tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Im Looking at using media stubs but they're kind of confusing If I make a .disc file it imports but there is no metadata. Do I need to create my own NFO? And if so, why? If emby can load metadata based off a video filename why can't it use the filename of a stub file to get metadata? Otherwise, what do I need to get metadata to display properly? A .disc file and *complete* NFO? Or can I only have an episode I'd in the NFO and hope it matches it somehow? For series do I need NFO files at the series level too. Or just episode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 (edited) NFO files are your choice. So metadata with media or only in database. As for stubs they are no different then adding a avi,mkv,mp4 file. Normally items existing in their own folder and folder is queries making filename irrelevant. /Rebel Moon - Part Two, The Scargiver (2024)/abcdefg.disc Now if all your media is dumped together then filename is relevant and need to be named accordingly /Movies/Rebel Moon - Part Two, The Scargiver (2024).disc Media Stubs | Emby Documentation Edited April 21 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Okay so it looks like as soon as I add an NFO emby decided not to fetch metadata. How would I go about merging fetched metadata with my NFO? I'm hoping to have an NFO that only contains a single tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 minute ago, tOLJY said: Okay so it looks like as soon as I add an NFO emby decided not to fetch metadata. How would I go about merging fetched metadata with my NFO? I'm hoping to have an NFO that only contains a single tag What are your library setting? As you have NFO reader/writer settings along with specific metadata providers. May need to see a server log for a specific example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 (edited) I have NFO read turned on, bro write turned off I have all metadata sources turned on, tvdb is first Edited April 21 by tOLJY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 (edited) My use case here is that I just want to track things I'm watching on other services. So I have an NFO with a single tag - "This episode is on Netflix" Alongside this if I use a .disc file, emby does not load any episode metadata However, if I instead use a zero byte .AVI file, it works flawlessly and simply adds my tag to the tvdb sourced metadata Edit: seems to work fine if I use an empty .strm file alongside my nfo Edited April 21 by tOLJY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Not sure I follow as I just added a Show with episodes and a formated nfo with only tag node. {filename}.nfo <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <episodedetails> <tag>This episode is on Netflix</tag> </episodedetails> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Doesn't work for me Only works if I configure it like your screenshot, and then make episode 2 a strm file or a real media extension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 But yes if you want tags on the Show and the episodes you need nfos at each level. As what I showed above only tags the episode. Just now, tOLJY said: Doesn't work for me Only works if I configure it like your screenshot, and then make episode 2 a strm file or a real media extension No idea without complete examples as if it works for those extensions it should work for disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Can you show what your tvshow.nfo is? I have a feeling it can't match the show, so explicitly telling it via that file may work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 minute ago, tOLJY said: Can you show what your tvshow.nfo is? I have a feeling it can't match the show, so explicitly telling it via that file may work I made it after making the show but almost same as episode above. tvshow.nfo <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <tvshow> <tag>This episode is on Netflix</tag> </tvshow> Will test again adding it first to see if I see a difference in import. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Dropped all the same files into a new Series "Tracker (2024)" folder Same results So one template for any given Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 You should be able to rename the folder to any show you want. Any Stub (Rename to any Show).zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Copied your zip file contents in and still end up with the attached Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 What does it show for Multi-Version? I have no idea as it should be impossible to get multi-version with what I provided unless you already have the Show. Are you sure your providers are enabled? This is all I enabled on the library along with nfo reader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tOLJY 15 Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Not sure how versions got in there, it's gone now though? I have all metadata providers enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 I am out of ideas but if strm work then so be it. The only difference should be playback error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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