Emby seeing multipath movie files

[bflagg 2]

So you have the extended version of Lord of the Rings , which is 2 Blue Ray discs for the whole movie.

We rip each disc as LOTR-Fellowship1.avi and LOTR-Fellowship2.avi.
So how to we make our play back software play them back in sequence?
Well, since I use windows media center (because I can use a cable card for DVR) I am able to create a file of which media center will play back the files as if it's one long movie.

So to avoid weird UI metadata in media center, you create a .wvx file that points to the paths of the two files.

MCE treats it all as one file.

The directory structure is:
\\Server\DVD\Movies

\\Server\DVD\MultiDiscs

 

in the movie folder,

Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the ring

folder.jpg (lotr pic)

the .wvx file

lotr-fellowship.dvdid.xml (which is a pointer to the actual xml file)

 

MCE will see this a play back the files as above from the alternate directory, and will only see the original folder for UI data. But Emby will not see this .wvx file.

If I point EMBY to the \\Server\DVD folder, it will naturally see all files, but will show the segmented files...

ie.. instead of just Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, it will see the two files in the Multidisc folder AND the folder.jpg in the Movies folder.

 

This is a copy of this wvx file for anyones reference.

<ASX version = "3.0">
<Title>Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring</Title>
<Entry>
<Ref href="\\Home-server\dvd\MultiDiscs\Lord of the Rings\Fellowship 1.avi"/>
</Entry>
<Entry>
<Ref href="\\Home-server\dvd\MultiDiscs\Lord of the Rings\Fellowship 2.avi"/>
</Entry>
</ASX>
 

 

Can emby be configured to use this .wvx as a pointer to actual files?

Or am I setting up EMBY incorrectly for this?

 

 

 

[Luke 42086]

Hi, please check out our wiki to learn how to arrange multi-part files:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie%20naming#split-video-files-file-stacking

 

Having said that you'll get the best experience possible by joining the files. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !

[ebr 16199]

And using a container other than .avi .

[bflagg 2]

Hi, please check out our wiki to learn how to arrange multi-part files:

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie%20naming#split-video-files-file-stacking

 

Having said that you'll get the best experience possible by joining the files. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !

 

This helped immensely.  Thank you.

I had to use a syntax like:  Title of File Disc 1.avi, ie.. The Help Disc 1.avi and The Help Disc 2.avi.  Nothing else worked.

Thank you again...

Brett

[bflagg 2]

And using a container other than .avi .

 

I Know, but I use a ceton 6 tuner with my window MCE along with MCE Extenders for every room. File types other than avi are quite problematic.. ie.. mkv.. not on extenders.. mp4... no FF or RW..etc..etc.. So unfortunately AVI are it. I'm limited by 1080i max resolution, but what the hell, I'm getting older and things are getting a bit fuzzy anyway..

If there was a solution that can use my ceton tuner or a cable card with DVR, I'd switch, but can't find anything..