CoverArt 4.0 problems

[ShoutingMan 98]

CoverArt 4.0 isn't working with Emby Server Version 3.0.8500.0 and Emby app.

 

It partially works, converting some of the library, but leaving many images, including all collections, without coverart. It also slows down navigation, sometimes completely preventing accessing libraries. Uninstalling the plug-in fixes the problem. I reinstalled the plug-in and let it run all night, about 16 hours now, and it hasn't improved behavior or finished fully populating the library artwork. I have the plug-in at default configuration; perhaps it needs needs days to process a full library of music and movies?

 

This is on a (6th gen) Core i5 Windows PC with 8GB RAM. The OS and Emby applications are isntalled on a 500GB SSD and the library is on conventional spinny drives run in RAID with DrivePool and SnapRaid.

 

Edited December 3, 2016 by ShoutingMan

[ShoutingMan 98]

Server log file attached.

Log.txt

Edited December 3, 2016 by ShoutingMan

[Happy2Play 9398]

Do you see the same behavior in the web client?

[ShoutingMan 98]

Do you see the same behavior in the web client?

 

Yes.

In fact, it's much worse in the web client. Clicking on a library tab, it just spins and doesn't show anything.

[Luke 39835]

Cover art processes images on the fly and it will have some CPU impact. There appear to be no problems in your log so it looks like it's just taking a little time. The pain is only temporarily because as the apps build up their caches the images will come from there.

[ShoutingMan 98]

Ok. I'll let it run over the weekend and see what it looks like after a few days.

[Luke 39835]

Thanks for reporting back.

[ShoutingMan 98]

How does it typically take? Or is there a way I can have it only work on a section of the media library (like, just blu-rays but not DVD or music)? The server plug-in has been enabled for about 18 hours and it's no better than when it started. The app hasn't been running the whole time. Neither one seems to be getting anywhere.

 

I've not used server plug-ins before, but it seems odd to take 24+ hours to run, while at the same time there's no CPU load on my computer from the process. Emby has been at 0% everytime I check it.

[Luke 39835]

Everything is on the fly so you need to use your Emby apps for the images to be generated and saved for re-use. Yes, you can configure per folder in cover art settings.

[ShoutingMan 98]

That's not happening. I run Emby (app or library). Navigate. Try to look at my library. Look at a movie in the library. There are no images generated. Leave the window open for a minute or two. Nothing. The images don't appear.

[ShoutingMan 98]

CoverArt 4 was definitely not working while I was adding new content. I had previously uninstalled / reinstalled it twice.

 

Having finished adding new media, I again uninstalled / reinstalled CoverArt and it's working correctly.

 

With this visual distinction, I'm considering going to a single Movie library. Instead of having three separate libraries for Blu-ray, DVD, and MKV, so I know what's what, CoverArt should let me go to a single merged library and can distinguish easily what the format is from the cover artwork. If this works as I hope, it will be a nice simplification of Emby and nice feature benefit.

 

 

On the symptoms of what was happening with CoverArt:

I was adding new movies the past two days while the plug-in was installed.

During the first run, it wasn't behaving properly. I tried creating a Collection that I found was empty of any meta-data or content. In case it was corrupted by the plug-in problems, I deleted the Collection and re-created it.

 

And having finished adding the new batch of movies, I reinstalled CoverArt.

 

It's working now normally. As I scrolled through my library, the cover art populated on the fly. I went through all media in Emby app and generated all the artwork. I did a spot check in the web server interface and that also was working correctly with the new cover art.

[Luke 39835]

Thanks for the update.

[mattyg8 18]

I also find it slow showing the items, Where does emby theater save all the image cache? 

[Luke 39835]

Inside the installation folder which is alongside the emby-server install folder.

[mattyg8 18]

under C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Theater\cache there are no folders or files

[ShoutingMan 98]

A little update: I eliminated my separate DVD and blu-ray libraries, merging them into one movies library. I can distinguish what's what visually with the Cover Art plug-in. Simplified my Emby setup. Good feature

[Luke 39835]

Thanks for the feedback !