Clue's multiple endings

[crusher11 1101]

I knew about split files, didn't realise it was also called file stacking.

 

So "A Ending" etc should work?

[Happy2Play 9780]

I knew about split files, didn't realise it was also called file stacking.

 

So "A Ending" etc should work?

In my tests NO any use of "1 through 9 or A through D" gets I would assume stacked, but they do not show up as additional parts.

Edited February 28, 2020 by Happy2Play

[crusher11 1101]

*sigh*

 

Why does my server have to suffer because other people can't name their files properly?

[crusher11 1101]

What exactly is the stacking logic? It can't be any instance of those characters because "Cut" includes a C and all my "Director's Cut" versions and such work fine.

[Happy2Play 9780]

What exactly is the stacking logic? It can't be any instance of those characters because "Cut" includes a C and all my "Director's Cut" versions and such work fine.

Only @@Luke can answer that but " - AEnding" and " - EndingA" don't work either, but " - AAEnding", " - EndingAA", " - AA Ending", " - Ending AA" work.  

 

Don't know if I just tested too many variables but " - Ending 1", " - Ending 2", " - Ending 3" and " - 1 Ending", " - 2 Ending", " - 3 Ending"are working.  So numbers are currently working for me, but A through D do not.

[crusher11 1101]

What about if the letter is in quotes? "Ending 'A'" for example?

[Happy2Play 9780]

What about if the letter is in quotes? "Ending 'A'" for example?

Nope they vanished also.

[crusher11 1101]

This is ridiculous.

[Luke 42077]

Right just don't use filenames that will trigger file stacking.

[crusher11 1101]

Apparently that includes literally all the filenames that would be appropriate because you've made the stacking trigger way too damn broad in order to appease people who refuse to properly name their files, though, so WTF am I supposed to do? "Ending A" won't work. "A Ending" won't work. "Ending 'A'" won't work. Why am I even bothering?

 

And the stupidest part of this whole issue is that file stacking isn't even actually supported, because when I was trying to stack files due to a multi-aspect-ratio movie I had, and it utterly failed to register the second "part", I was told to give up and re-encode because file stacking wasn't popular enough to be supported in a way that actually functioned.

 

And yet, when I'm trying to do something else, file stacking is so supported I'm going to be stuck naming my files "The Ending That Comes First" or something absurd like that because everything else that makes sense gets picked up as a stacked file, which because it isn't supported in any other way means the file completely disappears from my server and is impossible to access.

[ebr 16169]

Did you try "ending one"  "ending two" etc.?

[crusher11 1101]

Well, that would wreak havoc with my batch file.

 

On the subject of which, how do strm files actually work? Does it just point emby in the right direction at the start of playback and then become irrelevant? Or does Emby stay attached to it? Just wondering what would happen if someone was in the middle of watching via the "random ending" option when the automated process tried to change the strm file.

[crusher11 1101]

Can anyone clarify?

[Luke 42077]

I really don't know what would happen as I've never tried that. I would suggest doing the changes in off hours.

[crusher11 1101]

Surely you should know how it's programmed to treat strm files though?

[Luke 42077]

I think you will have problems, so in the interests of avoiding frustrations I would not suggest doing that.

[crusher11 1101]

Why can't you explain anything?

[CBers 7450]

Did you try "ending one" "ending two" etc.?

No, that doesn't work either.

 

I tried everything that H2P did, and more, but nothing works.

 

Seems there is no way to create multiple versions of these movies in Emby, without Stacking to be applied.

[CBers 7450]

Seems there is no way to create multiple versions of these movies in Emby, without Stacking to be applied.

OK, I got multiple versions working, by adding a different name to the movie file, as though it was the character/actor's name.

 

So I have:

 

CLUE (1985) - John.mkv

CLUE (1985) - Mark.mkv

CLUE (1985) - Vince.mkv

 

I then see the 3 different movies as one in Emby.

 

An idea, but not perfect.

[PenkethBoy 2068]

Not sure what others have tried .....

 

Use Roman numerals - then multipart movies work

 

 

 

(You dont need the underscore for All_Endings that was just me trying something out)

[WyattZirbel 16]

On 2/25/2020 at 9:07 AM, ebr said:

Obviously we have no facility for that and I doubt there would be enough of a use-case to develop one.  So, one idea I have would be to write some sort of script that runs every so often that modifies one of the versions (could pick it randomly) from a file-stamp standpoint.  That would probably cause Emby to re-ingest it and - assuming all versions are identical in other ways - might make the default version selected be different each time one of those files is modified...

I've been thinking about this because I'm working on the same thing and I believe there definitely is a use case! I have a lot of DVDs with Alternate Endings. I think it would be pretty need to have the logic of "At this timestamp, stop playing the current file and play this alternate ending file."

 

I'll make a new topic for this.