Group Versions Not Showing All Versions

[JohnB86 0]

Shouldn't there be a "-" between the year and the version name ?

Movie (1977) - [Version1]

Movie (1977) - [Version2]

This is my setup for that same movie which works perfectly

Edited April 10, 2024 by JohnB86

[dwyatt 2]

3 hours ago, JohnB86 said:

Shouldn't there be a "-" between the year and the version name ?

Movie (1977) - [Version1]

Movie (1977) - [Version2]

This is my setup for that same movie which works perfectly

No, it works perfectly fine without the "-" on a new server instance. And it 'works' on mine too as long as it's only 2 movies. I've tried every combination of "-" and "[]" (and without) and nothing works for me to get more than 2 items grouped. This is some sort of problem with my database I think. 

[Luke 42077]

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Shouldn't there be a "-" between the year and the version name ?

@dwyattofficially, yes. This is what our documentation says.

[Happy2Play 9780]

But the legacy or undocumented bracket still work as I show previously.

 

As for this I don't see how it worked for the original named version, unless the plugin is being used as it does not honor naming scheme requirements. @JohnB86

I guess it is actually using the first dash in your case as it displays only Star Wars ie the wrong name.

Edited April 15, 2024 by Happy2Play

[dwyatt 2]

19 hours ago, Luke said:

@dwyattofficially, yes. This is what our documentation says.

Including the '-' doesn't work either. I tested that before and just retested now. The only thing that works is spinning up a brand new server where it works perfectly fine. 

After splitting apart:

@LukeAny ideas for where I can look in the database itself to figure out what is going on here? I'm comfortable navigating around the database.

Edited April 15, 2024 by dwyatt

[Luke 42077]

What if you remove and readd the library as an alternative to a new server?

[dwyatt 2]

4 hours ago, Luke said:

What if you remove and readd the library as an alternative to a new server?

@LukeNo dice, I've tried making a new library entirely (with default settings for new library) and it behaves identically. My testing above is using that new library (this is the only movie in that library). It seems to be something global on the server level that is causing it. Can you tell me where in the database the grouping is done? I tried looking myself but couldn't find a column that seemed to indicate any sort of grouping together. 

[Luke 42077]

56 minutes ago, dwyatt said:

@LukeNo dice, I've tried making a new library entirely (with default settings for new library) and it behaves identically. My testing above is using that new library (this is the only movie in that library). It seems to be something global on the server level that is causing it. Can you tell me where in the database the grouping is done? I tried looking myself but couldn't find a column that seemed to indicate any sort of grouping together. 

What exactly did you do?

[dwyatt 2]

15 hours ago, Luke said:

What exactly did you do?

Do with regards to what? Making a new library? 

1. Make new media folder on my server for this test with a single folder inside for the movie with the movie files show previously.
2. Server Manager > Library > New Library button, content type = movies, added this new folder, save
3. It then scans in with all 3 movies grouped together but only 2 are visible. Can split to 3 but when manually grouping it's still only 2 showing.
4. Spun up a new instance of emby with default config, added a single library in same manner as above and this time it works.

My conclusion is thus (and it might be completely wrong) that there's something about my server config (not the library) that is causing the issue. My server is ancient at this point. Like I've been using Emby since day 1 (was a MediaBrowser user starting in 2010). Is is possible something is left over from way back and causing this? Where in the database is this grouping together stored? I'd like to confirm whether it's doing that properly at all so we can narrow down where the problem might be. 

[japzone 1]

Hey, sorry to dig up an old topic, but I'm running into what seems to be the same exact issue. I've run into this before, but below is my most recent encounter.

 

For the example, I already had Avatar 2: The Way of Water in my Library, but I've recently started getting into 3D, so I copied my new 3D copy of Avatar 2 into the same folder as the 2D formats I already have, 1080p and 4K HDR. I formatted the naming the same way as the existing copies, just changing the "1080p" part to "3D.hsbs".

As you can see by the nfo file listed above, Emby properly detected the file and added its metadata(opening the file shows Avatar The Way of Water, etc). But if I actually open my Movie Library in the Android client or the Web client, I get just the 1080p and 4K versions showing up.

But if I click "Split Versions Apart" I properly get the three separate versions that should exist, and Emby properly detects that the 3D file is 3D.

But if I then multi-select the three versions and choose "Group Versions", I'm right back to the second image again. Nothing I've tried has changed the results.

My server is version 4.8.11.0 running on a Synology NAS via native package install. Tested with Android and Web clients.

embyserver.txt is a fresh boot and then using "Group Versions" on the three separated versions, and still getting image 2.

embyserver2.txt is a fresh boot, after removing the movie from the library and re-scanning beforehand, and then after the boot I re-add the movie and its three versions back to the library and re-scan again. After the re-scan I'm back to image 2 again.

embyserver.txt embyserver2.txt

[Luke 42077]

On 7/31/2025 at 10:42 PM, japzone said:

Hey, sorry to dig up an old topic, but I'm running into what seems to be the same exact issue. I've run into this before, but below is my most recent encounter.

 

For the example, I already had Avatar 2: The Way of Water in my Library, but I've recently started getting into 3D, so I copied my new 3D copy of Avatar 2 into the same folder as the 2D formats I already have, 1080p and 4K HDR. I formatted the naming the same way as the existing copies, just changing the "1080p" part to "3D.hsbs".

As you can see by the nfo file listed above, Emby properly detected the file and added its metadata(opening the file shows Avatar The Way of Water, etc). But if I actually open my Movie Library in the Android client or the Web client, I get just the 1080p and 4K versions showing up.

But if I click "Split Versions Apart" I properly get the three separate versions that should exist, and Emby properly detects that the 3D file is 3D.

But if I then multi-select the three versions and choose "Group Versions", I'm right back to the second image again. Nothing I've tried has changed the results.

My server is version 4.8.11.0 running on a Synology NAS via native package install. Tested with Android and Web clients.

embyserver.txt is a fresh boot and then using "Group Versions" on the three separated versions, and still getting image 2.

embyserver2.txt is a fresh boot, after removing the movie from the library and re-scanning beforehand, and then after the boot I re-add the movie and its three versions back to the library and re-scan again. After the re-scan I'm back to image 2 again.

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Hi, I believe this will be resolved as part of the upcoming 4.9 server release. Thanks.

[japzone 1]

2 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, I believe this will be resolved as part of the upcoming 4.9 server release. Thanks.

Cool, I'll double check once the update drops.