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I have 2 separate TV shows that are showing up as separate shows within Emby.  Not exactly sure what is going on because a couple of my shows files are that way, but just these 2 are doing this.  I have checked the ID's in the metadata info and they are exactly the same so Emby SHOULD be seeing these 2 folders as the exact same show and showing it that way....but its not.  I have tried re-identifying the both and they are still separated.  Any idea why?  Latest server update is installed.

Happy2Play
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Not sure I follow exactly but do you have "Automatically merge series that are spread across multiple folders" enabled on the library?

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15 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Not sure I follow exactly but do you have "Automatically merge series that are spread across multiple folders" enabled on the library?

Yes that is enabled on the tv show library

Happy2Play
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Can you go over specific examples.

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Sure.  One of the shows is Looney Tunes.  Due to drive space the seasons are on 2 separate volumes/drives on my NAS.  

Drive one example:  TV Shows/Looney Tunes/Season 1950

Drive two example:  TV Shows2/Looney Tunes/Season 1960

Emby is showing this as 2 separate shows and not combining them as it should.

Metadata in Emby shows TVDB ID as 72514 for both.  So not entirely sure what I'm missing here.  Emby is doing the same thing with Star Wars the Clone Wars.

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Just noticed when drilling into an episode that none of the info is there, like it hasnt even been scraped.  So maybe that is part of the problem

I refreshed the metadata and selected "search for missing metadata" and now its showing as one show with all the episode info.

That was really weird

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Hi, are they in the same emby library?

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I have the exact same issue and also have "Automatically merge series that are spread across multiple folders" enabled as it was enabled by default.

Both folders have same id's

im running emby on unraid and have multiple shares that emby sees as different drives.

Example:

/Series FR-EN/Looney Tunes/Season 1

/Series EN/Looney Tunes/Season 2

Emby makes 1 folder for /Series FR-EN/Looney Tunes/and 1 for /Series EN/Looney Tunes/ instead of combining them.

Im coming from plex and it had no issues with this setup, so i don't see why this doesn't work.

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okay so further findings

Having only library Series EN with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series EN/ works like it should.

But when i add library Series FR with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series FR/ all the TV shows that have seasons in Series FR-EN unmerge and i end up with 2 folders for 1 tv show

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On 1/27/2021 at 4:50 PM, Dema323 said:

okay so further findings

Having only library Series EN with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series EN/ works like it should.

But when i add library Series FR with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series FR/ all the TV shows that have seasons in Series FR-EN unmerge and i end up with 2 folders for 1 tv show

Hi, are they in the same emby library? Do they have the same metadata download language?

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GrimReaper
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On 1/27/2021 at 10:50 PM, Dema323 said:

okay so further findings

Having only library Series EN with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series EN/ works like it should.

But when i add library Series FR with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series FR/ all the TV shows that have seasons in Series FR-EN unmerge and i end up with 2 folders for 1 tv show

Question: Do these Series in both Series EN and Series FR display multiple seasons? 

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2 hours ago, Dema323 said:

yes

If they have the same metadata download language, then how is one french and the other english?

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On 09/02/2021 at 17:51, GrimReaper76 said:

Question: Do these Series in both Series EN and Series FR display multiple seasons? 

Yes

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I gave the libraries the same metadata download language, but the audio language is different

GrimReaper
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On 1/27/2021 at 10:50 PM, Dema323 said:

okay so further findings

Having only library Series EN with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series EN/ works like it should.

But when i add library Series FR with folder /Series FR-EN/ and folder /Series FR/ all the TV shows that have seasons in Series FR-EN unmerge and i end up with 2 folders for 1 tv show

 

On 2/9/2021 at 5:51 PM, GrimReaper76 said:

Question: Do these Series in both Series EN and Series FR display multiple seasons? 

 

56 minutes ago, Dema323 said:

Yes

In that case, observed behaviour makes absolute sense to me: You "TOLD" it to be a part of Series EN library by including Series FR-EN folder in library setup, and you "TOLD" it to be a part of Series FR library by including that same Series FR-EN folder in library setup. AFAIK, one item can reside in multiple libraries if hierarchical setup is correct, i.e. same-level folders, no nested ones. 

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Does this answer your question? Are you still having an issue with this?

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When Only having LIBRARY EN that includes folders: SERIES EN, SERIES EN-FR. it works how its supposed to -> 1 poster that includes all seasons (EN and EN-FR)

When adding(creating) LIBRARY FR that includes folders:SERIES FR, SERIES EN-FR. -> The TV shows that have seasons in folder FR and folder EN-FR unmerge.

Then i end up with 1 poster for all FR seasons and 1 poster for all EN-FR seasons.(and the same goes for LIBRARY EN -> 1 poster for EN and 1 poster for EN-FR)

 

GrimReaper
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8 hours ago, Dema323 said:

When Only having LIBRARY EN that includes folders: SERIES EN, SERIES EN-FR. it works how its supposed to -> 1 poster that includes all seasons (EN and EN-FR)

When adding(creating) LIBRARY FR that includes folders:SERIES FR, SERIES EN-FR. -> The TV shows that have seasons in folder FR and folder EN-FR unmerge.

Then i end up with 1 poster for all FR seasons and 1 poster for all EN-FR seasons.(and the same goes for LIBRARY EN -> 1 poster for EN and 1 poster for EN-FR)

 

What I don't get in your particular setup is don't you have ALL items (including french-spoken ones) from SERIES EN-FR folder included/displayed in your LIBRARY EN when you initially create it, before creating LIBRARY FR? What happens to those items? 

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I would use the metadata editor to see if either series is configured to override the metadata download language. Most likely the answer is yes. The values need to be the same in order for them to be merged. Ensure they are the same and then run a library scan.

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2 hours ago, GrimReaper76 said:

What I don't get in your particular setup is don't you have ALL items (including french-spoken ones) from SERIES EN-FR folder included/displayed in your LIBRARY EN when you initially create it, before creating LIBRARY FR? What happens to those items? 

In Folder EN-FR the episodes just have 2 audio tracks. -> 1 file but 2 audio tracks -> french&english

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15 minutes ago, Luke said:

I would use the metadata editor to see if either series is configured to override the metadata download language. Most likely the answer is yes. The values need to be the same in order for them to be merged. Ensure they are the same and then run a library scan.

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Metadata settings are empty for both

GrimReaper
Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, Dema323 said:

In Folder EN-FR the episodes just have 2 audio tracks. -> 1 file but 2 audio tracks -> french&english

All things being identical, I suppose that at some point system gets confused with that setup, although logically it should work. Best guess: as you assigned ONLY those particular seasons to be part of TWO libraries, system is treating them as separate entities and displays as such. Again, pure speculation from my side. 🤷‍♂️

Manual 'Merge' on multi-select is sorely missed here. 

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13 minutes ago, GrimReaper76 said:

All things being identical, I suppose that at some point system gets confused with that setup, although logically it should work. Best guess: as you assigned ONLY those particular seasons to be part of TWO libraries, system is treating them as separate entities and displays as such. Again, pure speculation from my side. 🤷‍♂️

Manual 'Merge' on multi-select is sorely missed here. 

Manual merge would fix the issue but would still be a pain in the @$$

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