Trying to enable "pure" folder view only

[arundel_jk 0]

Hello. I'm running Emby server 4.4.0.40 on windows. My library content mode is set to "mixed content"

 

What I would like is a pure folder view, with the display of folders and file names in a list, no images or other metadata. From what I read "mixed content" mode should achieve this. Some of my folders display the way I want, but others do not, and the UI behaves differently for those folders so I can't change them to list mode.

 

Here's what the main screen looks like. As desired, it is a list with folder names exactly as they appear in the library source folder. But note that some items have the green circle with number of unplayed episodes, and some do not. The ones without the green circle display as desired, the others do not:

 

 

 

Here is what the first folder from the list looks like. This is what I want everywhere. I clicked the three dots and chose "List" to enable this (next image):

 

 

Three dots option selected:

 

 

However, for a folder with the green circle, the display is like this, and there is no option to select "View = List" like the folder shown in the image above:

 

 

I don't want any of what is displayed above - just a list of filenames within the folder. I can't find any way to make that happen.

 

Furthermore, there is additional odd behaviour with a few other folders, here is an example. The filenames appear as a list, but they are not the exact filenames. The filenames actually include additional info like such as "Portrait Artist Of The Year 2019 E03 540p HDTV x264-TVC.mkv" but for some reason it is being stripped out of the displayed text. Obviously this is a problem:

 

 

Can anybody help with these issues...

 

1. enabling universal display as folders and list of filenames only

2. preventing the altered display of actual filenames in a list.

 

Thanks!

[PenkethBoy 2068]

the ones with green circles (unplayed count) have been detected as TV Series - this will be reflected as a result of the directory structure you have

 

Tv Series need a season folder - so test one without - i.e. episodes just in the series folder - that should flatten what emby shows

 

as for PAOTY - you have no season numbers - so thats why you dont see anything but the name as - i think - emby is having trouble identifying them - so change the names to have S05E03 - as an example

 

Have you read the guidelines on naming movies and tv shows - see the Emby wiki/knowledgebase will help you adjust your naming etc

[arundel_jk 0]

Thanks. I will try these things. I have reviewed the naming convention info but I was hoping that choosing "mixed content type" would allow me to avoid having to rename everything and simply display folders and file names. From what I've read here, that should be the case (maybe wishful interpretation on my part). I know I'm trying to dumb-down Emby's capabilities, but thats what I want

[PenkethBoy 2068]

you will have to conform to a least some of the naming conversions

[Deathsquirrel 745]

Mixed content is not the right choice for this library.  Mixed content still tries to figure out what you put in the folders.  You want home movies for the library type.  That does not metadata lookups.

 

Given your file naming the results will be awful, but they'll be as close to what you're asking for as possible.

[arundel_jk 0]

Thank you, I changed to home movies for library type and now it behaves the way I want. I still need to change to "List" within each folder but that is manageable. It would be nice if there was a global setting for that. Anyway, I appreciate the help!

[Luke 42080]

Your best bet is to add the library using the appropriate content type based on what the content is, and then use the Folders tab when browsing the library.