Luke 37095 Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, VirulentPip said: Did this ever become a thing? Found this thread while trying to figure out if possible to have it show 1-2 Boara Boara - Saskatchewan Catch On a tropical island, Timon and Pumbaa run into The Three Natives who make Pumbaa their god-king and try to kill Timon for intending to "abduct" him. Timon & Pumbaa help a female flying squirrel find love in return for her fetching them some Saskatchewan tree beetles. Hi, it will when pulled from internet metadata. I think the nfo reader might still only read the first episode though, so that's an area that needs to be improved. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydlexius 243 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 @Luke, just adding my voice to this. I hope you guys can take some time to look into this. Is there any reason why Emby couldn't correctly parse an NFO with multiple root <episodedetails> tags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, sydlexius said: @Luke, just adding my voice to this. I hope you guys can take some time to look into this. Is there any reason why Emby couldn't correctly parse an NFO with multiple root <episodedetails> tags? It's just something that hasn't been looked at yet. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside40 91 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 9/7/2022 at 8:14 PM, Luke said: Hi, it will when pulled from internet metadata. I think the nfo reader might still only read the first episode though, so that's an area that needs to be improved. Thanks. So when will this happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 3 hours ago, darkside40 said: So when will this happen? Hi, no eta but it is in our plans. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside40 91 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Is there a valid nfo structure for this that the NFO reader can actually read? I mean if i look at the NFO's Emby generated for Milo Murphy that might be possible if Emby could reread them. Than it might be an idea to write some kind of conversion script to overcome that issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydlexius 243 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 2 hours ago, darkside40 said: Is there a valid nfo structure for this that the NFO reader can actually read? I mean if i look at the NFO's Emby generated for Milo Murphy that might be possible if Emby could reread them. Than it might be an idea to write some kind of conversion script to overcome that issue. I've done some digging into this, and the de facto "standard" for NFOs is not fully XML-compliant. Emby's NFO parser is stricter in how it handles these files, and needs to "loosen up", as well as having routines added to manually parse multi-EP files. For the LOLs, I created a POC C# .NET-based parser to handle these files some time ago based on assumptions I'd had about how Emby may have been reading these files. With that said: I don't know diddly squat about C# My assumptions could have been wildly wrong My test cases were only a few multi-EP files, so it's entirely possible there are edge cases that would break it My code did zero error-handling All of this is to say that it's possible to do, but most likely isn't that trivial to implement correctly. With that said, I'm hoping a solution is forthcoming because of all of the kids shows that I serve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 1 hour ago, sydlexius said: I've done some digging into this, and the de facto "standard" for NFOs is not fully XML-compliant. Emby's NFO parser is stricter in how it handles these files, and needs to "loosen up", as well as having routines added to manually parse multi-EP files. For the LOLs, I created a POC C# .NET-based parser to handle these files some time ago based on assumptions I'd had about how Emby may have been reading these files. With that said: I don't know diddly squat about C# My assumptions could have been wildly wrong My test cases were only a few multi-EP files, so it's entirely possible there are edge cases that would break it My code did zero error-handling All of this is to say that it's possible to do, but most likely isn't that trivial to implement correctly. With that said, I'm hoping a solution is forthcoming because of all of the kids shows that I serve! It has nothing to do with strictness. It’s more about what we’re going to do with the data, and then how it would be written back to the nfo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydlexius 243 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Luke said: It has nothing to do with strictness. It’s more about what we’re going to do with the data, and then how it would be written back to the nfo. I would assume that you'd not have much choice other than to generate a "buggy" file so it can be compatible with other solutions (not necessarily media servers)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 2 hours ago, sydlexius said: I would assume that you'd not have much choice other than to generate a "buggy" file so it can be compatible with other