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I'd like to request the display of whether or not a movie is included in any collections. When you navigate to a movie's title screen, you would see any collections that the movie belongs to. The name of the collection would then be a hyperlink to that collection. If the movie is not included in any collections then none of the text in my mock-up would be shown. Here's the mock-up:

I'm noticing that the Collections endpoints are fairly limited I would like to see: GET /Collections that obviously retrieves all collection resources. GET /Collections/{id} that retrieves a single collection resource. Those are the most important that are missing. Thanks in advance

I'm having a strange problem with a collection. I had one for Star Wars movies, and at one point I accidentally deleted one of the files on the back-end and the collection got borked - it no longer would show all of the Star Wars films in the collection - several of them just started showing up as if they were not part of the collection and I could not successfully add them to the collection. To try to fix the problem, I made copies of all of the mkv/m4v files in another folder that Emby wasn't set up to scan. I only copied the media files and none of the other stuff (.nfo, .jpeg's, .png's). Then I deleted all of the Star Wars films using the Emby interface (using the delete command for each movie within Emby). They all disappeared from Emby, but for a couple of them it didn't delete the media files from the filesystem (it did seem to delete everything else). I manually deleted those from the filesystem. Then I noticed that the old collection was still showing up, so I went into the metadata manager and figured out how to delete it. Then I waited a day. I checked to make sure all visible traces of my entire Star Wars collection was gone. I re-scanned and refreshed multiple times. I even re-booted Emby Server and the Win10 Pro VM that it runs on. Then I copied the media files back over into my "Movies" folder. Emby scanned the folder and found all of the movies, including multiple versions (where applicable). Then I waited another day. Then I created a new Collection called "Star Wars Series". The previous collection I had was called "Star Wars Movies" I started trying to add all of the movies to the new collection. As I did, I did not get any error messages or other issues. Only five of the movies show up in the Collection. I check the metadata manager and it appears that all of the movies should be showing up. The other movies are stubbornly refusing to appear in the collection, but they do still show up in my list of "all movies". Any ideas how I can get those movies to go into the collection where they belong? I have some other collections and they all appear to work normally. I've added a few films to other collections recently with no problem. I'm a lifetime premiere member, and I have Emby set to automatically update - it's on the current version (4.1.1.0) Screen shots attached. Do you need any log files or anything else to help make sense of what is going on? Thanks! embyserver.txt hardware_detection-63698046386.txt hardware_detection-63698022570.txt embyserver-63698022540.txt embyserver-63697968002.txt hardware_detection-63697955844.txt embyserver-63697881602.txt ffmpeg-directstream-b64be569-f9c1-4f15-9501-a320d067afd5_1.txt embyserver-63697795202.txt

Hey guys, I am running into a problem for several days now and I tried a lot, but did not come to a solution. Hope you can help or give me some advice. I have noticed that one off my collection (movie collection organized by auto box sets plugin) is not brought together correctly. - I guess at least. There should be two movies in that collection. They are both listed in the collection.xml, but while looking at that collection, it is only the first movie of the two shown. In the movie library overview - with group all media in a collection checked - is the collection present as an item and right next to it the second movie, which should normally be in that collection. I removed both movies, added them back to the library and did a complete library scan + refreshed the collections via the auto box sets plugin. -> Still the same outcome. I reinstalled the auto box sets plugin. -> Still the same outcome. I created a collection manually and scanned / refreshed everything. -> Collection folder has been created including a collection.xml that has movie items in it, but the whole collection is not showing up. Am I doing something wrong or am I misunderstanding something ?

