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tennisbgc
December 26th, 2010, 10:02 PM
Sorry if this has been discussed before but I noticed after trying to scrap for ex. mythbusters S08E27 which according to imdb is the presidents challenge http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383126/episodes#season-8 . boxee was unable to properly identify it. So I went to thetvdb site and that same episode is considered S08E21 http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=season&seriesid=73388&seasonid=41536&lid=7 . Result boxee scraped it correctly. So it appears boxee is using thetvdb sometimes for tv shows?
Prospero424
December 26th, 2010, 10:04 PM
Yes, we've had several threads on this in the past. And you're right about thetvdb.

The Boxee devs are aware of the situation and I've been told that they're working on some way to resolve this.
tennisbgc
December 26th, 2010, 10:26 PM
Yes, we've had several threads on this in the past. And you're right about thetvdb.

The Boxee devs are aware of the situation and I've been told that they're working on some way to resolve this.thanks for the reply. I actually dont mind that thetvdb is used for some shows to makeup for imdb lack of.I hope they wait till full nfo support is implemented before they cut out the tvdb all together.