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Hello! I'm newby here and got some unclear issues with a Movie library. During creation Movie library I selected Russian language for the preferred metadata and image downloads, but after Library was scanned I got almost all Movies has Russian poster but English name and metadata like these some other movies are all-english, like these and there are no any Movie that has Russian name and Metadata. I digged to "3:10 to Yma" and changed "preferred metadata download language" to Russian and resfreshed metadata with replace but nothing was changed. I double checked Library settings - they are correct I made another library for the TV Series with the same settings and almost all Series got Russian posters, names, and metadata. what is wrong with the Movie Library and how to fix it? addition question: how to find Unmatched Movies and Series?

Thank you to GrimReaper for confirming that the current behavior is the expected behavior, before I finished writing a bug report, after inadvertently posting it before completion. Request: When using the "date scanned into the library" for new content, identify content as pre-existing when the same content (determined by AniDB, IMDb, and TheTVDB IDs) was scanned into the library before the current scan. No changes are requested to the behavior when scanning new content that has not been scanned into the library before the current scan and the requested change applies only to content that is scanned and then re-scanned at a later date due to file maintenance tasks, such as correcting filename errors or making changes to the directory structure. Current Behavior: Content is identified as new depending on the file path and/or name. Directory in path renamed: Scan new media into the library from the filepath /TV/Show/Season 1/Episode 1.mkv on 2025/01/01 | Date added: 2025/01/01 Scan new media into the library from the filepath /TV/Show/Season 1/Episode 2.mkv on 2025/02/01 | Date added: 2025/02/01 Scan new media into the library from the filepath /TV/Show/Season 1/Episode 3.mkv on 2025/03/01 | Date added: 2025/03/01 Move media from the filepath /TV/Show/Season 1/* to /TV/Show/Season 01/* on 2025/03/01 | Date added for all episodes: 2025/03/01 File renamed: Scan "Bob and Alices Example.mkv" on 2025/01/01 | Date added: 2025/01/01 Rename "Bob and Alices Example.mkv" -> "Bob and Alice's Example.mkv" on 2025/03/01 | Date added: 2025/03/01 Requested Behavior: Content is identified as new when it is scanned into the library and the media was not previously scanned into the library. ... Move media from the filepath /TV/Show/Season 1/* to /TV/Show/Season 01/* on 2025/03/01 | Episode 1: 2025/01/01, Episode 2: 2025/02/01, Episode 3: 2025/03/01 Rename "Bob and Alices Example.mkv" -> "Bob and Alice's Example.mkv" on 2025/03/01 | Date added: 2025/01/01 Observed With: Emby Server 4.8.11.0 Docker: 28.0.4 Image: emby/embyserver:latest

I am not certain if this should be classified as a bug or a feature request, since this seems to be unexpected behavior to me, but may very well be the intended behavior. My libraries are configured to use the "date scanned into the library" as the behavior for the new content date. However, it appears that Emby determines whether content is new or existing based on the file path, rather than the existing metadata. I recently updated a TV show to address a filename ordering issue, i.e., Season 1 -> Season 01, Season 2 -> Season 02, etc. Since this content exists in the media library, I would not expect the date added to change Observed Behavior: Scan new media into the library from the filepath /TV/Show/Season 1/Episode 1.mkv on 2020/01/01 | Date added: 2020/01/01 Move media from the filepath /TV/Show/Season 1/Episode 1.mkv on 2025/01/01

Something very odd is going on with the metadata and the cataloging of my emby server. As I update one piece on my server something odd has happened. Specifically a handful of episodes have been incorrectly placed in both season 1 and season 21. Episode 1074 through 1,085 show up in season 1 and season 21. Even after editing the .nfo file to season 21 for some reason it still shows up in season 1. I even went as far as completely removing the files and the NFO files and then re-adding them and and then editing the metadata through the option in the right click menu. But neither avenue prevented them from showing up in season 1. It's very strange behavior and I'm not exactly sure how to fix it.

This is example to do Plugin Please Try any youtube video Song link https://mattw.io/youtube-metadata/ you will get all info Search Via File name or identify youtube link. Please This will be a Great Options for all over world

I just downloaded the PornDB plugin from GitHub, but it seems to not have worked. Does anyone know any fixes? Are there any emby plugins for adult films metadata?

