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The Movie Database
** The Movie Database (TMDB)** is an editable database of films, and alternative to imdb with an apparently easier to use API, so is preferred by a site I use called Letterboxd. The only reason I use the site is because of Letterboxd.
Editing
Adding Videos from Vimeo
When adding a video to a film entry (for example a trailer), instead of adding the video's URL you add what they call a video key. For Youtube this is in the URL, so it's easy to find, but to find it for Vimeo you have to:
- Click on the 'Share Video' button
- Look through the code in the 'Embed' section, for example:
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/158111029" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/158111029">BLACK MAN'S HOUSES</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/roninfilmsaustralia">Ronin Films</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
- Find the URL with the nine-digit sequence, and use the numbers from that:
158111029
Creating A Collection
To create a collection you have to create an empty movie entry with the name you want, a description, and nothing else, then convert that to a collection via the 'Primary Facts' page.
The only way to remove an item from a collection is to ask a moderator.
When I first made a collection there seemed to be a whole bunch of films in there, but once I'd added one they dissapeared. I haven't had this problem since, though.
- §Collections in the TMDB Contribution Bible.
- https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/collection - Yeah, there are two versions in the docs, iunno.
