2025-02-14, 01:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 2025-02-14, 01:33 PM by boffy. Edited 3 times in total.)
How can I control the order in which Jellyfin shows each version of a given episode? With films, it's simply alphabetical, so I can easily name them to put my preferred version first. E.G.
This will correctly give me three options for Superman: 143m Theatrical Cut, 151m Expanded AKA Special Edition, and 188m Extended TV Edit in that order. Similarly, I have two options for Superman II labelled Richard Donner Cut or Theatrical Cut, with the former being the default.
However, in my TV folder, I have:
For each Day of the Daleks episode, I want 2011 SE to be the default version, with Original second. For the Curse of Peladon epsiodes, I want the options to be BD then RSC. However when the versions are shown separately (as by default), it seems to be random which version of each one is shown first. E.G. 3 DotD episodes have Original first, but one has 2011 SE first. Similarly, some CoP episodes have BD first, others have RSC first.
I get similarly random ordering when I merge the versions of each episode, either manually or using the Merge Versions plugin.
I've tried every permutation I can think of for the file naming - with and without the dashes, adding or removing square brackets, series name, story name, etc.. I've also tried putting my preferred versions in the folder first, letting Jellyfin index them, then adding the alternative versions: still random.
A lot of episodes of this series have multiple versions (updated effects, different restorations with different pros and cons, colour & b/w animations, telesnap reconstructions, etc.). How can I reliably get Jellyfin to put my preferred version of each first?
Code:
└── Superman (1978)
├── Superman (1978) - 143m Theatrical Cut.mkv
├── Superman (1978) - 151m Expanded AKA Special Edition.mkv
├── Superman (1978) - 188m Extended TV Edit.mkv
└── Superman II (1980)
├── Superman II (1980) - Richard Donner Cut.mkv
├── Superman II (1980) - Theatrical Cut.mkvThis will correctly give me three options for Superman: 143m Theatrical Cut, 151m Expanded AKA Special Edition, and 188m Extended TV Edit in that order. Similarly, I have two options for Superman II labelled Richard Donner Cut or Theatrical Cut, with the former being the default.
However, in my TV folder, I have:
Code:
── Doctor Who (1963)
├── Season 09
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E01 Day of the Daleks 1 - 2011 SE.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E01 Day of the Daleks 1 - Original.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E02 Day of the Daleks 2 - 2011 SE.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E02 Day of the Daleks 2 - Original.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E03 Day of the Daleks 3 - 2011 SE.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E03 Day of the Daleks 3 - Original.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E04 Day of the Daleks 4 - 2011 SE.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E04 Day of the Daleks 4 - Original.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E05 Curse of Peladon 1 - BD.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E05 Curse of Peladon 1 - RSC.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E06 Curse of Peladon 2 - BD.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E06 Curse of Peladon 2 - RSC.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E07 Curse of Peladon 3 - BD.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E07 Curse of Peladon 3 - RSC.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E08 Curse of Peladon 4 - BD.mkv
│ ├── Doctor Who S09E08 Curse of Peladon 4 - RSC.mkv
(etc.)For each Day of the Daleks episode, I want 2011 SE to be the default version, with Original second. For the Curse of Peladon epsiodes, I want the options to be BD then RSC. However when the versions are shown separately (as by default), it seems to be random which version of each one is shown first. E.G. 3 DotD episodes have Original first, but one has 2011 SE first. Similarly, some CoP episodes have BD first, others have RSC first.
I get similarly random ordering when I merge the versions of each episode, either manually or using the Merge Versions plugin.
I've tried every permutation I can think of for the file naming - with and without the dashes, adding or removing square brackets, series name, story name, etc.. I've also tried putting my preferred versions in the folder first, letting Jellyfin index them, then adding the alternative versions: still random.
A lot of episodes of this series have multiple versions (updated effects, different restorations with different pros and cons, colour & b/w animations, telesnap reconstructions, etc.). How can I reliably get Jellyfin to put my preferred version of each first?