Random TV Specials not carrying over metadata?

[Bigmack3000 107]

This is how it's showing up in Emby:

 

 

This is how it looks on TVDB:

 

 

It's all labeled the same:

 

 

Any ideas what's causing it?

 

 

[Happy2Play 9782]

All I can think is faulty metadata as I just added S00E66 and S00E67 to a test library and metadata was pulled from TVDB.

[Luke 42080]

Hi there, what exactly is the issue?

[Happy2Play 9782]

The Emby image above show unidentified episodes also as Emby is displaying the file name not a true title.

[Bigmack3000 107]

It worked for you?  Weird, I removed the show completely and reimported and still got the same result.

[Happy2Play 9782]

It worked for you?  Weird, I removed the show completely and reimported and still got the same result.

Did you delete the existing nfo files?

[Luke 42080]

Does your nfo file contain the episode number?

[Bigmack3000 107]

I deleted all of the "specials" nfos, the season nfos, and the tv show nfos.  I left the seasons 1 to 4 episodes nfos since they seemed unrelated.

 

How do I check what's inside the actual nfo?  If you mean when I click "Edit Metadata" in Emby, then yes.  It lists the episode number.

[Luke 42080]

Have you checked what metadata tvdb has in your chosen primary metadata language?

[Bigmack3000 107]

Everything is set for English.

[Luke 42080]

What metadata fetchers are enabled on your tv library, and in what order?

[Bigmack3000 107]

[Happy2Play 9782]

Not sure unless there is a regional api cache issue.

 

Can you show the contents of those nfo files.

 

here is mine, with your naming scheme.

 

Monty Python's Flying Circus S00E66 - H264.nfo

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<episodedetails>
  <plot />
  <outline />
  <lockdata>false</lockdata>
  <dateadded>2020-05-15 14:15:45</dateadded>
  <title>Graham Chapman's Personal Best</title>
  <tvdbid>7743057</tvdbid>
  <art />
  <episode>66</episode>
  <season>0</season>
  <displayseason>0</displayseason>
  <fileinfo>
    <streamdetails />
  </fileinfo>
</episodedetails>

Monty Python's Flying Circus S00E67 - H264.nfo

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<episodedetails>
  <plot />
  <outline />
  <lockdata>false</lockdata>
  <dateadded>2020-05-15 14:18:42</dateadded>
  <title>Graham Chapman's Personal Second-Best</title>
  <tvdbid>7743058</tvdbid>
  <art />
  <episode>67</episode>
  <season>0</season>
  <displayseason>0</displayseason>
  <fileinfo>
    <streamdetails />
  </fileinfo>
</episodedetails>

[Bigmack3000 107]

How do I get this information?

[Happy2Play 9782]

How do I get this information?

 

Open the nfo file in any text editor.

 

You can copy and paste the info above as a last resort, as that would not identify what every issue you are having though.

[Bigmack3000 107]

This is what mine shows when opened:

 

[Happy2Play 9782]

This is what mine shows when opened:

 

 

Only real difference is there is no providerid to show online info, <tvdbid>.

 

You shouldn't have to but you can add the externalid via edit metadata and refresh the item.  You can see their ids in my post

 

If you looked you your Cache\tvdb in 75853 folder does the xml for episode-0-66 and episode-0-67 appear?  You can see you cache path via the dashboard paths section.

[Bigmack3000 107]

Is changing it in the nfo different than changing it under "Edit Metadata" inside of Emby?

 

Also, I think I've tried accessing the cache folders in the past, but it's tricker to do because I'm using a Synology with my Mac.  I can't just click the link to open it. 

[Happy2Play 9782]

Is changing it in the nfo different than changing it under "Edit Metadata" inside of Emby?

 

Also, I think I've tried accessing the cache folders in the past, but it's tricker to do because I'm using a Synology with my Mac.  I can't just click the link to open it. 

 

Either way should work, editing the nfo just requires a library scan and then a item refresh, where updating in the UI you just enter the id hit save, then refresh the item.

 

Yes getting to those locations are a little more difficult on those devices.

[Bigmack3000 107]

yea, manually adding the tvdb id seems to work.  Odd that it won't auto scan those files

[Happy2Play 9782]

yea, manually adding the tvdb id seems to work.  Odd that it won't auto scan those files

 

 

All I can think of is you are not getting proper data from TVDB, but only way to tell is getting into your cache folder.