Numbers in TV series causing library display issues

[tadr 1]

I use Emby with a HDHomerun TV tuner.  I've noticed recently that if I record shows with numbers in the names, e.g., "PBS News Hour Election 2020," "2020 Presidential Debate  NBC News Special," etc my recorded TV library no longer properly displays.  Instead of displaying each show in a separate folder, all shows are displayed under a main folder with a random cover art image and what appears to be arabic or some other non-latin text, a description of some Batman show, with my individual shows displayed as seasons under that folder.  As soon as I delete the offending recording folder and re-scan the library, everything displays properly again.  I've attached screenshots so you can see what I mean.  This has been a particular problem with recorded election coverage.

Is this a known issue? I understand there are restrictions for TV episode naming, but these are recordings from the HDHomerun using the Live/Recorded TV functionality from Emby itself, so I am not controlling the naming (unless I manually go in and edit it).

 

Edited November 6, 2020 by tadr

[Luke 42085]

Hi there, how are the files named and organized?

[tadr 1]

On 11/6/2020 at 7:58 PM, Luke said:

Hi there, how are the files named and organized?

Hi - Nothing special, just the default naming that Emby uses when it records tv via hdhomerun, for example:

L:\Emby Recorded TV\Series\Curious George (2006)\Season 3\Curious George S03E07 George Digs Worms; Everything Old Is New Again.ts

L:\Emby Recorded TV\Series\NHK Newsline\NHK Newsline 2009-03-16 - 1.ts

L:\Emby Recorded TV\Series\2020 Presidential Debate 1 NBC News\2020 Presidential Debate 1 NBC News.ts

Shows like the last one with numbers in the name of the show (but not in parentheses) seem to be the culprit.  Once that recording/folder is added, it seems to treat all of the recordings in all of the folders as part of the same series/show.

[Luke 42085]

For your recorded TV library, what metadata providers are enabled, and in what order?