BUG: TV Shows Not Adding if Similar

[kdackiw 1]

As I move over from Plex...I found many TV series that did not import.  Further digging has shown that shows that differ this way will lead to the first one not being added at all:

From my understanding, the TVDB shows the originating series as is, minus the year.  All other derivatives get the year following.  It looks like the scanner is not picking this up and adds the second (or third, etc...) just fine but always ghosts the first one without the year.

On a side note, since Emby seems to lack an easy way to compare the actual folder contents of a TV/ folder vs. what it scraped for, one would expec the 'folder' view to at least show ALL the folders found, whether or not they match anything?  At least then it would be quicker to find discrepancies?

Lesson here I assume is to have the year following regardless in all cases?

Kev.

 

 

 

[GrimReaper 4742]

 

2 minutes ago, kdackiw said:

Lesson here I assume is to have the year following regardless in all cases?

Having ProviderID in folder names greatly assists in avoiding misidentifications.

https://emby.media/support/articles/TV-Naming.html#id-tags-in-folder--file-names

[kdackiw 1]

Yes - I had to resort to this to get all 3 iterations of "V" to work - the original miniseries, the series, and the 2 part finale.

Even though I explicitly told the system the tmdbid in the folder name, Emby was still reluctant to pick up the right metadata.  I assume it follows exactly the order of metadata providers in all cases.  Perhaps since once specifies the exact provider, it should gather from that source first (overriding the default order for the library?).

I ended up in this case manually editing all the metadata to fix things - a welcome ability to do that and lock it down too.

Sonarr doesn't allow new additions to feature this naming so I imagine it must be done at point of addition. 

Looks like I have some folder renames to do manually to make things right ....

Kev.

[kdackiw 1]

Let me look - it has been a while since I messed with the media management section...I am sure it does

Does having correct NFO files in the folders after the fact give more or less 100% scan accuracy should the library need to be scanned/moved again?  Emby looks at the NFO inside if present to make the match before heading out to the 'net to determine what it is?

Kev.

[GrimReaper 4742]

Shouldn't this work in Sonarr? 

{Series TitleYear} [tvdbid={TvdbId}]

 

[GrimReaper 4742]

6 minutes ago, kdackiw said:

Does having correct NFO files in the folders after the fact give more or less 100% scan accuracy should the library need to be scanned/moved again?

It does, if you have NFO reader enabled in your library settings. 

6 minutes ago, kdackiw said:

Emby looks at the NFO inside if present to make the match before heading out to the 'net to determine what it is?

Yes, my compete collection is externally-created NFO based. 

Edited October 10, 2023 by GrimReaper

[kdackiw 1]

I am liking the NFO route more and more.  I see Sonarr allows relocating the folders to the same area updating the name at the same time...this will make it much easier...

TY!

Kev.