Skyhook proxy lists different absoluteEpisodeNumber than TVDB for Dragon Ball Z Abridged, causing Sonarr to drop epsiode

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#1

The skyhook proxy doesn’t agree with the absolute episode numbering found in TVDB for DBZ Abridged, causing an episode to be dropped.

Show: Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Episode: Season 3, Episode 30, “Cell-Out (Part 1: Mitosis)”,
TVDB id: 248580
Skyhook url: http://skyhook.sonarr.tv/v1/tvdb/shows/en/248580
TVDB url: https://www.thetvdb.com/series/dragon-ball-z-abridged/episodes/6572118

Skyhook lists “absoluteEpisodeNumber”: 60 for S03E30, which conflicts with S03E28. Since it’s a duplicate, it gets deduped upon sync.

Where does skyhook get that absolute episode number? On TVDB, neither episode has an absolute episode id. Would the issue be resolved by adding an absolute episode number to TVDB?

Note: I didn’t include my Sonarr build info because the issue I’m seeing is only between skyhook and tvdb. If it would help I’d be happy to provide my info, but I don’t thin it’s relevant.

#2

From TVDB’s API, which is returning:

...
<Episode>
    <id>6087895</id>
    <Combined_episodenumber>28</Combined_episodenumber>
    <Combined_season>3</Combined_season>
    <DVD_chapter></DVD_chapter>
    <DVD_discid></DVD_discid>
    <DVD_episodenumber></DVD_episodenumber>
    <DVD_season></DVD_season>
    <Director></Director>
    <EpImgFlag>2</EpImgFlag>
    <EpisodeName>Cell Mates</EpisodeName>
    <EpisodeNumber>28</EpisodeNumber>
    <FirstAired>2017-05-12</FirstAired>
    <GuestStars></GuestStars>
    <IMDB_ID></IMDB_ID>
    <Language>en</Language>
    <Overview>The Cell Games heat up as Goku steps into the ring.</Overview>
    <ProductionCode></ProductionCode>
    <Rating></Rating>
    <RatingCount>0</RatingCount>
    <SeasonNumber>3</SeasonNumber>
    <Writer></Writer>
    <absolute_number>60</absolute_number>
    <filename>episodes/248580/6087895.jpg</filename>
    <is_movie>0</is_movie>
    <lastupdated>1525110773</lastupdated>
    <seasonid>509177</seasonid>
    <seriesid>248580</seriesid>
    <thumb_added>2017-05-12 16:35:02</thumb_added>
    <thumb_height>225</thumb_height>
    <thumb_width>400</thumb_width>
</Episode>
<Episode>
    <id>6151788</id>
    <Combined_episodenumber>29</Combined_episodenumber>
    <Combined_season>3</Combined_season>
    <DVD_chapter></DVD_chapter>
    <DVD_discid></DVD_discid>
    <DVD_episodenumber></DVD_episodenumber>
    <DVD_season></DVD_season>
    <Director></Director>
    <EpImgFlag>2</EpImgFlag>
    <EpisodeName>The Hard Cell</EpisodeName>
    <EpisodeNumber>29</EpisodeNumber>
    <FirstAired>2017-06-23</FirstAired>
    <GuestStars></GuestStars>
    <IMDB_ID></IMDB_ID>
    <Language>en</Language>
    <Overview>Blink and you'll miss the action as Goku and Cell turn up the heat! But Goku's got a surprise... for everyone!</Overview>
    <ProductionCode></ProductionCode>
    <Rating></Rating>
    <RatingCount>0</RatingCount>
    <SeasonNumber>3</SeasonNumber>
    <Writer></Writer>
    <absolute_number>61</absolute_number>
    <filename>episodes/248580/6151788.jpg</filename>
    <is_movie>0</is_movie>
    <lastupdated>1525111746</lastupdated>
    <seasonid>509177</seasonid>
    <seriesid>248580</seriesid>
    <thumb_added>2017-06-23 17:36:56</thumb_added>
    <thumb_height>225</thumb_height>
    <thumb_width>400</thumb_width>
</Episode>
<Episode>
    <id>6572118</id>
    <Combined_episodenumber>0.0</Combined_episodenumber>
    <Combined_season>3</Combined_season>
    <DVD_chapter></DVD_chapter>
    <DVD_discid></DVD_discid>
    <DVD_episodenumber>0.0</DVD_episodenumber>
    <DVD_season>0</DVD_season>
    <Director>||</Director>
    <EpImgFlag></EpImgFlag>
    <EpisodeName>Cell-Out (Part 1: Mitosis)</EpisodeName>
    <EpisodeNumber>30</EpisodeNumber>
    <FirstAired>2018-08-31</FirstAired>
    <GuestStars>||</GuestStars>
    <IMDB_ID></IMDB_ID>
    <Language>en</Language>
    <Overview>Gohan stars in a million Linkin Park Music Videos.</Overview>
    <ProductionCode></ProductionCode>
    <Rating></Rating>
    <RatingCount>0</RatingCount>
    <SeasonNumber>3</SeasonNumber>
    <Writer>||</Writer>
    <absolute_number>60</absolute_number>
    <filename>episodes/248580/6572118.jpg</filename>
    <is_movie>0</is_movie>
    <lastupdated>1536372074</lastupdated>
    <seasonid>509177</seasonid>
    <seriesid>248580</seriesid>
    <thumb_added>2018-08-31 21:55:19</thumb_added>
    <thumb_height>225</thumb_height>
    <thumb_width>400</thumb_width>
</Episode>
...

Re-editing the series may force their API to update, otherwise it’s something their admin’s should be able to help with.

#3

Apparently TVDB doesn’t list the Absolute Episode Number on the display page even when it has it - once I tried editing the episode, I could see it. I’ve fixed the last two episodes of DBZ Abridged.

Thanks for the help!

#4

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