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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.

Update - 18 July 2024 OK, so in this update you have the option to Prefer Extended Cast Information So, What does that mean? ADM by default gets the cast as listed from various websites as comma seperated values which it has saved in its database (it doesnt connect to these sites). e.g. for this movie (https://www.jeedoo.com/product/1958794-Big-Booty-White-Girls/) the ADM information server will have added to its database:- the CSV data: Somina, Luisa Rosso, Isobel, Mia Bang, Melanie Crush (Click Details to see this information on the site) ADM will then add the cast Names as Entries, but will NOT assign them with a provider id unless it detects one in the server data directory for that person . To do that you will need this turned on. Without provider ids, the same name will link across all records as tthe same person. A provider id ensures that the person has their own unique record. The feature mentioned here (Prefer Extended Cast Information) will not use the CSV Data, but will check the ADM Server for a data file which contains Actors WITH provider ids, like this: Director: Justin Slayer [IAFDG:2a51536e-201f-4a2d-a6a8-272ba1616184] Cast: Boz [IAFDG:6813ec37-79e0-4c24-a645-912ee51d12af] Cast: H. J. [IAFDG:2f75a80a-0fb4-40a7-bffb-0e0c795b98dd] Cast: Isabel Ice [IAFDG:71213e4d-009c-4988-a8bc-01052ec450c8] Cast: Justin Slayer [IAFDG:2a51536e-201f-4a2d-a6a8-272ba1616184] Cast: Luissa Rosso [IAFDG:01e7889a-c8bc-4873-8dfb-8f7a14cb91b3] Cast: Bibi Fox [IAFDG:4151f36c-67c0-4e41-8ee4-8977bc18ec41] Cast: Mia Bangg [IAFDG:55680d57-d9ff-4934-9534-1b63b4873c10] Cast: Simone Peach [IAFDG:017fde93-7a52-4eed-81cd-0cd6a99292cd] It will then Import the Cast Information WITH provider ids. You will also notice that these names are not always the same as the CSV data that may have aliases instead of the actors career name. THere may be more data available too, in this example there is more actors listed with more complete names. If this information is not avaliabe (yet), it will automatically fall back to the CSV data AND will look up if there are any provider ids avaliable for this person within this movie data. This is a further expansion on the update from the 15th July 2024 Because Adult information is so mixed up across sites and can be severely limited in different areas, ADM utilises several different methods to complete the information as much as possible. Currently because of this ADM is not as fast as Tmdb etc ADMv2(18July2024).zip Update - 15 July 2024 Added more provider id support for actors/directors/writers/producers, ADM will check if there is a known provider id for the actor it is adding at the time of adding the movie, this will help to prevent same actors for different movies that have a the same name, but are a different person. This should now make emby create an entry for each individual, and not just one that fits all. Example: Joey Valentine There are at least two actors/performers with this name one is male (gay) and the other is femae (no longer living), However there is a large directory of movies between them. https://www.iafd.com/person.rme/id=b491f839-740f-4129-bae1-4dd4e3b450e1 https://www.iafd.com/person.rme/id=d2e06ba1-b01b-42b5-a4ed-ae9ae82c2d7f This setting needs to be on to pull this information: Disclaimer about this update: Please note there are still errors in ADM database where incorrect information may be pulled, but this is getting fixed on a daily basis, and over time it will be more and more accurate. This is a relatively new addition and will have more and more information in time. This is also not supported in earlier versions, unless download actor images was on. The provider ids will fetch now without download images being on, but there are also a few more provider ids supported. ADMv2(15July2024-Update2).zip Update - 12 July 2024 Small update to fix/address a null results error that was occasionally occuring with identify returning 0 results when there are results. This may have also affected normal metadata scrape results. (it should also address a timeout loop that this was causing) Please report if it still occurs. If you have logging on, you may see " Something went wrong ....." in the GetMetadata Log where this was happening, I know about this - there's no need to report this. It a debug message for me, that lets me know that it tried to go into a timeout loop. Its just there for my own readability. The timeout loop is still there , but this detected and ecaped from now. I still have to figure out why its happening, but with this update it should work like its not there anymore, ie:- behave like its fixed. Although I havent found the root cause yet, this will allow the results to display and be used Thanks @Sid10for reporting this ADMv2(12July2024).zip !! Update !! - Access key change! 