The actor pictures are missing. When only using local nfo

[terse 1]

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?

[Luke 39636]

Hi, try refreshing the metadata of the movie or series that the actor belongs to.

[Happy2Play 9352]

Normally will get from internet on import of media.

But are stored in /metadata/people/alphabet folders by name but preferably name-tmdbid-xxxxxx.

But may need more information on what you are doing.

 

[terse 1]

6 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

But are stored in /metadata/people/alphabet folders by name but preferably name-tmdbid-xxxxxx.

Thank you for your reply. I installed the emby service through docker under ubuntu system. After checking, there is no people folder under my /config/metadata.

/config/metadata
├── collections
├── genres
├── library
└── tags

I tried to manually add the people folder to this location, but it didn't work. I didn't enable the moviedb id because the moviedb id matching would go wrong. I used the local nfo only. The file directory is as follows

└── MovieA

    ├── MovieA.nfo

    ├── MovieA.mp4

    └── MovieA-poster.jpg

How can I make emby recognize actor pictures and which folder should I put them in? Because I have a huge media library, I want to put actor pictures in only one folder.

[Happy2Play 9352]

Right but Emby looks up people the same time it looks up media.  What is in your nfo file?

But Emby saves and uses that folder I already showed.  Depending on what is in your nfo file you may have issues even matching people even if folder did exist.

 

[Happy2Play 9352]

4 minutes ago, terse said:

I tried to manually add the people folder to this location, but it didn't work

Did you run the task?

[terse 1]

4 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

But Emby saves and uses that folder I already showed.  Depending on what is in your nfo file you may have issues even matching people even if folder did exist.

 

My file directory is different from yours. emby can recognize all  the actor's name, but it will not display the actor's picture

 

7 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, try refreshing the metadata of the movie or series that the actor belongs to.

No change

 

3 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Did you run the task?

yes, i did,I ran it and nothing changed. I manually added people to the metadata folder. The directory is as follows, but the actor photos are still not displayed

/config/metadata
├── collections
├── genres
├── library
├── people
│   └── actorA.jpg
└── tags

 

[Happy2Play 9352]

1 minute ago, terse said:

My file directory is different from yours. emby can recognize all  the actor's name, but it will not display the actor's picture

 

No change

 

yes, i did,I ran it and nothing changed. I manually added people to the metadata folder. The directory is as follows, but the actor photos are still not displayed

/config/metadata
├── collections
├── genres
├── library
├── people
│   └── actorA.jpg
└── tags

 

Can't be like that as ever person is in their own folder and a folder.jpg

Forgot yes there are two option alphabet subfolder or not.

<EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>true</EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>

[Happy2Play 9352]

Still need to see the content of an existing nfo file as you have providers disable you will not get people lookup.

[Luke 39636]

6 minutes ago, terse said:

 

No change

 

If you've disabled internet metadata, then that's why.

[terse 1]

11 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Forgot yes there are two option alphabet subfolder or not.

<EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>true</EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>

Where is this option,How to adjust this

10 minutes ago, Luke said:

If you've disabled internet metadata, then that's why.

Is there a way to let emby read local actor pictures and information

[Happy2Play 9352]

2 minutes ago, terse said:

19 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Forgot yes there are two option alphabet subfolder or not.

<EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>true</EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders>

Where is this option,How to adjust this

It is in your system.xml default installs is set to true.

 

I have never tested completely offline actors but should read by name from media nfo and match to by name folders in people.  Same name people will be issues.

But still need to know what you have in your local media nfo file.

[terse 1]

18 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Still need to see the content of an existing nfo file as you have providers disable you will not get people lookup.

the actor section in nfo as follows

  <actor>
    <name>まひな</name>
    <thumb>https://www.busdmm.shop/pics/actress/w9j_a.jpg</thumb>
  </actor>

There are links to actor photos in nfo. emby can identify and display actor names,but no pic

[Happy2Play 9352]

Yes basic by name folder may/should work as you do not have providerids.

