Question on mixed content and metadata

[bozrdnag 75]

I recently created a mixed content library for my documentaries.  When I did so I moved all my existing documentaries that were already scanned as either TV shows or movies over and everything looked good (TV and movies were displayed together with all metadata intact) so I assumed everything was good to go.  My issue is that now I have added a new TV show titled Frozen Planet and it is not scraping any metadata except for file details.  I can't even add it manually as there is nowhere to enter thetvdb.com ID.

 

Conversely, I created an new library titled UHD documentaries and also set it to mixed content.  I added a single video (the movie National Park Adventures) and it scraped all the metadata just fine.  Am i doing something wrong or is this the expected behavior?  How do I get the new TV series Frozen Planet to scrape the metadata?

 

I know this seems like a basic question but I did search Google for quite some time with no luck.  Sorry in advance.

 

 

[Luke 42078]

Hi there, can you go over the folder structure? Thanks !

[bozrdnag 75]

/Videos

    /Documentaries

        /Blu-Ray

            /Frozen Planet (TV Series)

               /Frozen Planet - s01e01 - Title - BluRay Rip.mkv

               /Frozen Planet - s01e02 - Title - BluRay Rip.mkv

            /Won't You Be My Neighbor (2018) (movie)

               /Won't You Be My Beighbor (2018).mkv

        /Blu-Ray Atmos

        /DVD

Edited December 2, 2018 by bozrdnag

[bozrdnag 75]

And the Documentaries library has the following paths:

 

/Blu-Ray

/Blu-Ray Atmos

/DVD

[Luke 42078]

Try giving the series a season 1 folder, and then putting the episodes underneath that.

[bozrdnag 75]

Did that and re-scannned... no change.

[Luke 42078]

server log?

[bozrdnag 75]

server log:  https://1drv.ms/t/s!AjVnhushK5VlgaNC5WZxRdVZcyUBGw

[Luke 42078]

can you show a screenshot of what you see in the web app?

[Happy2Play 9780]

OT: Libraries should never be pointed to item folder.

LibraryMonitor: Watching directory /mnt/Videos/Documentaries/4K UHD Blu-Ray Atmos/National Parks Adventure (2016)

[bozrdnag 75]

can you show a screenshot of what you see in the web app?

 

Sorry for the late reply.  It turns that putting the episodes in a folder titled season 1 kind of worked.  It does get all the metadata then but when I first enter the Documentaries library the cover for Frozen Planet has a folder icon in the top right rather than the unwatched episode count.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjVnhushK5VlgaNcVKkprIhhJubGxQ

 

Then when I click on it I am taken to another screen with the cover of the series again (like it's nested within itself) except it now has the unwatched count in the upper right,

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjVnhushK5VlgaNdKbnBReQnB_h7Bg

 

The finally when I click on that I am taken to the seasons.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjVnhushK5VlgaNewszsg156ad2v5g

 

Edited December 3, 2018 by bozrdnag

[bozrdnag 75]

 

OT: Libraries should never be pointed to item folder.

LibraryMonitor: Watching directory /mnt/Videos/Documentaries/4K UHD Blu-Ray Atmos/National Parks Adventure (2016)

 

 

I didn't mean to do that.  Thanks for catching it!

[Happy2Play 9780]

Sorry for the late reply.  It turns that putting the episodes in a folder titled season 1 kind of worked.  It does get all the metadata then but when I first enter the Documentaries library the cover for Frozen Planet has a folder icon in the top right rather than the unwatched episode count.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjVnhushK5VlgaNcVKkprIhhJubGxQ

 

Then when I click on it I am taken to another screen with the cover of the series again (like it's nested within itself) except it now has the unwatched count in the upper right,

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjVnhushK5VlgaNdKbnBReQnB_h7Bg

 

The finally when I click on that I am taken to the seasons.

 

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjVnhushK5VlgaNewszsg156ad2v5g

Can you show the exact folder structure for this example and the set library path. As my guess would be a nested folder structure.

[bozrdnag 75]

 

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

 

 

 

​Best guess would the Series metadata in the season folder (tvshow.nfo).  I assume you moved everything into the Season 1 folder from parent folder.

[bozrdnag 75]

But none of that metadata was there when I moved the files. Emby put all of that in the season 1 folder.

[bozrdnag 75]

In fact I just deleted all but thevideo files and then ran a scan media library task andit put it all back in theseason 1 folder.

 

In fact, why do I even need that folder? None of my TV series have season folders and Emby handles them just fine.

[Luke 42078]

Try removing any tvshow.nfo files from season folders, and then running a library scan.

[Happy2Play 9780]

In fact I just deleted all but thevideo files and then ran a scan media library task andit put it all back in theseason 1 folder.

 

In fact, why do I even need that folder? None of my TV series have season folders and Emby handles them just fine.

 

Are your TV Series in Content type TV Shows?  In Mixed Content the Season x folder guarantees the folder is recognized as a Series not a Movie.

 

I replicated folder structure with season folder and series was imported and displayed properly in 3.5.3.0.

[bozrdnag 75]

Try removing any tvshow.nfo files from season folders, and then running a library scan.

 

I just did that (it's only a single season series so there's only a season 1 folder) and Emby just created another tvshow.nfo file in the season 1 folder.  The show sill displays in the library the same as I posted above.

[bozrdnag 75]

Are your TV Series in Content type TV Shows?  In Mixed Content the Season x folder guarantees the folder is recognized as a Series not a Movie.

 

I replicated folder structure with season folder and series was imported and displayed properly in 3.5.3.0.

 

 

That explains that.  Thanks.

Edited December 5, 2018 by bozrdnag

[bozrdnag 75]

I still cannot get the series to display properly.  Any other ideas?

[Luke 42078]

What does it look like now?

[bozrdnag 75]

Same as before.  Emby just continues to create a tvshow.nfo in the season 1 folder.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Is there any metadata in parent folders?

 

I had no issue recreating a Mixed content library from post 11.