Hello (German Translation: https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/70452-verschiedene-problemefragen-keine-anzeige-von-musikvideos-filter-obwohl-kein-filter-gesetzt-ist-l%C3%B6schen-von-sammlungstitel/) I've been using emby for some time now and recently got a lifetime license. Now I also had some time to sort my collections. I have some problems or questions: Initial situation: emby is installed on a Synology disk station (both with current version) and the libraries are called via Kodi (verse 18 Leia). I have successfully set up the following DB and after some long evenings I have set up everything cleanly and uniformly. The concerts did most of the work: - e-movies (works great) - e-evergreens (would like to separate the oldies from the current movies) - e-Collection (only from e-movies) - e-series (no problems) - e-Concerts Now to the problems/questions: 1. an exclamation mark is displayed for filters at e-concerts (Figure 1.1). If I click on the filter, but nowhere a filter is displayed (Figure 1.2). What can be the problem? In general a button "delete all filters" would be good. Here I don't see the concerts under music video titles but only under directories. 2 First I set the content type to music videos. The results were not clear enough for me. Then I created a new (second) DB and changed the content type to "Movies". Worked satisfactorily (about a third were recognized). The rest I changed/added manually). Unfortunately the concerts are now displayed in Kodi on Movies (Skin Confluence;Titan is not (yet) possible, emby). 2. DB with content type music videos created. Unfortunately no titles are shown in emby (picture 2). But under directories all existing directories are shown. I used the following structure: Directory "Artist" - Directory "Artist - Concert title" - File "Artist - Concert title.ext", e.g. Andreas Bourani/Andreas Bourani - Hey/Andreas Bourani - Hey Live. This is also how the concert is displayed in the MovieDB. If I try to identify the concert via emby (manual input), I get no results, the screen stays black (not even over ID 380672). What am I doing wrong? - Maybe you can't create another database with the same directory (bug/error/intention?) Before the question comes: Yes I have restarted the server - no change. Questions: 1. can I see somewhere the status of the scanning of the libraries (flashes on me only briefly). So I don't see when emby is finished scanning. 2. In the collection there are two collections with the same content but different names. If I want to delete one of the collection titles, I get a hint that the media will be deleted at the same time. I tried and deleted three movies (I had a backup ;-)). There must be a way, without creating the whole collection again. 3. e-Collection has no picture in the overview. The other databases have drawn a profile picture from the contents. Can I do this afterwards? (I don't want to create and upload a picture extra). If you have questions or something is unclear, then simply ask. I am looking forward to your answers and even more about solutions ... ;-)

I presently have 3 collections for Clint Eastwood Movies, They are "Clint Eastwood-Dirty Harry", "Clint Eastwood-Westerns" and "Clint Eastwood-Philo and Clyde". I would like to be able to create one collection for Clint Eastwood and under that collection would be the three collections above. I thought there was something mentioned in the forum that made the above possible but can't seem to find it. This is NOT a feature request rather a "how to" if it is possible. Thanks JohnnyM

Hi All I have installed the collection plugin, but when I select a random movie then below that movie I don't see the collection? Only a "More like this" (Also how do I extend the list of More like this? to be longer)

Hi having a collection issue. (one of many but that's for another forum ). I am running server 4.0.0.2 on Freebsd (IO Cage Jail on Freenas). I have the default Auto Box Sets plugin 1.2.2.0 Every movie has it's own collection and it's driving me nuts. I have reset, Auto Box Sets, Removed and reinstalled the plugin along with removing the collection, restarted server but it just creates the Box Set for everything! It is set to create Box set with 2 movies, I have changed this to 3 and it still does it. Attaching the server log. Thanks. embyserver.txt

Hi I have merged two libraries server side. I one of the liberales I have some collections. But since collections are bound to a library I wont have them in my new (merged library). Can I move collections from the old Library to the new one? Perhaps direct in the Database //Jens Borrisholt

Wasn't sure where to post this but since much of it has to do with the server update I hope it is best served here. Of my libraries all work fine that have as Content = TV and Content = Mixed. Content = Movies is not working as expected and I am standing before a big decision and need help and advise from the devs @@ebr, @@Luke @@throgmorton. I display all my content in EMC with Throg's themes and have several Movie collections with a top folder which has the images plus a file folder.xml then as many sub folders as there are Movies or Blu-ray discs containing extras, like in the Star Wars or Matrix collection. I need a way forward from here. My main interest is in having a HTPC display my content in the Home Theater. At present I am running server version 4.0.1.0 plus EMC beta .317. As mentioned the mixed content displays the Collection of different Blu-ray discs under one Folder (Group) correctly the way it always has. My options are to convert my three libraries with Content = Movies to Mixed Content which are 108 Animated movies, 513 movies G - PG13 and 254 Movies R rated. Needles to say that requires backup of images and meta data first and it is time consuming I estimate a few days. However since I have no idea what the future may hold and Mixed Content may go the way of Legacy Browsing so I need a suggestion from the devs for a way forward before spending time on changing my setup. In addition I could swear there was an entry in themes in the EMC configuration an entry for Legacy View, was that removed in version .317 or is it someplace else? What are my other options for having 1 top folder with all associated content appearing below it, whether it is something like Mission Impossible 1 - 5 or extras like documentaries pertaining to the collection? Don't have this fuzzy warm feeling at the moment, but consider myself fortunate to have all images and meta data nothing lost during the update.

When playing a collection on Apple TV (not sure if this is the same on other clients) it would be awesome to resume playback of a collection where it left off, rather than having to either start at the beginning again, or manually open movies, which does not autoplay the next movie.

