DVD order Batman the Animated Series

April 29, 2020

Hello

Sorry for bringing this up again. I have read a lot of old threads (including https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/56616-3311-dvd-absolute-episode-ordering/), but I simply can't get this to work.

I want Batman the Animated Series to be in the DVD order, because the normal order makes no sense.

I have set Batman the Animated Series to be displayed in DVD order in the meta information for the series.

This is how I have my files organized:

This is how they turn out:

What am I doing wrong?

April 29, 2020

I just tested on with database only metadata and had no issues with this series.

aired

dvd

Have you tried removing all metadata?

April 29, 2020

I have tried deleting the meta data multiple times. I have also tried placing nfo's from an external application. I can't get anything to work.

Is there some sort of the secret trick I am missing?

April 29, 2020

I have tried deleting the meta data multiple times. I have also tried placing nfo's from an external application. I can't get anything to work.

Is there some sort of the secret trick I am missing?

Nothing special, you have TVDB as the first metadata provider, correct?

April 29, 2020

These are my metadata settings:

April 29, 2020

I had it not work once testing with nfo files, but after deleting all nfo files and refreshing the series I have not had any issues.

Only other possibility may be metadata language. What is your metadata language?

April 30, 2020

Well my language was Danish before, but now i tried deleting all the nfo's and setting the language to English. I still get the same order (ie not DVD order).

May 5, 2020

What order are your files named in?

May 5, 2020

DVD order

May 7, 2020

Did you check what tvdb has for DVD order for this series in your language?

May 7, 2020

As I wrote in #7 I have already tried setting the language to English, but it didn't do anything.

May 8, 2020

As I wrote in #7 I have already tried setting the language to English, but it didn't do anything.

Did you check the tvdb website to see what they have for that series in dvd order in your chosen language?

May 8, 2020

Did you check the tvdb website to see what they have for that series in dvd order in your chosen language?

Yes, both Danish and English have the correct DVD order on TVDB.

Edited May 8, 2020 by Faxhagen

May 8, 2020

Do you use season folders?

May 9, 2020

Do you use season folders?

Yes. They are called "Season 01", "Season 02", and "Season 03".

I am trying to migrate from Plex to Emby. Plex can handle BTAS in DVD order from reading my folder data.

Edited May 9, 2020 by Faxhagen

May 10, 2020

Do you have nfo files?

May 12, 2020

Do you have nfo files?

I do, but there is a problem with them. Only episode 7-27 generates NFO's in season 1. Missing is ep 1-6. The content of the NFO is also wrong. I got the same issue with season 2 and 3.

Edited May 12, 2020 by Faxhagen

May 13, 2020

Could you zip the" \Emby-Server\programdata\cache\tvdb\76168" folder and post it.

Location may be different depending on the OS but the Cache path can be seen in the Paths box on the Dashboard.

May 14, 2020

Could you zip the" \Emby-Server\programdata\cache\tvdb\76168" folder and post it.

Location may be different depending on the OS but the Cache path can be seen in the Paths box on the Dashboard.

It is on a Synology DS218+ NAS. Not really sure where that folder is located.

May 14, 2020

It is on a Synology DS218+ NAS. Not really sure where that folder is located.

Doesn't the Dashboard show /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var/cache?

May 15, 2020

Could you zip the" \Emby-Server\programdata\cache\tvdb\76168" folder and post it.

I figured it out. The data is below in the link.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!At2e6vrbyO4mhYdB4ihVUA6QNvo2TQ?e=KwLnQw

May 31, 2020

Having a similar issue with another TV show (The Bible, TVDB 265720). I add in the series and it loads in aired order. I go to metadata editor and change to DVD order, save, and then have it replace all metadata, but nothing changes. Have tried switching to English (TVDB does not have my language for this TV show) for this show, but doing so (and updating metadata afterwards) produces no change whatsoever other than changing the language of the show's title and description.

