Initial D not being reconized right in emby

[Creaperemby 4]

if you search up initial D to identify Emby, this "all-purpose cultural cat thing" shows up, and if I were to use IMDB for the metadata all seasons display the same release date, a couple of days ago up till season 2 was getting recognized correctly, but now almost nothing is recognizing properly for this anime, movies, other tv shows and music is being recognized correctly. 

[GrimReaper 4740]

What server version? What are your enabled meta-providers and in what order? What IMDBId you're using? Have no issues getting correct search result with either Title or IMDBId.

Edited February 19, 2025 by GrimReaper
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[Creaperemby 4]

I was able to fix the issue by reordering meta providers, however, it is messing up from season 4, with the episodes of season 4 being recognized as season 5, and ones that don't read properly displaying the season 1 title and description. the 5th season also displays the 6th season. The 6th season just shows the 1st season's data. I am running Version 4.8.10.0 of Emby on an Asustor Nas

[Luke 42078]

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What are your enabled meta-providers and in what order?

Also how are your files named and organized? Does your episode and season numbering match your highest priority fetcher?

[Creaperemby 4]

They are organized by season and title

[GrimReaper 4740]

For some reason, you're still not providing the info:

On 2/19/2025 at 10:34 AM, GrimReaper said:

What are your enabled meta-providers and in what order?

But based on your screenshots, I'd guess you have TMDB as highest-priority fetcher.

7 hours ago, Creaperemby said:

it is messing up from season 4, with the episodes of season 4 being recognized as season 5, and ones that don't read properly displaying the season 1 title and description. the 5th season also displays the 6th season. The 6th season just shows the 1st season's data.

As TMDB has only 5 seasons+Specials for that show (contrary to TVDB that has 6 seasons+Specials listed) with Fourth stage as Season 3, Fifth stage as season 4 and Final stage as Season 5 - that's the data you're getting: Fifth stage episode descriptions for Season 4 episodes, Final stage episode descriptions for Season 5 and your Final stage episodes probably cannot cannot be linked to last season due to folder not being named Season 6 (or episode naming within, it is unknown how do you have them numbered) hence being identified as Season 1 episodes.

TV Naming

You need to either:

1. Rename Final Stage folder to Season 6

2. Move TVDB as your highest-priority meta-fetcher 

OR

1. Rename Season 4, Season 5 and Final Stage folders and episodes as Season 3, Season 4 and Season 5 respectively if you prefer having TMDB as primary-meta provider

Re-Identify the item or Refresh Metadata>Replace all.

[Creaperemby 4]

I tried both methods, the TVBD method got me the closest, however, it decided to merge the 4th and 5th seasons into one thing, although the episodes are getting detected properly which is good. the TMBD method did not work properly. 

[Creaperemby 4]

after resetting the metadata again, it now transferred the episodes to the final stage, so season 4 is fixed, however, season 5 and the final season is merged

[Luke 42078]

How does it compare to what your highest priority fetcher shows?

[Creaperemby 4]

2 minutes ago, Luke said:

How does it compare to what your highest priority fetcher shows?

my highest priority fetcher was TMBD but I changed it to TVBD

[Luke 42078]

OK but can you answer this:

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How does it compare to what your highest priority fetcher shows?

 

[Creaperemby 4]

So with TMBD as the priority fetcher, it puts the season 5 episodes as season 4, and another season 4 that has both season 4 and 5's files in it

[pwhodges 2012]

Remember - whenever you change between metadata providers which split the show differently, you have to rename all the episodes to match.  The only way any provider can know what season and episode a video file actually contains is from the folder and file names.

Paul

[Luke 42078]

@Creaperemby does this advice help you resolve this?

[Creaperemby 4]

6 minutes ago, Luke said:

@Creaperemby does this advice help you resolve this?

Will try once i get home

[Creaperemby 4]

Ok so the episodes are all named correctly, with season number and everything, and the metadata is being recognized as season 5 in Emby too, but it still sorts itself to season 6

[Luke 42078]

How does it compare to what is shown in your highest priority fetcher?

[Creaperemby 4]

I found the fix, and now everything is working correctly. all I had to do was delete the Season 5 folder, make a separate Season 5 folder in the TV shows folder (instead of in the initial D folder), and put in an episode, then drag the Season 5 folder into the initial D folder after Emby recognized the season. 

[Luke 42078]

Thanks for the feedback !