prevent non standard 'specials' appearing in next up

[ginjaninja 605]

one of my shows has some specials which the gods at tvdb have decided are no longer specials..

 

trakt no longer has them as specials so they are no longer marked watched after a library rebuild/trakt sync.

 

what is the intended way to store special show content without it showing up on next up? (yes i know i can mark content watched but i would like a persistent solution after a library rebuild as well as understand the emby design generally for next up)

 

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[Luke 42083]

Are these marked as season 0? Currently the next up feature will never display any season 0 specials.

[ginjaninja 605]

Are these marked as season 0? Currently the next up feature will never display any season 0 specials.

the offending episode appearing on next up is stored as H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E01 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (1) - 3D Version.avi

 

emby calls the folder 'specials' in the ui

 

when i 'edit info' the episode is NOT labelled as season 0 episode 1...

is this because s00e01 is no longer valid on tvdb?

 

 

 

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[Luke 42083]

 

 

when i 'edit info' the episode is NOT labelled as season 0 episode 1..

 

I'm not sure about that, sounds like maybe a defect from an older server version? try refreshing that title and see if that populates the numbers.

[ginjaninja 605]

I'm not sure about that, sounds like maybe a defect from an older server version? try refreshing that title and see if that populates the numbers.

ran refresh metadata on next offending episode S00E02 (had already manually fixed s00e01)

2018-05-24 17:55:48.235 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version.avi
2018-05-24 17:55:48.235 Debug MediaEncoder: C:\Users\Nicholas Bird\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\ffprobe.exe -i file:"H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version.avi" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_chapters -show_format
2018-05-24 17:55:48.364 Debug App: Running TvdbEpisodeProvider for H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version.avi
2018-05-24 17:55:48.364 Debug App: TvdbEpisodeProvider returned no metadata for H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version.avi
2018-05-24 17:55:48.364 Debug App: Running EpisodeNfoProvider for H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version.avi
2018-05-24 17:55:48.379 Debug ProviderManager: Saving H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version.avi to Nfo.

Season and Episode number not populated on the metadata.

 

 

FWIW i had recently deleted library.db and let it rebuild.

[Happy2Play 9783]

How about a screenshot as I haven't seen Specials ever appear in Next Up. They do appear in season if option is enabled.

[ginjaninja 605]

How about a screenshot as I haven't seen Specials ever appear in Next Up. They do appear in season if option is enabled.

screenshot

 

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[Happy2Play 9783]

screenshot

 

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And what client is that from?

[ginjaninja 605]

And what client is that from?

android.... same on webclient

 

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[Happy2Play 9783]

Your system must be special as there are several topics that actually want what your system is doing. I cannot reproduce Specials appearing in next up at all and according to Luke it has never been implemented (also mentioned in other topics). (at least in web client, can't speak for other clients)

 

Can you post the nfo for that special.

Edited May 24, 2018 by Happy2Play

[ginjaninja 605]

Your system must be special as there are several topics that actually want what your system is doing. I cannot reproduce Specials appearing in next up at all and according to Luke it has never been implemented (also mentioned in other topics). (at least in web client, can't speak for other clients)

 

Can you post the nfo for that special.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>

<episodedetails>

<plot />

<outline />

<lockdata>false</lockdata>

<dateadded>2015-03-11 16:55:10</dateadded>

<title>S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version</title>

<runtime>25</runtime>

<art>

<poster>H:\TV03\3rd Rock from the Sun\Season 00\S00E02 - A Nightmare on Dick Street (2) - 3D Version-thumb.jpg</poster>

</art>

<fileinfo>

<streamdetails>

<video>

<codec>mpeg4</codec>

<micodec>mpeg4</micodec>

<bitrate>838162</bitrate>

<width>704</width>

<height>528</height>

<aspect>4:3</aspect>

<aspectratio>4:3</aspectratio>

<framerate>25</framerate>

<scantype>progressive</scantype>

<default>False</default>

<forced>False</forced>

<duration>25</duration>

<durationinseconds>1502</durationinseconds>

</video>

<audio>

<codec>mp3</codec>

<micodec>mp3</micodec>

<bitrate>128000</bitrate>

<scantype>progressive</scantype>

<channels>2</channels>

<samplingrate>44100</samplingrate>

<default>False</default>

<forced>False</forced>

</audio>

</streamdetails>

</fileinfo>

</episodedetails>

 

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so the issue is emby is not detecting the season and episode number even thohgh the filename conforms to standard.

Edited May 24, 2018 by ginjaninja

[Luke 42083]

Only for that file?

[ginjaninja 605]

any file in this season 00 of this show....no other shows affected... and only episodes where season and episode number are not populated in the metadata.

 

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[ginjaninja 605]

refresh metadata did not fix detection of season and episode number in nfos...

 

so i deleted all nfos and identified show again (not sure which was the solution or perhaps both)..this did fix the season and episode numbers in the nfos..

 

and the problem is fixed

 

so there is perhaps a robustness issue with nfo update under some circumstances.

 

a file name s00e01...should probably always be season 0 episode 1 under all circumstances in the database and in the nfo....but it seems emby can get confused...

wish i knew what i did to put it in that state...but perhaps emby should have just sorted it regardless? 

[Luke 42083]

It's hard to say. Perhaps there was a defect in an older server version and the newer server was simply utilizing that metadata.