solutions (not necessarily media servers)? In the server database it's one episode, so it would all get merged on the import with no way to split it back when the nfo gets saved. So basically, if we only add support to read the multiple episode details, then that will be the next thing that you report an issue on. So the first part of this is easy. The second part will require more dramatic changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydlexius 243 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Luke said: In the server database it's one episode, so it would all get merged on the import with no way to split it back when the nfo gets saved. So basically, if we only add support to read the multiple episode details, then that will be the next thing that you report an issue on. So the first part of this is easy. The second part will require more dramatic changes. I assume that whatever the final form looks like, end-users are probably going to have to refresh the metadata for each impacted library? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 35 minutes ago, sydlexius said: I assume that whatever the final form looks like, end-users are probably going to have to refresh the metadata for each impacted library? That's probably a good bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaper 3308 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Since NFOs handling seems to be getting some lovin' in beta cycle lately, any progress made on this subject, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 This is going to be much improved very soon - in 4.9.0.6 beta and backported to the 4.8.2 maintenance release. The nfo handling will be improved to work with the database that we have, meaning: Nfo reading will merge the metadata from multiple episodedetails elements in the nfo file Nfo saving will attempt to split the values back into separate episodedetails nodes when writing the nfo file It's important to note though that most of the metadata will be duplicated across all of the episodedetail nodes, but this will at least provide greater compatibility with other nfo software. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydlexius 243 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) @Luke Thank you! I assume I'll need to refresh metadata on the impacted shows, or will a mere library scan suffice? Edited February 24 by sydlexius Stupid swiftkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edrock200 38 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 10 hours ago, Luke said: This is going to be much improved very soon - in 4.9.0.6 beta and backported to the 4.8.2 maintenance release. The nfo handling will be improved to work with the database that we have, meaning: Nfo reading will merge the metadata from multiple episodedetails elements in the nfo file Nfo saving will attempt to split the values back into separate episodedetails nodes when writing the nfo file It's important to note though that most of the metadata will be duplicated across all of the episodedetail nodes, but this will at least provide greater compatibility with other nfo software. Just to clarify, this will write intro data into nfos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 51 minutes ago, Edrock200 said: Just to clarify, this will write intro data into nfos? No idea what you’re asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edrock200 38 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 21 hours ago, Luke said: No idea what you’re asking. Apologies. I thought this was the intro detection thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 @Lukeused the example from first post. All providers disabled to test. Looks like a winner. copied nfo Spoiler <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <episodedetails> <imdbid></imdbid> <title>Die magische Flöte</title> <showtitle>Disneys Gummibärenbande</showtitle> <rating>7.3</rating> <votes>4</votes> <top250>0</top250> <season>1</season> <episode>4</episode> <plot>Sunni kann das Fiepen von Cubbis Blechflöte nicht mehr hören und verbiegt sie. Daraufhin kommt ein Ton heraus, der eine riesige fliegende Schlange herbeiruft.</plot> <outline>Sunni kann das Fiepen von Cubbis Blechflöte nicht mehr hören und verbiegt sie. Daraufhin kommt ein Ton heraus, der eine riesige fliegende Schlange herbeiruft.</outline> <mpaa>FSK 0</mpaa> <playcount>0</playcount> <lastplayed></lastplayed> <aired>1985-09-28</aired> <studio>Playhouse Disney</studio> <thumb>https://thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/76081/182544.jpg</thumb> <fileinfo> <streamdetails> <video> <durationinseconds>1338</durationinseconds> <codec>avc</codec> <aspect>1.333</aspect> <width>960</width> <height>720</height> <scantype>progressive</scantype> </video> <audio> <language>deu</language> <codec>AC-3</codec> <channels>2</channels> </audio> </streamdetails> </fileinfo> </episodedetails> <episodedetails> <imdbid></imdbid> <title>Der einsame Drache</title> <showtitle>Disneys Gummibärenbande</showtitle> <rating>7</rating> <votes>8</votes> <top250>0</top250> <season>1</season> <episode>5</episode> <plot>Tummi und Zummi entdecken ein seltsames Gummi-Gefährt, das sich als Drachen-Aufspür-Gerät entpuppt. Prompt weckt Tummi einen Drachen auf: aber der ist nicht zum Fürchten, sondern nur einsam.