Download Metadata from TMDB ID?

[bkindig 0]

Here is an example of the naming convention and folder structure using Family Guy.

 

├── Family Guy
│   ├── Season 1
│   │   ├── 66049.mp4
│   │   ├── 66050.mp4
│   │   ├── 66051.mp4
│   │   ├── 66052.mp4
│   │   ├── 66053.mp4
│   │   └── 66054.mp4
│   │   └── 66055.mp4

 

The episode files are named by their TMDB IDs.  Is there a way to configure Emby settings to fetch metadatda based TMBD episode ID?

If that isn't possible, I need to get Emby to stop associating the file name with the episode number. 

In the above example, Emby treats the first file as episode #66,049.  

Edited May 7, 2022 by bkindig

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[pwhodges 2014]

I would assume that the answers to your questions are no and no.  Emby works best when the naming scheme is one of those that it supports.  You can add a tmdb, tvdb or imdb id to the series folder name, and it will use that, but not at the episode level.

Paul

[bkindig 0]

Assumed this was the case..  My issue is I have a collection of several thousand episodes so I can't just through and rename all of them.  That includes looking each idividual episode up on TMDB, then building the file name.   

I may have to write a program that iterates through each episode, grabs the season and episode number from TMDB, then builds a filename automatically.  It may take a couple of hours, but it's better than 2 weeks of work.

Edited May 7, 2022 by bkindig
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[bkindig 0]

7 minutes ago, pwhodges said:

I would assume that the answers to your questions are no and no.  Emby works best when the naming scheme is one of those that it supports.  You can add a tmdb, tvdb or imdb id to the series folder name, and it will use that, but not at the episode level.

Paul

Assumed this was the case..  My issue is I have a collection of several thousand episodes so I can't just through and rename all of them.  That includes looking each idividual episode up on TMDB, then building the file name.   

I may have to write a program that iterates through each episode, grabs the season and episode number from TMDB, then builds a filename automatically.  It may take a couple of hours, but it's better than 2 weeks of work.