Can't get Emby to show files with 'Part n' suffix filenames except 1st

[hedgehog90 19]

I have a sequence of files named 'Behind the Curtain - Part 1' through to 'Behind the Curtain - Part 18' but when I view it in Folder view in Emby, it just shows Part 1.

I would expect to see 'Additional parts' at the top of the page, but no matter what I do I can't get it to appear, making Part 2 - 18 completely inaccessible through Emby.

Presumably it needs to be in a library with type Movie to show 'additional parts'... but then there's clearly an issue if it refuses to show Parts 2-18 in any other type library.

I've tried changing from Mixed Content to Home Videos and Photos. Doesn't help.

In a folder with 19 files, this is all I see:

 

I've tried everything besides renaming the files to some crazy naming scheme... because that's not an acceptable solution.

Edited April 29, 2022 by hedgehog90

[Luke 42081]

Hi there, can you show us the contents of the folder? Thanks.

[Happy2Play 9783]

Tested in Home Videos and Photos.  Show all 18 parts.

Content place in Photo folder.

But looking at your screen shot you have videos in "Twin Peaks Z-A" folder instead of a "Behind the Curtain" folder.

From the KB.

Quote

Split videos require all parts be in the same movie folder with no other videos present

Does the KB need amended to same name movie folder as shown in the example?

Edited April 29, 2022 by Happy2Play

[hedgehog90 19]

I put them in all in a subfolder 'Behind the Curtain' and that worked, thanks.

I still think there's something very flawed about this if this is intended behaviour and could easily be improved.

[Happy2Play 9783]

6 hours ago, hedgehog90 said:

I put them in all in a subfolder 'Behind the Curtain' and that worked, thanks.

I still think there's something very flawed about this if this is intended behaviour and could easily be improved.

What do you mean? 

There has to be limits as you will get items that are not supposed to be multi-parted, so a rule applies all parts in same named folder as media.

[hedgehog90 19]

I was referring to the original issue, I meant the behaviour depicted in my screenshots was still flawed and could be improved.

Emby was ignoring 17 out of 19 files in a folder making them inaccessible. I'd argue there's room for improvement of the multi part naming rule to prevent this.

If the folder contains multiple media with the identifiable /part \d+/ pattern, but there also exists media that don't match the /part \d+/ pattern, then the folder should abort any attempt to consolidate all files into a multi part structure.

IOW, I should expect to see 19 separate files if all my 'part's are not isolated in their own folder with a matching folder name.

Edited April 30, 2022 by hedgehog90

[Luke 42081]

8 minutes ago, hedgehog90 said:

I was referring to the original issue, I meant the behaviour depicted in my screenshots was still flawed and could be improved.

Emby was ignoring 17 out of 19 files in a folder making them inaccessible. I'd argue there's room for improvement of the multi part naming rule to prevent this.

If the folder contains multiple media with the identifiable /part \d+/ pattern, but there also exists media that don't match the /part \d+/ pattern, then the folder should abort any attempt to consolidate all files into a multi part structure.

IOW, I should expect to see 19 separate files if all my 'part's are not isolated in their own folder with a matching folder name.

Hi there, can you show us the contents of the folder? Thanks.

[hedgehog90 19]

15/03/2020  12:27     2,610,697,894 A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee.mkv
15/03/2020  12:28       544,724,316 Behind the Curtain - Part 1.mkv
30/04/2022  13:26       533,214,291 Behind the Curtain - Part 10.mkv
30/04/2022  13:28       696,574,358 Behind the Curtain - Part 11.mkv
30/04/2022  13:30       632,127,935 Behind the Curtain - Part 12.mkv
30/04/2022  13:32       760,372,469 Behind the Curtain - Part 13.mkv
30/04/2022  13:35       774,743,050 Behind the Curtain - Part 14.mkv
30/04/2022  13:45       851,051,443 Behind the Curtain - Part 15.mkv
30/04/2022  14:07       926,994,422 Behind the Curtain - Part 16.mkv
30/04/2022  19:32       860,525,887 Behind the Curtain - Part 17.mkv
30/04/2022  19:34       795,060,331 Behind the Curtain - Part 18.mkv
15/03/2020  12:31       851,449,230 Behind the Curtain - Part 2.mkv
30/04/2022  00:00       806,272,833 Behind the Curtain - Part 3.mkv
30/04/2022  00:06       723,745,078 Behind the Curtain - Part 4.mkv
30/04/2022  00:09       812,430,104 Behind the Curtain - Part 5.mkv
30/04/2022  00:12       647,581,926 Behind the Curtain - Part 6.mkv
30/04/2022  00:15       710,865,874 Behind the Curtain - Part 7.mkv
30/04/2022  00:19       747,270,423 Behind the Curtain - Part 8.mkv
30/04/2022  00:23       647,374,426 Behind the Curtain - Part 9.mkv
19 File(s) 15,933,076,290 bytes

[Luke 42081]

Is that the full and complete contents of the folder? Please also supply the full path of the parent folder. Thanks.

[Happy2Play 9783]

In the end the naming scheme "Part n" breaks in a unsupported environment and does not display what the user expects.  Easiest fix would be a different naming scheme that is not part of file stacking or follow the rule for file stacking.

Edited April 30, 2022 by Happy2Play

[hedgehog90 19]

3 minutes ago, Luke said:

Is that the full and complete contents of the folder? Please also supply the full path of the parent folder. Thanks.

Yes, that is all that is in there.

The full path is 'C:\Video\Miscellaneous\Twin Peaks - Z-A'

'C:\Video\Miscellaneous' is a Home Video & Photos library.

[Luke 42081]

Currently a multi-part video needs to be in it's own folder separate of other videos, but yes, improvements to this are possible for future updates. thanks.