TV Show Indexing

May 6, 2020

Hey everyone

Long time Emby user and have really been enjoying it

I however have some issues and was wondering if I could get assistance

I have tried googling my questions to no avail

I moved over from Plex

And what Plex was able to "index" all my shows with no issue

With Emby it's a hit or miss situation

I usually just download the files and have the download manager place it into the root TV shows folder with all the other media

However with Emby it won't "index" (Find metadata,etc.) If the show isn't in a folder for that series

For instance if the show is like this then Emby finds all metadata with no issues

If it's like this then Emby won't find any metadata

The show does pop up in my Emby TV library there just isn't any images and metadata

I have tweaked the library settings and tried nfo, xml, file renamers, etc.

The file must be inside a series folder for it get "indexed"

I think it's an issue with the extra stuff in the folder title name

At the moment I've been using the identify feature

Any help would be appreciated

May 6, 2020

That's definitely not a correct naming structure

A typical TV naming structure would be:

Show Name (Year) -> Season X -> ShowName SxxExx.ext

Sent from my Galaxy S10

May 6, 2020

I see that the naming structure is incorrect

However is there now possible way of doing this without having to make each series a specific folder?

I basically just get content, watch it, delete it and repeat

Having to make each show a specific folder then move each one manually kinda defeats the purpose of having a media server

I have set up Sonarr but still can't get it work

Thanks for the assistance anyway

Edited May 6, 2020 by Krazee

May 7, 2020

We currently require series folders.

We plan to be able to accommodate what you're doing in the future but we're not quite there yet.

May 7, 2020

We currently require series folders.

We plan to be able to accommodate what you're doing in the future but we're not quite there yet.

Thanks for letting me know!

At least it's planned for a future release

Will try and figure out how to use Sonarr to auto make the series folders and kinda automate it a bit

Anyway thanks for the help

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