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+--- Thread: Add a movie to a show/series for autoplay? (/t-add-a-movie-to-a-show-series-for-autoplay)
Add a movie to a show/series for autoplay? - CrookiesAndCash - 2025-08-03
There are some series which have a show with movie tie-ins and I'm not sure if there is anyway to merge those together more conveniently. (in some cases there are even multiple shows which overlap, like Trollhunters, 3 Below, Wizards, and then the finale being a full movie)
Preferably there would be a semi-automatic way of sorting these based on release date or some metadata about the order they should be viewed in, but even just some way of manually 'merging' them together would be fine. (mainly just so I can set it once and then not worry about remembering which order to watch what in if I feel like rewatching the series later)
RE: Add a movie to a show/series for autoplay? - jimmyjammy - 2025-08-03
The Best way that I've found to do this is to use the TVdB naming system. They rename the movies as specials so that they will play in the right order. You have to have the TVdB plugin installed & "Display specials within seasons they aired in" selected under Dashboard / Libraries / Display. Rename the movies according to the TVdB, move them from your movies section to a folder titled "Specials" inside the TV show's folder. For example The Simpsons Movie is renamed like this:The Simpsons - S00E50 - The Simpsons Movie.mkv & put here: The Simpsons (1989)/Specials/The Simpsons - S00E50 - The Simpsons Movie (2007) [1080p] [Multi-Sub] [x265] [pseudo].mkv. Refer to the TVdb website for the correct info under seasons / specials. For you're situation you can rename "Trollhunters Rise of the Titans" to "Trollhunters Tales of Arcadia S00E01 - Trollhunters Rise of the Titans", put it in a folder called "Specials" inside the "Trollhunters Tales of Arcadia" folder. This would then autoplay the movie @ the end of watching the Trollhunters series. To have all 3 series play in order you'll have to create a playlist Called Tales of Arcadia & add everything in order manually. For other series though, like Battlestar Galactica, the TVdB naming system will autoplay the 3 movies in the correct order within the Seasons they aired to get the proper timeline.
Hope this helps,
JJ