The Movie Database
TMDb
TMDb metadata improves matching across providers. It turns “title + year” into stable IDs, so sync plans don’t guess.
What it does
TMDb metadata helps CrossWatch:
resolve items by TMDb ID (and other IDs when TMDb provides them)
normalize title and year
reduce “missing peer” and “wrong match” issues
CrossWatch currently supports TMDb only for metadata.
Setup
Settings
Language / Locale
Controls the language used for titles, overviews, and other localized fields.
Pick a locale code from the list below.
Cache TTL (hours)
Controls how long CrossWatch caches posters and other TMDb payloads.
Higher TTL = fewer API calls. Lower TTL = fresher metadata.
Supported locales
These locale codes control the language/region used for TMDb lookups.
Locale list
af-ZA
Afrikaans
South Africa
ar-AE
Arabic
United Arab Emirates
ar-SA
Arabic
Saudi Arabia
be-BY
Belarusian
Belarus
bg-BG
Bulgarian
Bulgaria
bn-BD
Bengali
Bangladesh
ca-ES
Catalan
Spain
ch-GU
Chamorro
Guam
cn-CN
Chinese
China
cs-CZ
Czech
Czech Republic
cy-GB
Welsh
United Kingdom
da-DK
Danish
Denmark
de-AT
German
Austria
de-CH
German
Switzerland
de-DE
German
Germany
el-GR
Greek
Greece
en-AU
English
Australia
en-CA
English
Canada
en-GB
English
United Kingdom
en-IE
English
Ireland
en-NZ
English
New Zealand
en-US
English
United States
eo-EO
Esperanto
—
es-ES
Spanish
Spain
es-MX
Spanish
Mexico
et-EE
Estonian
Estonia
eu-ES
Basque
Spain
fa-IR
Persian
Iran
fi-FI
Finnish
Finland
fr-CA
French
Canada
fr-FR
French
France
ga-IE
Irish
Ireland
gd-GB
Scottish Gaelic
United Kingdom
gl-ES
Galician
Spain
he-IL
Hebrew
Israel
hi-IN
Hindi
India
hr-HR
Croatian
Croatia
hu-HU
Hungarian
Hungary
id-ID
Indonesian
Indonesia
it-IT
Italian
Italy
ja-JP
Japanese
Japan
ka-GE
Georgian
Georgia
kk-KZ
Kazakh
Kazakhstan
kn-IN
Kannada
India
ko-KR
Korean
South Korea
ky-KG
Kyrgyz
Kyrgyzstan
lt-LT
Lithuanian
Lithuania
lv-LV
Latvian
Latvia
ml-IN
Malayalam
India
mr-IN
Marathi
India
ms-MY
Malay
Malaysia
ms-SG
Malay
Singapore
nb-NO
Norwegian Bokmål
Norway
nl-BE
Dutch
Belgium
nl-NL
Dutch
Netherlands
no-NO
Norwegian
Norway
pa-IN
Punjabi
India
pl-PL
Polish
Poland
pt-BR
Portuguese
Brazil
pt-PT
Portuguese
Portugal
ro-RO
Romanian
Romania
ru-RU
Russian
Russia
si-LK
Sinhala
Sri Lanka
sk-SK
Slovak
Slovakia
sl-SI
Slovenian
Slovenia
sq-AL
Albanian
Albania
sr-RS
Serbian
Serbia
sv-SE
Swedish
Sweden
ta-IN
Tamil
India
te-IN
Telugu
India
th-TH
Thai
Thailand
tl-PH
Filipino (Tagalog)
Philippines
tr-TR
Turkish
Turkey
uk-UA
Ukrainian
Ukraine
vi-VN
Vietnamese
Vietnam
zh-CN
Chinese
China
zh-HK
Chinese
Hong Kong
zh-SG
Chinese
Singapore
zh-TW
Chinese
Taiwan
zu-ZA
Zulu
South Africa
Troubleshooting
Wrong match: prefer items with stable IDs (TMDb/IMDb). Fix the item in the Editor, then re-run.
Lots of missing matches: add TMDb metadata and re-run. Missing metadata causes weak matching.
Rate limits: increase cache TTL and avoid rapid re-runs.
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