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I just installed Emby on a fresh copy of Ubuntu 12.04, did the wizard and everything. But i can't add any folders to the media library. I've tired different folders in the system, even a remote samba share but it still errors. Here's the log 2015-12-06 09:12:35.8704 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://192.168.1.120:8096/emby/Environment/ParentPath?path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Ftv. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/4$ 2015-12-06 09:12:35.8704 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://192.168.1.120:8096/emby/Environment/DirectoryContents?includeDirectories=true&path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Ftv. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_1) AppleWebKit/537.$ 2015-12-06 09:12:35.8753 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 192.168.1.11. Time: 4ms. http://192.168.1.120:8096/emby/Environment/ParentPath?path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Ftv 2015-12-06 09:12:35.8874 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to 192.168.1.11. Time: 16ms. http://192.168.1.120:8096/emby/Environment/DirectoryContents?includeDirectories=true&path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Ftv 2015-12-06 09:12:36.8629 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://192.168.1.120:8096/emby/Library/VirtualFolders/Paths?refreshLibrary=true&path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Ftv&name=TV. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_11_1) AppleWebKit/$ 2015-12-06 09:12:36.8759 Info App: Queueing task RefreshMediaLibraryTask 2015-12-06 09:12:36.8759 Info App: Executing Scan media library 2015-12-06 09:12:36.8864 Info App: Validating media library 2015-12-06 09:12:36.8992 Error DtoUtils: ServiceBase<TRequest>::Service Exception *** Error Report *** Version: 3.0.5781.4 Command line: /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe -programdata /var/lib/emby-server -restartpath /usr/lib/emby-server/restart.sh Operating system: Unix 3.13.0.32 Processor count: 4 64-Bit OS: True 64-Bit Process: True Program data path: /var/lib/emby-server Mono: 4.2.1 (Stable 4.2.1.102/6dd2d0d Thu Dec 3 22:49:50 UTC 2015) Application Path: /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path System.ArgumentNullException at MediaBrowser.Api.Library.LibraryHelpers.AddMediaPath (IFileSystem fileSystem, System.String virtualFolderName, System.String path, IServerApplicationPaths appPaths) <0x40875530 + 0x001c7> in <filename unknown>:0 at MediaBrowser.Api.Library.LibraryStructureService.Post (MediaBrowser.Api.Library.AddMediaPath request) <0x40874b50 + 0x0010f> in <filename unknown>:0 at (wrapper dynamic-method) System.Object:lambda_method (System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Closure,object,object) at ServiceStack.Host.ServiceExec`1+<>c__DisplayClass6[TService].<CreateExecFn>b__5 (System.Object service, System.Object request) <0x4080b5e0 + 0x0002d> in <filename unknown>:0 at ServiceStack.Host.ServiceRunner`1[TRequest].Execute (IRequest request, System.Object instance, ServiceStack.Host.TRequest requestDto) <0x40764500 + 0x003d4> in <filename unknown>:0 2015-12-06 09:12:36.9080 Error HttpServer: Error processing request for /emby/Library/VirtualFolders/Paths?refreshLibrary=true&path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Ftv&name=TV *** Error Report *** Version: 3.0.5781.4 Command line: /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe -programdata /var/lib/emby-server -restartpath /usr/lib/emby-server/restart.sh Operating system: Unix 3.13.0.32 Processor count: 4 64-Bit OS: True 64-Bit Process: True Program data path: /var/lib/emby-server Mono: 4.2.1 (Stable 4.2.1.102/6dd2d0d Thu Dec 3 22:49:50 UTC 2015) Application Path: /usr/lib/emby-server/bin/MediaBrowser.Server.Mono.exe Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path ServiceStack.HttpError No Stack Trace Available 2015-12-06 09:12:36.9572 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 400 to 192.168.1.11. Time: 94ms. http://192.168.1.120:8096/emby/Library/VirtualFolders/Paths?refreshLibrary=true&path=%2Fmnt%2Fnas%2Ftv&name=TV 2015-12-06 09:12:37.1664 Info App: Scan media library Completed after 0 minute(s) and 0 seconds

Just started using EMBY and am loving it. Trying to set up a library for my daughter so I can add the folder for specific shows I want her to see. But it doesn't appear the work.I set the content type to "TV", then... If i add this folder it works, trouble is she gets to see ALL the shows and season in the subsequent sub-folder: \\myserver\Videos\TV If I add this folder, doesn't work (i.e no shows or seasons appear): \\myserver\Videos\TV\Glee Is there something that I need to do in EMBY or do I need to change the file structure of my server and remove one level ? Thanks Stephen

Not sure if anyone will know an answer to this. I have a folder that has many films in it. When I view these movies on the PS4 or PS3 many of them show up in the movies folder with a poster to identify them. Others show up in another sub folder, and if I click in those, then I see the poster. Problem is, alphabetically, the folders show up first, throwing off the order. Any idea why some movies are put in a subfolder? They are not in subfolders on the hard drive. Could it be because some are a different file format? When I view titles on the Roku, this isn't a problem, only on DNLA. Thanks in advance!

