Episode sort order is out of kilter

[Doctor Bob 9]

After installing EMC218 I see this in the Media Center when I select EMC.

 

 

I also tried a uninstall and then installed again. Same s above.

Edited February 23, 2021 by Doctor Bob

[dansblackcat 37]

9 hours ago, One2Go said:

What device did you use to watch the Emby Theater on and if it is a HTPC what type of themes?

Yes I use a HTPC.  I haven't explored any themes yet, just the default.  Anything you recommend?

[dansblackcat 37]

16 hours ago, MikeyMan said:

At the same time; if you have to force yourself; the interface is probably less user friendly

My main reason for using WMC is simply; user friendliness with my IR remote on my HTPC.

Agreed.  But I feel less user friendly is also just less familiar.  I now find that I wish EMC had some of the features that I'm used to in theatre.

Simplicity was also my main reason for WMC.  In all fairness Theatre has come along way from when I first tried it.  The last few updates have ironed out tons of bugs for me.  It's pretty friendly with the media centre remote too.  Only thing missing for me these days is the ability to jump to a letter using the number keys on the remote.

[One2Go 120]

2 hours ago, dansblackcat said:

Yes I use a HTPC.  I haven't explored any themes yet, just the default.  Anything you recommend?

I use EMC with the Throgsoft themes here and use external players MPC for anything except Blu-Ray or DVDs. Just search for Throgsoft or Throgmorton and you will see screenshots of the different themes. I do use an extended Home Screen that shows all the libraries.

[ebr 16169]

Please try this:

EMC218.zip

[MikeyMan 8]

Get the message 'there is something wrong with this installer package'...

Does seem to work though... Although it doesnt fix the issue.

I've got:

9,10,11,12,13,14,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,15,16,17,18,19 with blue bloods season 10 for instance. And no logic with alphabetical order.

Edited February 24, 2021 by MikeyMan

[ebr 16169]

What version of the app is shown in the config page?  Doesn't sound like it actually installed.

[MikeyMan 8]

Could that be 3.0.318.0?

[Doctor Bob 9]

 

Okay, ebr that did it. The TV episodes now appear in ascending order.

 

 

 

 

 

This might have been just a one-off but at the end of the MediaBrowser.msi installation I saw this:

 

 

 

 

Edited February 24, 2021 by Doctor Bob

[Luke 42077]

@dejavux2

[ebr 16169]

7 minutes ago, MikeyMan said:

Could that be 3.0.318.0?

Yes.  And you are getting a different result than DrBob?

[MikeyMan 8]

Yes I am. Like I said in the example sequence for blue bloods above.

[ebr 16169]

13 minutes ago, MikeyMan said:

Yes I am. Like I said in the example sequence for blue bloods above.

What theme are you using?

Also, make sure those episodes are properly identified with season and episode numbers...

[MikeyMan 8]

I'm using the chocolate theme. Never did any manual intervention with seasons and numbers. Just got out of whack at some point.

 

example from blue bloods:

Same happens to all series with 10+ episodes it seems.

[ebr 16169]

Can you bring up "Grave Errors" in the metadata editor on the web app and show me what is in the season and episode number fields?

Are you saying that the previous seasons are sorted correctly?

[MikeyMan 8]

Sure!

 

For Blue Bloods I don't have the preceding seasons anymore. But for chicago fire:

Season 6 ok.

Season 7 ok.

Season 8 starts with 9 again.

Season 9 so far ok, but only 7 episodes until now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dejavux2 47]

Is there a way to roll this back if it doesn't work?  Just asking....

[dejavux2 47]

I got this running the above:

 

[dejavux2 47]

@Luke

YAY!!!!  I'm so happy!!

Edited March 3, 2021 by dejavux2

[Doctor Bob 9]

1 minute ago, dejavux2 said:

YAY!!!!  I'm so happy!!

Most excellent!

[dejavux2 47]

I've been going crazy trying to update every single episode of every single show with a Sort Name in the Metadata Manager.

[Doctor Bob 9]

2 hours ago, dejavux2 said:

I've been going crazy trying to update every single episode of every single show with a Sort Name in the Metadata Manager.

I was also thinking about using the title sort option in the Metadata Manager to straighten out all my TV episodes.
Thank you ebr for providing the EMC update.

[MikeyMan 8]

I still don't understand why the issue persists for me... Even with the last updated version...?

Newer seasons look ok btw.

[ebr 16169]

1 hour ago, MikeyMan said:

I still don't understand why the issue persists for me... Even with the last updated version...?

Newer seasons look ok btw.

What is in the SortTitle field of the episodes that sort incorrectly?

[Guest]

I would be wondering about the embedded data.. and what it said as well...if those tags are read regardless of what additional external information is gathered it may not overwrite the information gathered, present in the file.