My naming is:

The Bible (2013)

→ Season 1

→ The Bible (2013) S01E01.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E02.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E03.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E04.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E05.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E06.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E07.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E08.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E09.mkv

→ The Bible (2013) S01E10.mkv

265720.tar.7z

Edited May 31, 2020 by Pasidua

May 31, 2020

Having a similar issue with another TV show (The Bible, TVDB 265720). I add in the series and it loads in aired order. I go to metadata editor and change to DVD order, save, and then have it replace all metadata, but nothing changes. Have tried switching to English (TVDB does not have my language for this TV show) for this show, but doing so (and updating metadata afterwards) produces no change whatsoever other than changing the language of the show's title and description.

My naming is:

The Bible (2013)

   → Season 1

      → The Bible (2013) S01E01.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E02.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E03.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E04.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E05.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E06.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E07.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E08.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E09.mkv

      → The Bible (2013) S01E10.mkv

As shown in the metadata provided from TVDB their api is not returning a value for dvd order, they are all season 0 episode 0. So another TVDB data issue.

Example directly from their api "null" dvd information.

  "data": [
    {
      "id": 4475670,
      "airedSeason": 1,
      "airedSeasonID": 509804,
      "airedEpisodeNumber": 1,
      "episodeName": "Beginnings",
      "firstAired": "2013-03-03",
      "guestStars": [],
      "directors": [
        "Crispin Reece"
      ],
      "writers": [],
      "overview": "Noah endures God's wrath; Abraham reaches the Promised Land but still must prove his faith in God; Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt, and his faith in God is rewarded when the Red Sea parts to allow the Israelites to escape Pharaoh's chariots; Moses delivers his final message from God–the Ten Commandments.",
      "language": {
        "episodeName": "en",
        "overview": "en"
      },
      "productionCode": "",
      "showUrl": "",
      "lastUpdated": 1575534264,
      "dvdDiscid": "",
      "dvdSeason": null,
      "dvdEpisodeNumber": null,
      "dvdChapter": null,
      "absoluteNumber": null,
      "filename": "series/265720/episodes/4475670.jpg",
      "seriesId": 265720,
      "lastUpdatedBy": 2241401,
      "airsAfterSeason": null,
      "airsBeforeSeason": null,
      "airsBeforeEpisode": null,
      "imdbId": "",
      "contentRating": "TV-14",
      "thumbAuthor": 2241401,
      "thumbAdded": "2019-12-05 08:24:27",
      "thumbWidth": "640",
      "thumbHeight": "360",
      "siteRating": 7.8,
      "siteRatingCount": 492,
      "isMovie": 0
    }

May 31, 2020

Well that's for TVDB episode ID 4475670 (called 'Beginnings' at 120 min long) which only exists as an aired episode. The first DVD episode is ID 7478375 and is called 'In the Beginning' and is only 50 minutes long. The rest of 'Beginnings' is distributed into additional DVD episodes, which is why there are twice as many DVD episodes as aired ones.

Edited May 31, 2020 by Pasidua

May 31, 2020

Well that's for TVDB episode ID 4475670 (called 'Beginnings' at 120 min long) which only exists as an aired episode. The first DVD episode is ID 7478375 and is called 'In the Beginning' and is only 50 minutes long. The rest of 'Beginnings' is distributed into additional DVD episodes, which is why there are twice as many DVD episodes as aired ones.

But that episode name does not even appear in their api metadata, only via their website. I can only assume this will not be fixed until they release their v4 api update. But they have given no timeframe of when that will happen.

As shown in the en.xml DVD order metadata is broken per their information.

