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Lord of the Rings identification and artwork - MarkRWatts - 2025-10-24
Jellyfin 10.11.0
TMDb Box Sets plugin = 12.0.0.0
I've had frustrating issues getting my Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVD rips to be properly detected...
Right now the three films (I merged disc1/2 for each film with MKVToolNix) have filenames of:
/Movies/The Lord of the Rings Collection/The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - [Extended Edition] [tmdbid-120].mkv
/Movies/The Lord of the Rings Collection/The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers (2002) - [Extended Edition] [tmdbid-121].mkv
/Movies/The Lord of the Rings Collection/The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King (2003) - [Extended Edition] [tmdbid-122].mkv
This seems to get them detected (as does using their imdbid numbers) and auto-added to an appropriate collection, however the artwork is a mixed bag.
I've tried refreshing the metadata as well as re-identifying each film using various IDs, but the artwork is never quite consistent.
- Where is it pulling the artwork for films 2 & 3, and the collection from?
- Why isn't it using the same film poster style artwork for films 2 & 3 as it is for film 1?
- Have I even named the files correctly in the first place?
- How can I get everything to be consistent?
RE: Lord of the Rings identification and artwork - themotoman - 2025-10-31
I'm having a somewhat similar problem with the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions too! I was browsing through looking for an answer and I saw another Lord of the Rings Extended Edition problem and was amazed!
I have a brand new Jellyfin setup. I have the theatrical versions of the trilogy and the extended edition rips, 1 file and 2 files respectively. I have tried every conceivable combination of techniques of file naming to get Jellyfin to show both movies from the pull down, but the best I can get is the standard movie and then a second entry named part1, which is not the auto merge of both parts.
MediaLibrary->Video->Movies->The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
-> The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).m4v
-> The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)-part-1.m4v
-> The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)-part-2.m4v
I have tried all of the following, including a subdirectory named 'Extended Edition', to no avail.
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Part 1.m4v
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Extended - Part 1.m4v
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - part1.m4v
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - [Extended Edition] - Part 1.m4v
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