Emby not detecting multiple versions correctly

[agottschling 2]

Hey emby team,

I was adding some new media and when emby rescanned the library, it failed to detect the multiple versions, instead making two copies of the same movie in the library. When I manually joined them, the version names are the entire filename, rather than the part that differs, emby is also storing multiple copies of the images and metadata. A screenshot is attached.

Am I doing something wrong, or did I find a bug?

Thanks

[ebr 16199]

Hi. Did you follow the naming conventions (exactly) for multi-version movies?

[agottschling 2]

The only thing that differs on my setup is that I'm using brackets to hold the version info instead of a dash. Is that no longer supported?

[ebr 16199]

Can you show us a screenshot from explorer that shows both the folder and file names?

[agottschling 2]

Screenshot attached.

[Happy2Play 9785]

Screenshot attached.

 

Does not meet the number one rule.

 

"Each version must begin with the folder name, followed by"

 

Proper naming works without issue.

 

Edited December 15, 2019 by Happy2Play

[agottschling 2]

Huh,

Initially, I had it that way but changed it to an underscore when Emby started doing this nonsense.

I'll just fix that up and go from there.

Thanks for the help.

[Luke 42086]

Hi there, why do you consider it nonsense when the wiki spells out the accepted convention for you?

[agottschling 2]

Nonsense probably wasn't the right word, However, Emby had never given me a hard time because I used dashes or had left off the year in the filename before.

It probably changed during an update, and it was my fault for not reading it carefully enough though.

[Luke 42086]

It hasn't gotten stricter with updates, in fact it's actually gotten looser with what it accepts.