on the site, then i don't expect the API to give me the correct results because I assume both use the same search function.
So if the website search is fixed....

Many homonyms.
There are plans to refine using exact term.
It will take time I believe.
But in the case of Macgyver it doesn't work.
Perhaps adding the year will lessen the problem.
On the website you can use Macgyver y:2016
For your NAS it depends on which tool you are using.

Iv tried that with Macgyver, and i worked out my previous issue with the file moving shows. The more the API fails to provide the correct data, the more i learn. And it happens a lot. My NAS was putting Macgyver in the show it thought it was based on the file/folder structure. Then the API comes back and says that's wrong so it moves it.

Beauty and the Geek. Your API returns beauty and the geek australia. Its not the same show. Its not the closest match. Just like Kings. Its named exactly as your site lists the show yet you cannot return a correct result. The previous API i used, which is no longer operating with synology/at all didnt have these mismatches.

This site cannot seem to get it right. Im running out of disk space and need to shuffle things around, and the more I do so, the more i have to fix because TMDB cannot deliver the correct results despite the naming being exact.

@richwells98@yahoo.com said:
Iv tried that with Macgyver, and i worked out my previous issue with the file moving shows. The more the API fails to provide the correct data, the more i learn. And it happens a lot.
My NAS was putting Macgyver in the show it thought it was based on the file/folder structure. Then the API comes back and says that's wrong so it moves it.
Beauty and the Geek. Your API returns beauty and the geek australia. Its not the same show. Its not the closest match. Just like Kings. Its named exactly as your site lists the show yet you cannot return a correct result.
The previous API i used, which is no longer operating with synology/at all didnt have these mismatches.
This site cannot seem to get it right. Im running out of disk space and need to shuffle things around, and the more I do so, the more i have to fix because TMDB cannot deliver the correct results despite the naming being exact.

Prior to your comment, it was unclear if the problem was with Synology NAS.
But from your answer today I believe it is.
And in this case I suggest you read these two conversations below.
See if any of these threads can help solve your problem.

Synology NAS/DS Video Reports

2022-04-10 https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/62535423ca4f67095e92f4fd
https://community.synology.com/enu/forum/1/post/149352
2022-03-15 https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/62315048befd910074c5db4c

The previous API i used, ...

Just a curiosity of mine.
What API service were you using previously?

@ticao2 said:

Prior to your comment, it was unclear if the problem was with Synology NAS.
But from your answer today I believe it is.

I dont know how you can possibly believe this. The ONLY issue i have is this api will not return the correct show. I know this for a FACT now. Its taken me a while to work out whats been going on, but it has nothing to do with synology and everything to do with this site returning incorrect data. No, it doesnt happen all the time. Just enough to annoy the crap out of people. Do a search on HERE and it doesnt give you the correct show as the first response for the shows causing issues. That has nothing to do with my NAS

There used to be i think 2 other api's. I dont recall the first one that stopped but the last one was tvdb.com. They shut their older API's down in 2021.

Since my NAS has only 1G of RAM soldered on the motherboard, i cant upgrade that and get DSM 7.0 which apparently gives me more search options, so im stuck with TMDB. I'd love for this site to fix their issues.

Heres a mention from some other synology users as to what happened when tvdb shut their api down: Well, This has completely screwed my TV shows. They all reindexed from the movie database and now all my episodes of MASH are now "the Mash Report". The TMDB service does not work for many TV shows and has inferior metadata for many more.

I'm sorry. I don't know how to help anymore.
Maybe if you contact Synology support.
https://kb.synology.com/en-my/DSM/help/DSM/SupportCenter/SupportCenter_desc?version=6

Today I found a Synology user who got a solution.
Maybe it solves your problem.
https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/62315048befd910074c5db4c#62ee3bd29369a2007dc2252b

Synology NAS - Fix data errors in Series, TV Show.
https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/62315048befd910074c5db4c#62ee3bd29369a2007dc2252b

2022.08.07 : My issue is now resolved with Synology support.

Required resolution present in Video Station functionality, using Administrator login,
to edit metadata matching in combination with search function.

1. Login as administrator
2. Launch Video Station.
3. Chose content (e.g. a movie or tv show/series) with the issue.
4. Over on the far right-hand side of the screen, choose 'Edit video info' option.
5. A 'Edit video info' screen will be shown.
6. Select the 'Search from Video Info Plugin' option.
7. Ensure the required title, and language, to be matched are both present then chose 'Search' option.
8. From the search results shown, select the appropriate entry as a required match.
9. Choose the 'OK' option.
10. Check the outcome is as required.

FYI : Upon return to the 'Edit video info' screen, you will probably need to change the 'Lock status' to 'Unlock'.
The blue information symbol provides the reason why.