Tv shows in a single folder, mixed content?

[pcm2a 9]

I have some shows being recorded by TV Mosaic and they are all placed in a single folder, no sub folders. They come with an nfo file and are named decently I guess. Is there a way to have Emby organize these shows into their own show/series? 

 

Example of what I see in Emby, the type of content is set to Mixed Content:

 

 

Example of what I see if I move these folder into Emby's DVR Recordings area and I place them in the Rick and Morty sub folder. This is also mixed content.

 

 

File names:

Rick and Morty.E201.2258.20191126.jpg

Rick and Morty.E201.2258.20191126.nfo

Rick and Morty.E201.2258.20191126.ts

Rick and Morty.E403.2258.20191125-320-10.bif

Rick and Morty.E403.2258.20191125.jpg

Rick and Morty.E403.2258.20191125.nfo

Rick and Morty.E403.2258.20191125.ts

[Luke 42081]

Our supported TV naming conventions can be found here:

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/TV-naming

 

We hope to be able to support a mish-mash in the future.

[pcm2a 9]

Through trial an error here is what I have found out:

In mixed content mode Emby needs two things: folder and tvinfo.nfo. If I move the episodes into a folder and I copy the Emby DVR tvinfo.nfo file then it shows up perfectly.

In tv content mode Emby just needs the folder and it figures the rest out.

 

Is there a way to generate these tvinfo.nfo files through some kind of identify process?

 

[Luke 42081]

Well it has to be detected as a series first in order to use the series identification functions. 

[pcm2a 9]

How does one tell Emby that a folder is a TV/series in a mixed content library? I assume once I can tell the folder that it is a tv series then I can identify it, which would create the tvinfo.nfo file?

[Luke 42081]

It has to look like a tv series, so you need to have series content underneath it.

[pcm2a 9]

Thanks for the tips, I think I get it now. My mistake was comparing it to the Emby DVR folder. Emby must do some magic when recording a show and it makes the tvinfo.nfo file, even though the show isn't named in a manner that Emby would match as a series.

 

Things that dont work:

Moving the DVR Emby named file into another folder. Emby does not recognize the naming format.

 

Things that work:

Renaming E201 to S02E01, the folder gets set up as a series.

Copying an existing tvinfo.nfo into the folder, the folder is set up as a series.

 

Too bad there isn't a way to generate that nfo file. I'll keep digging around.