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Metadata Downloader Compatibility

vosmiic edited this page Jun 15, 2022 · 2 revisions

This plugin works better with some metadata downloaders. The below table should help you to decide which metadata downloaders to use if you are unsure or want better compatibility with the plugin.

Name Compatibility Explanation
TheTVDB Best The plugin can use the downloaded anime list XML file to find anime quickly. Works with shows with multiple seasons, but not with movies.
AniList 2nd best No need to use the downloaded anime list XML file; if you are using the AniList provider, we don't even need to make an extra API call. Only works on shows with a single season though. Best for movies.
AniDb 3rd best Will also have to use the anime list XML file, but has slightly lower compatibility compared to TheTVDB. Also will not work with shows that have multiple seasons, but will work with movies.

Any metadata downloader not noted in the above table will require the plugin to manually search for the show via the providers API. While this usually leads to a show correctly being identified, we cannot guarantee results. However using any of the above metadata downloaders will result in 99.99% accuracy.

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