26 May 2024 Currently this is just for testing, please post your findings Please blur any pictures you might post and censor your words in the interest of keeping to the forum rules and restricting content to minors. This is an Adult movie Metadata provider. (It does not provide scenes information some scenes and vod are now avaliable if their metadata are available like a dvd (list will probably never be complete), The plugin mainly supports full released commercial movies!) It fetches movie covers and data if available, It is not perfect (not all info is avaliable for every item), if you want something fixing - let me know! This key is now dissabled !!! Use the personal access key 1234 is the settings page. current key is: "15-05-2024" There are currently over 560,000 movies (with covers) in the database - many now with people images!. (currently about 15,000 people images- many cross referenced to alias names too) 26 May 2024 A couple of fixes for MovieList Updates - if file doesn't exist & locked Metadata Data File. ADMv2(26May2024).zip 15 May 2024 I have replaced the internal database update feature, so that it updates differently, Now it will update daily (if it is turned on), or when its ran if its not a recent daily update. This will vastly increase metadata scanning speed, especially when everyone has left the previous version. This is because the internal database is now over 15mb and is now taking a toll on my server as it is being downloaded excessively due to the previous methods. The previous versions updated every single time it detected that the online versions filesize was greater than the offline version and that inluded even if there was only 1 movie added to it, There is no longer any need to update it so often. Turning off daily update in the settings page will also increase speeds. There will be no waiting for an update or any clash waiting for the update file to be released by the server if the server is writing to the file. You do not need it on unless the item you are wanting to fetch was added since it was updated in the online database, or since it was last turned on, or you dont have the database on your system. I have also changed the access key - in order to make users come here and see that theres an update. Any issues with a missing database or corrupt database file, then delete the cached db in emby cache folder - cache\ADM\AdultMovieList.txt The obtain a Key link is fixed, but will redirect you to an information page - where you can also donate if you wish to keep this plugin alive. Older Information 21 May 2023 - Fix Errors of last build * not contacting server fixed (Should now contact the LIVE server) * building collections - should be fixed! (Plugin reports that it does, but not tested thoroughly) * download actor/cast images if available on server (not text metadata for actors) * Fixed Extended Providers (need Adult Provider Id Plugin for this - not yet publlished) - it adds many links to the bottom of your page that can be clicked to go to other sites, and adds metadata edit boxes for these values. - ADM metadata will also supply some of these values like this: Updated database - approx 20,000 new additions 22 May 2023 Update 22May2023 Update adds downloading person images as a toggle in options. Also adds framework for movie requests if you send a javlibrary link, please use the /en/ link Identify fixed Update 23 May 2023 Collections work properly and do infact build Properly! javgg has been changed to javlibrary, the request server is up and running! Everything will work now Update 24 May 2023 A few simple but important changes. ADM now takes live online database updates so that within seconds of the database online updating the information is available to the plugin. Small fix to image provider. Please let me know of any issues Update 25 May 2023 Changed DB Update logging to only show when there is an actual update rather than everytime it checks. A few minor string operations to help make sure there are fewer errors incase of receiving bad data from the DB (Mainly JAV Genres) - the DB is in process of repairing these aswell. Update 28 May 2023 Different search / identify algorithm and detect for library scan. I think its more accurate and faster. However might be a little less lenient of titles that are less exact match of the originals names. Try it, and see Update 17 July 2023 This is a new plugin based upon the old one - a lot of code was re-written. We are now on Version 2. To use this one please remove the old version, and install this one. This version should be a lot faster! - Typically 3-4 seconds per movie with logging turned on, even faster when logging is off! They both have different plugin ids, so they will both be valid and visible together however there might be a little crossover in the code so Id recommend removing/backing up the earlier version. Occasionaly Identify instantly returns nothing. I have not figured out why yet, but do it again and it works. This version contain the FIX to Identify Image fetching that was faulty in the earlier version. Logging slows it down (Disk access writes!), ONLY log when trying to find out if something is wrong! Update 19 July 2023 This is quite a big update to be fair! 1. All searches (except person at the moment) now display Thumbnails (if they can - server now has most images as thumbnails too) in the web dialogs rather than the original full size images this greatly improves rendering speed of the results pages & lowers memory overhead. 2 ADMv2 now has its own Person fetcher, when you click the image placeholder. If my server has the metadata for the person, it will update - even with imdb/tmdb id's if it has them!. - This is a new addition! 3. ADMv2's new person fetcher has a working identify/image search too! 4. Prep work is in place for when I add backdrops to the server. However there is now an option to grab the full dvd (full landscape front & back) covers as backdrops if you wish. If enabled these will show in backdrop searches. (As of today there are no actual backdrops on the server but they will work the instant I add some). On the server the ones currently available are fullcovers mostly for the tens of thousands of JAV titles. 