r/PlexPosters • u/zax2000 • 10h ago
Poster REQUEST / DISCUSSION: Series rewatch podcasts - Series or special? How to add to TMDB?
Hey gang! My OCD nerd brain is all abuzz thinking about the proliferation of series rewatch video podcasts that have been coming out of late. I know that there are plenty, but I'm thinking specifically about pods like Talk Ville, Battlestar React-ica, and Podlandia (not to mention the soon-to-begin A Full Circle). For those of us who are crazy enough to want to collect these, how should we do it?
I have been adding one of these to my server as "Specials" and naming / adding metadata manually. It's only once a week, so not a huge deal. But that also means you get a HUGE "season" of Specials that you need to scroll through. And now I find myself wanting to gather more of these. But adding them as a series presents its own challenges, since they're not listed in TMDB as shows.
Some questions for the community:
Which makes more sense, adding each podcast episode as a new Special, or creating a series and breaking them into seasons? (Talk Ville does a good job of splitting up seasons as playlists on their YouTube page.)
If setting them up as series is better, how do we get TMDB to add them as shows so that the metadata can auto populate? I've submitted a couple of them, but only one that I've tried (Talk Ville) is also listed on IMDB, so I don't know how that metadata gets pulled in on their end. Any way for us to help with this (other than manually adding stuff)?
Is anyone interested in creating some series posters for some of these? If so, I'd love them in the style of the regular series poster but also incorporating the podcast artwork.
Am I the only insane person thinking about this?