TV Recordings images issue

[jasonmcroy 316]

So, I noticed tonight that I am getting incorrect metadata for my TV Shows on the "Active Recordings" screen and also in the "Series" section. When I am recording a show like The Flash which on the TVDB website has listing for the old show from the 90's and that metadata always gets picked up first so those are the poster images that show up.

 

Here are examples:

 

 

 

I think this is happening because the Year isn't appended to the file name for the Series name. I don't know how this all works internally when a recording is happening, but it's pulling down the wrong metadata.

 

This is an example of why I record my shows to one folder (Emby DVR) and have MCEBuddy rename and move them to my TV Shows folder listed with the Year appended to the Series name. Example: The Flash (2014)/Season 03/Episode Name - S03E04.mkv.

 

I have brought this up in the past as a problem for me because if I let Emby just record to it's own folder and use that folder only for my clients then I constantly have to go in and manually change the info to make Emby recognize the correct metadata. It happens with any TV Show that is a remake of an older show or if similar shows exist in other countries. Another example is the TV Show Bull which airs on CBS and started last year. If I don't manually change the data after it's recorded it will also pull the incorrect information. 

 

My solution has been to set up two folders and let MCEBuddy rename them properly so this doesn't happen. But, now it's happening for my Series listing and Active recordings listing. 

 

Can we just have the Live TV part of the server append the year to the Series name? It would solve this whole thing.

[Luke 42081]

Unfortunately we don't have the series year in the guide data.

[jasonmcroy 316]

Ok. Thanks for the quick response.