Emby creates seasons that do not exist

[PINKISH 2]

So i want to add a show (tom and jerry 1940 to 2007) with all the episode in one single folder, going from episode 1 to 300+. But emby just create 3 seasons and a special seasons which does not exist and just mix everything

[PINKISH 2]

embyserver.txt

[BillybobBilly 18]

 

How are your files named?

[Deathsquirrel 745]

This will be caused by your file naming and directory structure, so what is that?  What is the library type?  What is the directory structure?  How are the files named?

One issue that won't relate to the above is there is no such show in the available metadata providers.  Tom & Jerry on TVDB, for example, only has seasons through the 60s.  Your goal won't be supported by the available data.

[Carlo 4561]

Looney Tunes is similar.  The best thing to do for these shows is FIRST go out and look at how they are organized with the meta-data providers you will be using in Emby to pull the info.
Then organize your files to match.

The reason to do this hopefully, is self evident.

[Happy2Play 9780]

G:\Série\Tom and Jerry\077   Just Ducky [1953].avi

I would put everything in a season 1 folder and change the series display order to Absolute instead of Air date.  Refresh w/replace images on the series.

But might get away with the structure you already have, been awhile since I tested this.

Edited May 25, 2021 by Happy2Play

[PINKISH 2]

7 hours ago, BillybobBilly said:

 

How are your files named?

My files are names like that (001 Name of the episode "years of release") 259   Jerry Hood & Merry Meeces [1990]

7 hours ago, Deathsquirrel said:

This will be caused by your file naming and directory structure, so what is that?  What is the library type?  What is the directory structure?  How are the files named?

One issue that won't relate to the above is there is no such show in the available metadata providers.  Tom & Jerry on TVDB, for example, only has seasons through the 60s.  Your goal won't be supported by the available data.

I've just added everything in one single folder named Tom and Jerry, I've tried to add everything in "season 1 folder too", both do not do what i want

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

2 minutes ago, PINKISH said:

My files are names like that (001 Name of the episode "years of release") 259   Jerry Hood & Merry Meeces [1990]

That seems to me to be improper naming.
Try renaming and structuring as Emby recommends. Although I do not have any cartoons I believe that they are not much different than "regular" TV shows.

- - - - - - - - 

TV Shows <- The TV library points here

_______ShowName (year)

____________Season 01

__________________ShowName (year) - s01e01 - Optional Name.ext

__________________ShowName (year) - s01e02 - Optional Name.ext

__________________and so on for the shows in season 01

____________Season 02 <- just like Season 01

____________Season 03 <- and so on for each season

 

____________Season 00 <- or “Specials”

__________________ShowName (year) - s00e01 - Optional name

__________________ShowName (year) - s00e02 - Optional name

__________________and so on for each special

 

Note 1: the eXX part of the specials must match EXACTLY what is found in TheTVDB

Note 2: The (year) may be omitted for shows that do not have more than one occurrence throughout the years.

 

There are many other structures and naming systems that work but this is the one I use and it just works.

For a mass rename I use FileBot with this format string  {n.replaceTrailingBrackets()} - {s00e00.lower()} - {t} 

[PINKISH 2]

But can i just stop emby from moving anything and renaming anything and just take it as it is, i don't get why emby has to reorder everything. And i can't use tvdb or anything because the episodes are not in the order that i want, and i have more episodes that what tvdb shjows

[Luke 42079]

1 minute ago, PINKISH said:

But can i just stop emby from moving anything and renaming anything and just take it as it is, i don't get why emby has to reorder everything. And i can't use tvdb or anything because the episodes are not in the order that i want, and i have more episodes that what tvdb shjows

Try setting up the library again with the home videos content type.

[PINKISH 2]

That's my issue, emby just rename and just mess everything, and link shows to random stuff. That's supposed to be tom and jerry

[Luke 42079]

Hi, please refrain from profanity as this is a family friendly environment.

[PINKISH 2]

2 minutes ago, Luke said:

Hi, please refrain from profanity as this is a family friendly environment.

sorry my bad

[PINKISH 2]

So is it possible to stop emby from renaming stuff and just take the folder as it is?

[Luke 42079]

35 minutes ago, Luke said:

Try setting up the library again with the home videos content type.

 

[Deathsquirrel 745]

1 hour ago, PINKISH said:

My files are names like that (001 Name of the episode "years of release") 259   Jerry Hood & Merry Meeces [1990]

This isn't going to work in a TV library unless there are no metadata providers enabled.  It would work in a Home Video library.

