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Emby for Kodi - Only first season of a TV show syncs to Kodi


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Pulseeey

Hello,

 

I just redid my media file/folder restructure to improve it and did a rescan however now Emby for Kodi won't sync in anything beyond 15 episodes of the first season of any show (even if there is more than 15 episdes in it). They show as expected in Emby, and I've tried updating, repairing and removing/adding the library via the addon.

 

Folder structure is now like so, if that matters:

/TV Shows/Two and a Half Men (2003)/Season 1/Two and a Half Men - S01E24 - Can You Feel My Finger.mp4

 

Snippet of the log from Kodi for one of the shows whilst running the repair. It seems to detect the seasons, but then doesn't add the episodes for some reason.

2020-04-06 12:23:18.322 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD tvshow [118/124/50] 43768: Two and a Half Men
2020-04-06 12:23:18.569 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/381] Season 1: 951011
2020-04-06 12:23:18.602 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/382] Season 2: 951008
2020-04-06 12:23:18.636 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/383] Season 3: 951006
2020-04-06 12:23:18.669 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/384] Season 4: 951005
2020-04-06 12:23:18.702 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/385] Season 5: 951010
2020-04-06 12:23:18.736 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/386] Season 6: 951012
2020-04-06 12:23:18.769 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/387] Season 7: 951007
2020-04-06 12:23:18.802 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> UPDATE season [50/388] Season 8: 951009
2020-04-06 12:23:19.005 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4918/5272] 951164: Pilot (Most Chicks Won't Eat Veal)
2020-04-06 12:23:19.125 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4919/5273] 951154: Big Flappy Bastards
2020-04-06 12:23:19.175 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4920/5274] 951160: Go East on Sunset Until You Reach the Gates of Hell
2020-04-06 12:23:19.253 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4921/5275] 951162: If I Can't Write My Chocolate Song, I'm Going to Take a Nap
2020-04-06 12:23:19.311 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4922/5276] 951155: The Last Thing You Want to Do Is Wind Up with a Hump
2020-04-06 12:23:19.412 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4923/5277] 951142: Did You Check With the Captain of the Flying Monkeys?
2020-04-06 12:23:19.499 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4924/5278] 951152: If They Do Go Either Way, They're Usually Fake
2020-04-06 12:23:19.574 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4925/5279] 951156: Twenty-Five Little Pre-Pubers Without a Snootful
2020-04-06 12:23:19.690 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4926/5280] 951158: Phase One, Complete
2020-04-06 12:23:19.759 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4927/5281] 951148: Merry Thanksgiving
2020-04-06 12:23:19.839 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4928/5282] 951144: Alan Harper, Frontier Chiropractor
2020-04-06 12:23:19.944 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4929/5283] 951146: Camel Filters + Pheromones
2020-04-06 12:23:20.042 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4930/5284] 951165: Sarah Like Puny Alan
2020-04-06 12:23:20.122 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4931/5285] 951163: I Can't Afford Hyenas
2020-04-06 12:23:20.227 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.objects.core.tvshows -> ADD episode [50/381/4932/5286] 951159: Round One to the Hot Crazy Chick
2020-04-06 12:23:20.260 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.database -> [emby] 126 rows updated.
2020-04-06 12:23:20.323 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.database -> [video] 1605 rows updated.
2020-04-06 12:23:20.392 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.library -> --[ sync/2020-04-06T11:21:20z ]
2020-04-06 12:23:20.437 T:3963794144  NOTICE: VideoInfoScanner: Starting scan ..
2020-04-06 12:23:20.442 T:3253842656  NOTICE: EMBY.sync -> Full sync completed in: 0:00:09

Thanks

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Pulseeey

Hi, if you force another sync after that, is it any different?

No, it just does that every time.

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Pulseeey

It appears doing a full database reset resolved this.

Bit annoying as I have non-Emby content in my library that take a while to scan from new. Not sure why it broke like that, the only thing that changed were the file/folder structures which Emby rescanned.

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snootched

It appears doing a full database reset resolved this.

Bit annoying as I have non-Emby content in my library that take a while to scan from new. Not sure why it broke like that, the only thing that changed were the file/folder structures which Emby rescanned.

