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Actor thumbnail displayed incorrectly for actors with identical name - visakhan - 2023-07-13
Hello,
I have 2 movies scrapped using TheMovieDB Python movie scraper.
Utsav (1984) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/238547-utsav/cast
Bangalore Days (2014) https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/268660-bangalore-days/cast
The cast for both movies include a common actor name 'Rekha', but they are two different actors.
https://www.themoviedb.org/person/109621-rekha
https://www.themoviedb.org/person/580892-rekha
Upon scrapping both, Kodi displays the same thumbnail for both actors - that is the one associated with the last scrapped movie. When the movie with the incorrect thumb is refreshed to fetch movie details, the correct thumb is shown but, this latest thumb is displayed for 'Rekha' in the other movie also.
Why is the actors having the same name but unique tmdb ID display the same thumbnail?
Thanks,
- Visakhan
RE: Actor thumbnail displayed incorrectly for actors with identical name - Karellen - 2023-07-13
(2023-07-13, 15:57)visakhan Wrote: Why is the actors having the same name but unique tmdb ID display the same thumbnail?Because Kodi does not use tmdb ID's for actors. It simply sorts on the same name.
Both actors have the same name, Kodi thinks they are the same.
You will have to modify the name of one of the actors, maybe the same way IMDB does it... https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/names-biographical-data/names/GSA3M6SFHRAERXZ3#numerals
You will need to do this via nfo files, then add a local artwork image.
RE: Actor thumbnail displayed incorrectly for actors with identical name - visakhan - 2023-07-14
Thanks for the clarification.