</plot> <outline>Tummi und Zummi entdecken ein seltsames Gummi-Gefährt, das sich als Drachen-Aufspür-Gerät entpuppt. Prompt weckt Tummi einen Drachen auf: aber der ist nicht zum Fürchten, sondern nur einsam.</outline> <mpaa>FSK 0</mpaa> <playcount>0</playcount> <lastplayed></lastplayed> <aired>1985-09-28</aired> <studio>Playhouse Disney</studio> <thumb>https://thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/76081/331216.jpg</thumb> <fileinfo> <streamdetails> <video> <durationinseconds>1338</durationinseconds> <codec>avc</codec> <aspect>1.333</aspect> <width>960</width> <height>720</height> <scantype>progressive</scantype> </video> <audio> <language>deu</language> <codec>AC-3</codec> <channels>2</channels> </audio> </streamdetails> </fileinfo> </episodedetails> 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Just now, Happy2Play said: @Lukeused the example from first post. All providers disabled to test. Looks like a winner. copied nfo Reveal hidden contents <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <episodedetails> <imdbid></imdbid> <title>Die magische Flöte</title> <showtitle>Disneys Gummibärenbande</showtitle> <rating>7.3</rating> <votes>4</votes> <top250>0</top250> <season>1</season> <episode>4</episode> <plot>Sunni kann das Fiepen von Cubbis Blechflöte nicht mehr hören und verbiegt sie. Daraufhin kommt ein Ton heraus, der eine riesige fliegende Schlange herbeiruft.</plot> <outline>Sunni kann das Fiepen von Cubbis Blechflöte nicht mehr hören und verbiegt sie. Daraufhin kommt ein Ton heraus, der eine riesige fliegende Schlange herbeiruft.</outline> <mpaa>FSK 0</mpaa> <playcount>0</playcount> <lastplayed></lastplayed> <aired>1985-09-28</aired> <studio>Playhouse Disney</studio> <thumb>https://thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/76081/182544.jpg</thumb> <fileinfo> <streamdetails> <video> <durationinseconds>1338</durationinseconds> <codec>avc</codec> <aspect>1.333</aspect> <width>960</width> <height>720</height> <scantype>progressive</scantype> </video> <audio> <language>deu</language> <codec>AC-3</codec> <channels>2</channels> </audio> </streamdetails> </fileinfo> </episodedetails> <episodedetails> <imdbid></imdbid> <title>Der einsame Drache</title> <showtitle>Disneys Gummibärenbande</showtitle> <rating>7</rating> <votes>8</votes> <top250>0</top250> <season>1</season> <episode>5</episode> <plot>Tummi und Zummi entdecken ein seltsames Gummi-Gefährt, das sich als Drachen-Aufspür-Gerät entpuppt. Prompt weckt Tummi einen Drachen auf: aber der ist nicht zum Fürchten, sondern nur einsam.</plot> <outline>Tummi und Zummi entdecken ein seltsames Gummi-Gefährt, das sich als Drachen-Aufspür-Gerät entpuppt. Prompt weckt Tummi einen Drachen auf: aber der ist nicht zum Fürchten, sondern nur einsam.</outline> <mpaa>FSK 0</mpaa> <playcount>0</playcount> <lastplayed></lastplayed> <aired>1985-09-28</aired> <studio>Playhouse Disney</studio> <thumb>https://thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/76081/331216.jpg</thumb> <fileinfo> <streamdetails> <video> <durationinseconds>1338</durationinseconds> <codec>avc</codec> <aspect>1.333</aspect> <width>960</width> <height>720</height> <scantype>progressive</scantype> </video> <audio> <language>deu</language> <codec>AC-3</codec> <channels>2</channels> </audio> </streamdetails> </fileinfo> </episodedetails> Thank you ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 @pünktchenare you enjoying seeing multiple episodedetails nodes in your nfo files now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthmo 10 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 If I delete a multi-episode show, re-create the nfo, and scan the show back into my emby library should I see the multi-episode correctly in emby? If so then media companions multi-episode format must not work with emby's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 4 hours ago, worthmo said: If I delete a multi-episode show, re-create the nfo, and scan the show back into my emby library should I see the multi-episode correctly in emby? If so then media companions multi-episode format must not work with emby's. Not sure I follow the question as I have already added a multi episodedatail nfo to Emby and it was readd as shown above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthmo 10 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) I'm using Media Companion to create NFO files. It appears that multi-episodes do not work with this tool. What tools are others using to create NFO files? Edited March 4 by worthmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 1 hour ago, worthmo said: I'm using Media Companion to create NFO files. It appears that multi-episodes do not work with this tool. What tools are others using to create NFO files? And your library settings? But will guess nfo reading is not enabled. If settings are correct then can you post a copy of the nfo file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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