 

I am having the same issue here actually.  A Kodi DB reset didn't help.  Afterwards I could get up to 50 episodes max per series sync'd.

I went as far as resetting Kodi data dir to defaults and start a brand-new sync.  This again yielded only 15 episodes max per series.

 

Only thing that has changed in my environment recently was the server version was upgraded to 4.5.0.4 from a fairly older one of a few months ago.

I will try again with 4.5.0.5 which i see is now available.  Otherwise I will try to revert to an older version and see where things go awry.

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Pulseeey

I am having the same issue here actually. A Kodi DB reset didn't help. Afterwards I could get up to 50 episodes max per series sync'd.

I went as far as resetting Kodi data dir to defaults and start a brand-new sync. This again yielded only 15 episodes max per series.

 

Only thing that has changed in my environment recently was the server version was upgraded to 4.5.0.4 from a fairly older one of a few months ago.

I will try again with 4.5.0.5 which i see is now available. Otherwise I will try to revert to an older version and see where things go awry.

I should have added that I was also on the beta version, downgraded to stable and afterwards I did the reset.

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snootched

I should have added that I was also on the beta version, downgraded to stable and afterwards I did the reset.

 

I can confirm.  Moved down to stable:latest and full resync works again.

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DarWun

I can confirm.  Moved down to stable:latest and full resync works again.

Emby on the Synology platform officially updated from stable 4.2.0.2 to beta 4.5.0.5 over the weekend. I didn't initially notice anything odd with Emby for Kodi. But last night I did a database reset when a couple of new episodes of a show I added to my library didn't show up in Kodi. Immediately after doing so, every series in my library showed up in Emby for Kodi as having 15 episodes or less. After some troubleshooting, there are a couple of things I figured out:

  • The number of items synced for each series is the first 15 episodes for that series physically in the library.
  • If any of those first 15 episodes has already been watched, then the number of unwatched episodes for the series is identified as being (15 - the number of episodes watched).
  • If all 15 of those episodes have been watched, Emby for Kodi considers the entire series to be watched and it won't display the series unless filters are set to show watched episodes.
  • As others have already posted, doing a full database reset does not resolve the issue. Doing a repair of the TV library provides the same results as the database reset.
  • Selecting "Refresh this Item" from the "Emby Options" context menu at the series level will do a full sync of all episodes in the library, not just the first 15. Unfortunately, this has to be done for each individual series.
  • The 15 item limit for the sync seemed kind of random. I remembered that there is a paging option in the Emby for Kodi settings that limits the max items requested during a sync. It has a default value of 15. On a whim, I changed its value to 30 and did a database reset. After doing so, the max number of remaining episodes for each series was 30 instead of 15.

That's all I have for now.

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snootched

Emby on the Synology platform officially updated from stable 4.2.0.2 to beta 4.5.0.5 over the weekend. I didn't initially notice anything odd with Emby for Kodi. But last night I did a database reset when a couple of new episodes of a show I added to my library didn't show up in Kodi. Immediately after doing so, every series in my library showed up in Emby for Kodi as having 15 episodes or less. After some troubleshooting, there are a couple of things I figured out:

  • The number of items synced for each series is the first 15 episodes for that series physically in the library.
  • If any of those first 15 episodes has already been watched, then the number of unwatched episodes for the series is identified as being (15 - the number of episodes watched).
  • If all 15 of those episodes have been watched, Emby for Kodi considers the entire series to be watched and it won't display the series unless filters are set to show watched episodes.
  • As others have already posted, doing a full database reset does not resolve the issue. Doing a repair of the TV library provides the same results as the database reset.
  • Selecting "Refresh this Item" from the "Emby Options" context menu at the series level will do a full sync of all episodes in the library, not just the first 15. Unfortunately, this has to be done for each individual series.
  • The 15 item limit for the sync seemed kind of random. I remembered that there is a paging option in the Emby for Kodi settings that limits the max items requested during a sync. It has a default value of 15. On a whim, I changed its value to 30 and did a database reset. After doing so, the max number of remaining episodes for each series was 30 instead of 15.

That's all I have for now.

