Logs: “Specials” Folder Adding/Removing

[JazoBurbs]

I’ve been seeing this in the logs with regularly and wanted to get some more information around this. Take a look below. The logs seem to be focusing on the Specials folder (some are nonexistent) and adding/removing this. Any thoughts?

I recall a while ago enabling “Display Missing Episodes in a Season” or “Including Missing Specials” within the TVDB plugin which caused things to go haywire before I think. Actually not sure if they even worked.

Regardless, not sure how to make of this:

Code:

2025-01-15 06:04:46.246 -05:00] [INF] [88] Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager: Removing item, Type: "Season", Name: "Specials", Path: "", Id: 575f6736-cf83-e0f5-687c-2b5d6c3f9c92
[2025-01-15 06:04:46.248 -05:00] [INF] [88] MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.SeriesMetadataService: Creating Season "Specials" entry for "How the Universe Works"
[2025-01-15 06:04:46.499 -05:00] [INF] [66] MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.SeriesMetadataService: Removing virtual season 0 in series "Sunrise Earth"
[2025-01-15 06:04:46.499 -05:00] [INF] [66] Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager: Removing item, Type: "Season", Name: "Specials", Path: "", Id: f7ab040f-2ac8-5250-1454-1dea65bfbe28
[2025-01-15 06:04:46.501 -05:00] [INF] [66] MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.SeriesMetadataService: Creating Season "Specials" entry for "Sunrise Earth"
[2025-01-15 06:04:47.033 -05:00] [INF] [3] MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.SeriesMetadataService: Removing virtual season 0 in series "Sunrise Earth"
[2025-01-15 06:04:47.033 -05:00] [INF] [3] Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager: Removing item, Type: "Season", Name: "Specials", Path: "", Id: f7ab040f-2ac8-5250-1454-1dea65bfbe28
[2025-01-15 06:04:47.034 -05:00] [INF] [3] MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.SeriesMetadataService: Creating Season "Specials" entry for "Sunrise Earth"
[2025-01-15 06:04:49.206 -05:00] [INF] [43] MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.SeriesMetadataService: Removing virtual season 0 in series "M*A*S*H"
[2025-01-15 06:04:49.206 -05:00] [INF] [43] Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager: Removing item, Type: "Season", Name: "Specials", Path: "", Id: 1bbb5413-a794-67b8-31b5-dc9c6bde3f4e
[2025-01-15 06:04:49.216 -05:00] [INF] [43] MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.SeriesMetadataService: Creating Season "Specials" entry for "M*A*S*H"
[2025-01-15 06:04:50.997 -05:00] [ERR] [81]

[TheDreadPirate]

Don't be concerned about any of those logs A virtual season is a temporary placeholder while Jellyfin pulls down metadata.

If you have the missing episode metadata provider enabled (in the settings for your Shows library), it will create seasons for content you don't have.

[JazoBurbs]

Cool. Thanks.