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invader   16

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Hi there,

 

I've checked the wiki and other related posts. Still not sure why this isn't working.

 

I've chosen this format:

show name S01E02-E03 episode name.ext

 

As after some testing I can see it's compatible with Plex and Kodi too!

 

However Emby is just seeing the first episode.

 

Example name:

Rocko's Modern Life (1993)/Season 01/Rocko's Modern Life - S01E01-E02 - No Pain, No Gain & Who Gives a Buck.mkv

 

Screenshot attached showing episode 1 but not too.

 

I thought it may have been since I renamed them. So I moved the folder out, scanned the library to remove it, then I added it back in and scanned again.

Same issue persists. What's really weird is, this file works as expected:

Seinfeld (1989)/Season 09/Seinfeld - S09E23-E24 - The Finale.mkv

 

As always, any assistance is greatly appreciated. :)

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Happy2Play   8356

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I had no issue adding that exact naming.

 

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tested on 4.2.1.0

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Thanks everyone.

I wondered about the "&" symbol too.

Just renamed it to "Rocko's Modern Life - S01E01-E02 - No Pain, No Gain and Who Gives a Buck" and this didn't fix it.

I do have .nfo files. I have attached an example. Also to test if this was the issue, I just deleted the .nfo for one of the episodes, removed it from Emby and re-added it. This did work.

What's wrong with the .nfo that it's breaking it? As a side note I tested the filename and .nfo in Kodi and Plex and both work so it seems to be "standard" if there is such a thing :)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<!--created on 2019-11-12 20:32:47 - tinyMediaManager 3.0.5-->
<episodedetails>
  <title>No Pain, No Gain</title>
  <originaltitle/>
  <showtitle>Rocko's Modern Life</showtitle>
  <season>1</season>
  <episode>1</episode>
  <displayseason>-1</displayseason>
  <displayepisode>-1</displayepisode>
  <id>177415</id>
  <uniqueid default="true" type="tvdb">177415</uniqueid>
  <rating>9.3</rating>
  <userrating>0.0</userrating>
  <votes>6</votes>
  <plot>Rocko and Heffer join a health club in hopes of losing a few of those unsightly pounds.</plot>
  <runtime>11</runtime>
  <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/75729/177415.jpg</thumb>
  <mpaa>TV-Y7</mpaa>
  <premiered>1993-09-18</premiered>
  <aired>1993-09-18</aired>
  <watched>false</watched>
  <playcount/>
  <studio>Nickelodeon</studio>
  <credits>Vince Calandra</credits>
  <credits>Martin Olsen</credits>
  <credits>Jeff Myers</credits>
  <credits>Kevin O'Brien</credits>
  <credits>Roger Chiasson</credits>
  <credits>Don Spencer</credits>
  <director>Timothy Berglund</director>
  <director>Roger Chiasson</director>
  <director>Don Spencer</director>
  <actor>
    <name>Richard Simmons</name>
    <role/>
    <thumb/>
    <profile/>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Linda Wallem</name>
    <role/>
    <thumb/>
    <profile/>
  </actor>
  <trailer/>
  <dateadded>2019-11-03 17:09:50</dateadded>
  <fileinfo>
    <streamdetails>
      <video>
        <codec>h264</codec>
        <aspect>1.37</aspect>
        <width>720</width>
        <height>480</height>
        <durationinseconds>1410</durationinseconds>
        <stereomode/>
      </video>
      <audio>
        <codec>AC3</codec>
        <language/>
        <channels>2</channels>
      </audio>
    </streamdetails>
  </fileinfo>
  <!--tinyMediaManager meta data-->
  <source>UNKNOWN</source>
</episodedetails>
<episodedetails>
  <title>Who Gives a Buck?</title>
  <originaltitle/>
  <showtitle>Rocko's Modern Life</showtitle>
  <season>1</season>
  <episode>2</episode>
  <displayseason>-1</displayseason>
  <displayepisode>-1</displayepisode>
  <id>2603551</id>
  <uniqueid default="true" type="tvdb">2603551</uniqueid>
  <rating>8.0</rating>
  <userrating>0.0</userrating>
  <votes>4</votes>
  <plot>Rocko gets his very own credit card, and Heffer convinces him to go on a spending spree at the mall.</plot>
  <runtime>11</runtime>
  <thumb>http://thetvdb.com/banners/episodes/75729/2603551.jpg</thumb>
  <mpaa>TV-Y7</mpaa>
  <premiered>1993-09-18</premiered>
  <aired>1993-09-18</aired>
  <watched>false</watched>
  <playcount/>
  <studio>Nickelodeon</studio>
  <credits>Vince Calandra</credits>
  <credits>Martin Olsen</credits>
  <credits>Jeff Myers</credits>
  <credits>Kevin O'Brien</credits>
  <credits>Roger Chiasson</credits>
  <credits>Don Spencer</credits>
  <director>Timothy Berglund</director>
  <director>Roger Chiasson</director>
  <director>Don Spencer</director>
  <actor>
    <name>Richard Simmons</name>
    <role/>
    <thumb/>
    <profile/>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Linda Wallem</name>
    <role/>
    <thumb/>
    <profile/>
  </actor>
  <trailer/>
  <dateadded>2019-11-03 17:09:50</dateadded>
  <fileinfo>
    <streamdetails>
      <video>
        <codec>h264</codec>
        <aspect>1.37</aspect>
        <width>720</width>
        <height>480</height>
        <durationinseconds>1410</durationinseconds>
        <stereomode/>
      </video>
      <audio>
        <codec>AC3</codec>
        <language/>
        <channels>2</channels>
      </audio>
    </streamdetails>
  </fileinfo>
  <!--tinyMediaManager meta data-->
  <source>UNKNOWN</source>
</episodedetails>
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Emby does multi-episodes this way.  nfo file with <episodenumberend> number.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<episodedetails>
  <plot>Rocko and Heffer join a health club in hopes of losing a few of those unsightly pounds.

