Edit misidentified multi-episode

[neik 873]

Hi guys,

I have a few episodes that is wrongly being identified as multi-episode, an example:
TV Show Name_1x01_Title
=> Whenever the Title starts with a number Emby gets confused and identifies it as multi-episode although it actually isn't.

Just had a look at the metadata manager for such an episode and couldn't find the "episode end" tag that is available within the corresponding NFO.
Am I missing anything or is it really not available?

I guess,  I could simply edit the NFO as a workaround and let Emby rescan the NFO, right?

[GrimReaper 4740]

I'm a bit confused by the description:

13 minutes ago, neik said:

I have a few episodes that is wrongly being identified as multi-episode

13 minutes ago, neik said:

Just had a look at the metadata manager for such an episode and couldn't find the "episode end" tag

If it is multi-episode then yes, NFO should contain <episodenumberend> tag - if said NFO was written by Emby.

If it's not there, what would you edit as per:

13 minutes ago, neik said:

I guess,  I could simply edit the NFO as a workaround and let Emby rescan the NFO, right?

?

Edited August 2, 2023 by GrimReaper

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

2 hours ago, neik said:

Hi guys,

I have a few episodes that is wrongly being identified as multi-episode, an example:
TV Show Name_1x01_Title
=> Whenever the Title starts with a number Emby gets confused and identifies it as multi-episode although it actually isn't.

Just had a look at the metadata manager for such an episode and couldn't find the "episode end" tag that is available within the corresponding NFO.
Am I missing anything or is it really not available?

I guess,  I could simply edit the NFO as a workaround and let Emby rescan the NFO, right?

While that numbering "should" work, I think, it is not the best for Emby as the recommended basic form is

ShowName - SxxEyy - EpisodeName

You can add other things to get better display but Emby really really really likes the dash "-" as a separator. That is the basic functionality and Emby expects that format or something similar. I believe that you could use Series NumberxEpisode Number but the use of underscores as separators is just not reliable.

You can do as you please but Emby really likes one structure/naming convention a LOT more than others.

While I would like Emby to support all reasonable formats it is just impractical. It is best not to fight the great Emby-o-saurus.