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		<id>4475670</id>
		<Combined_episodenumber>1</Combined_episodenumber>
		<Combined_season>1</Combined_season>
		<DVD_chapter>0</DVD_chapter>
		<DVD_discid/>
		<DVD_episodenumber>0</DVD_episodenumber>
		<DVD_season>0</DVD_season>
		<Director>|Crispin Reece|</Director>
		<EpImgFlag/>
		<EpisodeName>Beginnings</EpisodeName>
		<EpisodeNumber>1</EpisodeNumber>
		<FirstAired>2013-03-03</FirstAired>
		<GuestStars/>
		<IMDB_ID/>
		<Language>en</Language>
		<Overview>Noah endures God's wrath; Abraham reaches the Promised Land but still must prove his faith in God; Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt, and his faith in God is rewarded when the Red Sea parts to allow the Israelites to escape Pharaoh's chariots; Moses delivers his final message from God–the Ten Commandments.</Overview>
		<ProductionCode/>
		<Rating>7.8</Rating>
		<RatingCount>492</RatingCount>
		<SeasonNumber>1</SeasonNumber>
		<Writer/>
		<absolute_number>0</absolute_number>
		<airsafter_season>0</airsafter_season>
		<airsbefore_episode>0</airsbefore_episode>
		<airsbefore_season>0</airsbefore_season>
		<filename>series/265720/episodes/4475670.jpg</filename>
		<lastupdated>1575534264</lastupdated>
		<seasonid>509804</seasonid>
		<seriesid>265720</seriesid>
		<thumb_added>2019-12-05 08:24:27</thumb_added>
		<thumb_height>360</thumb_height>
		<thumb_width>640</thumb_width>
	</Episode>
	<Episode>
		<id>4475671</id>
		<Combined_episodenumber>2</Combined_episodenumber>
		<Combined_season>1</Combined_season>
		<DVD_chapter>0</DVD_chapter>
		<DVD_discid/>
		<DVD_episodenumber>0</DVD_episodenumber>
		<DVD_season>0</DVD_season>
		<Director>|Crispin Reece|</Director>
		<EpImgFlag/>
		<EpisodeName>Homeland</EpisodeName>
		<EpisodeNumber>2</EpisodeNumber>
		<FirstAired>2013-03-10</FirstAired>
		<GuestStars/>
		<IMDB_ID/>
		<Language>en</Language>
		<Overview>Joshua conquers Jericho; Delilah betrays Samson as the Israelites battle the Philistines; Samuel anoints David king, a move that could throw the nation into civil war; Saul is consumed with jealousy when David defeats Goliath; King David ushers in a golden age for Israel, but is soon seduced by power and lust for Bathsheba; God forgives David, and his son, Solomon, builds God's temple in Jerusalem.</Overview>
		<ProductionCode/>
		<Rating>7.8</Rating>
		<RatingCount>289</RatingCount>
		<SeasonNumber>1</SeasonNumber>
		<Writer/>
		<absolute_number>0</absolute_number>
		<airsafter_season>0</airsafter_season>
		<airsbefore_episode>0</airsbefore_episode>
		<airsbefore_season>0</airsbefore_season>
		<filename>episodes/265720/4475671.jpg</filename>
		<lastupdated>1411954059</lastupdated>
		<seasonid>509804</seasonid>
		<seriesid>265720</seriesid>
		<thumb_added>2019-11-13 12:47:52</thumb_added>
		<thumb_height>360</thumb_height>
		<thumb_width>640</thumb_width>
	</Episode>
	<Episode>
		<id>4527168</id>
		<Combined_episodenumber>3</Combined_episodenumber>
		<Combined_season>1</Combined_season>
		<DVD_chapter>0</DVD_chapter>
		<DVD_discid/>
		<DVD_episodenumber>0</DVD_episodenumber>
		<DVD_season>0</DVD_season>
		<Director>|Tony Mitchell|</Director>
		<EpImgFlag/>
		<EpisodeName>Hope</EpisodeName>
		<EpisodeNumber>3</EpisodeNumber>
		<FirstAired>2013-03-17</FirstAired>
		<GuestStars/>
		<IMDB_ID/>
		<Language>en</Language>
		<Overview>The Jews are enslaved in Babylon; Daniel is thrown into the lions' den, but when his faith endures and God spares him, the Jews are allowed to return to Jerusalem; the Angel Gabriel tells Mary she will bear a child; Joseph takes Mary to Bethlehem for the census, where Jesus is born; the Holy family escapes Herod's order to kill Bethlehem's male babies; Judea comes under the ruthless rule of Pilate; John baptizes Jesus, who is now ready to take on his mission–and his revolution.</Overview>