5. Partial Prep work is now there for Extended Cast information, this will be another way to get more Provider id's and better Cast records - which in turn enable the correct information to be fetched by Tmdb or TvMaze. Its not working yet, but the ground work is almsot complete so thats why you can see it. This will get know actor names when aliases have been used on dvd releases and use them instead. This can also be achieved with ADMv2's Person metadata refresh, but when this part is ready it will add it at initial import of the movie! 6. Logging has been improved and split accross files of each timestamped activity. Leave dissabled for speed. Use when you want to find out whats not working and why. 7. Server content has just had a massive update to approximately 280,000 movies! inluding lots of JAV. 6 Aug 2023 Seems something can throw an error in identify. - found the returning nothing error, dont know what causes it yet, but it now recovers & continues. 06.Aug.2023 - 08.51.10 Checking item: Best of Mac Daddy (2000) 06.Aug.2023 - 08.51.10 Failure in ADM Movie Search Verify Item! System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at ADMv2.ADMMetadataProvider.GetSearchResults(MovieInfo searchInfo, CancellationToken cancellationToken) The error was stopping identify in its tracks, and returning 0 results. 06.Aug.2023 - 09.23.46 Failure in ADM Movie Search Verify Item 83! Microsoft.CSharp.RuntimeBinder.RuntimeBinderException: Cannot perform runtime binding on a null reference at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object ) at System.Dynamic.UpdateDelegates.UpdateAndExecute1[T0,TRet](CallSite site, T0 arg0) at ADMv2.ADMMetadataProvider.GetSearchResults(MovieInfo searchInfo, CancellationToken cancellationToken) I have not 100% identified the error yet, but have added a recovery error trap to ADM so it recovers and continues and displays the rest of the results. I have aslo fixed the Identify logging so you can see what its doing and what seach (found) item throws the error. I have also added a log option to show where the data is missing from the server - log XML Errors 8 Aug 2023 Identified another issue with identify failing, MovieList file lock causing Identify to abruptly fail resulting in 0 results when media adding/metadata scanning at the same time uses the same file. * Added a wait until file lock release to the MovieList (Up to 5 Second delay), should be less than 1 sec for any of the ADM processes. This will also work in scanning metadata and adding items to the library, so *should* prevent anything failing to use the MovieList for lookups. Pleae note: that the speed of the search depends of the words you use, if you use something common such as "girlfriend" then you will get 1000's of results and the dialog may take a few minutes to respond. If you use something a bit more precise it may take only a second or two and return only a few results. 27 Aug 2023 Fix for Person Image Identify - Shows thumbs in image search and retieves Images on select. Added Natural Sort Order to Movie Identify 2 Sept 2023 Fix for Catastrophic Failure in Movie Identify Fix for Invalid Key - failure to fetch data Online Database has moved to faster storage 17 Sept 2023 * Fixed Docker / Truenas download to cache failing * Added backup method for above incase it still fails. *Known Issue, logs stop writing at 5121kb.. The plugin still works, just the logs stop. This is a log rotation point in ADM, I am aware of it and working on fixing the issue. 21 Sept 2023 * Fixed Log FIle Rotating (Im not sure if library scanning stopped ADM at the log rotation point, but its fixed now anyway) * Better Update Handling for db additions on live server 22 Sept 2023 * Finally found the error in Identify when it finds many results but fails to display them - THIS IS NOW FIXED!! This was not easy to find but it turns out that it was an easy fix once I found it. The error appeared to be random, but actually it wasn't. It was an error parsing data from the server on a record, so returning an item with null (nothing) to emby, cancelled the whole list of items.. 16 Oct 2023 * A few bug fixes * Ability to add actor aliases as tags Any other Actor/Actress Tagged with these will show when you click the tag (note tags display has changed in the latest betas) 17 Oct 2023 * Fix Thumbnails in web preview dialogs for Person Images and searches * Fix Person image failure when server image path contained Japanese characters * Fix Issue with Provider Id's being sent in person Image lookup 6 Nov2023 * Fix invalid json array in people search, a few other various fixes here. Identify seems to work even better now. * Background changes to server people db * More support for extended provider keys , Unless you have installed the provider id extender plugin (another beta unfinished plugin) and have some enabled this wont make a differnce to you (What this does is provide more weblinks like twitter, instagram, onlyfans etc and allows more ids to be stored for a unique person record id, rather than one that gets misread/crossover with another person of the same name) There are no instructions within the plugin, but you can try reading the original thread. , Getting nearer to an actual fully working version 18 Nov 2023 * Double Date error in Movie Identify Feature resolved - it was preventing metadata assigning correctly * Double Date error in Movie Get Images via Identify resolved - it was preventing Poster Image assigning correctly 11 Dec 2023 * Directors / Writers should be fully working now. Note there aren't that many writers known (wheres the script anyway for this stuff??) , but lots more directors. ADMv2(15July2024).zip