Adding music to Emby, it is particularly difficult to organise Albums/Artist. It would be incredibly helpful if multi-select Albums/Artists adds the ability to bulk edit metadata like tags, artist name, album name and cover art.

Hi, I was wondering if there was any way of changing the way that artists are listed in for example the view below? What I'd like to do is change the "sort title" for the artists (mostly composers in my case) so for example "Anton Bruckner" ⇒ "Bruckner" and "Antonín Dvořák" ⇒ "Dvořák" , but the problem I then have is that the regular title is what gets displayed, so the page looks like the artists are in a random order, whereas I'd like to be able to display the "sort title" under the image instead. Is this possible? I know I could just change the "title" for the artist to be just their surname, but that won't work with multiple composers with the same surname (eg. all the Bachs) and I'd still want their full name appearing on their pages, just not on the index screens like below. Does any of what I'd said make any sense? Thanks in advance for any help.

i wanted to start a topic to consolidate any knowledge on the topic of scanning library's for emby. so anyone who has info related to how the scanners work. how they are organized in the database. people that are comfortable with developing plugins. people comfortable with database query's cmds. this topic is not designed to have one answer, but on going so anyone that has any new helpful details can put in this topic. so we can work together in fine tuning the emby scanning/updating process. since we cant update the original post with the updates that we have learned so far. we can occasionally just post within the thread what we have learned from this thread to that point. this will help future developers of plugins and others learn anything about this topic on an advanced level.

Hello, Am i missing something on the settings in emby/anime? The only setting i have is the ms so i dont get banned searching up metadata in anidb. i have no choice of genre or something like that. Im pretty sure there was some options like that. Im using the newest emby version, freshly installed. Thanks and merry christmas

Coming from VideoStation, a big disappointment is that Emby does not remember already used tags. So if I have a library with 100 movies with tag: horror, I have to type in the whole word "horror" every time I want to add the tag. There is no list of previously used tags I can simply click and choose from. That slows down the process significantly, especially with multiple tags in a movie, and also is a risk of messing up the tags with typos.

Hi, I use live TV with Emby along its recording capability. I regularly record new episodes of a specific public affairs TV series named "24/60" from Radio-Canada (the french equivalent of CBC here in Québec). The episodes are wrongly named "24 60 2008-09-29", "24 60 2008-09-29 - 1", etc. since they are original new stuff from 2024. I guess "2008-09-29" is the date of the very first episode of that show.. It annoys me because the new added episodes are marked as already seen even though they are not. I guess it's because of their naming pattern. I delete the viewed episodes regularly so the new episode get the old (and already used) name "24 60 2008-09-29". For the record, I've also tried to record the same show with live TV on Plex and I don't have the problem.

If I let Emby edit my meta data sometimes it automatically fills the field Tags. If I edit de music file with mp3tag the information is not shown in the file under Tags. Why reads Emby this information when renewing metadata and which part of the information is used to fill the field Tags in Emby. If this is identified can I do this as well with mp3tag.

I'm trying to get the SpongeBob series correctly into my libary. I have all Episodes in "joined" format (so 2 episodes in one file). This ordering is available on TVDB as "Alternate" order for the API and is also used on IMDB. BUT it seems it's neither possible to set "Alternate" for the TVDB Order Settings in the Series metadata options (only aired, dvd and absolute order are available there) nor is it possible to use IMDBs order for series in general. So whatever I select it just puts the names of the first half of all episodes in and just says the other half is missing... How can I fix this problem? It would be cool if an "Alternate" order setting for TVDB Metadata could be added. See https://www.thetvdb.com/series/spongebob-squarepants#seasons -> joined order for more information. They explicitly state "Usable as "Alternate Order" in API-connected systems" under the joined order format. Regards

Mon serveur emby tourne sous docker, j’ai récemment refait ma configuration et depuis je n’ai plus de nouvelles de tmdb et tvdb. J’essaie de récupérer des informations sur les films ou les séries et c’est impossible. autre point: l’adresse ip de tous mes « clients », c’est à dire moi avec des iP différentes et des users différents, indique l’adresse locale de mon serveur (192.168.1.47). no comprendo Merci de votre aide ! embyserver.txt

Why are some of my media folders getting classified as tv shows when they are movies?

