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I have a TV show library (tv folder), and shows are divided into different subfolders by year. Emby has been working very well until I added a series folder named "More than Blue - The Series (2021) [tvdbid=409635]" to tv/2021. Emby began to identify the entire tv/2021 as a series folder.

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Hi, what are the complete contents of the tv/2021 folder?

Posted (edited)
50 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, what are the complete contents of the tv/2021 folder?

Those are all the folders under  tv/2021:

 'Danger Zone (2021) [tvdbid=406364]'
 'Dystopia (2021) [tvdbid=404800]'
 'Lupin (2021) [tvdbid=375921]'
 'The Chestnut Man (2021) [tvdbid=386374]'
 'The Innocent (2021) [tvdbid=388477]'
 'The Line Watchers (2021) [tvdbid=409841]'

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Happy2Play
Posted
10 hours ago, wloot said:

I added a series folder named "More than Blue - The Series (2021) [tvdbid=409635]" to tv/2021

Is there content in this folder?  But yes auto detection will/can have issues in a subfolder environment.

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10 hours ago, wloot said:

Those are all the folders under  tv/2021:

 'Danger Zone (2021) [tvdbid=406364]'
 'Dystopia (2021) [tvdbid=404800]'
 'Lupin (2021) [tvdbid=375921]'
 'The Chestnut Man (2021) [tvdbid=386374]'
 'The Innocent (2021) [tvdbid=388477]'
 'The Line Watchers (2021) [tvdbid=409841]'

I thought you said it had a more than blue folder?

Posted (edited)
14 minutes ago, Luke said:

I thought you said it had a more than blue folder?

yes, plus that one. I now delete it because of the issue.

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Posted

Do your series have season folders?

Posted
12 minutes ago, Luke said:

Do your series have season folders?

Yes, all my series have season folder into it.

Posted

Are you using a season folder for each new show year? ie Season 1, Season 2, Season 3?

Posted (edited)
12 hours ago, Luke said:

Do your series have season folders?

This issue only presence if I keep " - The Series" from the folder name.

Edited by wloot
Posted

Thanks for the update. We'll try to reproduce.

Posted
On 10/27/2021 at 11:24 PM, Luke said:

Thanks for the update. We'll try to reproduce.

Any further updates on this?

Posted
20 minutes ago, wloot said:

Any further updates on this?

Not yet, sorry, but in the meantime the more you can simplify the more things will just work.

Posted
24 minutes ago, Luke said:

Not yet, sorry, but in the meantime the more you can simplify the more things will just work.

I have more series with suffix "The Series", and they all have this issue. It bothers me a bit

Posted (edited)
33 minutes ago, Luke said:

Not yet, sorry, but in the meantime the more you can simplify the more things will just work.

More specifically, emby will identify 409635 of  "[tvdbid=409635]" as the number of season, just like all subfolders of the 2021 folder.

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GrimReaper
Posted (edited)

You can easily solve your issues by adding those subfolders separately as a library paths, instead of TV show parent folder. 5 minute (repetitive) job and you're set. 

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Posted (edited)
2 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

You can easily solve your issues by adding those subfolders separaty as a library paths, instead of TV show parent folder. 5 minute (repetitive) job and you're set. 

I sort series by year, which means there are many subfolders....

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GrimReaper
Posted
Just now, wloot said:

I sort series by year, which means there are many subfolders....

I sort them by letters, so like 30ish, I remember adding those being effing boring but still doable within 10ish minutes. Reckon it shouldn't take you much more than that even with it starting in the 60s?

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2 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

I sort them by letters, so like 30ish, I remember adding those being effing boring but still doable within 10ish minutes. Reckon it shouldn't take you much more than that even with it starting in the 60s?

Sorry, since I can only add one at once, I'd rather wait the fixes.

GrimReaper
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Just now, wloot said:

Sorry, since I can only add one at once, I'd rather wait the fixes.

Sure, it's your choice ultimately. 

Posted
7 hours ago, wloot said:

I sort series by year, which means there are many subfolders....

If you don't mind me asking, why do you do this?
How do you find things this way when you need to look at something?

Example if you wanted to look at the folder for "Two and a Half Men" it would be much easier to look under "T" then 2003 which I had to just look up. :)
How do you handle split shows technically have 2 or more different years when the show is dropped by one network then picked up by another such as Last Man Standing?

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6 hours ago, cayars said:

If you don't mind me asking, why do you do this?
How do you find things this way when you need to look at something?

Example if you wanted to look at the folder for "Two and a Half Men" it would be much easier to look under "T" then 2003 which I had to just look up. :)
How do you handle split shows technically have 2 or more different years when the show is dropped by one network then picked up by another such as Last Man Standing?

English is not my first language, and I also have many non-English shows.  In general, as long as you follow tmdb/tvdb, there will be no confusion.

Posted
6 hours ago, cayars said:

If you don't mind me asking, why do you do this?
How do you find things this way when you need to look at something?

Example if you wanted to look at the folder for "Two and a Half Men" it would be much easier to look under "T" then 2003 which I had to just look up. :)
How do you handle split shows technically have 2 or more different years when the show is dropped by one network then picked up by another such as Last Man Standing?

Sorting by year will not cause more problems. For your example here, you always need to consider whether you need to split.

Posted

I'm just asking how you find things on disc later when you don't recall the year of the movie?

GrimReaper
Posted
7 hours ago, wloot said:

as long as you follow tmdb/tvdb, there will be no confusion.

That is completely incorrect, with TVDBs (up to recently) policy to change show year at some random point with earliest Special included as it was added (luckily that appears to be abandoned), and with different years being listed at TVDB and TMDB, ending up with that "Year" not being a steady attribute nor something to be used as a guide. I have number of such items in my collection. 

First example that comes to mind: Battlestar Galactica, which is still listed on TVDB as "Battlestar Galactica (2003)", as it was listed originally, as Specials 1 and 2 were aired in 2003 but Season 1 actually aired in 2005 (as per TVDB), which is current year that TVDB lists:

Battlestar Galactica (2003) SERIES, 2005 (kinda senseless, if you ask me)

At the same time, TVDB (and IMDB) list it as year 2004 (and Season 1 as aired in 2004).

So, which year is it: 2003, 2004 or 2005?

 

 

 

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