How to handle Movies on two disc

[clarkss12 304]

I have a 4k movie that uses two disc (part 1 and part 2)......... How do I name them so Emby sees both files to play as one movie??

thanks.

[Happy2Play 9783]

Well file stacking should play both discs during playback but have not tested this in awhile, and display second disc as addtional part.

Most will suggest merging the discs.

[clarkss12 304]

4 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Well file stacking should play both discs during playback but have not tested this in awhile, and display second disc as addtional part.

Most will suggest merging the discs.

Thank you, that was the exact information that I was looking for.  I will test and see how it works.

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

11 minutes ago, clarkss12 said:

I have a 4k movie that uses two disc (part 1 and part 2)......... How do I name them so Emby sees both files to play as one movie??

thanks.

My solution to this sort of problem is to avoid having it. That is I use a tool (FreeMake) to join the two halves of the movie and then name the movie just like I would if it were originally in one piece. I even use the same tool for some old movie serials.

The reason I use FreeMake is I am comfortable with it and I run it on a "utility" computer so the fact that it is not as fast as some others does not matter.

There are tools that do the joining more directly and are much faster (Mainly for MKV files) but just having one file to deal with is much easier for me.

Edited October 8, 2021 by Gilgamesh_48

[clarkss12 304]

2 minutes ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

My solution to this sort of problem is to avoid having it. That is I use a tool (FreeMake) to join the two halves of the movie and then name the movie just like I would if it were originally in one piece. I even use the same tool for some old movie serials.

The reason I use FreeMake is I am comfortable with it and I run it on a "utility" computer so the fact that it is not as fast as some others does not matter.

There are tools that do the joining more directly and are much faster (Mainly for MKV files) but just having one file to deal with is much easier for me.

Yes, that is an option.  But I prefer to keep it simple.......

[clarkss12 304]

I made the name to use this format.  **Split video files (file stacking)**.  Using Chrome running on Windows, I see an "additional parts" thumbnail under the main movie information.  It does play the second disk.

Problem:::  I don't see the "additional parts" indicated under the Android TV version of Emby........  So, can't play part two.

Edit: Part 2 also shows up and plays using Emby Theater under Windows.

Edited October 8, 2021 by clarkss12
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[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

24 minutes ago, clarkss12 said:

Yes, that is an option.  But I prefer to keep it simple.......

I would question what is simpler, two files that get merged on the fly or one file that just simply works. Getting the two files into one is also simple. You just fire up whatever software you use to merge and load the two files and press go. It does not, I believe, get any simpler than that.

I try to do everything by the K.I.S.S. principal. The time it takes to run programs does not come into my feelings about what is simple. To me it is simple if little of  my time is taken and the result just works.

[clarkss12 304]

2 minutes ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

I would question what is simpler, two files that get merged on the fly or one file that just simply works. Getting the two files into one is also simple. You just fire up whatever software you use to merge and load the two files and press go. It does not, I believe, get any simpler than that.

I try to do everything by the K.I.S.S. principal. The time it takes to run programs does not come into my feelings about what is simple. To me it is simple if little of  my time is taken and the result just works.

Been quite awhile since I used Freemake.  

[Happy2Play 9783]

15 minutes ago, clarkss12 said:

Problem:::  I don't see the "additional parts" indicated under the Android TV version of Emby........  So, can't play part two.

Couple topics from that section.

 

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

Just now, clarkss12 said:

Been quite awhile since I used Freemake.  

FreeMake is not the only tool that works for joining files. I think there is even one from MKV family of tools. I think that may be called MKVmerge or MKVjoin or something like that. I even think I have read that there are some that are so simple that they make zero alterations to the origin files and basically just stick two or more together. I do not know for sure as I have not had a reason to look for quite a while but I think there are tools that join two or more files without modification and complete the task in less than a minute on an average computer.

[clarkss12 304]

6 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Couple topics from that section.

 

That worked perfect.  Completely transparent.  When disc 1 completed, it played disc 2.   That is all I need.....

thanks

[clarkss12 304]

7 minutes ago, Gilgamesh_48 said:

FreeMake is not the only tool that works for joining files. I think there is even one from MKV family of tools. I think that may be called MKVmerge or MKVjoin or something like that. I even think I have read that there are some that are so simple that they make zero alterations to the origin files and basically just stick two or more together. I do not know for sure as I have not had a reason to look for quite a while but I think there are tools that join two or more files without modification and complete the task in less than a minute on an average computer.

Just found out that I don't need to merge those files, Emby plays the other disc without my intervention. 

thanks

[Luke 42085]

Thanks for reporting back.