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Issues with Movies and Searching
posted by dasaintSTAFFMOD on January 20, 2013 at 10:11 PM
I am having an issue with some of the movies on the website. (Main issue is with XBMC it will search for the entire name) and the way my files are setup they usually are Name (Year) these are a few of the movies i have that aren't searching correctly (might be due to keyword issues) but wanted to bring them to your attention
The Legend of 1900 - Doesnt search although if you search 1900 it pops up. Blues Brothers 2000 - Doesnt search although if you search Blues Brothers it pops up. Knight Rider 2000 - Doesnt Search although if you search Knight Rider it has 2 movies with the same name.
There are probably more i just wanted to report, i couldn't select Content issues in the Discussion type either. (Using Chrome)
Reply by dasaint
on January 25, 2013 at 11:36 PM
Any Updates on this?
Reply by Travis Bell
on January 27, 2013 at 1:34 PM
There's a known issue with searches that end in 4 digits. The way it stands right now is that it uses those as a year search. There's an open ticket about this.
For now, the only workaround is to either remove the digits, add quotes around them or if you know the year at it. Ie.
https://www.themoviedb.org/search?query=The+Legend+of+%221900%22#0
https://www.themoviedb.org/search?query=The+Legend+of+1900+1998#0
https://www.themoviedb.org/search?query=blues+brothers+%222000%22#0
This will eventually be addressed and not affect full title matches like it does right now.
Reply by Travis Bell
on May 8, 2013 at 6:07 PM
Hey dasaint,
This issue has been fixed. You can see it here:
https://www.themoviedb.org/search?query=Blues+Brothers+2000