Recorded Channel Groupings (Jellyfin)

[Swindiff]

Does anyone know why my recordings are grouped correctly in the NextPVR web client, but in the Jellyfin plugin, a couple of shows have been grouped under "others"

[mvallevand]

My vague recollection is the old, and basically unmaintained PVR API that Jellyfin took from MediaBrowser (pre Emby) only grouped series into folders. What does A Place in Sun look like here.

http://localhost:8866/service?method=rec...ormat=json

IF it is a year does that show up when you pick an episode?

Martin

[Swindiff]

Ignore

[Swindiff]

{
"recordings": [
{
"id": 909,
"name": "A Place in the Sun",
"desc": "Golf fan Peggy can't think of anywhere else she'd rather buy a holiday home than on Spain's Costa del Sol. Danni Menzies tees up five properties for \u00A3115k, but will any score a hole in one?",
"subtitle": "",
"group": "A Place in the Sun",
"startTime": 1743928200,
"duration": 2389,
"firstrun": true,
"epgEventId": 1030608,
"status": "ready",
"size": 133966928,
"quality": "QUALITY_DEFAULT",
"channel": "More4",
"channelId": 7365,
"blue": false,
"green": false,
"yellow": false,
"red": false,
"prePadding": 0,
"postPadding": 0,
"file": "D:\\NextPVR Recordings\\A Place in the Sun\\A Place in the Sun_20250406_09301025.ts",
"playbackPosition": 2069,
"played": true,
"reason": "Recording cancelled early (10:09)",
"recurring": true,
"recurringParent": 64
},
{
"id": 943,
"name": "A Place in the Sun",
"desc": "Sue and Brian love the Spanish culture and lifestyle, and want their very own holiday home in the charming town of Axarqu\u00EDa. Can Jasmine Harman find their perfect place for \u00A3180,000?",
"subtitle": "",
"group": "A Place in the Sun",
"startTime": 1743931500,
"duration": 3900,
"firstrun": true,
"epgEventId": 1037886,
"status": "ready",
"size": 211769664,
"quality": "QUALITY_DEFAULT",
"channel": "More4",
"channelId": 7425,
"blue": false,
"green": false,
"yellow": false,
"red": false,
"prePadding": 0,
"postPadding": 0,
"file": "D:\\NextPVR Recordings\\A Place in the Sun\\A Place in the Sun_20250406_10251130.ts",
"recurring": true,
"recurringParent": 64
},


etc...

[Swindiff]

I will see what it looks like on Kodi when I get home. I am using NextPVR addon for Kodi

[Swindiff]

Recordings are grouped as expected in Kodi.

[mvallevand]

Kodi doesn't have to be a series so it should be like NextPVR

Martin

[Swindiff]

Does what I posted help. I don't know what designates it as a series?

[mvallevand]

The data from NextPVR confirmed my original thought that your guide data is not providing S/E information. https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/ kind of shows how the S/E hierarchy relates to a series.

One solution might be another data source. The reason I asked about the year on "A Place in the Sun" is my provider Schedules Direct doesn't always provide the episode number on all its episodes, just the year as the season. It isn't really episodic the sub title for the show is the key not the episode number.

I know Emby improved the PVR code after the Mediabrowser split and made this more logical. As a result I think Jellfyfin PVR really needs a lot of work to be anything but basic PVR so you have to live with the warts.

Martin

[Swindiff]

Thanks for the explanation Martin.