Duplicate Movies

[qnvy82 2]

Hello,

 

Emby is showing duplicate movies on my server, but I only have one file for those duplicate movies. Any ideas? I have attached some examples. I am running Windows Server 2016 and Emby 3.3.1.0. Thanks. 

[qnvy82 2]

Hello,

 

Emby is showing duplicate movies on my server, but I only have one file for those duplicate movies. Any ideas? I have attached some examples. I am running Windows Server 2016 and Emby 3.3.1.0. Thanks. 

 

attaching 2 more files that show another movie that is doing the same thing on my server. 

[Luke 42079]

Hi, what if you try using the Identify feature on the one that is incorrect?

[ebr 16184]

Did you point two libraries to the same location?

[qnvy82 2]

Hi, what if you try using the Identify feature on the one that is incorrect?

That works, but when your library has almost 4000 items in one folder, it becomes a pain doing that. That's the only way i've been able to correct it is going page by page. I don't have this issue with Plex. 

[qnvy82 2]

Did you point two libraries to the same location?

Negative

[qnvy82 2]

Hi, what if you try using the Identify feature on the one that is incorrect?

Thanks for your feedback guys. I did some digging and realized there was a second version of the movie that was named differently for some reason. 

[Luke 42079]

Thanks for the feedback.

[psybertech 33]

I see similar things too after moving to Emby. Finding duplicates (i.e. 720p, 1080p and 4K of the same file) until I merge them into one item work opposite to what I was used to.

 

In Plex I would rely on the 'Duplicates' feature in the movies or episodes section to find multiple copies. I could either delete the old crappy version or split to separate items or leave as is. It worked great by default. It made sense.

 

In Emby it is trickier. Not bad. Not better. Not worse. Just different. 

 

I'd love to see a similar "duplicates" feature at some point, but not critical at all to me.

Edited April 20, 2018 by psybertech

[Happy2Play 9780]

I see similar things too after moving to Emby. Finding duplicates (i.e. 720p, 1080p and 4K of the same file) until I merge them into one item work opposite to what I was used to.

 

In Plex I would rely on the 'Duplicates' feature in the movies or episodes section to find multiple copies. I could either delete the old crappy version or split to separate items or leave as is. It worked great by default. It made sense.

 

In Emby it is trickier. Not bad. Not better. Not worse. Just different. 

 

I'd love to see a similar "duplicates" feature at some point, but not critical at all to me.

 

Emby requires proper naming scheme to merge multi-versions.

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie%20naming#multi-version-movies

[psybertech 33]

Emby requires proper naming scheme to merge multi-versions.

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie%20naming#multi-version-movies

Thanks... yes... I get it.

Plex is more forgiving on some of the matching. Right or wrong.... That's all I was saying.

 

If I have a few movies named:

Jays 40th bday 2.ext

and 

Jays 40th bday II.ext

and

Jays 40th bday ii 2012 720p.ext

and

Jays 40th bday 2 (2012) [2160p].ext

Plex would auto-group them and show as duplicates/versions. It matched pretty well with a lot of possible names and parent directories. 

 

My examples are BAD examples since this isn't a real world example, but my examples show how the lack of year or the lack of a dash to separate resolution or Roman numerals vs/numbers can trip up Emby.

 

Slightly different. That's all I was saying. My naming conventions have changed over time with the many applications I've used.

Now its just the basic need to simplify and clean up everything and then convert the outliers to Emby.

 

For the past few years I've been changing everything... 

All new movies added now are:

   N (Y) [R] [O].ext

----parent folder being N (Y)

TV would be:

   N SxxExx {name if available} [R].ext

 

N = Name, Y = year, R = resolution, O = other stuff like director cut, extended, etc... 

Jays 40th Bday II (2012)/Jays 40th Bday II (2012) [2160p].ext

 

This all just takes a while.

 

Anyway...............

 

j

 

[Sizzlebox 2]

Thanks... yes... I get it.

Plex is more forgiving on some of the matching. Right or wrong.... That's all I was saying.

 

If I have a few movies named:

Jays 40th bday 2.ext

and

Jays 40th bday II.ext

and

Jays 40th bday ii 2012 720p.ext

and

Jays 40th bday 2 (2012) [2160p].ext

Plex would auto-group them and show as duplicates/versions. It matched pretty well with a lot of possible names and parent directories.

 

My examples are BAD examples since this isn't a real world example, but my examples show how the lack of year or the lack of a dash to separate resolution or Roman numerals vs/numbers can trip up Emby.

 

Slightly different. That's all I was saying. My naming conventions have changed over time with the many applications I've used.

Now its just the basic need to simplify and clean up everything and then convert the outliers to Emby.

 

For the past few years I've been changing everything...

All new movies added now are:

N (Y) [R] [O].ext

----parent folder being N (Y)

TV would be:

N SxxExx {name if available} [R].ext

 

N = Name, Y = year, R = resolution, O = other stuff like director cut, extended, etc...

Jays 40th Bday II (2012)/Jays 40th Bday II (2012) [2160p].ext

 

This all just takes a while.

 

Anyway...............

 

j

Yep, exactly.

 

On the bright side. I found out I had a ton of old crappy versions I needed to clear out. ::sigh::

 

 

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