Next Up doesn't make sense in this case

[justinrh 260]

original post title:  Next Up doesn't make sense in this case

Next Up doesn't make sense in this case, does it?  I recorded a show on TV via Emby.  Emby thinks it is a series - no big deal to me.  The problem is the "Next Up" section of the detail page.  It shows the original video (how can the 'next' video be the same video!), then it shows a conversion of the original one video.

Next Up shouldn't show the original or a conversion, IMO, because it doesn't make sense.  Is there something I can change in the metadata for Emby to not think this is a series?

 

[Carlo 4561]

Hi, the way to fix that is to re-Identify the media as a movie if it's not a series/episode.

I've seen this myself when there is bad guide data that doesn't identify it as a movie type.

[Happy2Play 9783]

Depends on your classifications as TVDB has it as PBS Specials Season 2016 Episode 22 and TMDB has is as a movie.

But it is not its own series and Emby is just parsing unknown series/season/episode name. 

Now if you apply same season and episode number to each items metadata it will merge them into multi-version.

 

[Carlo 4561]

Yea, that with throw a monkey wrench into things when things are classified differently like that.

[justinrh 260]

@cayars How do I identify it as a movie?  Any identification effort fails to find a match.

[Happy2Play 9783]

3 minutes ago, justinrh said:

@cayars How do I identify it as a movie?  Any identification effort fails to find a match.

Since the image shows as a Serie I am guessing a TV Show library.

Identify is content type specific, so media needs to be in a Movie or Mixed content type library to Identify as Movie.

[Happy2Play 9783]

Also note since the folder name and file names do not conform to multi-versioning naming scheme they have to be manually grouped.  Identified items in Mixed Content.

[justinrh 260]

It is mixed content type.  So what do I do now to identify it as a movie?

 

If I attempt to edit, I get this.  Why?

Not every library forces me to remove the lib.

[Carlo 4561]

If you want to change the library type following the instructions here:

 

[justinrh 260]

Before I do such, you and Happy2Play told me re-identify as a movie (w/ lib as-is).  How is that done?

[Happy2Play 9783]

2 minutes ago, justinrh said:

Before I do such, you and Happy2Play told me re-identify as a movie (w/ lib as-is).  How is that done?

What is the folder structure for this media?

All I did was place the two items in a folder.

[justinrh 260]

On 10/3/2021 at 5:08 PM, cayars said:

Hi, the way to fix that is to re-Identify the media as a movie if it's not a series/episode.

@cayars  How do I do this?

 

Happy2Play, This is my folder structure:

Edited October 5, 2021 by justinrh

[Happy2Play 9783]

2 minutes ago, justinrh said:

@cayars  How do I do this?

You would have to remove the media from the library, do a scan, delete all of those nfo files, then re-add the media as it is already Identified as a tvshow.

[justinrh 260]

Finally a direct answer - thank you!  All I did was move all the files out, rename the folder to movie format, add the video files (with movie name format) and it hooked up correctly.

[Carlo 4561]

You didn't remove the NFO files before adding the the files back?
Does that library have NFO reading enabled?

[justinrh 260]

"move all the files out ... add the video files"

I don't know if I'm configured for NFOs.  If that is Emby default, then yes.

[Luke 42081]

Nfo reading is enabled by default. Nfo saving is not.