4.6.0.50 broke seasons with non-standard episode naming

[gokuz 13]

@pwhodges

Kinda refreshing not to have the basic replies like "you're using it wrong". 

 

You're the only one I can relate to.

[Luke 42077]

Is this only in conjunction with the anime plugin? Because i just tested a series with non-standard naming and everything showed up correctly.

[gokuz 13]

Just now, Luke said:

Is this only in conjunction with the anime plugin? Because i just tested a series with non-standard naming and everything showed up correctly

Not at all. Its local scraping from nfo. Look at post #2

 

4.5.4.0 works but not the latest.

[Luke 42077]

In the emby metadata editor, do the episodes have a season number filled out? 

[gokuz 13]

Just now, Luke said:

In the emby metadata editor, do the episodes have a season number filled out? 

No, i gave a screenshot of it somewhere in the first page. it's empty.

 

Being empty, it still works in 4.5.4.0

 

[Luke 42077]

Just now, gokuz said:

No, i gave a screenshot of it somewhere in the first page. it's empty.

 

Being empty, it still works in 4.5.4.0

 

It appears you have a screenshot at the season level.

[gokuz 13]

Just now, Luke said:

It appears you have a screenshot at the season level.

Oops read it wrongly sorry.

Yes, all my .nfo has correct seasons for each and every episodes.

[Luke 42077]

In the emby metadata editor, do the episodes have a season number filled out? 

[gokuz 13]

1 minute ago, Luke said:

In the emby metadata editor, do the episodes have a season number filled out? 

Yes

[Luke 42077]

Ok so it's the combination of season with no season number + episodes underneath with both season and episode numbers. I see why that's happening.

We'll have a 4.6.1 maintenance update out early next week. If you need immediate relief I'll have the fix up on the beta channel tonight.

[gokuz 13]

5 hours ago, Luke said:

Ok so it's the combination of season with no season number + episodes underneath with both season and episode numbers. I see why that's happening.

We'll have a 4.6.1 maintenance update out early next week. If you need immediate relief I'll have the fix up on the beta channel tonight.

Wow! you found the problem with the latest update so incredibly fast! 

Heck yea i can wait a week for it! Here i thought I would be stuck at 4.5.4 0 forever.

Thanks for this, you made my day. Can't wait for the update next week!

Edited May 22, 2021 by gokuz

[Carlo 4560]

You would be able to switch over to the beta as it's only going to be the fixes from .50 so far and you likely have one of the big ones to test.

[gokuz 13]

7 minutes ago, cayars said:

You would be able to switch over to the beta as it's only going to be the fixes from .50 so far and you likely have one of the big ones to test.

So you admit that there's a problem now. Interesting. Was expecting another "you're doing it wrong" though.

[Happy2Play 9780]

@pwhodgeslooks like you will have some testing to do when Luke's patch comes out also.

1 minute ago, gokuz said:

So you admit that there's a problem now. Interesting. Was expecting another "you're doing it wrong" though.

No matter how you look at it is a unsupported method that the dev will provide you with a solution this time.  Now be warned this may not be the case in the future.

[gokuz 13]

1 hour ago, Happy2Play said:

@pwhodgeslooks like you will have some testing to do when Luke's patch comes out also.

No matter how you look at it is a unsupported method that the dev will provide you with a solution this time.  Now be warned this may not be the case in the future.

To be honest I don't get why you are this salty nor would warrant this kind of attitude.

Having the server the way it supposed to be (4.5.4.0), isn't a big ask. It was what me and many people are running their servers with. Breaking that would be disastrous.

The dev has graciously helped me to solve this problem. I'm grateful for that.

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

We are all grateful the dev will provide fix for the issue but will always be with a disclaimer.

[gokuz 13]

5 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

We are all grateful the dev will provide fix for the issue but will always be with a disclaimer.

Why would it be a disclaimer. Nfo support will be eradicated from emby soon?

[Happy2Play 9780]

3 minutes ago, gokuz said:

Why would it be a disclaimer. Nfo support will be eradicated from emby soon?

No but database required information my be.  So lack of proper information will result in failure.

[gokuz 13]

Just now, Happy2Play said:

No but database required information my be.  So lack of proper information will result in failure.

Earlier you said unofficial stuf/features may be deleted in the future (disclaimer).

I couldn't find any official wiki regarding .nfo.

So you're saying nfo can be unsupported at any time?

[Happy2Play 9780]

1 minute ago, gokuz said:

Earlier you said unofficial stuf/features may be deleted in the future (disclaimer).

I couldn't find any official wiki regarding .nfo.

So you're saying nfo can be unsupported at any time?

Not everything in a nfo is supported by Emby but could be there for Kodi.  It has always been this way.

So technically the only supported methods are listed in the TV KB.

[gokuz 13]

4 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Not everything in a nfo is supported by Emby but could be there for Kodi.  It has always been this way.

So technically the only supported methods are listed in the TV KB.

Gotcha. Actually i think .nfo is one of emby's strengths compared to plex. It shouldn't be erased ever.

 

Similarly, custom folder names comes hand in hand with custom .nfo/thumb/poster. You can't have one or another. You need both.

Edited May 22, 2021 by gokuz

[Happy2Play 9780]

Customization is great but needs to be outside the realm of TV/Movies required setups as there is zero change to trouble shoot someone else's customization.

[gokuz 13]

1 minute ago, Happy2Play said:

Customization is great but needs to be outside the realm of TV/Movies required setups as there is zero change to trouble shoot someone else's customization.

Emby uses kodi's nfo. So its kinda universal. If they are using the universal kodi standard. It shouldn't have any problems.

 

I get that emby doesn't support new stuff like .actors folder. But I'm not exactly asking for the new .nfo stuff. The old concrete and unbroken .nfo format should be supported always.

[Happy2Play 9780]

But it still comes back to how information is linked in the database.  As you no longer have a Season folder for episode, not Episode linking is broken also so the entire Series is broke as there is no true order linking.

But basically your Saga folders actually become series folder and their parent folder just becomes a nothing nested folder.  That is why there is so much required logic for a Series.

[gokuz 13]

Just now, Happy2Play said:

But it still comes back to how information is linked in the database.  As you no longer have a Season folder for episode, not Episode linking is broken also so the entire Series is broke as there is no true order linking.

But basically your Saga folders actually become series folder and their parent folder just becomes a nothing nested folder.  That is why there is so much required logic for a Series.

The underlying issue is 4.5.4.0 has it and latest does not.

 

So yea, even if you say this is a problem, the older version works. Therefore the new version should simply follow suit.