ok, it is actually happening. API calls and stuff are now 10€ per year. How this will affect trakt ?

@MrMamen I see what you mean now. :+1:

I think you are spot-on. I also think TMDB currently has lots of problems with TV episode listings, e.g. compare TVDB vs. TMDB for the TV Shows Timeless and the final season of The Big Bang Theory.

Maybe useful: I got a reply from TMDB Staff once saying “the main episode listing on TMDB must match/come from official sources, e.g. the official networks webpage”, and that’s why the last episodes of the TV Show Timeless are all “funky” in TMDB.

Another point: According to the Contribution Bible of TMDB their are not allowing an own translation. “We currently only support the original episode titles and original translated episode titles (i.e. the first TV/digital/physical title for each language). […] The translated episode name field sh…

As a lot of you have pointed out, this is a major job to get all shows on equal level. I think the work should start with show by show as they match. For ongoing shows the data may change from day to day, so it’s better to move off-season, or asap as they match.

I’ve wondered what the cost would be, but also how the TVDB pricing model works. Is it based on the number of users that access the data or just the number of calls? Would it be practical to use TVDB for shows selectively on an ongoing basis or is there a need for a hard cutover at some point? At t…

that’s a good idea to freeze old data and use tvdb update (pay for api) for new shows only

I also remember that TVDB had a big “Verified” tag/logo/badge on shows pages with good finalised and double-checked data. That could be an indicator for freezing.

TVdb is full of English translations that is either not translations at all (just repeats the original title in a different language), or unofficial translations that doesn’t make much sense. I guess the majority of this is because it is required to get it into trakt, and getting a database where th…

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What would the approximate cost increase be for each VIP user (per year) if Trakt.tv just distributed/pushed-out the TVDB’s API fee to them? i.e. don’t change from using good TVDB data

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