I like the old way of presenting your media, where the folders where you had content sorted was the view you saw when you entered EMBY. So for example, I have Videos, TV, Movies, Music Videos and Children. That is what I want to see when I go into EMBY and when I go into my Movies view. However, I am seeing something different both when I start EMBY and when I go into Movies. the Movies one is more bothersome as I just want the list of my movies at that point, but it sorts them by putting folders with Genre, Collections, and two other folders. I can't seem to undo this.

Is it possible to have folders setup in Kodi like WMC? For instance in WMC I am using the legacy folder setup so that I can create my own folders and place in it what I want.

I store all my movies in genre folders and i'd love it if it was possible to automatically set the ONLY genre for each movie to be the same as the folder name it lives in.. EG.. Horror\Movie.mkv would have a SINGLE genre of Horror I know it's a big ask and probably a very singular instance.. but if anyone can think of a way to do this automatically, even as a scheduled once a day task to sort them out, it would be fantastic!

Hi All Just started using Emby. One think I see when I added photos to the library, when Click on the libray and see the fodlers, they all show up as 'Telvision' icons. How do I make is a Picture from the folder iself or assign one? Thanks for the suggestions in advance. ~Venkat

Hello, not sure when it happened, but all movie folders are available to all users for my library after a recent upgrade. Looking at the users, they are all set to have access to all libraries (even though I had changed this several months ago). Why would a server upgrade override previous settings? Thanks.

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere, I can't find a reference to my problem. Since the change to Emby I only have four folders, Home Movies, Movies, Music, TV, in my library on Android devices. On my server I have an extra folder for Recorded Radio and one for Videos but they don't appear on my portable device any more. All the recorded TV programmes are now combined with the videos under TV and the Radio programmes have gone all together. Any suggestions what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

Hi all, I have been having issues playing my multi-dics collections since an update for MediaBrowser/Emby in late November 2014. I believe developers have looked into this but I have not seen a recent version fix this problem. Accessing multi-discs was never an issue prior to November 2014 so I am truly confused as to how and why this function is broken. This issue has been referenced in a few threads on this forum: here, here, and here. In summary, I've had my media collection in Video_TS format for almost 5 years and I used versions of MB 2 and (early) MB 3 with one minor issue (which was resolved by the devs). Since I chose to use Video_TS as my format, I used the recommended naming scheme for both Movies and TV Series, adding multiple discs in as folders. Until last November 2014 this worked perfectly. After November 2014, multiple folder entries were limited to 12 parts. This a problem for larger TV Shows like "Friends" or "The Shield" which have upwards of 30+ discs. The 12 disc limit means I cannot access the entire show. Since I know encoding will come up as a suggested solution I will attempt to address that too. I don't plan on re-encoding my current DVD library. I had trouble with a large portion of my TV show DVD's and MakeMKV in the past due to the variety of ways companies lay out episodes/extras. Since Media Center has fairly decent DVD playback capability, the Video_TS approach was the most consistent way for me to watch my content when not playing from the disc. Again, I am looking for any help in getting this resolved. It's strange that this issue suddenly occurred in MB/Emby especially since it was never a problem. If there isn't a fix available, I would appreciate a way to "roll back" to a version thate previously works. Thanks in advance!

I have two different TV folders, on two different drives, here is an example of my two folders: M:\TV\South Park P:\TV\South Park I have both P:\TV and M:\ in my "TV" "content type". As you may imagine this creates two different "South Park" options when I am scrolling through my shows. My question: Is there any way that I can make these appear as one in MB3? Unnecessary additional information: You may ask why I have two different folders for one show: one is NAS for archived WMC files and DVD Rips the other is for fresh WMC recordings. My WMC recordings do not play very well off of my NAS (especially if I create a lot of additional traffic by immediately moving files to the NAS after recording) so I do a nightly archive of older files to the NAS. Thanks!

I would like to have the option to see and play the Music Library on Android as it is stored on the server: by Folders. Could this be enabled?

