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[Bug]: Separate folders / books listed as a single book #528

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opened 2026-04-24 23:12:05 +02:00 by adam · 5 comments
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:12:05 +02:00
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Originally created by @MadBobUK on GitHub (Jul 13, 2022).

Describe the issue

List of books in series folders under single author shown as one book with errors

Quite a lot of the books are numbered as the series Undead Part 1, Undead Part 2 etc.

see attached file for file/folder structure

Steps to reproduce the issue

Audiobooks.txt

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audiobookshelf@2.0.23 (Windows 10 Docker)

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Originally created by @MadBobUK on GitHub (Jul 13, 2022). ### Describe the issue List of books in series folders under single author shown as one book with errors Quite a lot of the books are numbered as the series Undead Part 1, Undead Part 2 etc. see attached file for file/folder structure ### Steps to reproduce the issue [Audiobooks.txt](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/files/9104489/Audiobooks.txt) ### Audiobookshelf version audiobookshelf@2.0.23 (Windows 10 Docker) ### How are you running audiobookshelf? Docker
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adam commented 2026-04-24 23:12:07 +02:00
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@Benni-chan commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2022):

I could reproduce the issue.

If I copy a folder with multiple subfolders all at once, I get one audiobook with multiple files.

If I first create the series folder and then only copy one subfolder with one book and wait until it got imported in ABS and only then copy the remaining books, then I have every book in abs as it should be.

In my case the folder structure is:
\John Scalzi\Old Man's War\John Scalzi - Old Man's War [01] - Old Man's War\Old Man's War 01 - Old Man's War (William Dufris).m4b
\John Scalzi\Old Man's War\John Scalzi - Old Man's War [02] - The Ghost Brigades\Old Man's War 02 - The Ghost Brigades (William Dufris).m4b
and so on...

Edit:
One more thing. When I imported these Books the first time and I got only one book, there was a text file in the series folder.
\John Scalzi\Old Man's War\info.txt

I just tested again. This text file caused ABS to import this as one book.

@Benni-chan commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2022): I could reproduce the issue. If I copy a folder with multiple subfolders all at once, I get one audiobook with multiple files. If I first create the series folder and then only copy one subfolder with one book and wait until it got imported in ABS and only then copy the remaining books, then I have every book in abs as it should be. In my case the folder structure is: \John Scalzi\Old Man's War\John Scalzi - Old Man's War [01] - Old Man's War\Old Man's War 01 - Old Man's War (William Dufris).m4b \John Scalzi\Old Man's War\John Scalzi - Old Man's War [02] - The Ghost Brigades\Old Man's War 02 - The Ghost Brigades (William Dufris).m4b and so on... Edit: One more thing. When I imported these Books the first time and I got only one book, there was a text file in the series folder. \John Scalzi\Old Man's War\info.txt I just tested again. This text file caused ABS to import this as one book.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:12:08 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2022):

@Benni-chan I just tried to reproduce this following your method and the books pulled in individually.

To test this I created the folder structure outside of my library first.
/Author Name/Series Name/Book A/Track.mp3
/Author Name/Series Name/Book B/Track.mp3

Then I copied the Author Name folder and pasted it inside my audiobookshelf library folder. The scanner correctly identified both books.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2022): @Benni-chan I just tried to reproduce this following your method and the books pulled in individually. To test this I created the folder structure outside of my library first. `/Author Name/Series Name/Book A/Track.mp3` `/Author Name/Series Name/Book B/Track.mp3` Then I copied the `Author Name` folder and pasted it inside my audiobookshelf library folder. The scanner correctly identified both books.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:12:08 +02:00
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@Benni-chan commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2022):

As I posted in my Edit above, the merging was caused by a text file inside the series folder.
If you create a text file at /Author Name/Series Name/textfile.txt and then copy the folder, then you get one merged audiobook.
usually i don't have any files in the series folder but maybe abs should ignore any non audiofiles on that level.

@Benni-chan commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2022): As I posted in my Edit above, the merging was caused by a text file inside the series folder. If you create a text file at /Author Name/Series Name/textfile.txt and then copy the folder, then you get one merged audiobook. usually i don't have any files in the series folder but maybe abs should ignore any non audiofiles on that level.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:12:08 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2022):

Thanks for the clarification. I have made an update that will be included in the next release.

With this update I tested by creating this folder structure outside of my library first.
/Author Name/random text file.txt
/Author Name/Series Name/random text file.txt
/Author Name/Series Name/Book A/Track.mp3
/Author Name/Series Name/Book B/Track.mp3

Adding a text file inside the author and the series folder. Then copied the Author Name folder into my library folder. The scanner correctly identified both books.

Important to note that the "book" media type will consider any audio file OR ebook file as a valid media file. Which means had I stored a PDF, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, CBR or CBZ instead of a TXT file inside the series or author folder then it would treat that entire folder as a single item.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 19, 2022): Thanks for the clarification. I have made an update that will be included in the next release. With this update I tested by creating this folder structure outside of my library first. `/Author Name/random text file.txt` `/Author Name/Series Name/random text file.txt` `/Author Name/Series Name/Book A/Track.mp3` `/Author Name/Series Name/Book B/Track.mp3` Adding a text file inside the author and the series folder. Then copied the `Author Name` folder into my library folder. The scanner correctly identified both books. Important to note that the "book" media type will consider any audio file OR ebook file as a valid media file. Which means had I stored a PDF, EPUB, MOBI, AZW3, CBR or CBZ instead of a TXT file inside the series or author folder then it would treat that entire folder as a single item.
adam commented 2026-04-24 23:12:09 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2022):

Fixed in v2.1.1

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Jul 31, 2022): Fixed in [v2.1.1](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.1.1)
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