Bulk Meta Data Editor

[Chyron 248]

I use Tiny Media Manager to edit tags in bulk, works okay. Highlight all desired movies, bulk edit, add tag, done.  Has lots of filtering options which makes it easier to find what you're looking for too.

 

Modifying embedded tags doesn't always affect entries in Emby; and not all metadata fields in Emby have corresponding embedded tag fields, such as Title Sort, in addition to user-permissions-related tags specific to Emby. Further, different file types don't always embed the same tags or in the same fashion, such as mp4s when compared to mkvs.

 

So using an external tag editor isn't a catch-all solution.

Edited May 13, 2019 by chyron8472

[Traxxus 5]

Modifying embedded tags doesn't always affect entries in Emby; and not all metadata fields in Emby have corresponding embedded tag fields, such as Title Sort, in addition to user-permissions-related tags specific to Emby. Further, different file types don't always embed the same tags or in the same fashion, such as mp4s when compared to mkvs.

 

So using an external tag editor isn't a catch-all solution.

It's modifying the nfo via <tag> </tag>, not embedded tags. 

[funwithmedia 368]

I use Tiny Media Manager to edit tags in bulk, works okay. Highlight all desired movies, bulk edit, add tag, done.  Has lots of filtering options which makes it easier to find what you're looking for too.

 

 

It's modifying the nfo via <tag> </tag>, not embedded tags. 

Hmm, that's an interesting option until something is built-in to Emby. @@Traxxus, does it overwrite any other Emby NFO content when you edit/add Tags to the NFO's, or does it just change/add whatever "fields" you're working with?

[the-dumb1 127]

Four years later and no word on whether this feature will be implemented.  Users are obviously resorting to work arounds.  Would be nice if this were a feature.

[Doonz2019 3]

Yeah this needs to be added. Seriously manually tagging individually 5000 files sucks

[bgx 17]

+1

 

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[the-dumb1 127]

Yeah this needs to be added. Seriously manually tagging individually 5000 files sucks

 

I made the original request over four years ago.  Emby falls down on this, but so does the competitor.  This could be a discriminator especially for people who have large collections and want to be able to sort/find their content.  Emby could also even make it a subscription/premier function since it obviously requires some thought and effort.  Luke says it's something he'd like to do in the future, but again, it's been four years.

[Doonz2019 3]

I made the original request over four years ago.  Emby falls down on this, but so does the competitor.  This could be a discriminator especially for people who have large collections and want to be able to sort/find their content.  Emby could also even make it a subscription/premier function since it obviously requires some thought and effort.  Luke says it's something he'd like to do in the future, but again, it's been four years.

 

 

Except for plex handles this very well. Allows you to tag 100's of files at once

[Luke 39654]

It's planned for the future. thanks.

[mat10000 0]

Hello,When is the future for you?

[Luke 39654]

I don't have an ETA, sorry.

[miniliQuid 91]

Well the first post hasn't that many likes at all, did add mine to it, though I currently have little use for it just yet, may be handy in the future

Edited October 17, 2019 by miniliQuid

[tuvx 14]

I too am still waiting for this functionality.

[sadukar 1]

I am considering creating a wrapper on this functionality, more precisely a .net application that will make webrequests to the embyserver in a sequence to update selected files, more or less an alternative metadata editor with this as a sole purpose.

For a first phase i was thinking of batch editing - studio, genre, tags and persons, i will do an analisys and an estimated effort and maybe create a separate thread on this

[Luke 39654]

I am considering creating a wrapper on this functionality, more precisely a .net application that will make webrequests to the embyserver in a sequence to update selected files, more or less an alternative metadata editor with this as a sole purpose.

For a first phase i was thinking of batch editing - studio, genre, tags and persons, i will do an analisys and an estimated effort and maybe create a separate thread on this

 

@@sadukar it's probably best to have some core support to save things in bulk, otherwise a bulk editor using the current api's could end up hammering the server with update operations. Curious, are you a full-time software developer? Feel free to send me your info as we're always looking for help.

[jachin99 87]

Jriver takes some criticism for being outdated but they have a great desktop view for doing things like this. Maybe you could consider something similar for emby

[KodiTV72 2]

+1

[dingho 0]

+1

[the-dumb1 127]

That's a lot of plus ones. Original request made 4.5 years ago. Users should not have to resolve to workarounds. Make it a premium feature if you have to ... Please ... Sometime in my life time.

[crusher11 946]

+1

[Psyborg 43]

+1

[nmkaufman 49]

+1

[vick1982 15]

i wish i could just choose which genres to allow in parental controls ... being able to bulk tag all stuff of certain genre would help me too.. no way I would go and tag everything 1 by 1 

[qux 10]

+1

[Painkiller8818 225]

Anything new here? I would really like to add a Share Tag to multiple movies at once. this is a really important feature for me, because i don't wanna share the whole library.

Actually when i select multiple movies i can refresh the metadata but not add a sharing tag.

Please can you give this more importance because this is open for a long time now.

Thanks.