Merge pull request #5852 from cvium/fix-person-creation

Add Person to TypedBaseItems if it's new

MediaBrowser.Providers/Manager/MetadataService.cs

@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
                 var baseItem = result.Item;
 
                 LibraryManager.UpdatePeople(baseItem, result.People);
-                await SavePeopleMetadataAsync(result.People, libraryOptions, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await SavePeopleMetadataAsync(result.People, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
 
             await result.Item.UpdateToRepositoryAsync(reason, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        private async Task SavePeopleMetadataAsync(List<PersonInfo> people, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        private async Task SavePeopleMetadataAsync(IEnumerable<PersonInfo> people, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var personsToSave = new List<BaseItem>();
 
@@ -237,11 +237,17 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
             {
                 cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
 
-                if (person.ProviderIds.Count > 0 || !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(person.ImageUrl))
-                {
                 var itemUpdateType = ItemUpdateType.MetadataDownload;
                 var saveEntity = false;
                 var personEntity = LibraryManager.GetPerson(person.Name);
+
+                // if PresentationUniqueKey is empty it's likely a new item.
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(personEntity.PresentationUniqueKey))
+                {
+                    personEntity.PresentationUniqueKey = personEntity.CreatePresentationUniqueKey();
+                    saveEntity = true;
+                }
+
                 foreach (var id in person.ProviderIds)
                 {
                     if (!string.Equals(personEntity.GetProviderId(id.Key), id.Value, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -271,7 +277,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager
                     await LibraryManager.RunMetadataSavers(personEntity, itemUpdateType).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 }
             }
-            }
 
             LibraryManager.CreateItems(personsToSave, null, CancellationToken.None);
         }