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I have (in this instance) 3 libraries - Two are self explanatory (TV and Film) and a third, which is mixed content Film (Star Wars). I want this Star Wars library as it combines both film and TV (I have other similar libraries for other mixed content franchises - ie MCU), and I also want them the actual media to appear in my full  Films/TV library. The TV library of course just looks at P:\TV Episodes, the Movie library looks at P:\Film and Star Wars Library looks at both P:\Film\Star Wars and P:\TV Episodes\Star Wars. I want/need the films in their own sub folder so it plays nicely with Radarr, which seems to require a folder for each film.

As such, the folder structure is as follows.

\TV

    \Series XYZ

       \Season 1

          XYZ S01E01.mp4

          XYZ S01E02.mp4

\TV

    \Star Wars

       \Andor

          \Season 1

             Andor S01E01.mp4

             Andor S01E02.mp4

  \Film

    \Film XYZ (1989)

       Film XYZ 2160p.mp4

\Film

    \Star Wars

       \Rogue One - A Star Wars Story

          Rogue One - A Star Wars Story.mp4

 

When I browse Movie library, everything appears perfect. Same for TV. However, the Star Wars library is only viewable in "Folder" view

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And as such the films appear as a folder, so then the movie is a level lower - You have to click into the folder and then select the film. This doesn't work well, it's clunky plus things like custom images dont work correctly.

 

If I put all the films at the root level of Star Wars (ie P:\Films\Star Wars\Rogue one.mp4) it works as expected (see below). I also have a legacy documentary library that is set this way and it works perfectly.

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So what do I need to do with my folder structure to get this to work (as in look and feel like the above example), but also have the films in their own sub folder - as when I add something to Radarr this is how it imports it.

 

Hope this makes sense - let me know if I've waffled on and you need something clarifying!!

 

 

Edited by joetoml1n
Posted

Hi, the overlap of using the same folders in different libraries is currently not supported. It's something we'd like to be able to accommodate, but we're not quite there yet. The best thing to do would be to change your library setup to eliminate this, and then that should resolve this issue.

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9 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, the overlap of using the same folders in different libraries is currently not supported. It's something we'd like to be able to accommodate, but we're not quite there yet. The best thing to do would be to change your library setup to eliminate this, and then that should resolve this issue.

Oh interesting, I didn't know it wasn't supported, because like I said, If I put the Star Wars films in the root of Films\Star Wars it works as expected. image.thumb.jpeg.25ad27be8243429987f46264b4ea06fc.jpeg

 

So I thought it was a sub folder thing, and not an overlapping library thing. Thanks for confirming anyway. 

If this feature does go into development and ever needs testing or whatever I'm happy to help - as I'm definitely someone that would benefit from it. 

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GrimReaper
Posted

In the meantime, make a Collection out of those movies/TV shows instead of another library, as you can add both types to the same Collection.

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