This is another brand-new plugin which is available in the catalog now: Emby Data Explorer Important Note Make sure to clear your browser cache after installation and restarting the server! History In 2016 I was working on Metadata Providers and wanted to see and better understand which metadata is coming from which provider and which information was actually taken by Emby Server. In turn, I had created the MetadataViewer Plugin. Later, it became outdated and I was no longer around to update, so eventually it had to be pulled due to incompatibilities after the server had evolved. Meanwhile, there had also been an idea for a "Backstage View" plugin with the purpose to provide some low-level insights into Emby item data, but it never took off. This month, I came back to some work on metadata providers and I had the same problems again, which ended up in creating this plugin. It's a fusion of the MetadataViewer plugin and the Backstage View concept - with a name that leaves room for more... Beta For now, it's available for the beta server only It's been done in two and a half days, so please report bugs in case you find any How it Works The plugin adds a new entry to the Item Context Menu: This will open a dialog for data display: This dialog is the one and only UI that the plugin provides. Everything is happening there. I will describe individual features in subsequent topics. ENJOY!

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

I mentioned it in another thread, but thought I'd put it here since this looks like a new section--just for posterity. Would like to have a bulk meta data editor function. For example, if I have 750 videos whose producing studio is the same, I want to select those videos and apply the name of the studio to those videos. Similarly, if there is a custom tag I want to apply to a subset of those movies, I want to be able to select them in bulk and apply the tag to those videos (instead of selecting them one by one).

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 have a couple of media folders holding football and basketball games I've recorded. I recently came accross a metadata website for sports called http://thesportsdb.com. Would it be possible to add a field like the other metadata fields to pull information from that site to fill in fanart, description, dates, etc.? Ii'm not sure if it would require a new media "type" folder called sports, similar to tv and movies. I've linked a couple pages, the first is the API for returning information from the db. http://www.thesportsdb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5 The second is example json (I believe) data http://www.thesportsdb.com/api/v1/json/1/searchteams.php?t=Cleveland%20Indians

So Myanimelist has both the original and English voice actors for shows on their site. Recently I have been manually deleting and adding the English actors (as I only do dubbed) but it would take forever. I do have preferred Metadata as English but it makes no difference. Is there a way to have the info off Myanimelist pull the English actors rather then the original ones on dubbed animes pull and load? Would save so much time seeing that I am at about 30TB right now?? Thank you.

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

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

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

edit 30/08/2022 I've updated the script as follows - - On repeat usage, added Progress Monitor when skipping existing STRM files (rather than thinking it's hung ..) - Added Summary page of the New Libraries This also works with TV Series - due to the nature of each episode needing it's own STRM file - it takes a little longer, but works just as well. ------- I've created a simple script that creates a copy of the structure of an existing emby library (file path). It then populates this new structure with strm (link) files back to the original video files. You can then use this library as a new library within emby - and subsequently you can choose the metadata language as you would do as part of the normal setup. This means you can get : native language metadata (if it exists) native language artwork (if that exists) subtitle language as required (you can do multi language subs in the core system) The video file is played from the original library - so there is no need to duplicate the video files. If required, user permission can be removed from the main library, leaving just this new library to browse in the users native language. Usage (windows batch file) Copy the batch file 'libstrm.bat' and 'library.txt' to the emby server in a suitable directory. Modify the 'library.txt' file to match your system. In the example file I have - D:\TV Series\;D:\French TV Series\ D:\Films\;D:\German Films\ Also works with UNC - \\media\TV Series\;\\media\French TV Series\ \\media\Films\;\\media\German Films\ The first path is the original location, the second path is the new library location (with the strm files). Note - the path must end with a \ and the entries are separated by a semi-colon. The 'library.txt' file can contain any number of drives and folders - I suggest testing with a sample to start with. Run the 'libstrm.bat' file from a command. Depending on the number of folders/files - it may take a few seconds or more to complete - but it will show progress as it goes. Once complete - create new emby libraries pointing to the new locations - remembering to set the metadata language as required. For example :- Once setup and emby has scanned the new folders (it will do this automatically if set to monitor - or a manual scan) - all the relevant metadata will be imported. As an example - in my test French library :- Note the French metadata, episode names and artwork. In my test German library :- Again, German metadata & artwork. Keeping the system updated ... Because creating the strm files is manual - to add NEW media, the script can just be run again (via the Windows task schedule ever day for example). If the strm file is already there, it will not recreate it. However, if media is removed from the original library (remember it links to it, it is not a copy) - then the strm link will unfortunately break. It can of course just be removed manually by deleting the strm file. I've added a progress bar to now show when items are skipped (every 100 items gets a # displayed..) Media Playback ... The resulting playback will of course be identical to playing the original file (as it IS the original file) but any playback preferences will be remembered for that library. So if the Audio was set to French with French subtitles, then next time it is played, it will remember those settings. There may be a way of setting these to a library default in the native language - I have not experimented with this. Feedback welcome. (rename the libstrm.bat.txt file to libstrm.bat) library.txtlibstrm.bat.txt

