Hi guys! How do you sort this series so it shows properly on Jellyfin? It's a bit messy on my system. If I leave it as Sonarr downloads it, as in: The Haunting -Season 1 -Season 2

Then Jellyfin will show episodes of second season as if they're all part of Season 1, just duplicated. Of course if you play them you will watch the second season episodes, but they're in the order as in S01E01 (shows as such), S02E01 (shows again as S01E01), S01E02 (correct), S02E02 (showing as S01E01)...and so on.

I just tried renaming them as: -The Haunting on Hill House -The Haunting on Bly Manor This fixes the S01, as it shows everything as it should (well, in the subfolder Season 1 on Jellyfin, but that's fair I guess). However for Bly Manor it reads it as if it's again episodes of the Hill House. What am I doing wrong, and how can I sort this mess? Ideally in a manner that Sonarr also catches it, so it won't try to re-download everything if I don't pay attention, as this second method doesn't seem to agree with Sonarr (as it's expecting everything under the same single folder).

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

These Netflix miniseries are catalogued on both IMDB and likely more importantly The Movie Db (the default Jellyfin metadata agent, possibly what you’re using if you’ve not changed it) as 2 different shows. Not 2 seasons of 1 show.

The Haunting of Hill House (2018): https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/72844-the-haunting
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020): https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/109958-the-haunting-of-bly-manor/seasons

Hill House is 10 episodes. Bly Manor is 9 episodes.

So you should have 2 top level folders under your TV show folder using them names, folder structure:

—[Root folder] Shows ——[Folder] The Haunting of Hill House (2018) ———[Sub folder] Season 1 ——[Folder] The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020) ———[Sub folder] Season 1

If in doubt always follow what the metadata agent you’re using in Jellyfin has on their app/website. I’ve never had an issue when doing this.