How can I identify and scrape series manually?

[Destrox 0]

How can I identify series? For some reason, I can't include the name of the series, and I need to manually identify each one, the thing is that I've tried it with emby and it doesn't work, I don't know if there are specific requirements, I do know that in plex, by searching for the name you could already scrape, but here I can't do it.

[darkassassin07 652]

Right click/long-press on a series and there should be an option to 'Identify'.

 

I find the name field isn't always helpful, but supplying a IMDB/TVDB id usually works.

 

 

[Neminem 1519]

Or look at TV Naming

[Destrox 0]

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Edited February 13, 2025 by Destrox
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[Destrox 0]

1 hour ago, darkassassin07 said:

Right click/long-press on a series and there should be an option to 'Identify'.

 

I find the name field isn't always helpful, but supplying a IMDB/TVDB id usually works.

 

 

The problem is that when I select the 3 points to identify it, the option to identify does not appear, only to edit metadata.

[darkassassin07 652]

What content type is the library set to?

'Home Videos & Images' will not match anything to online metadata sources nor give you identity options.

 

You'll have to put the series in a 'Tv Shows' library for that.

[Destrox 0]

10 minutes ago, darkassassin07 said:

What content type is the library set to?

'Home Videos & Images' will not match anything to online metadata sources nor give you identity options.

 

You'll have to put the series in a 'Tv Shows' library for that.

It's on tv shows

[darkassassin07 652]

Are you trying to identify individual episodes/seasons then, instead of a whole series?

 

Have you perhaps had two series merge together and are trying to separate them?

[Destrox 0]

1 hour ago, darkassassin07 said:

Are you trying to identify individual episodes/seasons then, instead of a whole series?

 

Have you perhaps had two series merge together and are trying to separate them?

That's it, I need to scrape individual chapters in a series, because I can't access to edit the file name. In Plex what it does is, it adds all the unidentified chapters and when you identify one, they are all identified at once. 
 

No, the two series are not merged, I just can't edit the file name, it appears as episode 1x01 4k… episode 1x02 4k… but I can't name it from my files. I'm wondering if there's a way to do the same as plex

[darkassassin07 652]

When happens when you use the identify function on the actual series (not on episodes/seasons)?

[Destrox 0]

33 minutes ago, darkassassin07 said:

When happens when you use the identify function on the actual series (not on episodes/seasons)?

I can't see the identify option, only edit metadata

[Luke 42078]

7 minutes ago, Destrox said:

I can't see the identify option, only edit metadata

Hi, can you please show a screenshot? Thanks.

[Destrox 0]

24 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, can you please show a screenshot? Thanks.

Yeah

[Luke 42078]

Can you please show the complete screenshot rather than a cutout? Thanks.

[GrimReaper 4740]

25 minutes ago, Destrox said:

You're still trying to Identify an episode - you need to:

1 hour ago, darkassassin07 said:

use the identify function on the actual series (not on episodes/seasons)?

Also, based on your screenshot, your library setup is might be incorrect as you should not have episodes as top-level items - you've probably added TV show folder as library path - you need to add root/parent TV shows folder.

TV Naming

Edited February 13, 2025 by GrimReaper

[Destrox 0]

7 minutes ago, Luke said:

Can you please show the complete screenshot rather than a cutout? Thanks.

 

[Destrox 0]

9 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

You're still trying to Identify an episode - you need to:

Also, based on your screenshot, your library setup is likely incorrect as you should not have episodes as top-level items - you've probably added TV show folder as library path - you need to add root/parent TV shows folder.

TV Naming

These are a number of files that I cannot rename, they are read-only, I know that a correct name should be used to identify them correctly, but I cannot rename the files.

Edited February 13, 2025 by Destrox

[Destrox 0]

And the series section is empty

[GrimReaper 4740]

You don't need to rename anything, but whatever action you take needs to be on TV SHOW level, as stated multiple times before, you cannot do it on EPISODE level. Go to "Series" tab and find that TV show>right-click>identify. You can also post a screenshot of your library structure, do you have seasons from multiple TV shows within same folder?

[GrimReaper 4740]

Just now, Destrox said:

And the series section is empty

How many libraries have you created and with which paths? You can also post screenshot of your Settings>Library tab in the sidebar.

[Destrox 0]

9 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

How many libraries have you created and with which paths? You can also post screenshot of your Settings>Library tab in the sidebar.

I have created 4 libraries, but the only one that is not named well is the one that does not work.

Films- U:/Films

Films 2- U:/Films2

TV Shows- U:/Tv Shows (The one that doesnt work)

TV Shows 2- U:/Tv Shows 2 (This one works well because the files are named correctly).

I think the problem could be that they are individual chapters and not a whole folder.

[GrimReaper 4740]

4 minutes ago, Destrox said:

I think the problem could be that they are individual chapters and not a whole folder.

Hence:

19 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

You can also post a screenshot of your library structure

So it could be seen. As per above linked KB article:

32 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

TV Naming

each TV show has to have its own subfolder within TV shows root (U:/Tv Shows in your case); season folders nested are recommended, but not mandatory.

Edited February 14, 2025 by GrimReaper

[Destrox 0]

5 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

Hence:

So it could be seen. As per above linked KB article:

each TV show has to have its own subfolder within TV shows root (U:/Tv Shows in your case); season folders nested are recommended, but not mandatory.

That's the folder that fails, I don't have the possibility to create subfolders for each series as it is read-only. I thought it would work the same as Plex, that by just adding the series it already introduces them and the only thing you have to do is identify a chapter, and all of them are automatically identified.

[GrimReaper 4740]

2 minutes ago, Destrox said:

That's the folder that fails, I don't have the possibility to create subfolders for each series as it is read-only

In that case you're out of luck, series folder is mandatory.

Edit: Why don't you just copy those files to a location that is writable and structure it correctly?

Edited February 14, 2025 by GrimReaper
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[Destrox 0]

2 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

In that case you're out of luck, series folder is mandatory.

Edit: Why don't you just copy those files to a location that is writable and structure it correctly?

I can't copy them or anything like that, they're in a cloud that's read-only.