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Hi,
I have a directory containing multiple files from the same film, but TMM detects them as three different films.
/MOVIE
MOVIE Part 1.mkv
MOVIE Part 2.mkv
MOVIE Part 3.mkv
I can't figure a way to merge all three entries into one.
I could delete entries 2 and 3, but then I can't find a way to manually add the 2 other files to the first entry. As a result, every time I update the library, it causes problems.
I could rename to files to something like movie.cd1.mkv, movie.cd2.mkv, movie.cd3.mkv, and it would probably work (would it ?), but I'd like to avoid this solution.
Any help ?
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Which version do you have?
Can you send us the logs?
It works here...
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2016-08-09, 10:38
(This post was last modified: 2016-08-09, 10:52 by myron.)
Ah ok, i see.
Problem here is, that the "stacking marker" like Part X is defined to be the LAST thing in filename...
Have to ckeck, if we could tweak that a bit...
We always use the folder name for title.
But since the movie is not detected as stacking, we see 3 "different" movies in a single dir, and in this case, we have to take the filename...
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Or you could merge them with ffmpeg.
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Remove the blank in "Part 1".
Here's the link to Kodis rules (see chapter 4.1). This works for me:
Naming video files
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This is how I control merging or separating movie files.
If I want to make each part a separate movie item:
Carlos Part 1 (2010).mp4
Carlos Part 2 (2010).mp4
Carlos Part 3 (2010).mp4
If I want to merge files under one movie item:
Carlos (2010) Part 1.mp4
Carlos (2010) Part 2.mp4
Carlos (2010) Part 3.mp4
The example above "Harry Potter 7 - Part 2 CD1 (2011).mkv" should be the same.
To separate:
"Harry Potter 7 - Part 2 CD1 (2011).mkv
"Harry Potter 7 - Part 2 CD2 (2011).mkv
To merge:
"Harry Potter 7 - Part 2 (2011) CD1.mkv
"Harry Potter 7 - Part 2 (2011) CD2.mkv
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Is there a reason for NOT joining them together?
Because if i change this now, all variants might be detected as multipart movie correctly.
Since TMM is a tool for organizing/normalization, WE need to parse this accordingly, to correctly write/rename this for Kodi...
PS:
Roman letters like "Part II" are NOT detected as stacking either
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Actually I don't join them at all because I'm using export function extensively.
If I have multiple video files for a movie, it then populates multiple resolutions, bit rates etc., for a single movie, breaking column alignment.
I'd appreciate if you just leave it as is since it's working fine and flexibly as I posted above.
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Hi,
was this ever fixed as I am having same issue with 3.0.5