tp546 39 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I'm really frustrated because I recently turned on internet metadata simply to get the upcoming TV plugin working and now MB seems to keep deleting my metadata after it finds the new media (in most cases, after I have already entered the metadata using metabrowser). How do I prevent this from happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp546 39 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 I added Sunday's Super Bowl to my collection, manually added the metadata and backed up the file, hit refresh in MBC, and it deleted all the metadata I populated. I copied the backup, hit refresh again, deleted it. Why would it do that? This makes no sense to me and this is exactly the type of thing that made me hesitant to turn this feature on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37114 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 because you told it to do that. that's what refreshing does. do you have internet providers turned on globally and does the sports content exist in a library type that uses internet metadata? (e.g. movies, tv, unset). if so then that's your reason. you can reclassify the library as home videos because there's no internet metadata with those. you can also try to use some of the locking features in the metadata manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp546 39 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 i have the folder set as movies based on your recommendation to get trailers working - is there something else i can change it to that supports trailers but won't delete my metadata? why in the world would refreshing delete metadata that is already present? that makes no sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37114 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 why in the world would clicking refresh make any changes at all then? the server is not a mind reader. it does what you tell it to do. so the answer right now is no, you gauge the pros and cons of the different library types. you can also pursue what i mentioned in my previous post. you could also try disabling some metadata services in configuration, although that may cause other features to not be available as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp546 39 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 why in the world would clicking refresh make any changes at all then? the server is not a mind reader. it does what you tell it to do. i wasn't intending it to make any changes - i was asking that it refresh the metadata from the server that i just added, not for it to look on the internet and if it didn't find anything to delete everything i just populated. is there an option to only add missing metadata and not delete anything that already exists? that would make much more sense to me. is it possible to disable metadata services only for specific folders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37114 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 yes, in the web interface, but mbc doesn't expose those. so it performs the refresh with default options. separate metadata services settings per folder, no, but planned for the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp546 39 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 so if i lock the folder in the metadata manager and copy my backup file into the folder and then refresh in MBC, i should get the metadata i populated, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Just don't hit refresh in MBC. Then you'll get whatever metadata is defined for that item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp546 39 Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Just don't hit refresh in MBC. Then you'll get whatever metadata is defined for that item. i wasn't getting that though because i had just updated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphi 83 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 library scan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14930 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 i wasn't getting that though because i had just updated it. Simply re-starting MBC would give you fresh data and/or waiting 30-60 seconds and it should update automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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