Emby can't get a show season custom name form a nfo file?

[Alienmoy 1]

Hello,

I tried to configure one of my media library to only take metadata from a nfo file. The thing is that the shows on this library are re-mixed by an unofficial team so the metadatas are not provided by official metadata providers like tvdb or imdb.

Anyway, for majority of the show informations, the metadata are well retreived from the nfo file. There's only one field that is not : the season name...

There's an extract of the nfo and screens of my library's configuration. 
 tvshow.nfo

It's my first time sending a message on this forum, so I'm sorry if it's not on the right area.

Best regards,

Edited January 12, 2023 by Alienmoy

[GrimReaper 3793]

Season name(s) are not read from tvshow.nfos, you need season.nfo with <title> tag in each season folder. 

Edit: Although, looking at Kodi wiki

Quote

<namedseason number=""></namedseason>

No

Yes

Allows naming of Seasons. eg: <namedseason number="1">Season 1: The Maze</namedseason>

is an official tag that maybe should be added to NFO plugin, @Luke? 

Edited January 12, 2023 by GrimReaper
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[Alienmoy 1]

Hi GrimReaper,

Thanks for your fast response, I'll try this today !

Best regards,

[GrimReaper 3793]

This is an example of how season.nfo looks like, for your reference.

season.nfo

[Alienmoy 1]

Perfect thanks for the help it works perfectly !
Can you just give me the appropriate tag to select season posters?

[GrimReaper 3793]

2 hours ago, Alienmoy said:

Can you just give me the appropriate tag to select season posters?

Try with:

<art>
  <poster>url</poster>
</art>

within season.nfo.

[joechilds 12]

On 12/01/2023 at 12:01, GrimReaper said:

Season name(s) are not read from tvshow.nfos, you need season.nfo with <title> tag in each season folder. 

Edit: Although, looking at Kodi wiki

is an official tag that maybe should be added to NFO plugin, @Luke? 

@LukeWould it be possible for Emby to support the <namedseason> tag in tvshow.nfo files? As GrimReaper said, it is an official Kodi tag. 

Alternatively, would it be possible to support season.nfo files for those of us who don’t use subfolders for each season? I tried creating a “season01.nfo”, hoping that it would work in the same way that posters work in a flat file structure (“season01-poster.jpg”), but unfortunately Emby ignores it. It seems the only way to use season.nfo files is to have your episodes sorted into individual folders. 

[GrimReaper 3793]

55 minutes ago, joechilds said:

in the same way that posters work in a flat file structure (“season01-poster.jpg”), but unfortunately Emby ignores it.

That is not used only in flat folder structure but season subfoldered one (see same Kodi wiki). 

Edited October 25, 2023 by GrimReaper

[joechilds 12]

3 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

That is not used in flat folder structure but season subfoldered one (see same Kodi wiki). 

Ah, you’re right, my mistake. 
 

I think your idea is the way to go then, adding support for <namedseason>

[joechilds 12]

And ideally, Emby would be able to both read the <namedseason> tag from a tvshow.nfo, and be able to write it to a tvshow.nfo when you change a season’s name in Emby server. 

Edited October 25, 2023 by joechilds

[joechilds 12]

@Luke Just wondering if you have any thoughts on this?

To sumarise, the <namedseason> tag, used in tvshow.nfo files, is an official Kodi tag, that Emby doesn't seem to support.

This small addition would be really useful - currently, season names are pretty much the only thing that can't be easily saved in nfo files (for those of us who don't use subfolders for individual seasons).

Thanks!

[Luke 38839]

I think it should be supported now in the season nfo file 

[joechilds 12]

1 minute ago, Luke said:

I think it should be supported now in the season nfo file 

Thanks Luke, yes it is, but unfortunately you can’t use season.nfo files if you don’t keep your episodes in individual subfolders for each season.

[joechilds 12]

@Lukewhich I know is not Emby’s recommend way of storing files, but I’m sure there are many people like me who don’t have subfolders for each season