TV shows not showing in Shows view

[kurtgschumacher 36]

My file names for shows are "Show Name SxxExx.type". I've tried to add shows using two formats:

 

show

    Series 1

         show S01E01

         show S01E02

    Series 2

         show S02E01

         show S02E02

 

And:

 

show

    show S01E01

    show S01E02

    show S02E01

    show S02E02

 

What I expected to see in the browser is a folder containing selections for each show; and choosing a show would display a selection for each season.

 

With the first format, using separate folders for each season, the seasons appear under Shows with incorrect information. I've attached a screen show of what I got when I added American Horror Story. Opening a "show" displays a selector for that one season. When I look at the file folders, each season contains a 'tvshow.nfo' file. So it appears that each season is being treated as a separate show.

 

When I use the second format. the Shows view is empty. The file folder does not contain a 'tvshow.nfo' folder.

 

In both cases, all the episodes are shown, but not in a very usable format. All of S1 are displayed alphabetically by show, followed by all of S2, etc.

 

Is there something I'm missing? Something I'm doing wrong? I've done searches and not found anything describing this behavior.

 

Server is Windows x64 Version 3.5.3.0.

 

[Luke 42081]

Hi, yes i would delete the tvshow.nfo files from season folders. 

 

How did you set this up in Emby Server library setup?

[kurtgschumacher 36]

Deleting the tvshow.nfo files didn't change the display. I restarted the server, still no change. Re-scanning the library brings the tvshow.nfo files back.

 

Library Setup

 

Folder: R:/Television/American Horror Story

Metadata language: English

Country: United States

Prefer embedded titles: unchecked

Enable realtime monitoring: checked

Series metadata downloaders: TheTVDB, The MovieDB, The Open Movie Database

Season metadata downloaders: TheMovieDB

Episode metadata downloaders: TheTVDB, The MovieDB, The Open Movie Database

     Note: I've experimented with different downloaders settings, nothing changed anything

Automatically refresh metadata: Never

Metadata savers: NFO

Series image fetchers: TheTVDB, FanArt, TheMovieDB

Episode image fetchers: TheTVDB, TheMovieDB, The Open Movie Database, Screen Grabber

 

The rest of the settings are at the defaults, let me know if you need to know a specific setting.

 

Thanks,

~~ Kurt

[Luke 42081]

Ok, so you added an individual series as a library. Instead what you want to do is add the parent folder of that as your TV library. So for example, R:/Television

 

Before you do that though you'll want to delete the tvshow.nfo files again from the season folders.

 

Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

[kurtgschumacher 36]

Okay, I'l try that. I only wanted to have my more recent shows available on the server because I have a lot of shows in my TV folder and I didn't want them all showing. I don't need to see my complete collections of M*A*S*H and Northern Exposure all the time, LOL. But I can do that by moving the older shows to a TV-Archive folder, and moving them back to the main folder if I want to watch them again.

[Luke 42081]

Thanks, let us know how you get on.

[kurtgschumacher 36]

It's working fine. Moving shows between the main and archive folder is pretty much instant, so it will be easy to manage. Thanks for the great support!

 

~~ Kurt

[Luke 42081]

Thanks for the feedback.