diff --git a/internal/service/strm_output_dir.go b/internal/service/strm_output_dir.go
index 6885173..c83925f 100644
--- a/internal/service/strm_output_dir.go
+++ b/internal/service/strm_output_dir.go
@@ -29,40 +29,22 @@ func strmLibrarySpecificOutputDir(base string, lib *model.Library) string {
 	if outputDir == "" || outputDir == "." || lib == nil {
 		return outputDir
 	}
-	outputDir = stripSTRMLibraryCategoryAfterRoot(outputDir)
 	subdir := strmLibraryOutputSubdir(*lib)
 	if subdir == "" || strmPathHasSuffix(outputDir, subdir) || pathAlreadyEndsWith(outputDir, filepath.Base(subdir)) {
 		return outputDir
 	}
+	if tail := strmMissingCategoryTail(outputDir, subdir); tail != "" {
+		return filepath.Join(outputDir, tail)
+	}
 	return filepath.Join(outputDir, subdir)
 }
 
-func stripSTRMLibraryCategoryAfterRoot(pathValue string) string {
-	normalized := filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Clean(strings.TrimSpace(pathValue)))
-	parts := strings.Split(normalized, "/")
-	strmIndex := -1
-	for i, part := range parts {
-		if strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(part), "strm") {
-			strmIndex = i
-		}
+func strmMissingCategoryTail(outputDir, subdir string) string {
+	parts := strmSlashParts(subdir)
+	if len(parts) < 2 || !pathAlreadyEndsWith(outputDir, parts[0]) {
+		return ""
 	}
-	if strmIndex < 0 || strmIndex >= len(parts)-1 {
-		return pathValue
-	}
-	tail := make([]string, 0, len(parts)-strmIndex-1)
-	for _, part := range parts[strmIndex+1:] {
-		if strings.TrimSpace(part) != "" {
-			tail = append(tail, part)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(strmCategoryPartsFromPath(tail)) == 0 {
-		return pathValue
-	}
-	root := strings.Join(parts[:strmIndex+1], "/")
-	if root == "" {
-		return pathValue
-	}
-	return filepath.FromSlash(root)
+	return filepath.Join(parts[1:]...)
 }
 
 func strmPathHasSuffix(pathValue, suffix string) bool {
diff --git a/internal/service/strm_svc_test.go b/internal/service/strm_svc_test.go
index 68c816d..4019944 100644
--- a/internal/service/strm_svc_test.go
+++ b/internal/service/strm_svc_test.go
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ func TestSTRMLibraryOutputSubdirUsesLibraryCategoryPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSTRMLibrarySpecificOutputDirStripsPreviousLibraryCategory(t *testing.T) {
-	base := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "strm", "电影", "演唱会")
+func TestSTRMLibrarySpecificOutputDirPreservesExplicitCategoryRoot(t *testing.T) {
+	base := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "strm", "电视剧")
 	lib := model.Library{
 		Name: "国产剧",
 		Path: BuildCloudLibraryPath("openlist", "/电视剧/国产剧", "/电视剧/国产剧"),
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func TestSTRMLibrarySpecificOutputDirStripsPreviousLibraryCategory(t *testing.T)
 	}
 
 	got := strmLibrarySpecificOutputDir(base, &lib)
-	want := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(filepath.Dir(base)), "电视剧", "国产剧")
+	want := filepath.Join(base, "国产剧")
 	if got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("strmLibrarySpecificOutputDir() = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
diff --git a/web/src/pages/strmPageModel.ts b/web/src/pages/strmPageModel.ts
index f5e80b7..b470f80 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/strmPageModel.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/strmPageModel.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ function stripLibraryCategoryAfterSTRMRoot(raw: string) {
   if (strmIndex < 0 || strmIndex >= parts.length - 1) return ''
   const tail = parts.slice(strmIndex + 1).filter((part) => part.trim())
   const categoryParts = categoryPartsFromPath(tail)
-  if (!categoryParts?.length) return ''
+  if (!categoryParts || categoryParts.length < 2) return ''
   return trimPath(parts.slice(0, strmIndex + 1).join('/'))
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/utils/groupSeries.ts b/web/src/utils/groupSeries.ts
index 6bbc289..be9adda 100644
--- a/web/src/utils/groupSeries.ts
+++ b/web/src/utils/groupSeries.ts
@@ -197,9 +197,12 @@ const EPISODE_ONLY_TITLE_RE =
 const EPISODE_TITLE_RE =
   /^第\s*[0-9一二三四五六七八九十百零两]+\s*[集期话話](?:\s*[上下])?\s*[:：].+/
 
+const EPISODIC_RELEASE_TITLE_RE =
+  /(?:^|\s)(?:s\d{1,2}\s*e\d{1,3}|season\s*\d{1,2}\s*(?:episode|ep)\s*\d{1,3}|\d{1,2}x\d{1,3}|e(?:p(?:isode)?)?\s*\d{1,3})(?:\s|$)/i
+
 function unsafeEpisodeTitle(title: string): boolean {
   const value = title.trim()
-  return EPISODE_ONLY_TITLE_RE.test(value) || EPISODE_TITLE_RE.test(value)
+  return EPISODE_ONLY_TITLE_RE.test(value) || EPISODE_TITLE_RE.test(value) || EPISODIC_RELEASE_TITLE_RE.test(normalizeTitle(value))
 }
 
 export function seriesTitleFromPath(path?: string): string {