Can not search for an episode without an absolute episode number Parameter name: AbsoluteEpisodeNumber

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Can not search for an episode without an absolute episode number
Parameter name: AbsoluteEpisodeNumber
at NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.NzbSearchService.SearchAnime (NzbDrone.Core.Tv.Series series, NzbDrone.Core.Tv.Episode episode) [0x00079] in m:\BuildAgent\work\6c3239faf2b92630\src\NzbDrone.Core\IndexerSearch\NzbSearchService.cs:202
at NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.NzbSearchService.SearchAnimeSeason (NzbDrone.Core.Tv.Series series, System.Collections.Generic.List1 episodes) [0x00017] in m:\BuildAgent\work\6c3239faf2b92630\src\NzbDrone.Core\IndexerSearch\NzbSearchService.cs:225 at NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.NzbSearchService.SeasonSearch (Int32 seriesId, Int32 seasonNumber, Boolean missingOnly) [0x00050] in m:\BuildAgent\work\6c3239faf2b92630\src\NzbDrone.Core\IndexerSearch\NzbSearchService.cs:95 at NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.EpisodeSearchService.SearchForMissingEpisodes (System.Collections.Generic.List1 episodes) [0x000c4] in m:\BuildAgent\work\6c3239faf2b92630\src\NzbDrone.Core\IndexerSearch\EpisodeSearchService.cs:55

This is for:
http://thetvdb.com/index.php?tab=series&id=71863&lid=7

The absolute episode number needs to be added to TVDB then make its way down to Sonarr (TVDB cache + Sonarr’s cache will prevent it from happening immediately).

What does it mean “the absolute episode number”? I have seen on that website complete list of episodes…
Also, when i try to pull “information” for a single episode, it fails with the same error message.
Why would pulling single episode, with description etc require the “the absolute episode number”?

Also, editing this particular entry on the thetvdb.com has been blocked by an admin - so how to update it?
Is that tcdb reliable at all?

Anime uses an absolute episode number instead of season + episode number to find episodes. Which has its own field: http://thetvdb.com/?tab=episode&seriesid=71863&seasonid=607581&id=5351225&lid=7

TheTVDB is a lot more reliable than its peers, but they have rules, if those rules are broken repeatedly for a series they will lock it and require their administrators to update it. If its a special episode its unlikely there is an absolute episode number, otherwise you’ll need to ask on their forums for the series to be updated.

i am getting this error on quite a few more non-anime shows now:
http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=295519&lid=7
and
http://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=305687

is absolute numbering a requirement for all shows or just anime?

Just anime. Sounds like the series was incorrectly set as anime.

indeed you are correct. I failed :stuck_out_tongue: . seems like i added one anime a week or two ago, where the option was kept as anime. thus the 20 odd normal shows i added today was added as anime and not standard :confused:

doesn’t seem like there is an easy way to find all anime’s and verify if they are really anime or not (eg not under series editor)
. Even the normal show view doesnt indicate the fact (except for the absolute brackets next to the episode numbers)

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