I am new to Emby, and trying to transition from Synology Video Station. I want to save Emby metadata in a shared folder on my NAS (DS718+), so I can back it up & restore it more easily as needed. I created a shared folder "EmbyServer", but I didn't see Emby among the users, so I couldn't give permission when creating it (of note, Plex created a user when it was installed). When I go to Emby Settings>Library>Advanced settings (1st screenshot), I see an option to enter a path for the metadata. I tried entering /VOLUME1/EmbyServer, but that didn't work (path not found). I tried \\192.168.1.153:8096 (from 2nd screenshot below). I at least got a spinning circle, but eventually got the error message "Emby Server requires write access to this folder. Please ensure write access and try again". If I don't see an Emby option among the users, how can I give permission? The 3rd screenshot displayed the current paths that the metadata, etc is stored under. I can't seem to find these folders anywhere on my NAS. I assume they must be somewhere on the NAS itself. How do I find them? I was using File Station, search all shared folders & search all homes, with search all subfolders active.

I am new to Emby (since Synology is dropping support for Video Station). I setup Emby SERVER, and gave permissions to the appropriate shared folders in my video library on my NAS. It is finding my new content/additions OK. However, there is an instance where I have both the original film (1987) AND the remake (2009). However, Emby has identified both films as the 2009 version, even though the actual file names are different (Movie name & Movie name 2009). I went to the EDIT metadata screen. I found the section with the external database references (IMDB, etc). Clicking on the icon on the right brought me to the IMDB website with the (incorrect) movie showing. I did an IMDB search for the proper movie & copied the title reference, then put it in the IMBD field. I deleted the other external database reference numbers & saved my changes. However, all the other metadata remained unchanged. In Video Station, there was an option to do a manual search, which produced a list of possibilities. When I selected one of those movie titles, the metadata would repopulate with information appropriate to my selection (title, actors/directors/writers, description & thumbnail images, etc). Is there a way to do that in EMBY, so I don't have to manually edit every metadata field for movies it incorrectly identifies during automatic indexing?

It took me too long to find the answer, so I am resharing so it is hopefully more prominent. OP did it with Mulvad, I use Surfshark, but doesnt seem like your VPN provider should be a factor: op: https://emby.media/community/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F108801-emby-metadata-will-not-load-with-split-tunneling%2F=#comment-1145985 Fix for Emby not collecting metadata with VPN on, even with split tunneling: Go to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system Edit EmbyServer.runtimeconfig.json Under configProperties, go to the end of the last existing line and type a comma "," press enter and paste "System.Net.DisableIPv6": true Example: { "runtimeOptions": { "tfm": "net6.0", "includedFrameworks": [ { "name": "Microsoft.NETCore.App", "version": "6.0.29" }, { "name": "Microsoft.AspNetCore.App", "version": "6.0.29" } ], "configProperties": { "System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataUpdater.IsSupported": false, "System.Net.DisableIPv6": true } } }

