New movies with same title as old movies do not sync

[TheMetalCenter]

I have noticed that some new movies added to my library do not get picked up by the trakt sync. The problem seems restricted to new movies with the same title as other movies already in the library. For example, Dumbo, Aladdin, Casino Royale, The Mummy, and so on. This wasn't an issue with the original trakt/library linking, only for new movies added after the initial sync.

These movies do have nfo files in the folder with them that have all the correct ID information, and Kodi will add them to the library correctly upon updating.

[razzeee]

Hey, can you please post an example nfo? siteuser42 <[email protected]> schrieb am Do., 31. Okt. 2019, 05:38:

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I have noticed that some new movies added to my library do not get picked up by the trakt sync. The problem seems restricted to new movies with the same title as other movies already in the library. For example, Dumbo, Aladdin, Casino Royale, The Mummy, and so on. This wasn't an issue with the original trakt/library linking, only for new movies added after the initial sync. These movies do have nfo files in the folder with them that have all the correct ID information, and Kodi will add them to the library correctly upon updating. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#480?email_source=notifications&email_token=ABNLEZHP5KZO3G5HJSU2WMLQRJOLZA5CNFSM4JHEF7U2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFUVEXG43VMWVGG33NNVSW45C7NFSM4HVUWDRQ>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABNLEZH4YUNJYVE3IBPAB2TQRJOLZANCNFSM4JHEF7UQ> .

[TheMetalCenter]

Sure! This was the newly added movie: https://pastebin.com/DyLN6yjk
Already had this in my library: https://pastebin.com/7taHMxXN

These nfos were generated by TinyMediaMangager

[razzeee]

I'm not sure when your problem show. Are you saying it only affects the initial sync or everything after that? Anyway the code is the same, not sure what the server does, but would be surprising if it goes wrong.

Would be good if you can get a logfile.

[TheMetalCenter]

The initial sync worked fine when I installed the trakt app to Kodi. The issue only occurs when I add new movies to the library. Of these, movies with the same title as old ones are ignored during the sync with trakt, so I have been manually adding them to trakt collection instead. I will try to get a log file next time I encounter the issue.

[psonnosp]

I have the same problem but with series.
All movies and other series sync but not Shameless, where there's an original UK version with the same name. It has worked with out problems before but when I started to watch the new season a month ago nothing was synced and I just now realized that the whole show has been removed from my collection on trakt.
I checked to see if there was something wrong with the tvshow.nfo but it looks exactly the same as a working one as far as I can see.
Log from Kodi, first watching Shamless and then Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the last one sync but not Shameless.
tvshow.nfo for Shamless

[razzeee]

I'm pretty confident. That you need to update the tvshow.nfo, as it does not have the current/correct format. After that it should start to work fine. Am Mi., 25. Dez. 2019 um 16:23 Uhr schrieb psonnosp < [email protected]>:

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I have the same problem but with series. All movies and other series sync but not Shameless, where there's an original UK version with the same name. It has worked with out problems before but when I started to watch the new season a month ago nothing was synced and I just now realized that the whole show has been removed from my collection on trakt. I checked to see if there was something wrong with the tvshow.nfo but it looks exactly the same as a working one as far as I can see. Log <https://pastebin.com/S2bumFF7> from Kodi, first watching Shamless and then Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the last one sync but not Shameless. tvshow.nfo <https://pastebin.com/YxLCyp3G> for Shamless — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#480?email_source=notifications&email_token=ABNLEZH4FLM6LPSLIOO4XNDQ2N3F3A5CNFSM4JHEF7U2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEHUNZAI#issuecomment-568908929>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABNLEZCBVE3P5H2BEL64OP3Q2N3F3ANCNFSM4JHEF7UQ> .

[psonnosp]

What part is wrong with it? Because as I said I've compared it to working shows and I can't find any differences at all except the show specific values. They are all made with the latest Mediaelch that are supposed to be up to date with what Kodi 19 uses and Kodi itself has no problems with them.

