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--- tmdb [2020/10/27 08:11] – ↷ Links adapted because of a move operation rjt
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 ====== The Movie Database ======
-** The Movie Database (TMDB)** is an editable database of films, and alternative to [[tool:software:imdb]] with an apparently easier to use API, so is preferred by a site I use called [[tool:software:letterboxd]].
+** 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 thisis in the URL, so it's easy to find, but to find it for Vimeo you have to:
+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:
-    * <code><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/158111029" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+    * <code html><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&#039;S HOUSES</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/roninfilmsaustralia">Ronin Films</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></code>
   - Find the URL with the nine-digit sequence, and use the numbers from that:
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     * ''158111029''
+==== Creating A Collection ====
-{{tag>external-edit-only}}
+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.
+  * [[https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/new_content/59f792cd9251413e93000004#59f7933c9251413e93000009|§Collections]] in the TMDB Contribution Bible.
+  * [[https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/collection]] - Yeah, there are two versions in the docs, iunno.
+{{tag>external-edit-only catalogue organisation guide website}}