Multi episode file naming

[huoc 5]

Hello,

I have seen some posts on the subject, but could not find a solution.

My episodes are named like this: "show name.S01E02E03.episode name.ext". This is OK, if there is no gap between the episodes, e.g. S01E02E03, however if there is a gap, e.g. S01E02E07, emby shows that all 6 episodes are in the file, not only E02 and E07. How can I tell emby that it only contains the two episodes?

To make things worse, there are some files that extend to different seasons. I know from the support article, that all multi-episode files must be part of the same season, but unfortunately in some countries episodes are rearranged. If, for example a file is named "show name.S01E23S02E03.episode name.ext" it could appear in both seasons, if it was watched in season one, it should be marked as watched in the season 2 listing as well. I know this is rather a feature request, not a question like the one above, but I did not want to split the two into two different topics. Or should I?

Thank you very much for the help.

[Luke 42080]

HI, the gap is currently not supported, but it's possible for the future. Thanks.

[MBSki 1114]

@huoc This might not be the best solution, but just so my episode list is complete, I've been using stub files to reference episodes that get lost because of the gaps. So, in your example above I'd have the video file S01E02E07 labeled as S01E02.mp4. Then I'd add a stub file for E07. So the stub file would be S01E07.stub and within the stub file (just a text file with a .stub extension) I'd put a reference to the S01E02.mp4 file. Yes, it's the same exact video file, but at least the library recognizes them as 2 episodes. I could instead split the files, but that's a lot of work for all the video files I have like that. 

[huoc 5]

Thank you!

[rbjtech 5284]

21 hours ago, mbarylski said:

@huoc This might not be the best solution, but just so my episode list is complete, I've been using stub files to reference episodes that get lost because of the gaps. So, in your example above I'd have the video file S01E02E07 labeled as S01E02.mp4. Then I'd add a stub file for E07. So the stub file would be S01E07.stub and within the stub file (just a text file with a .stub extension) I'd put a reference to the S01E02.mp4 file. Yes, it's the same exact video file, but at least the library recognizes them as 2 episodes. I could instead split the files, but that's a lot of work for all the video files I have like that. 

Did you mean .strm files ? - .stub files prompt for media and to the best of my knowledge, can't be used to actually play any digital media - this is what a .strm file is for.

See below :-

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159147

[MBSki 1114]

3 minutes ago, rbjtech said:

Did you mean .strm files ? - .stub files prompt for media and to the best of my knowledge, can't be used to actually play any digital media - this is what a .strm file is for.

See below :-

https://support.emby.media/support/solutions/articles/44001159147

Ah, yes, sorry @huoc. It's strm files 

Thanks @rbjtech!

[huoc 5]

Hi. I am back to emby after quite some time.

I see this feature is not yet supported. "Series Name S01E01 S01E07.mkv" is still being treated as if all seven episodes were present from E01 to E07.

The strm workaround could be an acceptable (if cumbersome) solution, but the problem with it is that the .strm entry in the library is not marked as played if the episode that it points to is played. So staying with the above example:

• I rename "Series Name S01E01 S01E07.mkv" to "Series Name S01E01.mkv"
• I create "Series Name S01E07.strm" pointing to "Series Name S01E01.mkv"
• this somewhat "solves" the gapped multi episode naming problem
• when I watch "Series Name S01E01.mkv", then the library entry based on the file "Series Name S01E07.strm" should also be marked as played, because it points to a video already watched.
• It is not marked as played, so when I get to S01E07.strm, I watch S01E01E07 once again.

Thank you.