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

So I wish I had the time or pre-existing skills to write a plugin here. I know several languages, but alas... nobody wants my life story. My hope is that someone already involved in plugin development or development in the main server will be inspired by this idea. If Ebooks can be "identified" through Emby with their ISBN, I can logically see a plugin/feature of Emby that would take the following information, generate the appropriate URL, parse the URL for a specific div, and copy the contents of that div into various metadata fields. For instance... The Book Thief by Markus Zusak... BOOK OVERVIEW (see attached screenshot) http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/book-thief-markus-zusak?ean=9780375842207 URL format: "http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/" + full-title + author-first-last + "?ean=" + isbn13 Inside this page, copy contents of div.overview-desc, stripping out the h2 tags and their contents note: isbn13 from above is stripped of hyphens BOOK COVER IMAGE http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9780375842207.jpg simple url format: "http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/" + isbn-13 + ".jpg" note: isbn13 from above is stripped of hyphens ------------------------------------ Of course, this may need to be built into Emby Server in order to integrate the "identify" feature as seen in movies, television, etc. But the ISBN could always be manually input into the "website" part of the metadata, or the "comic vine volume id" since these ebooks aren't going to be in their database. This process can be duplicated for other information as well... Star ratings (see attached screenshot), reviews, and most other sites. As long as those sites are database driven, we can find that pattern. I'd love to help, but time is in short supply.

Recently reset my book & comic library to get it working with the latest version of emby, and noticed that external metadata files aren't being generated for supported files. Tried manually creating/importing nfo, opf, and xml files, but they're either not supported, not being detected, or aren't properly formatted. Any tips? I'm able to edit metadata for the titles, but it clearly isn't being stored in or with the files. Thus far I've tested cbz, epub, and pdf books with manually extracted cover thumbs. On my home machine, I typically manage my epub books with Calibre (I use the current version), and my cbz books with ComicRack (I don't believe the software's maintained any more, however). While Calibre generates opf metadata files, ComicRack usually stores its metadata of the cb7/cbr/cbt/cbz archive files as an xml archived inside the file. Though I doubt there's time or resources available for emby devs to enable the server software to extract the metadata from these files, I am curious as of what the proper method is since emby's clearly storing the metadata that it does have somewhere (the cache perhaps?). Of additional minor note, the current metadata for books doesn't seem to include an author tag, so I've been keeping that data in the title. Is that intended to be placed in the Studio tag or something? Stay awesome! EDIT: Also, any genre tags on books link to the equivalent Movie genre instead (if they exist). Tags seem to work properly at least.

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

I swear the option was there before, searching the forum does not appear to show any other reports of this. Is there a reason we dont have TheTvDB as a Season Level MetaData provider anymore (Emby Server Version: 4.8.8.0)

I recently added the movie Robin Hood Prince of Thieves to my movie library. Emby correctly identified the movie, but the images are for the movie Open Water. When I searched for new images the primary did have an image for the right movie along with a bunch for the wrong movie. All other image searches only had images for Open Water. The cast, description and everything else seem correct, just the wrong images. Any thoughts?

Bonjour, Tout d'abord, je m'excuse si la question a déjà été posée, mais après avoir cherché, je n'ai pas trouvé de réponse. Est-il possible d'enregistrer les métadonnées des films directement dans un fichier (ou dans le fichier du film en lui même) ? Cela me serait utile dans le cas où je devrais configurer une nouvelle machine avec les mêmes disques durs, sans devoir refaire les identifications, car certaines d'entre elles échouent sur certains de mes fichiers... Merci.

Hi, I have 2 tv-shows in my library that somehow doesn't get metadata downloaded. If I go into Metadata Editor (both for the show, season and episode) I can see that Emby has the right ID for the show on thetvdb.com and IMDB, which both has at least some text descriping the specific episode. But the text doesn't get downloaded into Emby. The shows are named like "show name S01E01 episode name", but I have tried without episode name which didn't make any difference. The episodes are located in a folder named "Season 1" which in turn are located in a folder named "show name". I have tried to look at the log files, but as I don't know what to look for it is not easy. Does anyone has any idea on how I can fix this issue?