Glossary¶
- Amazon
- A provider of metadata for releases. You need an API key to use this service.
- imdb
- A provider of metadata for movie releases. This information is obtained via scraping.
- tmdb
- A provider of metadata for movie releases. A shared API key is used for this service.
- nfo
- A text file containing information about a release.
- par
- A parity file for completing usenet downloads which contain missing parts.
- rotten tomatoes
- A provider of metadata for movie releases. You need an API key to use this service.
- NZB
- An NZB is an XML-based file format for retrieving posts from NNTP (Usenet) servers. For more information about NZB files, see NZB.
- regex
- Short for “regular expression”, which provides a concise and flexible means for matching and extracting strings of text. “Regexs” are a central concept in Newznab as they provide the foundation for matching and grouping releases. More information can be found REGEX.
- TvRage
- A provider of metadata for releases. The website is www.tvrage.com.