Trailer picked up as a Movie

[ulrick65 30]

I have one Movie that I am adding that for some reason it is picking up the trailer as a separate movie and I can not figure out why.

Background:  I do not allow my Library folders to write to the movie location, the shares that it reads are read-only.  This has been the setup for 10 years and works fine.  I have one folder that I used to run new items "through" that does have write capability.  That is so that I "can" use Emby's metadata, image downloads, etc. if I need/want to.  But once done in there, the movie is moved to it's final library.

I recently started a new naming convention...adding info about the Movie to the file names.  This has worked fine with no issues noted...until this one.

The trailer is being detected as a Movie for some reason.  I thought maybe the file name length was an issue, but I have longer ones that work fine.  I thought maybe the dashes in the file name were a problem, but I have those in others that work fine too.

Any thoughts on why this is happening?

 

 

 

Edited July 23, 2023 by ulrick65

[GrimReaper 4744]

How are you files named and organized?

[ulrick65 30]

1 minute ago, GrimReaper said:

How are you files named and organized?

I have been trying to upload that screenshot since the post...having issues on my end with my computer.  I am working to get it.
 

[ulrick65 30]

12 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

How are you files named and organized?

I figured it out.  The reason is because the filename has -SHORT in it.  For example:

Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-SHORTVERSION.mkv

and the Trailer is:

Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-SHORTVERSION-trailer.mkv

I tested several different names and every time -SHORT* is in there, it separates it into its own movie.  I am guessing that Emby is assuming it is a "Short".

Simply changing it to movie: Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-SHORVERSION.mkv

And Trailer:  Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-SHORVERSION-trailer.mkv

(removing the T) fixes the problem.

Seems like maybe something that should be addressed?  

[GrimReaper 4744]

You can also dump it in \trailers subfolder in which case file name shouldn't matter, in general.

[ulrick65 30]

11 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

You can also dump it in \trailers subfolder in which case file name shouldn't matter, in general.

I appreciate the recommendation...but that would change my entire collection requirements and is not something I am prepared to do.

I think that Emby's parsing needs to be adjusted to pick up -short (or whatever else it is exactly looking for around shorts) but ignore things that are clearly not a short...for example have -trailer as the filename end before the extension.

[Luke 42081]

HI, yes I can see why this might happen. We'll take a look at it. Thanks.

[ulrick65 30]

9 minutes ago, Luke said:

HI, yes I can see why this might happen. We'll take a look at it. Thanks.

Thanks.

[adminExitium 355]

On 24/07/2023 at 07:21, Luke said:

We'll take a look at it.

Just to confirm, will the fix be for the `-short` in the title or the any file ending with `-trailer.<extension>`? I would like the second option because I have seen this issue before too even without `-short` being in the title.

[Luke 42081]

21 hours ago, adminExitium said:

Just to confirm, will the fix be for the `-short` in the title or the any file ending with `-trailer.<extension>`? I would like the second option because I have seen this issue before too even without `-short` being in the title.

Can you please clarify on what you're asking? Thanks.

[adminExitium 355]

I was referring to the parsing fix that was mentioned above.

 

Is it only for titles like Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-SHORTVERSION-trailer.mkv which have the SHORT keyword in them or any file that ends in -trailer.mkv like Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC-trailer.mkv ?

[Luke 42081]

6 hours ago, adminExitium said:

I was referring to the parsing fix that was mentioned above.

 

Is it only for titles like Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-SHORTVERSION-trailer.mkv which have the SHORT keyword in them or any file that ends in -trailer.mkv like Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC-trailer.mkv ?

-shortversion should be resolved now. if it ends in -trailer it's going to be picked up as a trailer because that's part of the trailer naming conventions.

[adminExitium 355]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

picked up as a trailer

There used to be some cases where it was treated as a movie which caused an infinite loop of a trailer being added for that movie, which is again treated as a movie and so on... This is what I am curious about.

 

I have noticed the above in 2 cases:
 

* The movie file is replaced from Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC.mkv to Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-DEF.mkv but there is a trailer file remaining Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC-trailer.mkv, which gets treated as a separate movie and causes an infinite loop of Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC-trailer-trailer.mkv, Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC-trailer-trailer-trailer.mkv, Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC-trailer-trailer-trailer-trailer.mkv and so on...

 

* There are 2 movie files present in the same folder Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [Bluray-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-ABC.mkv & Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [WEB-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-DEF.mkv and a trailer file gets downloaded for one of the movies Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [WEB-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-DEF-trailer.mkv and the corresponding movie Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) [WEB-1080p][DTS 5.1][x264]-DEF.mkv is then removed later (due to it being a lower quality) causing the same infinite loop as above.

[adminExitium 355]

Is the fix present in the latest beta so I can try it out?

Edited August 18, 2023 by adminExitium

[Luke 42081]

Just now, adminExitium said:

Is the fix present in the latest beta so I can try it out?

Yes it is.

[adminExitium 355]

Also, just to confirm the fix was only for titles containing short or has anything been fixed w.r.t trailers too such that they are never parsed as a movie?

 

And just FYI, this is probably the same issue too: 

 

[Luke 42081]

15 hours ago, adminExitium said:

Also, just to confirm the fix was only for titles containing short or has anything been fixed w.r.t trailers too such that they are never parsed as a movie?

 

And just FYI, this is probably the same issue too: 

 

It may help with that but without specific examples I can't say for sure.