Rocko gets his very own credit card, and Heffer convinces him to go on a spending spree at the mall.</plot>
  <outline />
  <lockdata>false</lockdata>
  <dateadded>2019-11-13 10:57:01</dateadded>
  <title>No Pain, No Gain, Who Gives a Buck?</title>
  <director>Timothy Berglund</director>
  <director>Roger Chiasson</director>
  <director>Don Spencer</director>
  <rating>9.3</rating>
  <year>1993</year>
  <tvdbid>177415</tvdbid>
  <art>
    <poster>C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Videos\TV Shows - nfo\Rocko's Modern Life (1993)\Season 01\Rocko's Modern Life - S01E01-E02 - No Pain, No Gain & Who Gives a Buck-thumb.jpg</poster>
  </art>
  <actor>
    <name>Richard Simmons</name>
    <type>GuestStar</type>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Linda Wallem</name>
    <type>GuestStar</type>
  </actor>
  <episode>1</episode>
  <episodenumberend>2</episodenumberend>
  <season>1</season>
  <aired>1993-09-18</aired>
  <fileinfo>
    <streamdetails />
  </fileinfo>
</episodedetails>
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Ah I see. Different to the kodi standard:

“ For multi-part episodes, add multiple <episodedetails> XML blocks in succession in the same nfo file”

 

Any chance the nfo plugin can be adjusted to support the kodi format?

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It is really odd this has not been brought up in the many years Emby has been doing it this way.

 

Edit.. it was actually mentioned here.

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/69879-reading-and-writing-of-nfo-for-multi-part-episodes-is-wrong/

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Ah yes I see. Thanks. Bigger issue than I thought. Sounds like if they were just merged for the database, I imagine when it scrobbles to Trakt it would just mark one episode as played. Oh dear :(

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When it's tagged correctly with the ending episode number it should work with Trakt. I'm not positive that it's been implemented, but it's easily added if not.

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Just ran into this problem again. 

For the record I can no longer use: 

"Rocko's Modern Life (1992) - S01E01-E02 - No Pain, No Gain & Who Gives a Buck-480p.x264.AC3"

Emby doesn't recognise any files like this, regardless of .nfo

 

I realise that I use a lot of "-" in my chosen naming convention. Strictly the recommended convention uses spaces instead. My work around is to use: 

Rocko's Modern Life (1992) - S01E01E02 - No Pain, No Gain & Who Gives a Buck-480p.x264.AC3

When I do this, they now show up in Emby again.

 

There is still the issue of multiple episodes being read from .nfo using the Kodi standard of multiple: <episodedetails> for each episode in the one .nfo.

Is there any chance this can be implemented for Emby? It would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks!

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11 minutes ago, Luke said:

Why do you feel emby doesn't recognize them?

As previously discussed we use <episodenumberend> and it appears the new Kodi way is both episodedetails stacked in one file.

 

  per linked topic above

On 2/9/2019 at 5:56 PM, Luke said:

Yea it's a long standing issue because in the database each media file gets a single metadata record. It's not something we can easily split apart into two. At some point we'll get to this though. Thanks.

 

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Yes thank you. So I was kinda just bumping this issue to see if there was any chance of getting a solution. Sorry to be a pain. :)

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