Multiple versions, but not in one item inside library?

[cenunix 0]

So, I thought that having two items with different resolutions would combine them into one item, and give me the option to select which version. I believe i have followed the naming scheme to achieve this, am I making a mistake somewhere? or perhaps i need to clear cache or something? I'm using filebot to name all of my media, so I have deleted the library, recreated it, and tested it with one single item to make sure my naming conventions are good before I scan the rest of the library. (these files are symlinks, if thats important)

 

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[Abobader 3464]

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[pwhodges 2012]

For automatic multi-versioning of movies, put the files in the same folder, name them the same as the folder plus a hyphen (with spaces is OK) and a simple description which will go in the selection dropdown.  Note that "the same" means exactly that, not "pretty similar" which is where a lot of people go wrong.

e.g :

Folder:  My Movie (year)
file 1: My Movie (year) - 1080p.mkv
file 2: My Movie (year) - 4k.mkv

The dropdown selector will show "1080p" and "4k"

Paul

[cenunix 0]

I see, did you see my screenshot of file names? (down below). If i'm understanding correctly, should my file names also include the [tmdbid=64688]? in the wiki post tmdbid was not in the folder name, which is probably where I assumed wrong, thanks.

[rbjtech 5284]

34 minutes ago, cenunix said:

I see, did you see my screenshot of file names? (down below). If i'm understanding correctly, should my file names also include the [tmdbid=64688]? in the wiki post tmdbid was not in the folder name, which is probably where I assumed wrong, thanks.

Correct - the filename needs to contain EXACTLY the same name as the folder.

In your case -

/21 Jump Street (2012) [tmdbid=64688]/21 Jump Street (2012) [tmdbid=64688] - 1080p.mkv

/21 Jump Street (2012) [tmdbid=64688]/21 Jump Street (2012) [tmdbid=64688] - 2160p.mkv

If using the *arr's to rename - simply ensure you add that variable into the renaming for the filename as well.

[cenunix 0]

Thanks everyone, not sure why I didn’t think to try that, but am glad it’s all working smoothly now, cheers !

[EFEris 6]

I had the same problem today and it took quite sometime to figure it out, I'm also not sure if this is a good thing or not...

@Luke Any plan to make the multi version feature a bit smarted? at the moment my folder structure is with [tmdbid] but not the file names, wouldn't it make sense to detect the movie  name seperated from the folder name and then it versions?

[Luke 42081]

9 hours ago, EFEris said:

I had the same problem today and it took quite sometime to figure it out, I'm also not sure if this is a good thing or not...

@Luke Any plan to make the multi version feature a bit smarted? at the moment my folder structure is with [tmdbid] but not the file names, wouldn't it make sense to detect the movie  name seperated from the folder name and then it versions?

HI, yes it's possible for future updates. Thanks.

[EFEris 6]

OK thanks for the feedback, looking on competitor naming schema uses {edition-xxx} for edition version labeling which sounds like a okayish way.