I feel obliged to point out here that the BBC (who makes Doctor Who) doesn’t think that episode is part of Season 7. When you buy Season 7, it’s not included (although the 2011 Christmas Special is, so they think that is part of the season). The 2012 Christmas Special is sold as a separate, independent episode. I’d argue that TVDB is correct (and so is Plex in following that data), as it matches the BBC. There’s a reason even the BBC calls them specials, and not part of a normal season.
on a season page in the actual show it is always by episode number not date.
this is by episode number. there is no airdate view.
the Snow men is a Special. meaning not part of the regular season.
Dr Who happens to be show where for the specials on thetvdb , episode and air date do not progress like a normal show would. just look at it . Ep 66 the Snowmen came out in 2012. episode 67 came out in 2010 Doctor Who (2005) - TheTVDB.com
If you really need to view the list for that show by air date you need to filter like mentioned in the post above this.
also the metadata picks up fine for me with that file naming
@BigWheel Both you and TheTVDb are wrong. The special xmas episode called “The Snowman” was aired right after episode “The Angels take Manhattan” and right before “The bells of St John”.
It seems silly that Plex would fail just because TheTVDb got it wrong. As I already suggested, there should be an option that can force Plex to show the contents of the folder, instead of pulling and matching data from TheTVDb (or any other metadata database).
Also, as I said, moving the special episode to another folder called “Specials” just doesn’t make any sense because then I’ll end up with a folder full of episodes that I won’t be able to distinguish nor know which special belongs to which season.
So, basically, just to resume what we already said.
Your proposal(s):
- Move episode to folder called “Special”. <-- I already explained why this is a bad idea.
- Rename all episodes and include the airdate, then filter by it. <-- This is pretty rubbish as the only way I’d see the episodes in the “right” way is going to require that filter-dance that @ChuckPA described.
My proposal:
Make an option in Plex that would completely ignore TheTVDb and just show the content of the folder/season. Ideally, make that option per-season, or maybe per-serie, instead of being a global option, as the TheTVDb integration usually works quite well.
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Please do the following:
- Submit a feature request in the Feature Requests forum
- Contact the folks at TheTVDB and show them where they are wrong
@alexandernst said:
@BigWheel Both you and TheTVDb are wrong. The special xmas episode called “The Snowman” was aired right after episode “The Angels take Manhattan” and right before “The bells of St John”.
When did i say it didn’t. it aired on Dec 25 , 2012 just like is says in the metadata retrieved in my screenshot
What you don’t seem to be grasping is that Specials are not part of a regular Season on thetvdb. so it does not show up in the season grouping. it is season 0 which are specials not Season 7. Get it? If you want metadata to be downloaded that is what you need to do.
You’re more than welcome to alter all the episode numbers to your hearts content so they are aranged how you want in Season 7 and just manually edit the metadata for each episode. it really won’t take long. I have done it myself if i did not like what the tvdb has. you need to use season numbers in your naming to do that. not aired date naming
or make a feature request like chuckpa mentioned above to have a way to view seasons in a way that includes specials inline
@alexandernst said:
It seems silly that Plex would fail just because TheTVDb got it wrong. As I already suggested, there should be an option that can force Plex to show the contents of the folder, instead of pulling and matching data from TheTVDb (or any other metadata database).
You can. “Fix Match” at the show level. Select Manual Search, change the agent to personal media show. Now you can use any episode order you want and it will show in that order.
