Metadata for TV show is mixing the old 1978 show with 2003 version

[coolsaber57 3]

Hello,

 

I've tried to research to see if anyone has faced this issue before, but to no avail.  Here's the issue:

I have Battlestar Galactica TV 2003 series downloaded on my Unraid server, which also hosts emby. 

I recently added Battlestar Galactica 1978 to my Sonarr app and it downloaded all the episodes.  I did notice that the folder didn't include the "(1978)", which I have since added to see if Emby can recognize it, but no dice.

When I opened Emby, it mixed the two shows together under the 2003 series

That 2nd 1-3 somehow has the title for both the new series and the old series, but when played, shows the episode from the old series.

 

I verified that the Path in the Metadata for the show in Emby is pointing to the 2003 series, but for some reason it seems to be including the older show's episode as well.

 

Is there a way to fix this? I tried looking at the bulk metadata updater, but couldn't get it to change anything.  Is there a way to manually set everything in a given path to a specific series (e.g. IMDB or TVDB ID?)

 

If there's any additional info needed, please let me know!

[MBSki 1114]

The only way that I've been able to fix this in similar situations is to remove the 2003 version, rescan, identify the 1978 version, and then add back the 2003 version. Essentially, first add the tv series that isn't being recognized correctly, then add the tv series that is being recognized correctly. 

[coolsaber57 3]

4 minutes ago, MBSki said:

The only way that I've been able to fix this in similar situations is to remove the 2003 version, rescan, identify the 1978 version, and then add back the 2003 version. Essentially, first add the tv series that isn't being recognized correctly, then add the tv series that is being recognized correctly. 

Can you clarify what you mean when you say "remove" in this case? Are you moving or renaming the folder then re-scanning?

[MBSki 1114]

Yes, sorry. Move the folder somewhere else temporarily so Emby can't see it. Then rescan so it only picks up the 1978 series. Then add the folder back to where Emby can see it and scan again.

[coolsaber57 3]

1 minute ago, MBSki said:

Yes, sorry. Move the folder somewhere else temporarily so Emby can't see it. Then rescan so it only picks up the 1978 series. Then add the folder back to where Emby can see it and scan again.

Got it - I will try that, thank you.

[GrimReaper 4742]

51 minutes ago, coolsaber57 said:

Is there a way to manually set everything in a given path to a specific series (e.g. IMDB or TVDB ID?)

Name your series folders

Battlestar Galactica [tvdbid=71173]

and

Battlestar Galactica (2003) [tvdbid=73545] 

Re-scan.

[coolsaber57 3]

7 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

Name your series folders

Battlestar Galactica [tvdbid=71173]

and

Battlestar Galactica (2003) [tvdbid=73545] 

Re-scan.

Huh, interesting, I didn't even know that was an option.  Thank you!

[Happy2Play 9782]

Only shown in Movie KB but applies to TV also.

ID Tags in Folder name (IMDB, TMDB, TVDB)

[MBSki 1114]

15 minutes ago, coolsaber57 said:

Huh, interesting, I didn't even know that was an option.  Thank you!

Me neither, good tip!

@GrimReaper @Happy2Play Can you add that info to metadata and rescan too? Would that do the trick? 

[Happy2Play 9782]

9 minutes ago, MBSki said:

Can you add that info to metadata and rescan too? Would that do the trick? 

Sort of depends if you have nfo files with media existing metadata will be read.

[coolsaber57 3]

20 hours ago, GrimReaper said:

Name your series folders

Battlestar Galactica [tvdbid=71173]

and

Battlestar Galactica (2003) [tvdbid=73545] 

Re-scan.

Welp, unfortunately this method did not work.  I'm not even seeing the older Battlestar Galactica in emby.  I think i'll have to try moving the folder and re-scanning.

[Luke 42080]

Let us know how you get on. Thanks.

[coolsaber57 3]

24 minutes ago, Luke said:

Let us know how you get on. Thanks.

Will do!

[Dan833 7]

This is using the tvdb scraper.

https://thetvdb.com/series/battlestar-galactica

If you do not have tvshow.nfo in the Battlestar Galactica folder, open notepad and copy & paste the above url into it then save as tvshow.nfo

Put it in the Battlestar Galactica folder then rescan, if it finds the show, remove the tvshow.nfo and export your library so it creates a proper nfo for that show.

This method works in Kodi for finding shows that the scraper has trouble with.

Edited December 13, 2022 by Dan833

[coolsaber57 3]

18 hours ago, Dan833 said:

This is using the tvdb scraper.

https://thetvdb.com/series/battlestar-galactica

If you do not have tvshow.nfo in the Battlestar Galactica folder, open notepad and copy & paste the above url into it then save as tvshow.nfo

Put it in the Battlestar Galactica folder then rescan, if it finds the show, remove the tvshow.nfo and export your library so it creates a proper nfo for that show.

This method works in Kodi for finding shows that the scraper has trouble with.

There was a .nfo file in the old BSG show's folder before, but it was pointing to the 2003 version. 

 

I replaced the contents of that file with the link above and rescanned and refreshed metadata, but still no dice. Emby wants to hold on to that association for some reason lol.   

[Dan833 7]

did you try the 'Identify' option in Emby ?

What is the folder structure for your BSG collection ?

[coolsaber57 3]

1 minute ago, Dan833 said:

did you try the 'Identify' option in Emby ?

What is the folder structure for your BSG collection ?

I did try to edit the meta data to remove the wrong IDs, then refresh the metadata, but it didn't work.  

 

What I had to do was:

1. Move the folders to another non-TV folder.

2. Delete the series in Emby

3. Delete all .NFO files

4. Create/update the .NFO file for the old series

5. Move the folder back into /TV

6. Rescan/Refresh metadata

7. Confirm that the old show was picked up correctly

8. Move the newer series back into the /TV folder and rescan/refresh 

[Dan833 7]

Sounds like alot of messing about but good it's ok now.

Maybe the nfo's were from a different scraper.

 

Edited December 14, 2022 by Dan833