Cannot Make TV Series Collection & Unpopulated Cast

[Z0m8ie 26]

Hi, I have a folder called "Scooby-Doo Collection" within my TV series folder. Inside I have multiple folders named correctly from the series, for example:

 

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!,

What's New Scooby-Doo

etc...

 

Inside each of these folders I have the episodes named correctly, for example:

 

S01E01 What A Night for a Knight

S01E02 A Clue for Scooby Doo

etc...

My Problem is that Emby is not recognising or fetching metadata for these series. The only way I can fetch metadata is by putting the series into the root folder and then fetching the metadata, after that I put the folder back into the "Scooby-Doo Collection" folder. One problem I have discovered with that is when viewing actors/cast, it comes up unpopulated for every series?.

 

Am I doing something wrong or can't you make a collection within a TV folder?.

I would appreciate any help.

[ebr 15576]

See the second example under the Complex Structure area: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/TV%20naming

[Z0m8ie 26]

See the second example under the Complex Structure area: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/TV%20naming

 

Hi, Under Library in the web browser I have 3 locations:

 

Film Archive (Movies - Content selected)

Music (Music - Content selected)

TV & Video Archive (TV - Content selected)

 

Do I need to add another location? ie "Scooby Doo Collection"?

Edited November 3, 2016 by Z0m8ie

[Z0m8ie 26]

See the second example under the Complex Structure area: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/TV%20naming

 

The link you sent says "Use the metadata manager to change the content type of the sub-folder to TV." , I can't  see where within the metadata manager to change the content type?. Please could you tell me where I can locate it.

 

Thanks, Sam

[Z0m8ie 26]

Can anyone help me with this one?

[Happy2Play 9352]

Well the answer was in the other topic you posted in.  Haven't test this recently by unless it has been resolve you have to manually edit the system.xml. 

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/39202-help-with-complex-folder-structure/?p=367771

 

Brought up issue with complex folder structure here also.

Edited November 4, 2016 by Happy2Play

[Z0m8ie 26]

Well the answer was in the other topic you posted in.  Haven't test this recently by unless it has been resolve you have to manually edit the system.xml. 

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/39202-help-with-complex-folder-structure/?p=367771 

 

Brought up issue with complex folder structure here also.

 

 

I wouldn't even know where the system.xml is or know what to edit. Ive been up all night trying to sort it out... Thanks for replying anyway

Edited November 4, 2016 by Z0m8ie

[Happy2Play 9352]

Assuming you are on Windows (%appdata%\Emby-Server\config).

[Z0m8ie 26]

Assuming you are on Windows (%appdata%\Emby-Server\config).

 

Theres lots of xml's in there

[Happy2Play 9352]

Theres lots of xml's in there

 But only one system.xml.  See link above to show you the <ContentTypes> section.

[Z0m8ie 26]

 But only one system.xml.  See link above to show you the <ContentTypes> section.

Ok Thanks I found it. Which link you talking about, this one?: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/39202-help-with-complex-folder-structure/?p=367771%C2%A0

[Happy2Play 9352]

Somehow spaces are at the end of the link but look a post #6 of that link.

[Z0m8ie 26]

I still have no clue what to add. Can't the coders just fix this thing.... You have bought up the issue a while ago, as have I now....

[Happy2Play 9352]

All depends on how long you want to wait.

 

All you have to do is use my example and set the path to your Scooby-Doo Collection.

 

The issues is this is legacy/nested folder collection that Emby has moved away from.  If it were a flat folder structure you could create the collection in Emby.

[Z0m8ie 26]

All depends on how long you want to wait.

 

All you have to do is use my example and set the path to your Scooby-Doo Collection.

 

The issues is this is legacy/nested folder collection that Emby has moved away from.  If it were a flat folder structure you could create the collection in Emby.

 

I'll have a look, I'm not too clever with these things but I'll have a go...

[Happy2Play 9352]

Example, just replace my path with yours.

  <ContentTypes>
    <NameValuePair>
      <Name>E:\1 TV\Scooby-Doo Collection</Name>
      <Value>tvshows</Value>
    </NameValuePair>
  </ContentTypes>

[Z0m8ie 26]

 

Example, just replace my path with yours.

  <ContentTypes>
    <NameValuePair>
      <Name>E:\1 TV\Scooby-Doo Collection</Name>
      <Value>tvshows</Value>
    </NameValuePair>
  </ContentTypes>

 

Do I also need to add the path inside emby web-server? & Does this look right to you:

 

<ContentTypes>

    <NameValuePair>

      <Name>\\BIGBLUE\Server Folder_13\Film & Video\-=TV & Video Archive=-\Scooby-Doo! Collection

      <Value>tvshows</Value>

    </NameValuePair>

  </ContentTypes>

 

Thanks for your help by the way!, much appreciated

[Happy2Play 9352]

Just need to add the closing tag </Name> that got dropped some how.  Then I would restart your server and perform a library scan so that path gets recognized properly.  You may need to delete the series or movie nfo from there if any were created in that path.

Edited November 4, 2016 by Happy2Play

[Z0m8ie 26]

Just need to add the closing tag </Name> that got dropped some how.  Then I would restart your server and perform a library scan so that path gets recognized properly.  You may need to delete the series or movie nfo from there if any were created in that path.

Where should I add it in the .xml file?, at the start or end?

[Happy2Play 9352]

You will replace the </ContentType> tag (near the bottom) with that or you will added everything in between the tags as a new pair.

[Z0m8ie 26]

You will replace the </ContentType> tag (near the bottom) with that or you will added everything in between the tags as a new pair.

The tag in original .xml reads as follows: <ContentTypes />

 

Do I add it under that or change the <ContentTypes /> to <ContentTypes> ?

[Happy2Play 9352]

You are replacing that tag with what you have above.

[Z0m8ie 26]

You are replacing that tag with what you have above.

 

Ok done. I restarted the server and its come up with the Emby setup wizard!. What should I do?

Edited November 4, 2016 by Z0m8ie

[Z0m8ie 26]

fack fack fack fack! its all gone to shit

[Z0m8ie 26]

@@Luke , any clues why the server is asking me to do the Emby setup wizard? see previous posts

 

Not happy...