Home Video Library | Multiple Versions of same Video | NFO file

[promiss 0]

Hey there! Great Work! Thanks!

Did check the Naming convention documentation for Videos in a Library -- Home Videos -- but failed to find the following use case:

• Checked also 

Running on Synology 7.2 with Emby version 4.8.8.0 (Latest one available to be installed from Synology Application Package).

I have the NFO Metadata Plugin 1.0.82.0 -- options to Read from NFO are enabled. Options to write into NFO files are disabled.

Use Case:

• I have multiple versions of "Some Video (2014)" - Home Video. So no ImDB, TvBD, etc.
• I have created one NFO file with associated Metadata.
• In a single folder/single file combination all goes smoothly and Emby loads up all the Metadata correctly.
• Now if I have multiple versions I wonder about the naming convention for the main folder, default video file version, NFO file name and then other video versions naming. Tried a few combinations.
• Option 1: recognises metadata for Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014).mp4 and other files are treated as different videos.

Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014).mp4
Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014).nfo
Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014) - 4K.mp4
Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014) - 1080p.mp4

• Option 2: Recognises metadata for Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014) - 1080p.mp4 and other files are treated as different videos.
• Option 3. Same as 2. but naming NFO file movie.nfo
• Option 3. Same as 2. but added more NFO files for each version: end result is multiple independent Videos in the  Emby Server

Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 1080p.mp4
Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 1080p.nfo --> Tried also naming this file movie.nfo
Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 4K.mp4
Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 1080p HEVC.mov

Any option/combination that would make this work?

Thanks in advance for any support!

Edited January 17 by promiss
small typo. added tags

[promiss 0]

Meanwhile I found a reference to Multi-Select -> Group. Will give that a try.

It does group a Video with NFO with another Video but it then does not show the NFO Metadata info in the Grouped Version!

Edited January 17 by promiss
publish result of the test.

[Carlo 4529]

@promiss

Are these actual home movies you or family/friends have recorded?
 

On 1/16/2025 at 9:52 PM, promiss said:

Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014).mp4
Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014).nfo
Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014) - 4K.mp4
Some Video (2014)/Some Video (2014) - 1080p.mp4

 

Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 1080p.mp4
Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 1080p.nfo --> Tried also naming this file movie.nfo
Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 4K.mp4
Some Video (2014) - 1080p/Some Video (2014) - 1080p HEVC.mov

 

Neither of these examples is correct.

You want the folder name to be the video name without the file extension. 
Each video name will start with the folder name followed by " - " (space dash space) then your descriptor then your dot extension.
The descriptor is what will be shown in the dropdown selector in the UI.

Deepwater Horizon (2016)/Deepwater Horizon (2016) - 720p.mkv 
Deepwater Horizon (2016)/Deepwater Horizon (2016) - 1024p.mkv
Deepwater Horizon (2016)/Deepwater Horizon (2016) - 4K.mkv
Deepwater Horizon (2016)/Deepwater Horizon (2016) - Director.mp4

The NFO should be named like the video file with the extension of NFL

Personally, I would turn on NFO Writing so any change related to the video is updated.
You can always keep a copy of the original NFO archived which I do using 7zip. The 7zip archive will be small since it's going to compress each of the small NFO text files.

Carlo

Edited January 28 by Carlo

[promiss 0]

Thanks so much for the feedback. 
Yes, these are home videos. 

Reason why I absolutely need the .NFO file  

I’m using the “home videos and photos” library with NFO as source.
 

Will try the save NFO option you mention  

The only way I got it working was by having one NFO/video file pair for each version: respecting the naming convention “folder name - version.NFO” for  NFO  file and video file named “folder name - version.ext”.

Then after Scan Library, I  manually perform the grouping the videos versions into one. 

Don’t  know if for a home videos library, Emby will ever group the versions automatically. Does it work for you? 

Edited January 22 by promiss

[Carlo 4529]

On 1/21/2025 at 7:15 PM, promiss said:

Don’t  know if for a home videos library, Emby will ever group the versions automatically. Does it work for you? 

Nope, tried a few different things but it doesn't work for home libraries. Depending on need, you could use a Movies or Mixed library type with all Metadata options turned off.