2024-06-20, 01:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 2024-06-20, 03:11 PM by Pandorica-Opens. Edited 1 time in total.)
Hi sorry for the delay in coming back,
So updating the server to 10.9.6 indeed fix the title problem and also the thumbnail problem I briefly described at the bottom of the post
Yes it is fighting the system a bit, but it does work. You can see how I want to fight it though - Series 4's Christmas special is listed on theMovieDB as S00E07, giving no clue to Jellyfin where it's actually supposed to be in relation to other episodes. My way (so in this case change the metadata in Jellyfin to S4E00) fixes that while still allowing the episode to retrieve thumbnails, descriptions ect... from the web because the actual file is still named S00E07.
My solution of using negative seasons does throw up an small issue though. Jellyfin now sees these as occurring before season 1 (of course), and so the next up feature doesn't work properly. For example, instead of the last episode of Series 4 leading to The Specials (Season -4), it leads directly to Series 5. And Jellyfin considers S-4E01 to be the first episode of the series instead of S1E01, even though they are correctly sorted visually between series 4 and 5.
All you need to do when you hit this season is manually go into The Specials season and start from ep 1 (rather than just clicking next episode), so it works but not as intended I guess.
The only reason I used a negative season number is because Jellyfin wouldn't allow a decimal (S4.5) in the season box. A solution could be if decimals were allowed in the season box then this tells Jellyfin the season exists between 4 and 5 and everything would line up, with the the last ep of s4 (S4E13) leading into s4.5 (S4.5E01) ect... And you could potentially put an infinite number of seasons between the two, if you so wanted.
If I had any knowledge of code whatsoever I could take a look, but unfortunately I don't so, I can only make the suggestion!
Thanks for your help though!
So updating the server to 10.9.6 indeed fix the title problem and also the thumbnail problem I briefly described at the bottom of the post
(2024-06-12, 04:52 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: The way you are doing things you are constantly fighting how jellyfin functions. If you want automated metadata your file and folder names need to conform to our documentation and how TMDB organizes your show. Or you use an external app like Tiny Media Manager (there are other similar apps) to locally save the metadata and then you lock the NFOs.
Otherwise you're going to have to do A LOT of manual work, as you've found. And even then, there are some behaviors in Jellyfin you won't be able to override.
Yes it is fighting the system a bit, but it does work. You can see how I want to fight it though - Series 4's Christmas special is listed on theMovieDB as S00E07, giving no clue to Jellyfin where it's actually supposed to be in relation to other episodes. My way (so in this case change the metadata in Jellyfin to S4E00) fixes that while still allowing the episode to retrieve thumbnails, descriptions ect... from the web because the actual file is still named S00E07.
My solution of using negative seasons does throw up an small issue though. Jellyfin now sees these as occurring before season 1 (of course), and so the next up feature doesn't work properly. For example, instead of the last episode of Series 4 leading to The Specials (Season -4), it leads directly to Series 5. And Jellyfin considers S-4E01 to be the first episode of the series instead of S1E01, even though they are correctly sorted visually between series 4 and 5.
All you need to do when you hit this season is manually go into The Specials season and start from ep 1 (rather than just clicking next episode), so it works but not as intended I guess.
The only reason I used a negative season number is because Jellyfin wouldn't allow a decimal (S4.5) in the season box. A solution could be if decimals were allowed in the season box then this tells Jellyfin the season exists between 4 and 5 and everything would line up, with the the last ep of s4 (S4E13) leading into s4.5 (S4.5E01) ect... And you could potentially put an infinite number of seasons between the two, if you so wanted.
If I had any knowledge of code whatsoever I could take a look, but unfortunately I don't so, I can only make the suggestion!
Thanks for your help though!