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On Thu, 26 Dec 2019, 22:03 Razzeee, ***@***.***> wrote: I'm pretty confident. That you need to update the tvshow.nfo, as it does not have the current/correct format. After that it should start to work fine. Am Mi., 25. Dez. 2019 um 16:23 Uhr schrieb psonnosp < ***@***.***>: > I have the same problem but with series. > All movies and other series sync but not Shameless, where there's an > original UK version with the same name. It has worked with out problems > before but when I started to watch the new season a month ago nothing was > synced and I just now realized that the whole show has been removed from my > collection on trakt. > I checked to see if there was something wrong with the tvshow.nfo but it > looks exactly the same as a working one as far as I can see. > Log <https://pastebin.com/S2bumFF7> from Kodi, first watching Shamless > and then Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the last one sync but not Shameless. > tvshow.nfo <https://pastebin.com/YxLCyp3G> for Shamless > > — > You are receiving this because you commented. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #480?email_source=notifications&email_token=ABNLEZH4FLM6LPSLIOO4XNDQ2N3F3A5CNFSM4JHEF7U2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEHUNZAI#issuecomment-568908929 >, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABNLEZCBVE3P5H2BEL64OP3Q2N3F3ANCNFSM4JHEF7UQ > > . > — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#480?email_source=notifications&email_token=AG2IWN4EQYEG2KKCCU7YUDDQ2UL2VA5CNFSM4JHEF7U2YY3PNVWWK3TUL52HS4DFVREXG43VMVBW63LNMVXHJKTDN5WW2ZLOORPWSZGOEHWERXI#issuecomment-569133277>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AG2IWN6ZFHDB4R5PVDECCHLQ2UL2VANCNFSM4JHEF7UQ> .

[razzeee]

According to mediaelch it should create an entry for uniqueid, which I can't see in the nfo file you linked. See: https://mediaelch.github.io/mediaelch-blog/posts/mediaelch-v2.6.2/

[psonnosp]

But as I said they all look the same, none of the NFOs I've created with Mediaelch has that tag so that's a bug I'll report to them.
It still doesn't explain why this show is the only one not working though.

[razzeee]

Well depending on the your settings we try to match by id first, which probably won't work in your case. But we fall back to matching by title. I would guess that that works for all your show, but shameless probably either has a year added to the title on trakt or something else does not line up.

[psonnosp]

I have other shows with titles that doesn't match with the title on Trakt but still sync and has a NFO looking like this one so that can't be it either.
But never mind, just thought I should mention that something wasn't working.

[psonnosp]

I have a new issue but this time with two movies just as @siteuser42

I had The Bling Ring from 2013 in my library and synced with the Trakt collection and a year later I added the 2011 one but just now noticed that it had never been added to Trakt.

Maybe it's something wrong with the NFO's this time too but they look the same and they both have the uniqueid field.

The Bling Ring 2013.txt
The Bling Ring 2011.txt

[Zaxoukos]

Hello, I have the same issue as the OP, all movies sync on initially but subsequent syncs don't pick up movies with same title as other movies already in the library.

A workaround is to remove the movies with same title from Trakt collection and resync, then the missing ones are picked.

@razzeee any chance to look into this one mate please?

Thanks

[TheMetalCenter]

That’s good to know about removing the originals. My “workaround” was to add a conditional formatting in my excel sheet I also use to track collection to highlight duplicate titles. Then I manually add them to collection. 

[Zaxoukos]

Even though the workaround works, it's a manual process and easy get entries missed. Would be great if this worked and the whole process was automated, this is such a wonderful tool.

Just wondering if this is an issue that impacts lots of users.

Hopefully @razzeee will have a look when available and help us sort this.

[razzeee]

I did quiet some testing and this seems to be fixed by #632

[Zaxoukos]

@razzeee thanks for looking into this. I just tested it and still doesn't work for me ie new movies with same title get ignored and don't sync.

I am using the stock version 3.6.1 of Trakt add-on directly from the official Kodi repo.

Do I need to install an updated version of the add-on for this to work?

[razzeee]

Yes, you will need a newer version

[Zaxoukos]

I have tested it on latest version 3.7.0 and it works!
A big thanks to @TheMetalCenter for raising the issue and of course to @razzeee for sorting it!