Multi-version TV Series not merging

[pmac 143]

3 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Hmm that's strange.

All though "I know its not fair" done all these tests in beta 4.9.0.32

As that's my "destroy server setup"

How much addon to the file naming do you have compaired to mine

Folder :  Cheers

-- Season 01

file :  Cheers s01e01 - 4K.disc

Extension is a dummy file extension, left over from " Insert Disc to play " But has it's uses.

 

My file names have a lot of information:

"Yellowstone (2018) - S05E09 - Desire Is All You Need - [ WEBDL-2160p ][ 8-bit h265 ][ EAC3 5.1 ].mkv"

But the same naming convention works fine for multi-version movies. 

[pmac 143]

I'd like everything after the episode name to show up in the selection drop-down

[Neminem 1518]

Hmm just testing something with your file naming.

I think I found a in the beta server when testing you naming.

But that's not a talk for this issue.

But it look like you naming is good.

Yellowstone (2018) - S05E09 - Desire Is All You Need - [ WEBDL-1080p ][ 8-bit h265 ][ EAC3 5.1 ].disc

Here it is without the extra "space" on beta.

[Neminem 1518]

To get mine to update I do a library scan.

[pmac 143]

That's really strange that it's working fine for you, and not me. It seems I have it set up the exact same way, but getting different results... 

[Luke 42077]

2 hours ago, pmac said:

@Lukecould it be that I have too many dashes "-" in my file name? I've highlighted the dash in question in red. 

Example:

"Yellowstone (2018) - S05E09 - Desire Is All You Need - [ WEBDL-2160p ][ 8-bit h265 ][ EAC3 5.1 ].mkv"

Should I rename them something like:

"Yellowstone (2018) - S05E09 Desire Is All You Need - [ WEBDL-2160p ][ 8-bit h265 ][ EAC3 5.1 ].mkv"

Or would the dash between episode number and episode name be irrelevant? I'd like the media info at the end of the filename to be in the version selection drop-down.

If it makes a difference I can simplify them to "1080p" or "2160p", but I don't think that should matter, since it's working fine for movies with my current naming structure. 

No, the file names don't really matter when it comes to episodes. Detection is based first on the series being merged, then season and episode numbers.

[Neminem 1518]

I would guess dev's will need logs.

 

 

[rbjtech 5284]

Agreed this is very strange why it's not working - I no longer use multi-versions on TV Series - but quickly created a share/folder/dummy file to ensure it was working and it appears to be.   This is the standard release - not beta.

To note (and I believe Luke has confirmed) for TV Series - anything that is different after the '-' is what determines the match and the naming in the drop down.   Happy to be corrected on the folder name/file name not needing to be an exact match - as my example below shows. (I have no tvdbID in the file name)

@Neminemhas covered it all above, but for 100% confirmation - these are the results of my own tests below :-

 

 

Edited November 27, 2024 by rbjtech

[pmac 143]

Well, I've gone through process of renaming all of my files and folders so that the naming conventions are all the same, now my library scan has been going all night and is still only showing that it's 54.8% complete, but it's made it past some of the multi-version shows and they're still not merged, so it definitely seems like I've got something strange going on. 

No idea what to do next, or what logs could possibly be helpful in this situation

[Neminem 1518]

Lets see what's up when its all done with the scan.

I'm not sure what order it does things.

 

[Luke 42077]

The first step is in getting the series to merge, so I would focus on that before the episodes. Have either of them set a custom metadata language in the metadata editor?

[pmac 143]

31 minutes ago, Luke said:

The first step is in getting the series to merge, so I would focus on that before the episodes. Have either of them set a custom metadata language in the metadata editor?

No, they haven't.

Looking at the metadata editor both versions are 100% identical

[Luke 42077]

6 minutes ago, pmac said:

No, they haven't.

Looking at the metadata editor both versions are 100% identical

What did you check in there?

[pmac 143]

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

What did you check in there?

I just compared the series metadata between both versions of two of the shows that haven't merged.

I also just created a "dummy" show that doesn't exist in my library in both the "television" and "television4k" folders as follows:

".../Television/NCIS/Season 1/NCIS - S01E01 - 1080p.mkv"

".../Television4K/NCIS/Season 1/NCIS - S01E01 - 2160p.mkv"

The series was identified and found metadata, but wasn't merged together as one series

[rbjtech 5284]

@pmac- you've confirmed the setting below correct ?

6 hours ago, rbjtech said:

 

 

[pmac 143]

Just now, rbjtech said:

@pmac- you've confirmed the setting below correct ?

 

Yes

[pmac 143]

21 minutes ago, Luke said:

What did you check in there?

Would it be beneficial for me to run a metadata folder scan? I'm assuming that's likely a long process.

Also, my library scan didn't change anything with metadata providers/etc. disabled (to decrease the amount of time it takes). I've since started a new scan with all of my providers and settings re-enabled, but based on past experience, I don't imagine that will finish for a few days at least, as I believe it's going to re-check all of the images and chapter markers, etc.

The library scan just seems to sit at 54.8% in the scheduled tasks section, and the television library just sits at 91%

Edited November 27, 2024 by pmac

[Luke 42077]

4 minutes ago, pmac said:

Would it be beneficial for me to run a metadata folder scan? I'm assuming that's likely a long process.

probably not.

[pmac 143]

I've finally completed a full library scan after making renaming all of my files/folders to make sure they have the same naming conventions. 

None of my multi-version series have merged; still showing up as two separate series, yet have their watched statuses in sync with eachother regardless of which version was actually watched. 

Edited November 28, 2024 by pmac

[pmac 143]

Also to note: I currently have two separate library's for tv series ("Television" and "4K Television"). "Television" is associated with both folders, and "4K Television" is only associated with the 4K folder. 

Would having two separate libraries be messing this up? ie. Should I remove the 4K library, and only have the single Television library that's associated with both version folders? 

[Neminem 1518]

1 hour ago, pmac said:

Would having two separate libraries be messing this up? ie. Should I remove the 4K library, and only have the single Television library that's associated with both version folders? 

Just tested this, and It broke my multi-version.

Deleting my 4k only library bringes it back.
I have to do a new scan, on my remaining tv library.

[Neminem 1518]

@Lukeis this a bug ?

[rbjtech 5284]

1 hour ago, pmac said:

Would having two separate libraries be messing this up? ie. Should I remove the 4K library, and only have the single Television library that's associated with both version folders? 

Yes.

Just list both the folders in the single library.

[rbjtech 5284]

15 minutes ago, Neminem said:

@Lukeis this a bug ?

I don't think so - I'm not 100% on what you did, but it sounded like you added the same content to multiple libraries - ie a receipe for db corruption.

All @pmacneeds to do is have a single library with multiple folders/shares - but I'm sure you're aware of that .. 

[Luke 42077]

This isn't corruption, it's just that in this case the merging will not be supported when configure your libraries like that.

The series is only added to your server database once, so which set of library options gets used will be arbitrary.