invalid character in path error while scanning music library

[maphia 0]

Hello

 

I am unable to scan my music library,

in the log file I see that there is a problem with path or filenames

Per try and error (moving files in a test directory) I could identify single files with special characters in the name, but I am still missing a few, because there are so many files in my directory that I can't move them one by one and find all culprits.

 

Is there a possibility to log the files that cant be processed but still continue scanning? at the moment there is not a single file in the library after the scan crashes

here is the logged error of a library scan.

 

Recursive=true&ImageRefreshMode=FullRefresh&MetadataRefreshMode=FullRefresh&ReplaceAllImages=false&ReplaceAllMetadata=true

2018-06-22 22:49:23.770 Error App: Error validating images for /var/lib/emby/root/default/Music

*** Error Report ***

Version: 3.3.0.0

Command line: /opt/emby-server/system/EmbyServer.dll -programdata /var/lib/emby -ffmpeg /opt/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -ffprobe /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -restartexitcode 3 -updatepackage emby-server-deb_{version}_amd64.deb

Operating system: Unix 4.15.0.20

64-Bit OS: True

64-Bit Process: True

User Interactive: True

Processor count: 4

Program data path: /var/lib/emby

Application directory: /opt/emby-server/system

System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.

Parameter name: path

at System.IO.PathInternal.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path)

at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)

at System.IO.UnixFileSystem.FileSystemEnumerable`1.<Enumerate>d__11.MoveNext()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator`1.MoveNext()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectEnumerableIterator`2.MoveNext()

at System.Collections.Generic.LargeArrayBuilder`1.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 items)

at System.Collections.Generic.SparseArrayBuilder`1.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 items)

at System.Collections.Generic.SparseArrayBuilder`1.ReserveOrAdd(IEnumerable`1 items)

at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator`2.ToArray()

at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)

at System.Linq.OrderedEnumerable`1.ToList()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)

at MediaBrowser.LocalMetadata.Images.LocalImageProvider.GetImages(BaseItem item, IEnumerable`1 paths, Boolean arePathsInMediaFolders, IDirectoryService directoryService)

at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator`2.ToList()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)

at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.ItemImageProvider.ValidateImages(BaseItem item, IEnumerable`1 providers, IDirectoryService directoryService)

at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.MetadataService`2.<RefreshMetadata>d__8.MoveNext()

System.ArgumentException

at System.IO.PathInternal.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path)

at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)

at System.IO.UnixFileSystem.FileSystemEnumerable`1.<Enumerate>d__11.MoveNext()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator`1.MoveNext()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectEnumerableIterator`2.MoveNext()

at System.Collections.Generic.LargeArrayBuilder`1.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 items)

at System.Collections.Generic.SparseArrayBuilder`1.AddRange(IEnumerable`1 items)

at System.Collections.Generic.SparseArrayBuilder`1.ReserveOrAdd(IEnumerable`1 items)

at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator`2.ToArray()

at System.Linq.Buffer`1..ctor(IEnumerable`1 source)

at System.Linq.OrderedEnumerable`1.ToList()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)

at MediaBrowser.LocalMetadata.Images.LocalImageProvider.GetImages(BaseItem item, IEnumerable`1 paths, Boolean arePathsInMediaFolders, IDirectoryService directoryService)

at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator`2.ToList()

at System.Linq.Enumerable.ToList[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)

at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.ItemImageProvider.ValidateImages(BaseItem item, IEnumerable`1 providers, IDirectoryService directoryService)

at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.MetadataService`2.<RefreshMetadata>d__8.MoveNext()

 

 

thank you in advance

Martin

[Luke 37066]

Hi there, can you please attach the complete emby server log? thanks.

[maphia 0]

log attached,

thank you for your support

Log.txt

[Luke 37066]

What are the contents of this directory?

/home/maphia/Music/r_and_b

[maphia 0]

Content Type is set to music,

it consists of subfolders containing Mp3 and FLAC files

[Luke 37066]

Can we please see the contents of the directory? thanks.

[maphia 0]

good morning,

 

I figured out what the culprit was.

There were files encoded with windows filenames that couldn't be displayed properly with Ubuntu UTF8

 

all I had to do was

convmv -r --notest -f windows-1255 -t UTF-8 *

 

that changes all filenames in the folder + subfolder to UTF-8 and emby can work with that.

 

anyways,if you have time, maybe take a look at the scanning routine to not make it quit as soon as it encounters this problem?

 

 

have a great day!

Edited June 24, 2018 by maphia

[Luke 37066]

Thanks for the feedback.