Fixing episode ordering?

[Dagobert_Krikelin]

So what I've understood is that Jellyfin collects metadata from TheMovieDb when you add a show to your library. However this metadata is not always the preferred order in which you want the series to show up.
For instance Firefly and also Futurama doesn't show the proper ordering.

I'm wondering what options I have to fix shows order manually and stil have a way to save it in case I reload my library in case of reinstalling and also to share this new ordering with other people wo wants the same?
Can I delete all metadata and just have Futurama show up according to my folder structure?

A solution to this problem could be to create a .nfo in the root of the Futurama folder with the metadata which Jellyfin reads and apply instead of fetching metadata from the web.

[elephantLYFE]

Ultimately, i think.
1st - identify the DB & ordering, you want to match, pull metadata.
2nd - prepare your files/structure to match that.
3rd - make sure metadata tag matches, let jellyfin scan it, then also make sure ORDER prefrence matches.

I think default is
Movies/Shows - TMDB

you probably want to add a plugin for TVDB, for Shows.

You can add tags to media, denoting which DB to pull from.
Film (2010) [imdbid-tt0106145].mp4 or Film (201 [tmdbid-65567]
You must ensure you have a plugin for that correspoinding db.

Example TVDB i added a plugin. Film (201 [TVDBID-XXXXXX]

In addion to this, DBs can have alternate orderings listed for a a show.
Air date, DVD Order, Alternate Order, etc.


Documentation:
metadata - https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/metadata/
tags mentioned - https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies

[Dagobert_Krikelin]

A massive thank you!
I didn't know about the addon section. It turns out that the already added TMDB had the correct grouping: https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/615-futura...ode_groups
I just needed to change the display order to Production as per the link. Thank you for the screenshot showing me how to. Totally missed that dropdown.
Everything Looks perfect now!

[elephantLYFE]

Happy to help!
I've gone through your exact trouble-shooting before myself!

[shizenyasuya]

Sorry to drudge up an old thread, but I am having the same exact problem with Futurama. I made sure that I have the TVDB plugin installed and selected as my top choice for show metadata providers, and selected "production order" on the Futurama metadata settings and refreshed all metadata, but it's still showing the air date order for at least season 2 in the title, but the episodes themselves are in the correct order (and always have been) so my example here is S2E1 by production order is, "I Second That Emotion" but by air date, it's "A Flight to Remember". Jellyfin shows S2E1 as "A Flight to Remember" but when I play the episode, it's "I Second that Emotion". It's driving me nuts because I frequently quote Futurama and want to play the relevant episode for my husband who is not obsessed with the show like I am but still laughs at all of the lines. So I go and look up the episode by title and Bam! wrong episode playing.

[TheDreadPirate]

Did you name your files (the S##E## part) to match the ordering?