Duplicate Entries?

[JasonNalley 37]

Last night, because there were 2 movies I wanted that had the same name and same release year, I decided to have Radarr rename all of my folders to include the imdbid.  It took nearly 24 hours for that to happen completely, but now that it's done, Emby is rescanning (expected).  However, for movies where I have UHD and 1080p in the same folder, or even different cuts same resolution, it seems to be duplicating them rather than nesting them.  The scan is not complete yet, I hope it sorts itself out.  However, in case it does not, is there an easy way to get them to Nest rather than removing, re-adding, and rescanning?

[Happy2Play 9780]

1 minute ago, JasonNalley said:

However, in case it does not, is there an easy way to get them to Nest rather than removing, re-adding, and rescanning?

If I understand this correctly, you would just multi-select the two items, click the header three dot menu and group the items.

But two movies with same name and year should not be nested/grouped,  but specific examples are needed.

What you are describing its this to me. 2 movies with same name and year.

[JasonNalley 37]

 @Happy2Play  I changed it because of same movie name, same year, different movie.  That's now working correctly...  The issue that has arisen from it, is that same movie, 2 different resolutions, or same movie 2 different cuts, are now creating duplicates rather than nesting.  Is that more clear?

Edit: And thanks, your solution worked

Edited September 9, 2021 by JasonNalley

[Happy2Play 9780]

Sorry need specific examples as Emby will only automatically version media if specific structure/naming scheme is used otherwise the plugin has to be used.

[JasonNalley 37]

This was all working before I did the folder change by the way.  It's been working/up and running this way for years now...

Edited September 9, 2021 by JasonNalley

[rodainas 191]

I would say thar the folder name with the imdb id is sabotaging the movie nested recognizition.

[JasonNalley 37]

@rodainas I thought so too, but it seems to work on "some" of them just not all of them... which is weird, it's also why I'm hoping it will clear up after the scan is complete...

[rodainas 191]

In that case better wait for the scan to finish in order to be sure which of the alternatives should be taken.

[Happy2Play 9780]

9 minutes ago, rodainas said:

I would say thar the folder name with the imdb id is sabotaging the movie nested recognizition.

Sort of yes as the rule is 

Each version must begin with the folder name, followed by " - ".

So there is issue with folder/filename and the spacing around the dash.

@JasonNalleySo the options are renaming or manual grouping via multi-select, group versions or download the plugin 

[JasonNalley 37]

@Happy2Play I wonder why it's been working all this time, and this is just now coming up?

[Happy2Play 9780]

Just now, JasonNalley said:

@Happy2Play I wonder why it's been working all this time, and this is just now coming up?

Unless you already have the plugin Emby has never supported auto versioning of what you have provided.

I would need to see a specific example of something that does work.

[JasonNalley 37]

@Happy2Play Quite literally, that same movie was nested as a group, without the plugin, and without manual grouping, before I changed the foldername to include the imdbid  

Edited September 9, 2021 by JasonNalley

[rodainas 191]

So you say you had before:

Movie Name (year)

     Movie Name (year)-Remux-1080p.mkv

     Movie Name (year)-Remux-2160p.mkv

And was nested without the plugin?

     

[Happy2Play 9780]

4 minutes ago, JasonNalley said:

@Happy2Play Quite literally, that same movie was nested as a group, without the plugin, and without manual grouping, before I changed the foldername to include the imdbid  

Not sure then as the rule posted has always applied,  Filename must contain be foldername with spaces around the dash.  Your previous naming failed on space dash space after filename.

[JasonNalley 37]

@rodainas yes, that's what I am saying, everything was fine just prior to me changing the folder names

@Happy2Play yeh, I dunno...  It's odd... I'm just gonna use Advanced File Renamer to change everyhthing, but with ~6,000 movies, and over 25,000 files (nfo's, bifs, etc) it's gonna take me a bit, have to do it in sections... 

[rodainas 191]

But if it was working before the ids it would be easier to just remove those ids from the folder names.

[JasonNalley 37]

@Happy2Play should a 3D.FSBS be renamed:
Movie (year) - Remux.1080p-3D.FSBS

or

Movie (year) - Remux.1080p - 3D.FSBS

 

rodainas, I get that, but then movies with the same name and same year would be harder to keep track of...  so, I'll just do it this way

[rodainas 191]

Both 2 options will work.

The key is the dash after (year), it should have space after and before, after that you can put whatever identification you want.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Just now, JasonNalley said:

@Happy2Play should a 3D.FSBS be renamed:
Movie (year) - Remux.1080p-3D.FSBS

or

Movie (year) - Remux.1080p - 3D.FSBS

 

rodainas, I get that, but then movies with the same name and same year would be harder to keep track of...  so, I'll just do it this way

Only the first dash matters for Emby to auto version

Quote

Movie (year)\Movie (year) - Remux.1080p-3D.FSBS

 

[JasonNalley 37]

Thanks to both of you... I'll get this sorted... 

[JasonNalley 37]

Well, even after renaming the new scan is still producing duplicates...



Any other suggestions?  I mean, the scan is still going, but honestly I've never had this problem before, even with the incorrect naming in place...

[rodainas 191]

11 minutes ago, JasonNalley said:

Well, even after renaming the new scan is still producing duplicates...



Any other suggestions?  I mean, the scan is still going, but honestly I've never had this problem before, even with the incorrect naming in place...

Do a quick test please, for that movie eliminate the dash and the imdb id for the folder name, do a rescan and check if it still is duplicated.

[JasonNalley 37]

@rodainas so, yes, it worked and auto-grouped the versions.  So like we both suspected the imdb id is messing with the grouping feature.  The problem is, I don't think that should be happening, and in order to get 2 movies with the same name and year in the library *something* has to be added to the folder name so why not the imdb or tmdb id's?  In fact, having those ID's in the folder name, could even lead to getting perfect matches every time if Emby was actually told to look for it as a possible source of information...

[rodainas 191]

The problem is you are getting an incongruence with the id on the folder name, but not on the video file name.

Second quick test, please try this with one movie:

Remove the dash before the imdb id on folder name and add it the same way to your video files.

movie (year) imdbid

        movie (year) imdbid - 1080p etc etc.mkv

        movie (year) imdbid - 1080p etc etc.nfo

        movie (year) imdbid - 2160p etc etc.mkv

        movie (year) imdbid - 2160p etc etc.nfo

Also in the naming kb article, emby supports ids, if the above doesnt work you can try following the article 

 

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159102-movie-naming

 

ID Tags in Folder & File Names

Emby can also read a Meta-Data ID from the name.

Format:

Name (Year) [tmdbid=xxxx]

Example:

Alone (2020) [tmdbid=509635]

Emby supports the following tags with the host website for lookup.

tmdbid  (https://www.themoviedb.org/)

imdbid  (https://www.imdb.com/)

tvdbid  (https://thetvdb.com/)

Edited September 9, 2021 by rodainas

[JasonNalley 37]

@rodainas that split them apart again... 

Edited September 9, 2021 by JasonNalley