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Doctor Who, new series order in home media server? (leminal.space)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by halm@leminal.space to c/doctorwho@lemmy.world

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Yes, I keep a local copy of more or less all Doctor Who on a hard drive. No, I will not get into the particulars or ethics surrounding that. My question is only about keeping the series ordered in my Kodi home theatre setup now that apparently the show has started a new season numbering starting with the upcoming 2024 outing and, according to TMDb, also the current specials.

At the moment, the new specials (Children in need/Star beast at the time of writing) aren't included in my library, and I suspect it's due to incorrect naming. TMDb doesn't provide a year of first airing for the "Nu Nu Who" show, so I can't name the files "Doctor Who (yyyy)" as I have with the 1963 and 2005 shows.

Edit: I am specifically asking how to correctly scrape information from TMDb because the TV Database has currently not clocked that Doctor Who season numbering apparently is reset with the Disney+ streaming deal, and for that reason registers as a new show. /Edit

Any suggestions?

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[–] Vittelius@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you are using emby or jellyfin you can append the tmdb id to your foldername like this: Doctor Who (2023) [tmdbid-239770] The server software will pick it up correctly

[–] halm@leminal.space 1 points 11 months ago

Mind blown...! I use neither but have been on the fence about Jellyfin. This is a hefty argument in its favour!

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have you looked on iPlayer to see if it is actually listed as a new show, as opposed to someone adding incorrect details to TMDB?

[–] halm@leminal.space 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Damn, good point.

Edit: iPlayer does indeed list "Doctor Who (1963-1996)”, "Doctor Who (2005-2022)”, and a new show also called "Doctor Who" as yet undated: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/m001rzf7

(Edit the second: Clicking through to the new show's page actually dates it as "2023—")