TV Shows

[dajack 0]

Hello, I'm new to Emby, and I really like it. I am having a a bit of a problem with TV shows function. I have 52 individual series with multiple episodes in each folder. When I open a particular series to start watching, all 52 series one episode one are displayed in the drop down box. Then I have to scroll down the list until I find the episode I want to watch. Is there a way to get around this and just show the episodes that pertain to the particular show I want to watch. Thank you

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[GrimReaper 4926]

23 minutes ago, dajack said:

Hello, I'm new to Emby, and I really like it. I am having a a bit of a problem with TV shows function. I have 52 individual series with multiple episodes in each folder. When I open a particular series to start watching, all 52 series one episode one are displayed in the drop down box. Then I have to scroll down the list until I find the episode I want to watch. Is there a way to get around this and just show the episodes that pertain to the particular show I want to watch. Thank you

How are your files named and organized? 

[dajack 0]

I have them under the tv shows option. The shows are located on a portable hard drive. The shows are located in individual folders  with the season number then episode number  then name of show in each individual folder. Example:  folder for show 1883. Then in that folder will be S01E01 then name of the episode following 

[GrimReaper 4926]

Screenshots are always helpful in these cases, as a picture is worth a thousand words and it typically helps avoiding misunderstandings, as it often happens that what one says is not what another hears. So if you could post a screenshot of your TV show root folder would be awesome. 

In certain scenarios, number-titled shows can confuse parser, hence the baseline/initial condition needs to be established and correct filefolder structure/naming to be clear to offer some insight/troubleshoot, else its all guesswork only. 

Edited March 11 by GrimReaper

[dajack 0]

I'll see what I  can do. Thanks 

[dajack 0]

Hope this works. Not sure how to.do screenshot. This is Better Call Saul and as you can.see every season 1 epidode one is listed in the play drop down box. Its that way for every series of shows that I  have. 

[GrimReaper 4926]

Thanks, that part was clear, I was asking for:

1 hour ago, GrimReaper said:

if you could post a screenshot of your TV show root folder

How does it look on your hard drive, in your underlying OS?

[dajack 0]

[GrimReaper 4926]

5 minutes ago, dajack said:

Yes, I was looking for that, thanks. Generally, it is advisable to have a (Year) in folder name to help with identifying (though not mandatory).

TV Naming

Anyway, that's irrelevant for now. First thing I'd suggest is to remove series folders 1883 and 1923 (just temporary take them out of TV shows root folder) and run Scan media library scheduled task, see how does that compare.

Edited March 11 by GrimReaper

[Luke 42287]

Hi, that's odd. What version of the server? What is the content type of the library in Emby library setup?

[ebr 16354]

Exactly what folder did you point your library to?

[dajack 0]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

Hi, that's odd. What version of the server? What is the content type of the library in Emby library setup?

4.9.3 TV shows content

[Luke 42287]

20 hours ago, ebr said:

Exactly what folder did you point your library to?

@dajack?

[dajack 0]

The folder that the shows are in. I started with a main folder titled TV shows. Then there are subfolders for each individual show. 

[ebr 16354]

3 hours ago, dajack said:

The folder that the shows are in. I started with a main folder titled TV shows. Then there are subfolders for each individual show. 

That's not what we see in you screenshots.  Can you tell us which of those folders you pointed the library to?