How To Properly Set Up Two Versions of Same TV Series?

[Syntax24 4]

On this topic i am having an issue with separating The Office and The Office Superfan Episodes 

[Luke 42081]

Hi @Syntax24can you please describe your issue in more detail?

[Syntax24 4]

@LukeI am moving over from Plex to Emby and when I moved my Office US and Office Superfan Episodes it merged them and considered them as a duplicate.  I tried going in and renaming the folder to specify “The Office” and “The Office Superfan Episodes”.   I used the IMDB code to try and identify it but it’s not doing so.  

[Luke 42081]

On 1/25/2024 at 3:18 PM, Syntax24 said:

@LukeI am moving over from Plex to Emby and when I moved my Office US and Office Superfan Episodes it merged them and considered them as a duplicate.  I tried going in and renaming the folder to specify “The Office” and “The Office Superfan Episodes”.   I used the IMDB code to try and identify it but it’s not doing so.  

@Syntax24I would suggest disabling the library option to merge series that are spread across different folders. Then run a library scan. Once it completes they will be separated.

After that I would suggest using the Identify feature on the superfan series to make sure it is matched to internet metadata correctly. Please see if that helps.

[Syntax24 4]

Ok, so I tried this and funny thing it separated several other shows but not that one...  The only work around I have found so far is going into each episode and manually separating them, then renaming the file "Superfan Episode *Episode Name) then adding the Superfan episodes to their own collection.  The only problem this causes is that it still keeps Them in the Same show.  The only thing I haven't tried yet is having a folder that is Mixed Content instead of Tv Shows may fix it.   The weirdest part of all is even using the IMDB link to identify it, it still pulls it as the regular Office and not Superfan Episodes

[GrimReaper 4742]

32 minutes ago, Syntax24 said:

 The weirdest part of all is even using the IMDB link to identify it, it still pulls it as the regular Office and not Superfan Episodes

There's no Superfan Edition/Cut data with the providers (neither TVDB nor TMDB nor TV Maze), there's just Office (US). Nothing is ever scraped from IMDB (cost-prohibitive), IMDBId is only used for lookup at other online providers databases. 

The Office - Extended Superfan Episodes - Talk — The Movie Database (TMDB) (themoviedb.org)

[Syntax24 4]

This screenshot shows I can add data from IMDB

[GrimReaper 4742]

Just now, Syntax24 said:

This screenshot shows I can add data from IMDB

It shows you can add IMDB Id, as said:

27 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

Nothing is ever scraped from IMDB (cost-prohibitive), IMDBId is only used for lookup at other online providers databases. 

 

[Syntax24 4]

Ok, thank you!