How do I split merged TV shows?

[williamdosa 5]

Hi, just got Emby working yesterday. It decided that my collection of original Magnum P.I. shows are a part of the brand new 2018 Magnum P.I. reboot. How do I split them?

The old series is in /media/tv/Magnum P.I.UC browser SHAREit MX player

The new series is in /media/tv/Magnum P.I. (2018)

(I also have some old Doctor Who and New Doctor Who. Those weren't merged).

Edited October 14, 2018 by williamdosa

[ebr 14902]

Make sure the two series have the proper tvdb IDs associated with them.

[Luke 36999]

There is no function to split them, but you can disable series grouping for that particular emby library, using the settings in emby library setup. Then run a library scan after changing it. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

[horstepipe 356]

On 10/14/2018 at 5:40 PM, ebr said:

Make sure the two series have the proper tvdb IDs associated with them.

Isnt there another workaround for this problem?

On 10/14/2018 at 7:50 PM, Luke said:

There is no function to split them, but you can disable series grouping for that particular emby library, using the settings in emby library setup. Then run a library scan after changing it. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

I'm currently having a similar problem. I do not want to disable grouping for that particular library. I'm just having one show in two editions there:

Game of Thrones 4k

Game of Thrones 4k remux

 

I want them to be shown as two different shows.

Any way to accomplish that?

Best regards

[Happy2Play 8239]

2 minutes ago, horstepipe said:

Isnt there another workaround for this problem?

I'm currently having a similar problem. I do not want to disable grouping for that particular library. I'm just having one show in two editions there:

Game of Thrones 4k

Game of Thrones 4k remux

 

I want them to be shown as two different shows.

Any way to accomplish that?

Best regards

Unfortunately no as the library option will merge them as they have the same providerids.

Automatically merge series that are spread across multiple folders
If enabled, series that are spread across multiple folders within this library will be automatically merged into a single series.

They would need to be in separate libraries.

Maybe limiting providerids on each?  Haven't tested but would require Locking metadata.

[horstepipe 356]

so you mean to remove all providerIDs and lock metadata for the second show edition?

[Happy2Play 8239]

Just now, horstepipe said:

so you mean to remove all providerIDs and lock metadata for the second show edition?

Possibly or one with TVDB and the other with TMDB.  Will probably have to limit IMDB to only one.