The core problem is there no such episode as far as the metadata providers are concerned.  If you want this handled correctly in a TV library you should do the following:

1. Correctly name your episodes to match available metadata.  Using the two examples I saw in this thread that might be:
   
   \\SERVER\SHARE\Tom and Jerry\Season 1950\Tom and Jerry S1950E31 Just Ducky.MKV
   \\SERVER\SHARE\Tom and Jerry Kids Show (1990)\Season 02\Tom and Jerry Kids Show (1990) S02E37 Jerry Hood and His Merry Meeces.MKV
    
2. Run a server scan
3. Add both resulting TV shows to a collection to group them together if desired.

[Luke 42079]

If you really want to keep it as a TV library then I would disable all internet metadata providers on the library.

Additionally, update to the 4.6.1 release which will do a better job of keeping episodes in order when using non-standard file naming.

[Happy2Play 9780]

6 hours ago, PINKISH said:

So is it possible to stop emby from renaming stuff and just take the folder as it is?

Sure if you disable all metadata providers.  Nothing is actually rename it is Identified as something different and metadata titles are shown for the wrongly identified Series.

Easy fix Identify the Series with the proper Name or providerids.

I already tested adding Tom and Jerry in a Season 1 folder with Absolute order without issue.  But my test files were 1-100 so I can not say if your named files will match provider data so you would have to verify provider is the same as your files.

[thesnappysneezer 2]

Hey here is how the tvdb lists Tom & Jerry. They name the seasons after year these short films were released in theatres. They did the same for Looney Tunes. So you should label them like S1940E01

 

Edited May 26, 2021 by thesnappysneezer
To find a way to get the freaking photo to appear in the post….

[thesnappysneezer 2]

Okay after that one finally posted, I will show you how I have Looney Tunes files saved on my pc, I never backed up my T&J. This is how you will have to name the files. 

[thesnappysneezer 2]

And one more photo, how Looney Tunes looks on Emby on my iphone. I would show you how it looks on Apple TV, but I am currently having an issue there. 

[thesnappysneezer 2]

A little more additional information, if you have Animaniacs or other programs that are a few shorts per episode, thetvdb breaks these shorts down as if they are different episodes. This is sort of maddening as most of us would not split up an episode of Animaniacs as different files. In the image provided you can tell this by the dates of each episode, while they have inaccurate run times. If you are adding something like Animaniacs, Huckleberry Hound Show, or Rocky & Bullwinkle, I suggest naming the file for the episode number that corresponds with the first short of each episode. By going through this photo, the first episode would be S01E01 and the second episode would be S01E04, and so on. The TVDB has no interest in changing this issue, and if you ask them about it they may chew you out for using Emby.  

[thesnappysneezer 2]

I can think of two other alternatives for you however. Rather than pick at the individual and poorly labeled series and specials of Ernie Kovacs programs in thetvdb, I just made it as the Ernie Kovacs Collection. I added my own photo and series description and it drew the names from the title of the files. I do not get individual information for programs, but I could write it. You could do this for Tom & Jerry, maybe label it Tom & Jerry Collection. 

[thesnappysneezer 2]

Alternatively you could enter them as films individually. The short films that the tvdb have decided to treat like tv shows, like Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Laurel & Hardy and Three Stooges I have listed as tv series using their listings, but I have other short film collections, such as the films of Charley Chase. I once added them to thetvdb with an admin approval. They stayed up a few weeks but another admin or mod saw them, said they were not a tv show and deleted all of my work. I had placed synopsis and pics and put some effort into it. I no longer submit there. These are films so I put them in as films on Emby, but in a new library called Short Subjects. Then I created a playlist placing the films in proper order. It functions quite well. Unfortunately the latest update of emby has confused my video playlists with my music playlists, something I never told it to do, so now my dozens film playlists are mixed in with my 1000s of music playlists. Regardless of that, you should be able to finesse a way to get this playlist scheme to working. 

Edited May 26, 2021 by thesnappysneezer

[PINKISH 2]

On 26/05/2021 at 07:00, thesnappysneezer said:

Alternatively you could enter them as films individually. The short films that the tvdb have decided to treat like tv shows, like Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Laurel & Hardy and Three Stooges I have listed as tv series using their listings, but I have other short film collections, such as the films of Charley Chase. I once added them to thetvdb with an admin approval. They stayed up a few weeks but another admin or mod saw them, said they were not a tv show and deleted all of my work. I had placed synopsis and pics and put some effort into it. I no longer submit there. These are films so I put them in as films on Emby, but in a new library called Short Subjects. Then I created a playlist placing the films in proper order. It functions quite well. Unfortunately the latest update of emby has confused my video playlists with my music playlists, something I never told it to do, so now my dozens film playlists are mixed in with my 1000s of music playlists. Regardless of that, you should be able to finesse a way to get this playlist scheme to working. 

Thx you mate, i'll try all of that, hope it will work