Force adding file to video library?

[mothball 1]

My apologies if this has already been resolved, but my search for this feature failed to yield any results. Is there a way to force the server to add an entry to the video libraries (Movies/TV Shows) manually. I have noticed that upon certain scans, especially of a TV Show library, the server fails to log a video file usually because the metadata look up service fails to find a match. this is not so much an issue with the Movies library feature. it seems to log the file and so it by file name, but for tv shows it appears that if there is no hit on the file with a metadata service you don't see it in the show or folder listing of the library.

[Luke 42077]

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I have noticed that upon certain scans, especially of a TV Show library, the server fails to log a video file usually because the metadata look up service fails to find a match. this is not so much an issue with the Movies library feature.

Hi there, can you please provide a specific example of your issue? Thanks !

[mothball 1]

i have 3 files which from a fan edit of Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me/Twin Peaks: Missing Pieces. The creator merged the two films, added deleted scenes and reworked the narrative timeline order and presents in a "mini-series" format of 3 episodes. The files are named:

TWIN_PEAKS_THE MISSING SEASON_S00E01_THE_OWL_RING_X265_[1080P].mkv
TWIN_PEAKS_THE MISSING SEASON_S00E02_THE_PATH_TO_THE_PINK_ROOM_X265_[1080P].mkv
TWIN_PEAKS_THE MISSING SEASON_S00E03_BEYOND_ANGELS_AND_OWLS_X265_[1080P].mkv

Given that this is a fan edit these 3 episodes will not be found in TVDB, IMDB, or TMDB. I am running Emby Server 4.8.8.0 on Ubuntu Server 2024.04. Everything works fine but when Emby scans the 3 files it only finds a match for 2 of the files (firewalk with me and missing pieces) but the 3rd file fails to match so emby does not display it in the list of episodes under the Specials folder...

for Movies - when a scan fail to id the movie file it still lists it - see the attached png file for Fahrenhype 9/11 - its listed as its file name FAHRENHYPE 911 - this is a pseudo example of the how it would look as i don't currently have any non-id'd movies in the database at the moment. Suffice to say that for movies the system displays them by file name but tv shows it does not appear to behave in the same fashion. it only lists the file if it finds a metadata match as best as i can tell.

anyway i went ahead and renamed the 3 part mini-series files to be:

TWIN_PEAKS_S00E01_THE_MISSING_SEASON_1_[X265_1080P].mkv
TWIN_PEAKS_S00E01_THE_MISSING_SEASON_2_[X265_1080P].mkv
TWIN_PEAKS_S00E01_THE_MISSING_SEASON_3_[X265_1080P].mkv

hoping Emby recognizes the files as a 3 part video file and does the autoplay next part thing. have not confirmed yet that it worked

 

 

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[GrimReaper 4739]

On 9/1/2024 at 7:34 PM, mothball said:

but for tv shows it appears that if there is no hit on the file with a metadata service you don't see it in the show or folder listing of the library.

 

1 hour ago, mothball said:

it only lists the file if it finds a metadata match as best as i can tell.

Nope, having/finding metadata with online providers or not should have no effect on that, unknown items would still be shown inside your library but just with filename instead of a title and no metadata; more likely scenario is that is being recognized and merged/multi-versioned as another episode, mostly depending on folder structure/naming convention used. 

In your specific example, how are your Twin Peaks files and folders named and organized? 

Edit: Went ahead and investigated that particular edition, Specials under TVDB list only 6 items while on TMDB there are 100+ of them (including Fire Walk with Me - The missing pieces as Episode 99). 

As typically for adding own content (not available with online providers) it is usually enough to add it as episode number high enough (like S00E100), in your particular scenario I'd suggest going higher with 200+, i.e. rename those files as:

Twin Peaks - S00E200 - The Owl Ring

Twin Peaks - S00E201 - The Path to the Pink Room

Twin Peaks - S00E202 - Beyond Angels and Owls

and place those files under Twin Peaks (1990)\Season 0 subfolder. Scan media library. 

Edited September 3, 2024 by GrimReaper
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