 

 

You are correct on the paging - I should have mentioned that in my post as well.  I set the paging to extremely high (500) to see what would happen - and I was able to get the first 50 shows (assuming that's an internal maximum without looking into this.)

 

I didn't have much more time to debug the issue unfortunately - and just dropped to stable in order to keep the peace at home :)

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DarWun

You are correct on the paging - I should have mentioned that in my post as well.  I set the paging to extremely high (500) to see what would happen - and I was able to get the first 50 shows (assuming that's an internal maximum without looking into this.)

 

I didn't have much more time to debug the issue unfortunately - and just dropped to stable in order to keep the peace at home :)

Way to diminish my eureka moment, man!!!

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I kid, I kid ;-)  I'm all for keeping peace at home. I'd drop back to the stable release my ownself if I could. But it's a bit more difficult to do on the Synology platform.

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benaus

Hi All,

 

I apologise if I am hijacking this thread but I am having the same issue

 

I am having the exact same issue with my setup

 

Windows Server 2019

Emby (Beta) 4.5.0.6

 

Nvidia Shield TV

Kodi 18.6

Emby for Kodi 4.1.19

 

Was only grabbing 15 items per TV show. Changed paging setting to 300 for a test and it synced the first 50 episodes per TV show

 

Emby Server log attached

 

EDIT: I have tried multiple repairs and full database resets

EDIT 2: I have switched over to my CentOS 8 Emby Server which is running Emby Server 4.4.2.0 and that seems to be working without a problem

EDIT 3: @@Luke should this be posted over in Emby Server testing area to as it only seems to be affecting my Emby 4.5.0.6 Beta server?

embyserver.txt

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Johnston79

Came here to look for this exact problem.  Had some issues when I swapped my media to a different external HDD and went for a full reinstall using the Beta.  

 

All episodes show up on the web browser, just seems to be on Kodi.  The missing shows all seem to have the proper NFO's etc too. Servers on a RPi3 running Raspbian Lite. 

 

EDIT going back to stable seems to have fixed it.  Not finished resyncing but some shows have went above the 15 limit. 

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benaus

Are you still running into this?

I will retest with my Beta server and Kodi then post results

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joncy92

I have tested this on my Emby Version 4.5.0.6 beta server running on a FreeBSD 11.2 Jail (freenas). I have 3 devices running Kodi, two of which are using Emby beta add-on.

 

All devices will only sync up to 15 episodes of any show. There is no correlation either: some TV Shows have the first 15 episodes sycned, some have the first 15 including specials, some have random episodes from each season.

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benaus

Sorry, I haven't had a chance to re-check
(I am working for State Government COVID19 response team so personal time is limited!!!)

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DarWun

Sorry, I haven't had a chance to re-check

(I am working for State Government COVID19 response team so personal time is limited!!!)

Hats off to you. Be safe!!!

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tr0nllam

I have the exact same issue using the latest Emby beta and Kodi add-on.

 

Has anything been done to address this yet?

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DarWun

There was nothing in the Release Notes for Beta 4.5.0.8 to indicate that there was a potential fix to this issue. But I did a library reset in Emby for Kodi anyway. Result...issue not resolved.

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cybergrimes

Just fired up Kodi after a long while to find same issue; only syncing 1st season and then only 15 episodes.

So there's a setting in the add-on, "sync" tab, for "Paging - max items requested" that is set to 15. I changed it to 25, reset the database and it's now pulling max 25 episodes instead of 15.

 

Sorry didn't read every post in the thread to see this is already discussed :D

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cybergrimes

Are you still running into this?

 

Yes it seems to still be an issue

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Is anyone able to do a test and isolate it to a specific Emby Server version? This is easy on windows with portable installations. I can help with that.

 

For example, does it happen with 4.2.1? 4.3.1? Thanks.

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joncy92

Is anyone able to do a test and isolate it to a specific Emby Server version? This is easy on windows with portable installations. I can help with that.

 

For example, does it happen with 4.2.1? 4.3.1? Thanks.

I run emby server on FreeBSD (FreeNAS) jail. It's not the FreeNAS plugin.

I've seen the issue on betas 4.5.0.6 and 4.5.0.5.

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