Absolute metadata setting not filling in episodes correctly

[Baenwort 118]

Hi,

I have a show set to Absolute in the metadata area as the stable version I am running does not support some of the alternative tvdb APIs like "streaming order" and absolute is the closest to the internal shows chronological order. https://thetvdb.com/series/darkwing-duck#seasons

I have the folder structure as: 

TV Shows\Darkwing Duck\Season 01

and the file names as:

Darkwing Duck (1991) - E01 - Darkly Dawns the Duck, Part 1 - 480p
Darkwing Duck (1991) - E02 - Darkly Dawns the Duck, Part 2 - 480p

as they are from my old VHS tapes.

 

However, this does not show up correctly in Emby after scanning files and refreshing metadata.

Am I miss understanding the absolute order filename standard from the wiki?

[GrimReaper 4739]

58 minutes ago, Baenwort said:

Darkwing Duck (1991) - E01 - Darkly Dawns the Duck, Part 1 - 480p
Darkwing Duck (1991) - E02 - Darkly Dawns the Duck, Part 2 - 480p

Not sure if that naming convention is supported unofficially - as officially it ain't:

Quote

Episode naming conventions

A number of naming conventions are supported:

• show name - S01E01 - Episode Name.ext
• show name S01E01 Episode Name.ext
• anything_s01e02.ext
• anything_s1e2.ext
• anything_s01.e02.ext
• anything_s01_e02.ext
• anything_1x02.ext
• anything_102.ext
• anything_1x02.ext
• 02 Episode Name.ext
• s01e02.ext
• 1x02.ext

TV Naming | Emby Documentation

I would add season identifier there, as in:

Darkwing Duck (1991) - S01E01 - Darkly Dawns the Duck, Part 1 - 480p

and rescan/refresh metadata.

59 minutes ago, Baenwort said:

Am I miss understanding the absolute order filename standard from the wiki?

Which wiki, as I don't remember ever seeing absolute ordering specifically mentioned in a KB article (btw, there's no special naming for Absolute ordering, only requirement is that all files are Season 1, as S01Exx).

[Luke 42077]

Right it still needs to be a supported naming convention. The good news is that the upcoming 4.8 release should be able to parse these names, at least that's what I'm seeing.