Specific episodes for a TV show (which is spread out on multiple HDDs) is only seen when selecting folder

[imoryle 0]

It's the show The Flash. I know the show's files/folder are a bit messy and spread out but I still don't get why Emby can't handle it.

 

The problematic library is "TV Shows - omensio"

 

• S1 & S2 of The Flash get added. They are on HDD1 under "The Flash (2014) folder. It's visible correctly under regular "TV Shows - omensio".
• S3 gets added as "Season 3" and is only visible when selecting the "TV Shows - omensio" folder and not together with S1/S2. S3 is on HDD2 under "The Flash (2014) folder.
• The episodes for S3 also gets added separately in the "TV Shows - omensio" folder.

I guess I could just fix it by putting everything in one folder but I can't I fix it without that? I get 4 instances of "Info App: Found duplicate path" for The Flash.

 

Debug log after media library scan: http://pastebin.com/Rj9wmybr

Edited November 12, 2016 by imoryle

[Luke 37342]

Hi, what do the first structures look like and how are they configured in library setup? Screenshots would be very helpful. Thanks !

[imoryle 0]

Hello,

I've moved all into one The Flash (2014) folder but it's still same issue.

 

Folders

The Flash (2014)\The Flash - Season 1

The Flash (2014)\The Flash - Season 2

and then season 3 episodes are added right in the folder The Flash (2014)

 

Library that's working correctly has "TV-series 1". "The Flash (2014)" and other folder are in that one.

 

"TV Shows - omensio" has it's own folder with shows that are added correctly and on top of that "TV-series 1\The Flash (2014)".

 

Maybe obvious but can one user only have a specific show added to 1 library? That's why when I add it to a 2nd one ("TV Shows - omensio" ) it only show up under folder view all messed up? But also, once again it decides to add the episodes from season 3 not just in a folder but outside of the folders too.

 

A bit offtopic but it's a bit very annoying Emby doesn't rename a season automatically to "Season X", instead it shows the folder name forcing me to edit it. It seem way too much work considering how much Emby does automatically otherwise.

 

E.g. a show that's be scraped:

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

->Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D - Season 2

->Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D - Season 3

 

IMO it should be automatically named

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

->Season 2

->Season 3

 

Yes, I could name it "correctly" but why considering this doesn't cause scraping errors. Emby knows those episodes are S2 but still doesn't rename it. Kodi is a lot smarter. You put everything under "Show name" and it scrapes it all automatically naming the seasons correctly no matter what the actual subfolders are named.

Edited November 12, 2016 by imoryle

[Luke 37342]

Can you show screenshots of the folders? thanks.

[imoryle 0]

I guess you mean the "TV Shows - omensio" folder view

 

The Flash folders, only named "Season 1-3" instead of : 

 

The Flash S3 episodes: 

 

Same user but folder view for a different libraray. The Flash is added correctly:

Edited November 12, 2016 by imoryle

[ebr 14973]

He means a screen shot of Explorer showing the actual file/folder structure.  Thanks.

[imoryle 0]

Not sure why a screenshot is needed.

 

Folder structure is:

D:\TV-Series 1->The Flash (2014)->The Flash - Season 1

D:\TV-Series 1->The Flash (2014)->The Flash - Season 2

 

And Season 3 episodes are added to the The Flash (2014) folder

 

D:\TV-series 1 is added to one library.

D:\TV-Series 1->The Flash (2014) is added to another library.

This is on same user.

Edited November 13, 2016 by imoryle

[ebr 14973]

Basically, because a picture is worth a 1,000 words .

 

Sometimes, we need to see something about the setup that you would never even think to convey.  Thanks.

[imoryle 0]

Well, you can't say my last post was unclear. I would've screenshoted the same info anyway.

[Luke 37342]

Can you provide a screenshot of the containing folder so that we can see the entire picture? Thanks !

[imoryle 0]

[Luke 37342]

OK from re-reading your posts:

D:\TV-series 1 is added to one library.
D:\TV-Series 1->The Flash (2014) is added to another library.

We do combine series that span multiple folders but only within the same Emby library.

[ebr 14973]

 

Okay, that picture does help .

 

1 - Are you saying that you added the parent folder "TV Series 1" to one library and then also added the sub-folder of that "The Flash (2014)" to another library?

 

2 - I believe you will need to rename those season folders to just "Season 1" and "Season 2"

[imoryle 0]

Okay, that picture does help .

 

1 - Are you saying that you added the parent folder "TV Series 1" to one library and then also added the sub-folder of that "The Flash (2014)" to another library?

 

2 - I believe you will need to rename those season folders to just "Season 1" and "Season 2"

 

Yes.

That didn't help, it's still same issue. It seems a subfolder can't be added to libraries.

[ebr 14973]

That didn't help, it's still same issue. It seems a subfolder can't be added to libraries.

 

I believe that is correct.  At least I know it used to be.

[imoryle 0]

I believe that is correct.  At least I know it used to be.

That's a strange limitation.

 

I removed TV1 from library A and now "The Flash" (it's the blue ones) is scraped like this in library B in Folder view. In library view the difference is S3 episodes don't show up.

Edited November 17, 2016 by imoryle