I couldn't find anything in the forums on this topic, so hopefully this isn't covered somewhere that I missed. I'm currently running Emby beta for Roku, 3.0.131. I only have movies on my server. No music. Some of these are in collections. When I put a movie into a playlist that is also in a collection, the ENTIRE collection appears on the playlist. If I look at the playlist on the web version of Emby, only the movies I selected show up in the playlist; no collections. So it seems to work in the web version, but not in Roku. Is there a setting I'm missing or is this something that may get fixed in the future?

Hey guys I almost never share my icons, posters or images I create for my emby server, but this something I've working on today. I was wondering what others think. I kinda like, but I am not sure yet. I was going for kinda the movie theater poster frame look. The other is more of what I have now. I am open to constructive criticism and any thoughts you guys might have. -Smitty018210

Is there a way to order movies in a collection the way you want them. Like marvel movies but not by release date or title but by when they take place. I am guessing this would need to be a new feature request if there is no current way to do this.

Hi! I have some collections (just music) with two different kind of objects, in this case just "Artists" and "Albums". When sync (Android) those objects one by one the sync works great, but if I try sync the collection object don't work properly. Sometimes say "failed" or another times stay in "transfering" state forever. Sync music collections is officially supported? My emby server version: 3.3.1.15 beta Thx a lot!

I would like to have the ability to sync a collection. This could be a collection of movies or shows, but since shows already has this functionality, mostly for movies. It should have the same options as show, such as only unwatched (where it deletes watched) and limit the items.

Is there a way to change the Collection Icon In Emby theater to A Customized One. I have a custom Icon in the Web Client To Replace the One In Theater Thanks Beerman

I don't know if this issue began after the 3.5 server release, but the Collections disappeared from the Mi box Android app. Check these captures. It works ok at the web browser. Check the web browser capture. Am I doing something wrong or there is a app problem here? Thanks.

Hi! First, thanks for this new release. With this last update, it seem the collection folder doesn't manage pages... thus, if you have more than 300 collections (like me), each time you load the collection folder, the server has to pull all image and that create a delay. Maybe it will be a good idea to manage page in this folder. Again, thanks for this new release. Hugo.

Hi! I have a large media library with clips from different shows - sorted by the date they originally aired. I would like to find a way to be able to add all these clips to one place, sort them by date and then watch them chronologically on my phone. I have tried in a lot of ways, but I can't make it work. I spent years finding the airing date of every single clip and adding the date to the name, but in the Emby player the names of the clips are automatically changed to episode names, so even if I could find a place in Emby to add the files, I wouldn't be able to sort them correctly. Also, there are a lot of clips that come from the same episode, which just seems to confuse Emby. Please help me. How do I make Emby stop changing the names of my files? Is there a playlist (of something similar) function where I might be able to sort the clips by date? And if so - would I then be able to watch this "playlist" on my phone (e.g. on my way to work)?

Ciao, oggi ho installato tantissimi media manager e Emby mi sembra quello più completo. Spero che possa soddisfare anche una mia necessità specifica: la mia collezione video è distribuita su più hard disk esterni (che non sono collegati al PC) e ogni volta che voglio guardare un video non ricordo mai su quale hard disk si trova. Mi piacerebbe che Emby, al momento di importare i file video dall'hard disk esterno, tenesse in memoria la label dell'hard disk o almeno che mi permettesse di assegnare un tag o un campo custom a tutti i file importati da uno stesso hard disk. Ovviamente non posso basarmi sulla drive letter perchè è possibile che sia la stessa per due hard disk differenti. È possibile fare qualcosa del genere con Emby? Grazie mille.

The 'Add to collection' option on the 3-dot menu for a music artist appears to operate. However, when viewing the collection, the artists are not there. Adding an individual music album does work. Is this intentional, or is there a problem?

Is there a way to have a movie in a collection and also have it show up in the menu by itself? The reason I ask is that I have several movies that are the musical versions of older movies in my library i.e. Silk Stockings was based on Ninotchka , Hairspray was based on Hairspray, etc.. I would like to have each of these movies to appear by themselves and in a collection (to be named latter) with other pairs of movies.

I saw on the recent server update the following feature: * Allow movie extras to be added to collections and playlists Is this accomplished by placing the "extras" folder in the top "collection" folder?

Ok.... I'm using emby web app, I am looking at "T2 Trainspotting", (it is in a Trainspotting Collection). I click on the movie, looking at all the info and Emby is showing me "More like this" Nowhere on this page is it showing me the first "Trainspotting" Nowhere on this page does it say that this movie is part of a collection. Would not other movies in the same collection be MORE similar than any other suggestion pulled from the internet?