This is currently for testing purposes only - use at your own risk Use on a test library before even attempting to use on your main server. Plugin For Albums in their own folders ! Emby doesnt seem to be able to do this correctly , every track gets the first ones scanned embedded image. Unless i am doing it wrong. ?? But doing it this way it makes absolutely no difference what the embeded images are or what emby does or doesnt do, you are in control. Use it with realtime scanning then you dont have to mess with embys metadata editor, only to loose all the settings if i have to redo anything. You can drop an artist image in the folder or a track Image (I use singles cover images for the tracks- i like them that way) and it just adds it when RTM picks up a change, or a refresh metadata happens. So the EXAMPLE album cover is the 1977 one but the track covers are all different Its a local Metadata Reader , so it scans the local directory when any metadata refresh happens or library scan happens. Set settings in Library Edit screen. It doesnt use embeded images, it looks for an image with the same name as the track name I dont think I ever publically posted it before??? - probably because I never officially finished it! I cannot remember but I think they can be in subfolders too. Anyway it scans the local directories for song track covers, album covers and artist images. - nothing embeded! (supports jpg/gif/png/bmp/webp/tiff) Album covers will be Poster.jpg Cover.jpg Front.jpg folder.jpg 1.jpg 0.jpg f.jpg filename-front.jpg filename-poster.jpg R-xxxxxxxxxxxx.jpg // this one is for directly downloaded discogs R- filename images Artists are the same but name can be hyponated, underscored etc, probably can be in a sub folder. Rod Stewart.jpg Rod-Stewart.jpg Rod_Stewart.jpg Song Tracks Must be the same as the mp3 filename, but with a different extension Album cover backdrops are also supported by the plugin *-backdrop*.jpg *-background*.jpg *-landscape*.jpg *-fanart*.jpg backdrop*.jpg background*.jpg landscape*.jpg fanart*.jpg As it assigns the local image, beware that if you remove the image in emby it will probably remove the image from the drive (I cannot exactly remember if it does or not). I know it just returns a result to emby, so it probably depends on your settings within emby. if you are on windows and want to extract your embeded album art you can create a batch file and use ffmpeg (copy them both to the album directory and run it) Batch file contents - for jpg extract from mp3s for %%f in (*.mp3) do ffmpeg.exe -i "%%f" -an -vcodec copy "%%~nf.jpg" Anyway you are welcome to try it (as always with my plugins - try at your own risk) If you do try it, create a test library first becuase I have not tested the Album backdrops work correctly! - they should... Still to do... whenever I can be bothered. Make a config screen so you can dissable the logging - sorry its just on for now! LocalAlbumCoverImporter.zip Fixed Artist Import Throwing Errors into Emby Main log, and now only scans the current directory (test code was looking in all directories that the artist existed on tracks) LocalAlbumCoverImporter-12.09.2024.zip

Trying to switch from Plex because its crappy Android ExoPlayer was giving me headaches. Now I'm dealing with some issues fine-tuning Emby and need some help: 1.How do I fix the UI when the series name is too long? The controls get tiny and annoying (pic attached). 2.How do I fetch the season title metadata like Plex does?

I have a new problem now, please help me. I am currently using folder.jpg image and person.nfo in the actor folder. Emby matches and displays the photo and actor information, but when I edit and update the actor folder again after matching, the actor's photo and information disappear. My actor folder is called miru. I deleted the miru folder in people and then added it again, but Emby could no longer recognize it. I tried refreshing the metadata and scanning the media library, and also tried refreshing the media metadata separately in the person interface - scanning for missing data. None of them can be recognized. How should I make the photos appear again? Is this a bug? @Luke

Where does emby store actor images when only local nfo is used. I found that there is no people folder under metadata. How should I add all actor pictures at once. Can I put all the actors' photos into a folder and let emby read it?

Out of nowhere, all my metadata images just stopped loading after a reboot. Some images do appear but its the wrong type Logs embyserver.txt

I have the version 4.8.8.0 of Emby in a docker container on a synology NAS. I also have the premiere 'unlock' if that even matters for this issue. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly until I needed to use the Identify option for a 3rd tv series, Wonder Woman. I had successfully accessed, and changed, using the moviedb id, the shows, Magnum P.I. and Speed Racer. The numbered logfile contains at least the Speed Racer alteration. Note that '_sanitized' just means I altered my username. It's the only user w/full perms. The media filesystems are read-only so there are messages indicating writes to the posters/background images in those filesystems weren't successful. That has not changed so I seriously doubt it would be the issue. I've monitored the log file (tail -f), clicked on the Identify option, and received the web error dialog but nothing shows up in the logs. As a point of "hey this would be a nice thing to log feature request", please make that a thing/why is that not a thing? The screenshot files are only for Wonder Woman, but I receive the same error for any tv_show or movie I attempt to access 'Identify' on now. Other metadata editing options, e.g. "Edit Metadata", work fine. Identify just seems to be wedged/locked out. I've also restarted the docker container w/no joy. Please advise. embyserver_sanitized.txt embyserver-63854110750_sanitized.txt