		<ProductionCode/>
		<Rating>8.7</Rating>
		<RatingCount>260</RatingCount>
		<SeasonNumber>1</SeasonNumber>
		<Writer/>
		<absolute_number>0</absolute_number>
		<airsafter_season>0</airsafter_season>
		<airsbefore_episode>0</airsbefore_episode>
		<airsbefore_season>0</airsbefore_season>
		<filename>series/265720/episodes/4527168.jpg</filename>
		<lastupdated>1575534300</lastupdated>
		<seasonid>509804</seasonid>
		<seriesid>265720</seriesid>
		<thumb_added>2019-12-05 08:25:03</thumb_added>
		<thumb_height>360</thumb_height>
		<thumb_width>640</thumb_width>
	</Episode>
	<Episode>
		<id>4529763</id>
		<Combined_episodenumber>4</Combined_episodenumber>
		<Combined_season>1</Combined_season>
		<DVD_chapter>0</DVD_chapter>
		<DVD_discid/>
		<DVD_episodenumber>0</DVD_episodenumber>
		<DVD_season>0</DVD_season>
		<Director>|Tony Mitchell|</Director>
		<EpImgFlag/>
		<EpisodeName>Mission</EpisodeName>
		<EpisodeNumber>4</EpisodeNumber>
		<FirstAired>2013-03-24</FirstAired>
		<GuestStars/>
		<IMDB_ID/>
		<Language>en</Language>
		<Overview>Jesus feeds the crowds in Galilee and brings a dead man, Lazarus, back to life; Jesus enters Jerusalem riding on a donkey–a declaration that he is the Messiah; Jesus turns on the money-changers in the Temple; Caiphas coaxes Judas into betraying Jesus; Jesus throws the disciples into turmoil at the Last Supper; Jesus is arrested and condemned to death as the disciples scatter.</Overview>
		<ProductionCode/>
		<Rating>8.4</Rating>
		<RatingCount>145</RatingCount>
		<SeasonNumber>1</SeasonNumber>
		<Writer/>
		<absolute_number>0</absolute_number>
		<airsafter_season>0</airsafter_season>
		<airsbefore_episode>0</airsbefore_episode>
		<airsbefore_season>0</airsbefore_season>
		<filename>series/265720/episodes/4529763.jpg</filename>
		<lastupdated>1575534328</lastupdated>
		<seasonid>509804</seasonid>
		<seriesid>265720</seriesid>
		<thumb_added>2019-12-05 08:25:31</thumb_added>
		<thumb_height>360</thumb_height>
		<thumb_width>640</thumb_width>
	</Episode>
	<Episode>
		<id>4529764</id>
		<Combined_episodenumber>5</Combined_episodenumber>
		<Combined_season>1</Combined_season>
		<DVD_chapter>0</DVD_chapter>
		<DVD_discid/>
		<DVD_episodenumber>0</DVD_episodenumber>
		<DVD_season>0</DVD_season>
		<Director>|Crispin Reece|</Director>
		<EpImgFlag/>
		<EpisodeName>Passion</EpisodeName>
		<EpisodeNumber>5</EpisodeNumber>
		<FirstAired>2013-03-31</FirstAired>
		<GuestStars/>
		<IMDB_ID/>
		<Language>en</Language>
		<Overview>Peter denies Jesus and Judas hangs himself; the crowd clamors for Jesus's death; Jesus is crucified, but when Mary Magdalene goes to his tomb, a figure walks towards her–he is back; Jesus commissions the disciples to "go and preach to all creation," but their godly mission meets with hatred and even death; Paul has a vision and experiences a miraculous change of faith on a journey to Damascus; John receives a revelation–Jesus is coming back, and all who keep the faith will be rewarded.</Overview>
		<ProductionCode/>
		<Rating>8</Rating>
		<RatingCount>202</RatingCount>
		<SeasonNumber>1</SeasonNumber>
		<Writer/>
		<absolute_number>0</absolute_number>
		<airsafter_season>0</airsafter_season>
		<airsbefore_episode>0</airsbefore_episode>
		<airsbefore_season>0</airsbefore_season>
		<filename>series/265720/episodes/4529764.jpg</filename>
		<lastupdated>1575534401</lastupdated>
		<seasonid>509804</seasonid>
		<seriesid>265720</seriesid>
		<thumb_added>2019-12-05 08:26:44</thumb_added>
		<thumb_height>360</thumb_height>
		<thumb_width>640</thumb_width>
	</Episode>

This would be considered a Alternate order as the DVD is different then Aired and there api does not accomidate that right now.

Edited May 31, 2020 by Happy2Play

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