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Date in File Name Triggering Multi-Version


KFStein

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KFStein

All my home movies have a file name starting with a date string like YYYY-MM-DD. They are also stored in folders for year e.g.:

 

Videos/Family/2004/2004-02-21 San Diego - Kids Surfing.mp4

Videos/Family/2004/2004-03-17 Saint Patricks Day - Karaoke.mp4

...

 

I use this folder structure as the library is (has been) accessed various ways over the years and this (used to) make everyone happy.

 

What I was alerted to recently is that in some cases when people are browsing using Emby some of the year folders are showing up as a single video file with multiple versions. So instead of clicking on 2004 and getting a new list of the multiple items in that folder, it shows up as a single video file with multiple versions.

 

Is there any way to stop this Multi-version handling for a library? I can rename the files without the dashes in the date and it operates the way it did before, but hoping there's another way.

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Hi, currently the best way would be to rename. We can try to add a better way in the future. Thanks.

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Happy2Play

Each version must begin with the folder name, followed by " - " 

Does removing the spacing between the hyphen resolve your issue?

 

"2004-02-21 San Diego-Kids Surfing.mp4"

 

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Each version must begin with the folder name, followed by " - " 

Does removing the spacing between the hyphen resolve your issue?

 

"2004-02-21 San Diego-Kids Surfing.mp4"

 

 

 

Not sure as I just wrote a script to rename things and it seems to be fine now except a little harder to read. However, the multi-version issue happened when I had no repeat months in the folder. In the example if I had something like the below it was not an issue, so suspect the spaces are not considered:

 

 

Videos/Family/2004/2004-02-21 San Diego - Kids Surfing.mp4

Videos/Family/2004/2004-02-22 Something Else.mp4

Videos/Family/2004/2004-03-17 Saint Patricks Day - Karaoke.mp4

 

In the versions drop-down without repeat months it had thing like "02-21 …" and "03-17 …" as the start of the version name.

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Not sure as I just wrote a script to rename things and it seems to be fine now except a little harder to read. However, the multi-version issue happened when I had no repeat months in the folder. In the example if I had something like the below it was not an issue, so suspect the spaces are not considered:

 

 

Videos/Family/2004/2004-02-21 San Diego - Kids Surfing.mp4

Videos/Family/2004/2004-02-22 Something Else.mp4

Videos/Family/2004/2004-03-17 Saint Patricks Day - Karaoke.mp4

 

In the versions drop-down without repeat months it had thing like "02-21 …" and "03-17 …" as the start of the version name.

 

Could you test removing the space in the hyphenated name section,  I believe the grouping is from that.  As the quote from wiki mentions above.

 

San Diego - Kids Surfing

 

Tested my self and see it is the date format, as you have already mentioned.

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Happy2Play

Hi, currently the best way would be to rename. We can try to add a better way in the future. Thanks.

 

Should multi-versioning be applied to Home Videos & Photo libraries?

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