MndWrp 101 Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 hey guys ! i'm currently running server 3.0.5309.26857 and my issue du jour is this: for some reason the episodes i got as multi resolution won't group together unless i manually group them (can be a pain...) i got them setup pretty basic like this Farscape -- Season 1 ---- Farscape - 1x06 - Thank God it's Friday Again - 480p.mp4 ---- Farscape - 1x06 - Thank God it's Friday Again - 1080p.mkv a naming issue ? i read all over the board and i think this naming is right ... ? thanks in advance for the help ! 1
Tanamur 53 Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 Hi All - What is the best practice for library organization of a TV series with seasons that span multiple container formats? I have made some hardware (h/w) changes that highlights another housekeeping issue for storing TV seasons of different container formats. The h/w changes are the addition of a 12-bay NAS and a Roku 3. This adds lots of new space for consolidation of the libraries and native or transcoded playback of everything. Combining seasons of different formats was a real issue for me in the past when my extender could not play certain formats. So, I organized multiple instances of the same TV series by container format for example: TV (AVI)\TV Series A\Season 01 TV (MKV)\TV Series A\Season 02 TV (MP4)\TV Series A\Season 03 The PRO of this method is that I know which Media Folder will play on which extender device so I select accordingly. The CON is that I have multiple occurrences of the TV Series. I don't really want to start mixing the seasons by format under one folder in the library should something else change. Ideally there could be a plugin similar to Auto Box Sets for movies that would combine ranges of seasons of different formats into one instance of the TV series. I have thought about creating season shortcuts and combining them under a single TV series folder but that is quite time consuming also. I have thought about just lumping all season formats together but separating them later would be even more time consuming. As I say, any best practice feedback would be appreciated even if it is to tell me I am being a little "too" organized Cheers, Tanamur
Luke 42079 Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 At the moment you will likely see duplicates. you can manually group the episodes together using the web interface, but there is no automatic grouping yet. i'm sure we'll get to it, but we just haven't seen enough demand for that yet. 1
Tanamur 53 Posted July 26, 2014 Posted July 26, 2014 Thanks @@Luke - Query consolidation for a single answer to both...nice and thanks for the quick response. Cheers, Tanamur 1
MndWrp 101 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Posted July 26, 2014 (edited) Auto grouping seems to be an obvious next step for this feature .. I vote yes! .. I thought it was already so .. Edited July 26, 2014 by MndWrp 1
RetsRok163 0 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I would be nice if there was a tutorial on how to manually group them from the web interface. I have looked up and down and cant seem to find this option. Can someone please help with is.
ebr 16184 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I would be nice if there was a tutorial on how to manually group them from the web interface. I have looked up and down and cant seem to find this option. Can someone please help with is. I believe this feature was put on a back shelf in a subsequent release. It will probably return in some incarnation in the future.
RetsRok163 0 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 so how do you group them. I currently have to of every movie showing up in the library. I have one in 1080p and 720p How does this group them.
ebr 16184 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 By following the naming conventions exactly as defined here.
RetsRok163 0 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I have done that. and i doesnt work, show two movies...
ebr 16184 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 I have done that. and i doesnt work, show two movies... What version of the server?
RetsRok163 0 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 The latest one i just downloaded it and installed yesturday.
ebr 16184 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 The latest one i just downloaded it and installed yesturday. Beta or release? What is the actual version number please?
ebr 16184 Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Yes, that is the release. Please try the beta version. I think it may solve your problem.
Luke 42079 Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 multi-resolution grouping via files works just fine for movies. it's not yet supported for episodes. however, for both movies and episodes you can manually group them together using the web interface. from the list screens click the check mark at the top, select the ones you want to group, and click group versions.
ebr 16184 Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 Okay, so it is still possible to manually group them - the interface just changed a bit for it.
Luke 42079 Posted December 17, 2014 Posted December 17, 2014 yea if they're movies in the same folder, it is always preferable to use the naming convention for automatic grouping. for all other cases the web interface can handle it.
pr3dict 33 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Can show me a screenshot of what this is supposed to look like? I tried two different movies/testfiles. The movie I tried showed up as two different movies and the test file I created showed up as the same movie but didnt let me choose the resolution I wanted when I clicked play. Am I missing something?
Luke 42079 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 just go to the library setup section of the web interface, click the help button and there are examples listed.
pr3dict 33 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 The help button goes here: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Library%20setup Which links to : https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie%20naming There are no examples of it working ^^^
Luke 42079 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Well you're trying to figure out multi-resoltuon movies so i would have thought you'd at least read the movie naming guide. that's where you can find examples.
pr3dict 33 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 I saw the guide. That's how I setup the naming convention for the movies. What I am asking for is actual screenshots of what the interface looks like when their are more then one resolution present for a movie... I don't see how to choose which movie I want to play. the 720 or the 1080.
Luke 42079 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 the bottom of the detail page lists the media sources. the apps currently don't offer a selection and instead automatically pick based on which one is most efficient for them.
Beardyname 198 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) If/when the items are grouped it will have a bluish number in the top left corner, and currently you don't have to select a version to be played MBS tries to pick the best one based on what is most efficient for that client. *edit* crap Luke beat me to it Edited February 25, 2015 by Beardyname
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