DVR'd shows sometimes double up the show folder

[everyone 0]

When I DVR shows, some of them show two of the same folders. If I watch a show within one of the folders, the watch count changes on both of them.

I have seen this across all platforms I am using (android, windows, roku). I see an option to delete a folder, but do not want to accidentally delete both of them. How can I fix this issue.

Thanks

 

 

Edited October 1, 2019 by everyone

[d00zah 149]

I've reported this elsewhere regarding individual shows:

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/76155-request-i-would-pay-for-a-fully-functional-serverwmc-plugin/page-2&do=findComment&comment=789510

 

My observation is that news programs listed in the guide w/ [ show title == episode name ] end up displaying twice. I can't tell from your example whether this applies to you, but it's something to look at. The bug MAY be causing Emby to display redundant groupings for the redundant recording tiles?

Edited October 1, 2019 by d00zah

[everyone 0]

The ones that repeat for me are two or three kid shows. The funny thing is that another kid show that records on the Same channel does not repeat.

[d00zah 149]

Do any of the individual episodes fit the [ show title == episode name ] profile? Show up twice? My guess is that each episode would show up twice in 'Latest Media' section on the home screen?

 

edit: If I select 'Latest ServerWMC Recordings' on my home screen, I see similar program groupings, but without redundant grouping, or episode within. Still, I think it's a different aspect of the same bug. LMMV (Luke's mileage may vary)

Edited October 1, 2019 by d00zah

[everyone 0]

I used emby to record all episodes. The strange thing is that if I watch an episode in one folder, It shows that it was watched in the other folder as well. It seems like I am just seeing double.

[bungee91 133]

Happens for me as well, Emby at some point gets the show name and makes a new folder with the year () in the folder name. This causes this issue to happen for me. I've manually moved the previous episodes into the one named with the year at the end, and then all is well for that show going forward.

[everyone 0]

When it happens to you, are all episodes in both folders? I have the same episodes in each folders.

[bungee91 133]

Nope, it starts to record into the new folder with nothing else going into the older (non dated) one.

[Luke 42078]

We'll look at improving this. Thanks for the feedback.

[everyone 0]

Does the DVR data we use change the show name? I have been noticing that emby has created two folders for some shows. One folder with just show name, and one folder with the show name and the year.

[Luke 42078]

Does the DVR data we use change the show name? I have been noticing that emby has created two folders for some shows. One folder with just show name, and one folder with the show name and the year.

 

The guide data doesn't always contain the series year, so when that's the case we try to figure it out using tvdb data. Sometimes we're not able to and that's why it creates the folder without the year. But this should be improved with the upcoming 4.3 release.