# How does Movie & TV Show information (metadata) get updated? How can I refresh or sync Trakt to TMDB?

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We use [TMDB](http://themoviedb.org/) for most movie & tv show information.

It’s _ **free** _ for anyone to sign up and edit info at TMDB. Please make sure the movie, show, season and/or episode exist on TMDB. Having at least one external ID is important to validate that page here.

_If data is not updated, you can report the pages so our team can check if there are any issues. Please make sure that the data is correct at the datasource before doing that._

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# **Automatic Refreshes**

Behind the scenes, usually within 24 hours, a refresh or import updates:

- Any new or updated seasons, episodes, titles, specials and air or release dates are added or updated.
- Aliases, translations, genres, language, and actors are always imported from TMDB.
- The highest rated **English** or “No Language” poster, season posters, episode screenshots and fanart are also imported from TMDB. (1080p or larger is preferred for fanart and we’ll only use 720p if nothing better is available.)
- Supporting images are imported from [Fanart.tv](http://Fanart.tv) for the show or movie (logo, banner, thumb) and seasons (poster, fanart, thumb, banner).

> **Note** : Some TV shows and Movies have locked poster and fanart. This means we have specifically set those images and they won’t be auto updated with a refresh.

_**If you don’t see the update(s) after 48 hours, pleas**  **e**  **click the “Report” link** and we’ll look into the movie or show. Please be sure to include as many details as possible for more prompt response._

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Please also check out [_How are movies imported?_](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/how-are-movies-imported/22130) and [_How are TV Shows imported?_](https://forums.trakt.tv/t/how-are-tv-shows-imported/22127).