  <actor>
    <name>Paul Walker</name>
    <role>Brian O'Conner</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tmdbid>8167</tmdbid>
    <imdbid>nm0908094</imdbid>
    <tvdbid>261189</tvdbid>
  </actor>

Emby does not use thumb url at all that I know of, I believe only kodi does.

[Happy2Play 9352]

If you change the EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders to false you will need people folder by name with your own image

If you leave it at true you will need same example above in a L folder.

Since Emby will not use url provide you have to manually get every person image and make appropriate person folder.

[terse 1]

41 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

If you change the EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders to false you will need people folder by name with your own image

 

i change the EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders to false, restart the emby, I added the following file and then ran the metadata update, but the actor pictures still did not appear. Thank you very much for your help. It seems that emby does not support reading local actor pictures.

/config/metadata
├── collections
├── genres
├── library
├── people
│   └── actora
│       └── folder.jpg
└── tags

[Happy2Play 9352]

1 minute ago, terse said:

i change the EnablePeopleLetterSubFolders to false, restart the emby, I added the following file and then ran the metadata update, but the actor pictures still did not appear. Thank you very much for your help. It seems that emby does not support reading local actor pictures.

/config/metadata
├── collections
├── genres
├── library
├── people
│   └── actora
│       └── folder.jpg
└── tags

And does any nfo have an actor named "actora"

My test

  <actor>
    <name>まひな</name>
    <role>GOD Tester</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Paul Walker</name>
    <role>Brian O'Conner</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tmdbid>8167</tmdbid>
    <imdbid>nm0908094</imdbid>
    <tvdbid>261189</tvdbid>
  </actor>

[Happy2Play 9352]

@Lukein my tests it appears so but are all actor nodes considered type Actor when type not provided?

    <actor>
    <name>まひな</name>
    </actor>

 

[terse 1]

6 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

And does any nfo have an actor named "actora"

actorA is just an example name I wrote. Refer to your test，After many attempts, the actor's photo can now be displayed. Should the name of the actor's nfo all be saved as person.nfo? Is there a template for the information in actor nfo? How to fill in the title, subtitle, date of birth, introduction and other information in nfo in a standard way? 

[Happy2Play 9352]

5 minutes ago, terse said:

actorA is just an example name I wrote. Refer to your test，After many attempts, the actor's photo can now be displayed. Should the name of the actor's nfo all be saved as person.nfo? Is there a template for the information in actor nfo? How to fill in the title, subtitle, date of birth, introduction and other information in nfo in a standard way? 

That is why you have to have a by name folder for every person/actor as it needs a folder.ext image and person.nfo.  As for a template you can fill in all the info in the UI to see a working on but here is an example.

Spoiler

<person>
  <plot><![CDATA[Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He became well known in 1999 after his role in the hit film Varsity Blues. However, he was perhaps best known for starring as Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious film series. His other films include Eight Below, Into the Blue, She's All That and Takers.]]></plot>
  <outline><![CDATA[Paul William Walker IV (September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013) was an American actor. He became well known in 1999 after his role in the hit film Varsity Blues. However, he was perhaps best known for starring as Brian O'Conner in The Fast and the Furious film series. His other films include Eight Below, Into the Blue, She's All That and Takers.]]></outline>
  <lockdata>false</lockdata>
  <dateadded>2021-04-22 18:50:44</dateadded>
  <title>Paul Walker</title>
  <year>1973</year>
  <sorttitle>Paul Walker</sorttitle>
  <imdbid>nm0908094</imdbid>
  <tmdbid>8167</tmdbid>
  <premiered>1973-09-12</premiered>
  <releasedate>1973-09-12</releasedate>
  <enddate>2013-11-30</enddate>
  <placeofbirth>Glendale, California, USA</placeofbirth>
  <uniqueid type="tmdb">8167</uniqueid>
  <uniqueid type="imdb">nm0908094</uniqueid>
</person>

 

[Luke 39636]

On 7/30/2024 at 11:23 PM, Happy2Play said:

@Lukein my tests it appears so but are all actor nodes considered type Actor when type not provided?

    <actor>
    <name>まひな</name>
    </actor>

 

Yes.