RokuGuys 10 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 How do I name the folder tree for Planet Earth II? Currently, Emby don't recognize it but Plex does, so does add the metadata as well. This is my format so far: Planet Earth II Season 1 Planet Earth II - S01E01 - Islands.mkv Planet.Earth.II - S01E02 - Mountains.mkv .... and so on. Also, I tried Planet Earth II Planet Earth II - S01E01 - Islands.mkv Planet.Earth.II - S01E02 - Mountains.mkv Both work fine with Plex but not Emby.
jordy 284 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 Just out of curiosity, and apologies if its a stupid question , but, how did you type the "II"? It must be two Uppercase i, if its two 1's or two Lowercase L's or two "|" (pipe symbols) that may be your problem. The only other suggestion I have is to use "Identify" from the Series page - click on the "..." to find it. That will give you a list of all possible matches. just select the correct one.
RokuGuys 10 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Posted May 29, 2020 I did use the lowercase ‘i’ for II. But I am adding the library as a TV show and not movie. Not sure that’s what creating the problem. When I add it as movie, Atleast it shows up on the UI and shows some random pics for thumbnails. I might have to manually grab the correct pics based on what’s Plex using I guess. Tv shows don’t have identity option as well.
rbjtech 4838 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) Always try and use the year in the path - ie \\Planet Earth II (2016)\… A direct thetvdb.com search comes up the goods below, so I'm not sure why emby is not using these results (assuming your primary tv metadata fetcher is thetvdb.com ) ? btw - Identify for TV Series works the same as Films … ? So if it's really being stubborn with automatic identification - then just put 318408 in the tvdb section and it should pick it up directly. Edited May 29, 2020 by rbjtech 1
RokuGuys 10 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) Yes, that's what I ended up doing. Adding the year didn't make any difference. Finally identified using the tvdb id and that did the trick. Now all the episode thumbnails show up correctly on my web app, but in Roku,all the individual episodes still share the same image (the earth img from the Title). Turned out the images I was getting before was from imdb. Random thumbnails from each episodes. There are over 300 of them and maybe Emby was getting confused which to pick? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5491994/mediaindex?page=1&ref_=ttmi_mi_sm Edited May 29, 2020 by viveksvas
pwhodges 1770 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 Emby doesn't use imdb because it costs $$. The images must be available elsewhere. Paul
jordy 284 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 Tv shows don’t have identity option as well. You have to do it at the Series level. It's not available for Seasons or Episodes.
RokuGuys 10 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) You have to do it at the Series level. It's not available for Seasons or Episodes. How do I access Series level? I am adding library from Manage Emby Server > Library > New Library. I don't see a Series option to pick. Edited May 29, 2020 by viveksvas
pwhodges 1770 Posted May 29, 2020 Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) How do I access Series level? The library consists of series... They have a right-click menu (appears on hover) including identify: On a touch screen, tap and hold brings up the menu. The same menu is on the three dots near the top of the screen when you open the series. Paul Edited May 29, 2020 by pwhodges
RokuGuys 10 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Posted May 29, 2020 Ok I figured it out. But for some reason my dashboard looks different from what rbjtech posted. I used the same id from thetvdb.com. Not that it matters, but just curious as I am still learning how to configure the UI.
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