ebr 14910 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I guess you also have the Optional Network Path defined for those library locations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 I'll double check but I'm pretty sure i do. Correct me if i'm wrong but there should be only one place in emby's settings where I need to define a UNC path, and I need to define the Movie folder path, not the drive path, right? My movies folder is on a drive that is separate from my C drive on the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 I do have a UNC path entered in my library settings for emby. That path is \\ipaddress\drive\folder. The folder I use to store movies is located on a separate drive than my OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Correct me if i'm wrong but there should be only one place in emby's settings where I need to define a UNC path, No, that is not correct. The network paths need to be defined for every media location. Also, I would use a machine name instead of IP address just to insulate against the address changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 (edited) No, that is not correct. The network paths need to be defined for every media location. Also, I would use a machine name instead of IP address just to insulate against the address changing. Maybe I'm not being really clear. I'm only pointing emby to one folder on one drive because i only use it for movies. This is why I only have one UNC path defined. If I were to define UNC path for every media location (As I understand that term in its current context) then it would look like \\localhost\drive\movies\avengers, \\localhost\drive\movies\batman, etc. Is this what you are telling me I need to be doing? Edited June 15, 2017 by jachin99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted June 15, 2017 Author Share Posted June 15, 2017 Other than the library tab in server manager are there any other locations where I need to input a network location, or point emby in some way to a specific folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Maybe I'm not being really clear. I'm only pointing emby to one folder on one drive because i only use it for movies. This is why I only have one UNC path defined. If I were to define UNC path for every media location (As I understand that term in its current context) then it would look like \\localhost\drive\movies\avengers, \\localhost\drive\movies\batman, etc. Is this what you are telling me I need to be doing? No, I meant each location you define to Emby. It sounds like you only have one so that is all you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Share Posted June 16, 2017 What else can i do to troubleshoot this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Sorry but I'm out of ideas on your end. I will investigate further and let you know but, to set your expectations, it will probably be a couple of weeks before I can get to it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 Okay, I've had a chance to test this and it is working for me - not sure what the difference is. All I did was go to my Avengers movie folder and create a folder called "backdrops". I then dragged the trailer for the movie into that folder and refreshed the movie in Emby. Brought it up in the web app and theater first to be sure the theme played and then brought it up in EMC and it did there too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Is there a way you can export your settings so that I can apply to them to my machine or a test machine? What file format was your trailer in? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 The trailer was an mov file. That is a good point, though. I don't think that the active backgrounds will be transcoded so they may have to be in a format that WMC can play natively... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 I looked in my avengers backdrop folder, and it has a mp4 file in it. I also have shark's advanced codecs installed and configured with the recommended settings. Off the top of your head, are there any light weight file conversion tools out there that I can use to convert an mp4 to a .mov? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00zah 127 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 (edited) @@ebr, please consider that your result in comment #35 MAY have been the internet trailer playing (button visible in your screen shot). I tried to reproduce this problem with the same result.. until I uninstalled the Trailer plug-in, at which point, no local trailer/background content would play in EMC with the same config settings. Edited July 10, 2017 by d00zah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 @@ebr, please consider that your result in comment #35 MAY have been the internet trailer playing (button visible in your screen shot). I tried to reproduce this problem with the same result.. until I uninstalled the Trailer plug-in, at which point, no local trailer/background content would play in EMC with the same config settings. The option to play the trailer as a background was disabled (I did ensure that) but here is my Downton Abbey background playing in its place just for confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d00zah 127 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Hmm... I stand corrected. That's how I would have verified. I'll have to try this experiment again when I have more time. Sorry to waste yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted July 10, 2017 Author Share Posted July 10, 2017 I downloaded a sample .mov file, and stuck it in the backdrops folder under my avengers folder but it still showed background art and no video. I also made sure I had the trailers plugin installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37060 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 did you run a library scan after doing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 I did run a library scan but I had no luck. I even tried to reset all of my codec settings to factory defaults in order to eliminate any problems that shark's codec pack might be causing. Still no luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Try re-installing the beta of Emby for WMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Tried that and still no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Tried that and still no luck. The last log I saw from you was not running the beta version. Are you sure you are...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 I just upgraded both of my machines to the beta version of emby for WMC last night, and the live backgrounds were not playing. I'm wondering if my server PC is just a pos and needs to be rebuilt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Can I see a new EMC log just to be sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jachin99 82 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Here is a client log on the beta build that was recording data for the right date I hope MBClassic-12720175e4e558567b848e58c96b9ff5987b12f.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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