Option to update media and metadata if any changes exist in XML

[Joe]

Hey LB team,

Would there be any possibility of adding an option to update existing fields when downloading new metadata and media? For example, if a game gets a new overview, would it be possible for the scan to detect that and download the new one? I know using the download new metadata option does this, but it also seems like it could potentially be overkill if there were just small changes to a game's data or media.

[Christian]

Can use the Download Media and Metadata tool in the Tools drop down menu to update metadata. If you are only interested in picking up new notes (or potentially new) you can always use Bulk Edit to clear the notes field and then use the Download Media and Metadata tool to pull ON metadata and get the new content. You could also just use the override option to do so as well but it could potentially write over any changes you have made to the other fields as well.

[Joe]

That makes sense, but would you have to do this method for each field that’s changed? For instance, if the release date was changed by a user in the DB, am I correct in saying that’s not going to be changed when you update metadata without erasing all the release dates first?

Like you mentioned, I attempt not to use the override option because that could cause some problems in itself.