Weird "Next Up" Issue

[PaulE123 20]

Hi all,

I'm on the latest stable Emby Server (Unraid docker), and using several clients to view content. I've recently added a new show to my TV library, but in Emby, it's showing Next-Up info that's wrong. The show has six seasons, started in Sept 1999, as far as June 2021. I've got my library files all named as per TVDB, everything seasoned off into folders, and the show seemed to scrape fine. However, in Emby, it's telling me to start with Season 19 (!) Episode 62 (!)......this seems bizarre. It's a historical retrospective show about Irish history and events, and each season focuses on a particular decade, and each episode is for a particular year. It seems Emby is putting the watch order to match the earliest episode name (year 1962), and so forth. I've no idea where it's pulling any Season 19 info from, there's no such thing.

 If I view each season, it appears everything is correct. It's the Next Up info that's off the radar for some reason, has anyone any ideas?

 

[GrimReaper 4740]

That is one of the recognized Episodes naming conventions, but in your case episode names are such that they are accounted as S/E identifiers:

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159110u

As those are episode names, you're missing S/E identifiers, like SxxExx, so your 1962.mkv episode instead gets identified as Season 19 Episode 62.

You need to add desired naming scheme identifiers to all your episodes (example: S01E01 1980.mkv), it can easily be done with bulk-renaming utility, such as:

https://www.advancedrenamer.com/

Edit: Or use FileBot, I know @cayars would like that.

https://www.filebot.net/

Edited August 24, 2021 by GrimReaper76
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[GrimReaper 4740]

44 minutes ago, PaulE123 said:

 If I view each season, it appears everything is correct.

It is not. If you look at the photo, Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2 are marked as episodes 80 and 81, due to above. 

 

[PaulE123 20]

@GrimReaper76oh, indeed, I hadn't even noticed that myself! Bizarre

[PaulE123 20]

2 hours ago, GrimReaper76 said:

That is one of the recognized Episodes naming conventions, but in your case episode names are such that they are accounted as S/E identifiers:

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159110u

As those are episode names, you're missing S/E identifiers, like SxxExx, so your 1962.mkv episode instead gets identified as Season 19 Episode 62.

You need to add desired naming scheme identifiers to all your episodes (example: S01E01 1980.mkv), it can easily be done with bulk-renaming utility, such as:

https://www.advancedrenamer.com/

Edit: Or use FileBot, I know @cayars would like that.

https://www.filebot.net/

Ah, very interesting, many thanks for that. If I were to rename them that way, would it break the association with the relevant scraping info on tvdb? I have actually initially named these via file it, which pulled the info as its shown on tvdb for the show itself. 

[GrimReaper 4740]

Just now, PaulE123 said:

Ah, very interesting, many thanks for that. If I were to rename them that way, would it break the association with the relevant scraping info on tvdb? I have actually initially named these via file it, which pulled the info as its shown on tvdb for the show itself. 

In contrary, it will only properly associate it, as you had no data scraped for episodes, there's no synopsis there in your screenshot. 

 

[PaulE123 20]

@GrimReaper76 I'm a full on idiot, a total brain donor. I've just realised I HADN'T renamed the episodes, and Emby had scraped them without being renamed. I've renamed them as appropriate with FileBot (is there a reason @cayarsdoesn't like the app?), and voila, it's all perfect. Sorry for wasting your time, but thank you very much for the solution!

[GrimReaper 4740]

Oh, he does fancy it a lot, it is I ("It is I, Leclerc!") who's inclined towards alternate solutions. Personal preference only, FileBot is a great tool. 

[Carlo 4561]

I like Filebot only because I'm so used to it.  No other reason.  Any tools that renames well is great in my book.

That makes it easier for me to help people if they have a problem.  

Edited August 24, 2021 by cayars

[Luke 42079]

Has this helped you?