File naming convention for combined episodes with noncontiguous episodes

The Jellyfin documentation is pretty clear on how to handle a single file that is actually multiple episodes combined in one. You basically just use a hyphen to specify the range of episodes in that file.

Example: See S01E01-E02 here

Shows  
├── Series Name A (2010)  
│   ├── Season 00  
│   │   ├── Some Special.mkv  
│   │   ├── Series Name A S00E01.mkv  
│   │   └── Series Name A S00E02.mkv  
│   ├── Season 01  
│   │   ├── Series Name A S01E01-E02.mkv  
│   │   ├── Series Name A S01E03.mkv  
│   │   └── Series Name A S01E04.mkv  
│   └── Season 02  
│       ├── Series Name A S02E01.mkv  
│       ├── Series Name A S02E02.mkv  
│       ├── Series Name A S02E03 Part 1.mkv  
│       └── Series Name A S02E03 Part 2.mkv  
└── Series Name B (2018)  
    ├── Season 01  
    |   ├── Series Name B S01E01.mkv  
    |   └── Series Name B S01E02.mkv  
    └── Season 02  
        ├── Series Name B S02E01-E02.mkv  
        └── Series Name B S02E03.mkv  

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/

For whatever reason, a couple of the files I have for season 3 of the Whitest Kids U' Know are combined out of order compared to the order on TMDB/TVDB. Episodes seven and nine are both in the same file, and episodes eight and ten are both in the same file. Most of the files for this season are episodes that are combined in the "correct" order, but just these two files are mixed up.

https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/10420-the-whitest-kids-u-know/season/3

https://thetvdb.com/series/the-whitest-kids-u-know/seasons/official/3

My files:

"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E01-E02.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E03-E04.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E05-E06.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E07+E09.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E08+E10.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E11-E12.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E13-E14.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E15-E16.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E17-E18.mp4"  
"Whitest Kids U' Know S03E19-E20.mp4"  

I have tried using a + in the file name (as seen above), but that does not work; Jellyfin just treats the file as only the episode number before the + (i.e. S03E07+E09.mp4 just shows up as S03E07 in Jellyfin). An & also does not work; the episode does not show up in Jellyfin at all. Is there actually a correct way to handle this situation with Jellyfin?

Note that this is an anthology sketch comedy show, so episode order truly does not matter. I just want the episode descriptions in Jellyfin to actually describe the right episodes.

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5 Comments

mydude@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 49d (4 replies)

I would just cut my losses and use losslesscut to split the episodes...

SatyrSack@quokk.au · 5 pts · 49d (1 reply)

I am definitely prepared to just split up the files using ffmpeg if it turns out that Jellyfin really does not have a way to properly parse them as-is.

insight06@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 49d

If it makes you feel any better, Plex could never handle this either.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d

poetry

insight06@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 49d

Upvote for LosslessCut. Wish I could upvote again for the pun.