Sonarr version (exact version): 4.0.4.1491
OS: Windows 10 Pro
Debug logs: -
Description of issue:
About three weeks ago this issue have started, Sonarr can no longer download mentioned series, until I manually edit the database and remove or fix the alternative titles.
Let’s check the first serie, Grey’s Anatomy. It has two alternative titles listed in Sonarr:
- Anatomia de Grey
- Greys Anatomy Die jungen Aerzte
If we check the official source: https://www.thetvdb.com/series/greys-anatomy those two titles are not mentioned, so I am assuming they are coming from the mapping service https://thexem.info/
The interesting thing is that it worked up until about three weeks ago, so something has changed. When I’m checking the debug logs, I see these titles being used for querying the indexer:
- &q=Anatomia%20de%20Grey
- &q=Greys%20Anatomy%20Die%20jungen%20Aerzte
- &q=Grey%27s%20Anatomy
So, it searches for both alternative titles and the original title. But because the scene does not use apostrophes in releases, it can’t find anything. Not even sure how the apostrophe was added in the query, thought that the sonarr cleans those before query is being made.
I also searched the xem’s request document and found this entry:
2/3/2019 4:50:53 73762 | Greys Anatomy | Grey’s Anatomy | Same title to Sonarr
Well, it’s not in my case it’s not.
When I open the sonarr.db and fix the titles (remove one alternative and change the second one into “greys anatomy”), it again works. Until the data is refreshed …
Second serie, Chicago P.D… It has two aliases listed on TVDb:
- Chicago Police Department
- Chicago PD
Debug logs shows these titles being used:
- &q=Chicago%20Police%20Department
- &q=Chicago%20P%20D
Clearly, both are wrong and never finds anything. It should be using &q=Chicago%20PD. This one was also working not long ago, but now failing. When I do change the local .db to “chicago pd”, the downloads start working.
xem’s request form:
7/23/2019 9:22:29 269641 | Chicago P D | Chicago P.D. | Sonarr searches for “Chicago PD” but not for “Chicago P D”. | Added
In my case, it has 0 results when searching for “chicago p d” and it does not search for “chicago pd”.
I see that in both cases, the issue would be solved if it would use the original, English serie’s title, of course filtered for searching on public trackers.
So, how do I fix this mess? Altering the local .db is beginning to be a problem, since it feels like I’m fixing it regularly.
I assume I mist have missed something basic, a tick somewhere and this would start working. But as said, didn’t change anything and it worked …