HOW TO: Podcast naming downloaded podcasts

[karlic 4]

I have a number of downloaded podcasts that are no longer available online so can't (I assume) use the podcast plugin. I've searched the forum, but can't find a definitive way of naming them so they work in Emby. (Podcast Naming is conspicuous by its absence from here: https://emby.media/support/articles/Home.html) I've tried various combinations of TV Show, Mixed, and Audio book content types with different naming schemes.

They are:

1. a mix of mp3 and m4a
2. in directories by title, then season, then episode
3. no longer available online

How should I name them and set up a library so that they:

1. display by title, season, episode
2. can be played by an Emby client (TV Show content type won't allow playing mp3, for example)
3. can be paused/stopped and Emby re-plays from that point.

Thank you.

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[rbjtech 4990]

I would setup a seperate Audio library, but turn off any metadata providers as no metadata will be available.

Then seperate into folders based on the podcast name, then season/year etc and then invividual episode (in MP3)

Before you invest a lot of time, I'd suggest a test library and mock up, just to check it works as you think it should.

Album Artists = Podcast name

Album = Year (or however else you wanted to split it)

Songs = Podcast Episode

eg

..\podcast_show_name\

..\podcast_show_name\2024\

..\podcast_show_name\2024\episode1.mp3

..\podcast_show_name\2024\episode2.mp3

..\podcast_show_name\2025\

 

Edited December 19, 2024 by rbjtech

[karlic 4]

7 minutes ago, rbjtech said:

I would setup a seperate Audio library, but turn off any metadata providers as no metadata will be available.

Thank you for the quick reply. Do you mean Audio book or Music library?

[rbjtech 4990]

7 minutes ago, karlic said:

Thank you for the quick reply. Do you mean Audio book or Music library?

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