I have been using MB2 successfully for a few years, but a few days ago I tried out MB3 to see if it was better. I set up my collections in the dashboard just as I have it in MB2: Only one collection of TV shows, but several "Movie"-like collections: Movies, Documentaries, Shorts, and Cartoons. I then fired up MB Theater, expecting to see my collections. I didn't. All I saw was "Movies TV Apps". Poking around "Movies", I saw that it was a complete mix of all my Movies, Documentaries, Shorts, and Cartoons. I really would like direct access to my collections like in MB2. Is there any way to do this in MB3? Thanks

Noticed today my tv show folders have a jpeg for each episode in the folder I am sure they never use to, Anyone know the cause? They are named like this Show Name 22 11 Episode 11-poster.jpg

Sincere apologies if this has been asked before (did a search and couldn't believe nothing came up), but... Would it be possible to expand the already extensive and awesome (!) server service to also arrange and rename media files within each library? The meta fetching is very effective and accurate, but I still use both the YAMMM service (for movies, Blu-Rays and DVDs) and MediaScout (TV Series) tools to appropriately name, rearrange, catalogue and add the physical images and XML data to my collections (Movies, TV Series, Comedy, Documentories, etc.). MediaScout has been discontinued (as far as is visible), but it was an excellent tool - allowing custom naming (e.g. naming format by S0xE0x / SxE depending on choice) and rearrangement of files within each seriies. YAMMM ditto for movies. The built-in server tools already fetch all the necessary data (and, in many cases, more accurately), but (unless I've not spotted the option) it doesn't seem to rearrange and rename the physical files. (Please tell me if I'm being stupid and have missed the option!!) It'd be great if the physical files could be rearranged into series and season folders and renamed into a standard naming pattern - ideally chosen within the server config (and optional).

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie%20naming

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/TV-naming

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Music%20naming

My "TV Shows" and "Stand-Up Comedy" (custom folder) are both showing up as "offline" and the files are not playable through MBC. Notably, these files are located on a specific drive (different than my "Movies," "Music," etc.). The files are visible in Windows Explorer and playable through VLC (i.e., the drive does not appear corrupted). I have tried doing library scans, but frankly I'm not sure what step to take next in diagnosing the issue. *I am running the most current MBC (I updated/installed over an old version re: the server crashing issue many have already discussed in these forums recently) and MBS* Thanks in advance for any assistance!

First off, I have tried to dutifully research this issue on the forums. That being said, this is my first post, so please be gentle... My understanding is that the built-in music interface is meant to utilize WMC's player, which makes perfect sense. I have read that when hovering over a folder (such as an album) in MBC and then pressing "play," you should then see some form of pop-up that asks whether you want to play the entire album, shuffle, queue, etc. When pressing "play" (whether on harmony remote or WMC keyboard) while positioned on an album folder or genre folder, my MBC freezes and will not let me reverse my path; I am forced to logout of MBC altogether. My music plays with no issues when selecting a song directly. This issue does not occur on MBS (and the expected play menu appears as desired) or with the Android client. Thus, it appears to exclusively be a MBC issue. 1) How do I fix this behavior? (log attached) 2) Am I correct in assuming that music genre folders can be played (as in WMC's base interface) with options such as "play all" or "shuffle" or something to that effect? Thanks in advance for your assistance. MBClassic-672014bde2cfca201542a0ba25909c5bb09660.log

Occasionally an entire folder on different hard drives (ie. Action, Comedy, Drama) will be blank although there is stuff there. Restarting the MB server software or computer usually fixes the problem, but sometimes the Action folder populates but Drama will be blank. Restarting MB Server software: Drama is populated and Action is blank. Restarting MB Server software: All folders are populated. Tried adjusting the library for Path (G:\Action) or network (\\HTPC\ACTION) but it still happens. I also run XBMC with the same folders and it never had a problem detecting the files in the same paths. I know how to fix it, but for the family or guests who arent familiar with how to restart the server, it is a little annoying. Uninformed Opinion: Could be that the scan fails when the hard drive is asleep? If I spool it up, then restart the server it will usually detect the files in the folder. Still doesnt explain why it would detect all the files in one hard drive one time and then miss it the next time.. XBMC takes a few seconds to start playing videos if the hard drive asleep but it remembers the media in the folders... hopefully someone can offer a solution. Let me know what other info is needed: server info:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MB Server Version 3.0.5267.16902 (this is the beta, had same issues with the last release too) Notification (not sure if this is related or just a random error): Scan media library failed. The CancellationTokenSource associated with this CancellationToken has been disposed.

In MBC it is possible to mark folders and Box Sets as a favourite - a heart icon displays in the corner and the folder or boxset image appears on the EHS when I have favourites selected. When I enter into Favourites these folders and boxsets do not show up. Favourites seems to be limited to TV Shows, Movies, Music, Books, etc - but no folders/boxsets. Can boxsets and folders be made visible in the favourites section please? Also, on the server client there doesn't seem to be a way to mark folders or boxsets as a favourite.

I am new and having a problem viewing my content in my folders. I can see the folders I created but not the files inside. Is there a procedure or video tutorial for adding content to my folders? Thanks,

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