Arterius 0 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Apologies if this is in the wrong forum, but I am currently running emby from a Synology NAS. I've encountered a problem that I'm not sure how to resolve. When I ripped The Office, I incorrectly labeled some of the media files. For example S05E07 is actually supposed to be S05E06. Metadata was scanned and then the issue was discovered. I've corrected these errors by renaming all my media correctly. I rely on the Metadata Updater to take care of handling metadata. I deleted the erroneous metadata (nfo) files that were save adjacent to the media, however in the UI (either web or Roku), the wrong media is associated with the metadata. For example, when I look at the metadata for S05E07, it shows the correct metadata (Business Trip) however it is associated with S05E06.mp4. And this is after I "refreshed" the metadata. I suspect the erroneous correlation is in cache somewhere, but I'm not clear on how to refresh that. Any help is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReaper 3334 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Try removing both S05E06 and S05E07, run scan media library, put them back, scan again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arterius 0 Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 Oddly enough, that ended up working, with some additional steps. After numerous attempts to get Emby to rescan the folder, I had to entirely nuke the Season 5 folder, scan the library, restart the service, copy the Season 5 folder back, then force a rescan. It's as though there was some hanging metadata around somewhere that was causing the server to not want to recognize the "correct" media files. I'm curious, though, of where the metadata is coming from if not from the NFO files, and if there's a reliable way to modify that? It's odd that I had to go through a number of steps to get it to work (though, I work in appdev, so I understand that sometimes complex systems don't always account for extreme edge cases and you just have to do whatever works). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37289 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 5 hours ago, Arterius said: Oddly enough, that ended up working, with some additional steps. After numerous attempts to get Emby to rescan the folder, I had to entirely nuke the Season 5 folder, scan the library, restart the service, copy the Season 5 folder back, then force a rescan. It's as though there was some hanging metadata around somewhere that was causing the server to not want to recognize the "correct" media files. I'm curious, though, of where the metadata is coming from if not from the NFO files, and if there's a reliable way to modify that? It's odd that I had to go through a number of steps to get it to work (though, I work in appdev, so I understand that sometimes complex systems don't always account for extreme edge cases and you just have to do whatever works). Hi, what metadata fetchers are enabled on the library and in what order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arterius 0 Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 I only have the one, NFO Metadata (v1.0.70.0). And at this point, I'm not sure how the library got into that state, so I doubt I could easily attempt to reproduce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8377 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, Arterius said: I only have the one, NFO Metadata (v1.0.70.0). And at this point, I'm not sure how the library got into that state, so I doubt I could easily attempt to reproduce. What providers are enabled on the library and in what order? Info will come from primarily the nfo but you have the online providers also. I believe the issue came from deleting the nfo file itself as that will not clear the info already in the database. But yes, it could be really difficult to reproduce. So individual issue like this will usually require content remove, full library scan to clear the database, and readding or Identify as Show level to reidentify everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37289 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 16 hours ago, Arterius said: I only have the one, NFO Metadata (v1.0.70.0). And at this point, I'm not sure how the library got into that state, so I doubt I could easily attempt to reproduce. What internet metadata fetchers are enabled, and in what order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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