Specials for Each Seasons

[JoabEliot 3]

So am adding my Sherlock British series collection to my Emby server... It has Specials for each Season... how to structure that... should I create a folder named specials and then paste all the files in there together or make season folders inside the specials folder?

 

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

Specials should be in their own folder called "specials" or "Season 00" but they can be in the season they belong with.

I library settings there is an option that says something like "Display specials within the season they aired" and you should check that option if that is what you want.

Also specials should be named "ShowName s00exx" and the "xx" should agree with TVDB.

That is how I do it for shows that have specials that aired within seasons and it works fine. At least it does with "Babylon 5" which is the only show I have where I want the specials played in the order they were aired.

[JoabEliot 3]

can you maybe give me an example... somesort of a screenshot or typed directory representation

[Luke 42083]

Have you taken A look at our tv naming guide?

TV Naming

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

3 hours ago, JoabEliot said:

can you maybe give me an example... somesort of a screenshot or typed directory representation

This may help a bit. It is quite simplified but it works. There are a LOT of options available but I believe in the K.I.S.S. principal and believe it should be applied everywhere.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
TV Shows <--The TV library points here
_______ShowName (year)
____________Season 01
__________________ShowName (year) - s01e01 - Optional Name.ext
_________________ShowName (year) - s01e02 - Optional Name.ext
__________________and so on for the shows in season 01
____________Season 02  just like Season 01
____________Season 03  and so on for each season
____________Season 00  or “Specials”
__________________ShowName (year) - s00e01 - Optional name
__________________ShowName (year) - s00e02 - Optional name
__________________and so on for each special

Note 1: the eXX part of the specials must match EXACTLY what is found in TheTVDB

Note 2: The (year) may be omitted for shows that do not have more than one occurrence throughout the years.

There are many other structures and naming systems that work but this is the one I use and it just works.

For a mass rename I use FileBot with this format string {n.replaceTrailingBrackets()} - {s00e00.lower()} - {t}

[rbjtech 5284]

As above - just ensure your specials are named as per your Emby TV provider - so if using tvdb - then literally go to 'thetvdb.com' find your show - and copy their naming verbatim - and emby will 100% name the items as per the list (and place them in the relevant 'Season' as well in the correct location - ie maybe 1st in the list as 'previously in ..' or last in the list as 'Next on ...' ).  You can edit this in Emby if you wish.

https://thetvdb.com/series/sherlock/seasons/official/0

Edited July 22, 2023 by rbjtech