"Next Up" Randomly showing wrong episode

[Happy2Play 8239]

Only thing I can think of is they are unidentified episodes so I don't know @@Luke's order of precedence when only reading provided data.

[mrtwopoints 8]

What metadata are they missing? It seems that season, episode number, and possibly absolute episode number would be all that would be needed to display an order. Maybe even the original air date, but all of that is listed as well in the xml files. 

 

I also just realized that the other series that I have added recently are probably only working because their episode titles are "Episode 1" and so on.

Edited February 14, 2017 by mrtwopoints

[Happy2Play 8239]

Emby relies on provider metadata (TVDB, TMDB, IMDB ids) not having these can play havoc on watched statuses when they are added/discovered later.

 

 

This if from the nfo for episode 1

  <imdbid>tt5491994</imdbid>
  <tvdbid>5812389</tvdbid>

MCM provides in xml

	<EpisodeID>5812389</EpisodeID>
	<seasonid>684701</seasonid>
	<seriesid>318408</seriesid>
	<IMDB_ID>tt5491994</IMDB_ID>

Edited February 14, 2017 by Happy2Play

[Luke 36997]

Well do they all have season and episode numbers?

[mrtwopoints 8]

Yes. Without a doubt they have the correct season and episode numbers.

[Happy2Play 8239]

Well do they all have season and episode numbers?

You can see the xml in post 18 and 20.

[Luke 36997]

do any of them have customized sort titles?

[Luke 36997]

Ah yes, it's the SortTitle that is causing it. When you leave SortTitle blank Emby will determine the sorting on the fly using season and episode numbers.

When you customize the SortTitle, that will determine the sort order.

[jordy 284]

Ah yes, it's the SortTitle that is causing it. When you leave SortTitle blank Emby will determine the sorting on the fly using season and episode numbers.

When you customize the SortTitle, that will determine the sort order.

So, has it always been that way? Is there a way in which the Sort Title can be removed from the metadata in bulk - without having to edit each episode or .nfo individually?

[Luke 36997]

It has always been that way in regards to SortTitle, yes. We want to allow you to customize your own sorting. Of course, that also means you have the ability to make your own mess.

[Happy2Play 8239]

You can with notepad ++.  There are topics around, I would have to do some digging to find.

[mrtwopoints 8]

It appears that the metabrowser app I use has only recently begun populating the sort title field with no way to turn it off that I can tell. At least I know what needs to be done now. Thanks!

[jordy 284]

Hey @@Happy2Play, Notepad++ worked a treat. Thanks

[Luke 36997]

Well done everyone.

[Happy2Play 8239]

For everyone else
 
 
 

Late reply but will prove useful for anyone searching for a solution on batch/mass updating sort titles.
 
How-to batch remove sort-title tags from metadata (Windows):

•  
• Download and install Notepad ++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
• In Windows Explorer navigate to your movies folder and search 'movie.xml'
• Select all the 'movie.xml' files then right click and select Edit with NotePad++
• In NotePad++ Click 'Search' and then 'Replace'
• Under 'Find what' type <SortTitle>(.*?)</SortTitle>
• Under 'Replace with' type <SortTitle></SortTitle>
• Under 'Search mode' click the 'Regular expression' radio button
• Click 'Replace All in All Opened Documents'
• Click 'Close'
• Click 'File' and then 'Save All'
• Close Notepad++
• You're done!

Note in Notepad ++ you can click Search-Find in file to do these steps also.

Edited February 14, 2017 by Happy2Play

[dannymichel 102]

still happening in 2020

[Luke 36997]

still happening in 2020

 

Hi there, what is happening? Can you please describe your issue? Thanks.

[dannymichel 102]

the wrong next episode for nearly every show is showing.

[dannymichel 102]

i have only watched the first episode for 1 of these and only the second for another but its showing episode 7 is up next and episode 10

 

[Luke 36997]

Check the metadata editor for all episodes of those series and make sure the season and episode number values are correct for each episode, and also check the sort title field for each episode. Make sure the sort title of each episode is applied in a consistent manner.

 

The display is not wrong, rather, it would be more accurate to say wrong data causing the display to show something unexpected.