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Jellyfin ignoring local nfos. Need recommendations. - EatAtArbies - 2025-01-11
Hi All,
I've been trying to add a box set of mythbusters to my media collection (It appears to be a limited edition box set from 2008 with an outer box in the form of a dynamite detonator). I've since learned that Mythbusters media releases have been notoriously scattered and as a consequence the dvd order on TVDB is on a couple of seasons (2 and 6) while the aired order looks both very different. I tried making it line up with the aired order but have struggled, so instead I'd like to make use of nfo files to just tell jellyfin what's in the episodes.
I've used linesma's templates of example nfo files from here https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-custom-nfo-file-examples as a starting point and created both a 'Mythbusters.nfo' in the show folder, a series of folders underneath named Box1-Box6 and within those placed the episode files and their associated nfo files.
According to https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/metadata/nfo/ "It's currently not possible to disable .nfo metadata. Local metadata will always be fetched and has priority over remote metadata providers like TMDb." So I would expect these to take precedence but instead Jellyfin appears to ignore them and go off to fetch contradictory episode ordering and information, even going so far as to call the seasons as though they were the aired order. This makes me think I'm doing something wrong.
Here's my Mythbusters.nfo
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<tvshow>
<title>Mythbusters</title>
<originaltitle>Mythbusters</originaltitle>
<showtitle>Myhbusters</showtitle>
<userrating>8</userrating>
<plot>Watch as pop culture's most baffling urban myths and legends are debunked, decoded and demystified by Mythbusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage.</plot>
<mpaa>United States:TV-G</mpaa>
<genre>Documentary</genre>
<genre>Humor</genre>
<premiered>2003-01-23</premiered>
<status>Concluded</status>
<studio>Discovery</studio>
</tvshow>Then as an example of the episode nfo files we have 'Mythbusters S01E01 Exploding Toilet.m4v' with associated nfo file 'Mythbusters S01E01 Exploding Toilet.nfo' which contains:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<episodedetails>
<title>Episode 1</title>
<rating></rating>
<season>1</season>
<episode>1</episode>
<plot>Exploding Toilet, Who Gets Wetter, The Assassin's Ice Bullet.</plot>
<runtime>49 min</runtime>
</episodedetails>Should I also generate a Box1.nfo, Box2.nfo etc named for the folders to help it properly recognize the "seasons"? If so an example would be appreciated.
Please point out what might be wrong and thanks in advance.
RE: Jellyfin ignoring local nfos. Need recommendations. - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-12
If you want to force Jellyfin to use the NFOs you have to disable ALL metadata providers in the library settings while you are scanning in this box set. Once it finishes importing them you can turn on all the online metadata providers. Make sure you lock the metadata for Mythbusters before turning back on the online metadata providers.
RE: Jellyfin ignoring local nfos. Need recommendations. - theguymadmax - 2025-01-12
You shouldn't need to disable any metadata fetchers, as local NFO files always take precedence. The issue is probably that your naming is incorrect.
Shows
├── MythBusters (2003)
│ ├── tvshow.nfo
│ ├── folder.jpg
│ ├── backdrop.jpg
│ └── Season 01
│ ├── season.nfo
│ ├── folder.jpg
│ ├── Mythbusters S01E01 Exploding Toilet.mkv
│ └── Mythbusters S01E01 Exploding Toilet.nfo
Here’s what I have in my season.nfo. I noticed you didn’t include that in your examples.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<season>
<seasonnumber>1</seasonnumber>
<title>Season 1</title>
<showtitle>MythBusters</showtitle>
<sorttitle>Season 01</sorttitle>
<year/>
<plot/>
<thumb aspect="poster">https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/61PS7Mq77X7tfSTDZzzb63vjXNj.jpg</thumb>
<tvdbid>73388</tvdbid>
<imdbid>tt0383126</imdbid>
<tmdbid>1428</tmdbid>
<uniqueid type="tmdb">1428</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tvrage">4605</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="imdb">tt0383126</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="wikidata">Q486844</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tvdb">73388</uniqueid>
<premiered/>
<user_note/>
</season>RE: Jellyfin ignoring local nfos. Need recommendations. - EatAtArbies - 2025-01-22
(2025-01-12, 08:32 PM)theguymadmax Wrote: You shouldn't need to disable any metadata fetchers, as local NFO files always take precedence. The issue is probably that your naming is incorrect.
Shows
├── MythBusters (2003)
│ ├── tvshow.nfo
│ ├── folder.jpg
│ ├── backdrop.jpg
│ └── Season 01
│ ├── season.nfo
│ ├── folder.jpg
│ ├── Mythbusters S01E01 Exploding Toilet.mkv
│ └── Mythbusters S01E01 Exploding Toilet.nfo
Here’s what I have in my season.nfo. I noticed you didn’t include that in your examples.
Code:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<season>
<seasonnumber>1</seasonnumber>
<title>Season 1</title>
<showtitle>MythBusters</showtitle>
<sorttitle>Season 01</sorttitle>
<year/>
<plot/>
<thumb aspect="poster">https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/61PS7Mq77X7tfSTDZzzb63vjXNj.jpg</thumb>
<tvdbid>73388</tvdbid>
<imdbid>tt0383126</imdbid>
<tmdbid>1428</tmdbid>
<uniqueid type="tmdb">1428</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tvrage">4605</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="imdb">tt0383126</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="wikidata">Q486844</uniqueid>
<uniqueid type="tvdb">73388</uniqueid>
<premiered/>
<user_note/>
</season>
Thank you for the response.
I am marking this as the solution since this appears to be the most likely reason I was having a problem.
Note: I have not TESTED this solution as I ended up rearranging all of the episodes to line up with an alternate ordering rather than the one that came on the discs, but then I can use the scrapers.