emby not sorting right

[zac115 5]

Something very odd is going on with the metadata and the cataloging of my emby server. As I update one piece on my server something odd has happened. Specifically a handful of episodes have been incorrectly placed in both season 1 and season 21. Episode 1074 through 1,085 show up  in season 1 and season 21. Even after editing the .nfo file to season 21 for some reason it still shows up in season 1.

I even went as far as completely removing the files and the NFO files and then re-adding them and and then editing the metadata through the option in the right click menu. But neither avenue prevented them from showing up in season 1. It's very strange behavior and I'm not exactly sure how to fix it.

[Luke 42078]

Hi, are you able to use a supported naming convention?

TV Naming

[zac115 5]

i mean that would take a lot of renaming. And just to point out the rest of one piece works just fine. its all in the right place. And like some anime one piece does not really have seasons. they are in the season they are in because i put them there by hand based on what TVDB has. bringing me back to original problem of why these will not go where they are set. 

but if all other trouble shotting fails yes i will start the long task of renaming them.  

Edited May 28, 2025 by zac115

[Luke 42078]

How are the other files in the folder named?

[zac115 5]

24 minutes ago, Luke said:

How are the other files in the folder named?

in the same fashion. example being One Piece - Ep1117.mp4

[pwhodges 2012]

As your files are named using absolute numbering, have you told Emby to use the absolute ordering?

Paul

[zac115 5]

15 hours ago, pwhodges said:

As your files are named using absolute numbering, have you told Emby to use the absolute ordering?

Paul

hmm where would this setting be? i may be overlooking it as i dont see it. 

[Luke 42078]

23 minutes ago, zac115 said:

hmm where would this setting be? i may be overlooking it as i dont see it. 

In the metadata editor per each series.

[zac115 5]

On 5/29/2025 at 8:50 PM, Luke said:

In the metadata editor per each series.

ok when i get home from my trip i will check. ill update here when i find and set it 

[zac115 5]

so i remembered that i could do this via the app as well. but changing that setting did not work. in fact it made it even worse. all the one piece items are in season one now. could this also be due to the metedata DB that im using? should i only be using one? i have the 3 selected for Anime so could this be confusing emby on where is should be placing things?

On 5/29/2025 at 8:50 PM, Luke said:

In the metadata editor per each series.

 

[zac115 5]

this is what im wanting. but like i said once swapping to the aired order is puts all the eps in the season 1 section. 

[zac115 5]

so the one piece folder has around 1122 eps so far. could it sorting these take some time due to the large amount of files? i ask this due to the other seasons now being gone after swapping it a day or two ago.

Edited June 1, 2025 by zac115

[tedfroop21 86]

The real trick is to go through the options for ordering for the show on the TVDB.  There are usually at least 3, Aired, DVD,  and Absolute.  Sometimes there are more options.  If you find the order your files are in, you should be able to set emby to the same order ( Aired, DVD,  or Absolute) and then magic happens and your meta is correct.

You have two options from there if it does not match, reorder your episodes to match thetvdb OR join and log into theTVDB and create a ticket.  At the least you can explain the order your files are in and why.  Sometimes they collect meta from sources that do not have correct data and they will order them correctly if they are not.

They may create a sort order for you, or change a sort order to correct it so it matches how the show was presented on air, dvd, or whatever.

I do feel your pain.  I am a huge Looney Tunes fan and people were buying a dvd and then messing with thetvdb and themoviedb data to match their one of the thousands of releases to dvd. It got so bad themoviedb dropped the entire series from their site.  Thetvdb saw the light at last and locked the series permanently.  It meant naming everything by release date which was a bit of a pain but at least there is good correct meta now.

Edited June 2, 2025 by tedfroop21

[zac115 5]

1 hour ago, tedfroop21 said:

The real trick is to go through the options for ordering for the show on the TVDB.  There are usually at least 3, Aired, DVD,  and Absolute.  Sometimes there are more options.  If you find the order your files are in, you should be able to set emby to the same order ( Aired, DVD,  or Absolute) and then magic happens and your meta is correct.

You have two options from there if it does not match, reorder your episodes to match thetvdb OR join and log into theTVDB and create a ticket.  At the least you can explain the order your files are in and why.  Sometimes they collect meta from sources that do not have correct data and they will order them correctly if they are not.

They may create a sort order for you, or change a sort order to correct it so it matches how the show was presented on air, dvd, or whatever.

I do feel your pain.  I am a huge Looney Tunes fan and people were buying a dvd and then messing with thetvdb and themoviedb data to match their one of the thousands of releases to dvd. It got so bad themoviedb dropped the entire series from their site.  Thetvdb saw the light at last and locked the series permanently.  It meant naming everything by release date which was a bit of a pain but at least there is good correct meta now.

ya this is what i may have to do. sucks tho. really wish i could turn off metadata for select shows so that i can just do it my self and save the headache. 

[Luke 42078]

13 hours ago, zac115 said:

ya this is what i may have to do. sucks tho. really wish i could turn off metadata for select shows so that i can just do it my self and save the headache. 

You can use the metadata editor to lock items and that will disable internet metadata for them.

[tedfroop21 86]

18 hours ago, zac115 said:

ya this is what i may have to do. sucks tho. really wish i could turn off metadata for select shows so that i can just do it my self and save the headache. 

You can.  Just remember like Luke said to lock the data in each field. 

Have you checked out thetvdb and done a ticket?  Sometimes, they just added the data from a supplier and getting it in the correct order is on the "to do" list. 

I have had it happen.....nothing like when it gets done two days after you manually change stuff.....

[zac115 5]

6 hours ago, tedfroop21 said:

You can.  Just remember like Luke said to lock the data in each field. 

Have you checked out thetvdb and done a ticket?  Sometimes, they just added the data from a supplier and getting it in the correct order is on the "to do" list. 

I have had it happen.....nothing like when it gets done two days after you manually change stuff.....

ya im going to put in the ticket when i got back to my house in the morning. on a trip for work. 

11 hours ago, Luke said:

You can use the metadata editor to lock items and that will disable internet metadata for them.

i did not know that what that option was for. ill use that when i get back in the morning.