Series Optimisation doesn't trigger when new episode added to empty series

Robmonster
Fri, 30 May 2025 09:07:33 +0000
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I have a few ongoing series that require conversions to play properly my end and so I have set up a Series Optimisation, limited to 2 items.

This works fine if I am behind watching a series and there is a backlog to watch. for example, if I have 6 episodes in the library the first two are converted. i watch and delete episode 1 which triggers the conversion of episode 3. All fine.

The problem occurs when I am caught up on a series.

In the example above, if I watch episode 6, and delete it and then a day or so later add episode 7 it does /not/ trigger the Optimisation.

The ‘Optimised Versions’ section within settings still shows the series optimisation request, but the series icon is now blank and nothing I do will trigger that optimisation. I have to delete the optimisation request completely and recreate it, then it starts working as normal

I hope this makes sense.

Is there a fix for this?

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