Audiobooks not organizing by name

[pwnage2demax]

Hey! First time poster, currently switching over from Plex. Audiobooks if I add them to Jellyfin as music? Will organize by name correctly (but then lose the ability to resume playback) If added as Books? Can resume playback but they will not organize as name correctly. If I click on the sidebar to view by #, A, B, C, etc only # will display the books. Attached is example from Jellyfin, Plex, Itunes, and how the files are stored in Windows. Have tried with and without Bookshelf enabled, just can't seem to get the organize by name to work at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as this is the last step I need to fully convert over. Using the server version 10.10.3

Ps Please don't recommend another app, I would like to (if possible) rely on Jellyfin only

[TheDreadPirate]

How are the files named and what are the embedded titles?

[pwnage2demax]

Audiobooks > Folder with audiobook > Audiobook.m4b

Used Itunes to add all the data from Audible manually.

They organize just fine if added as Music, but not as Books

[TheDreadPirate]

I did some testing.  It looks like Jellyfin uses the embedded title.  Not the folder or file name.

   

Code:

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'Ada, or Ardor꞉ A Family Chronicle [B005MKCCC2].m4b':
  Metadata:
    major_brand    : isom
    minor_version  : 512
    compatible_brands: iso2mp41M4A M4B
    creation_time  : 2020-06-21T04:56:30.000000Z
    genre          : Literature & Fiction, Classics
    title          : Ada, or Ardor
    artist          : Vladimir Nabokov
    album_artist    : Vladimir Nabokov
    album          : Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle  (Unabridged)

Does the naming that appears in Jellyfin when in a books library match up with the embedded title of the files?

[pwnage2demax]

It looks so? The title matches.

[TheDreadPirate]

So it looks like Plex was using the folder name, or a combination of folder name and album, while Jellyfin uses the title field for books.

[pwnage2demax]

All the audiobooks have the titles filled out like above, and match with Jellyfin, they just won't organize at all - they all show up randomly. Sorting by name either way, or even by folder, doesn't organize them alphabetically

[pwnage2demax]

Found a fix - if I create a library (Music) first with the Audiobooks, then create a library (Books) with them? They seem to organize just fine by Name or Folder. Don't know what the issue is but if anyone else runs into the same problem, I hope this helps!

[TheDreadPirate]

In the screenshot you shared, the only issue I see is that Jellyfin is including "The" when alphabetizing. Which is different than other library types where "The" is ignored for the purposes of sorting.

But, within the context of including "the" for sorting, it looks like it is sorting properly.

But I suspect the inclusion of "the" for sorting is an oversight or bug.

Can you submit a github issue?

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/issues

[pwnage2demax]

I shall do that!