skank 81 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Where does emby store the covers ? Im running emby on pi, but the media is on different unraid machine The pi is 24/24 on, the unraid not. I would like to always see the covers, when i'm browsing emby, even when the server is offline... Is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeineshock 14 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 correct me when im wrong: by default emby saves the data in its own "local" directory (for windows its %appdata%\emby) there is a setting (opt-in, so its disabled by default) where emby can save the metadata in the same directory as the media. if you dont enable it, it will be saved locally this is true for me and the server running on windows but i would surprise me if its different on linux (german. first option "image-material in media-folder save") 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 ok superb thx Will test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 Its working However if i shut down my unraid server, all my covers are gone. I would rather prefer that all covers stay and that they just throw an error when i want to try and play it... Is that possible? I dunno if @ebr or @Luke can answer that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36992 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 22 hours ago, skank said: Its working However if i shut down my unraid server, all my covers are gone. I would rather prefer that all covers stay and that they just throw an error when i want to try and play it... Is that possible? I dunno if @ebr or @Luke can answer that? HI, to do this we'd have to store complete copies of your artwork in the server's internal folders. We don't currently do this, although this topic has come up before and there is an open feature request for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 40 minutes ago, Luke said: HI, to do this we'd have to store complete copies of your artwork in the server's internal folders. We don't currently do this, although this topic has come up before and there is an open feature request for it. Hi, i thought ,if the option where emby can save the metadata in the same directory as the media is disabled (it is by default), emby stores its artwork in the servers internal folders... Guess not then... Any idea ff the open feature request will be fulfilled? Can i be warned if its included? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36992 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Quote Hi, i thought ,if the option where emby can save the metadata in the same directory as the media is disabled (it is by default), emby stores its artwork in the servers internal folders... That is correct, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Luke said: That is correct, yes. Huh, then i dont understand... The post before you said "HI, to do this we'd have to store complete copies of your artwork in the server's internal folders. We don't currently do this, although this topic has come up before and there is an open feature request for it." And now you are saying , that its correct you do this... I'm missing something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36992 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Do you have existing images in your media directories? We'd have to look at an example of what exactly loses it's cover image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 3, 2022 Author Share Posted September 3, 2022 Some yes, as soon as the server is shut down, everything is gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36992 Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Quote We'd have to look at an example of what exactly loses it's cover image. Can you please show us an example? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 In what way? IF the server is shut down, i dont see any covers. I can show you but its just an empty library If i turn the server on, it comes up again after a sync Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 @LukeAny idea? So basically what i want to do: I got 2 machines 1 is on raspberry pi and 24/24 on, it contains emby server but NO MEDIA 2nd is an unraid machine, not 24/24 on , contains all media I start emby server, i should always have ALL my covers of media... even when the unraid machine is offline. It should only look for new media, when unraid is online IF i click a movie and unraid is online -> it plays If i click a movie, and unraid is offline > i get a warning it cant play, but the covers and info should still be there As for now, that doesnt work IF both are online, i get covers on emby server IF unraid is offline, all covers are gone and i have no media Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skank 81 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Other people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 36992 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 If you store images in media folders, the server does not keep a full copy of those images in it's internal folder. That is what is causing this. We do keep a cache of previously requested images, and when a client requests the exact same thing, then that is used. But when the client requests something different (e.g. different size), then it goes back to the original file and that's what is causing this. There are open feature requests to have Emby Server keep full copies of all images internally which would resolve your problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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