laola 12 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Since I am using Emby for Kosi, I was always wondering about the huge numer of updates every day when I am turning on the box. (min. 250 each day - my libary has approx. 800 videos, 150 TV shows and a few hundred CDs). I already disabled the automatic update of the metadata every xy days without success. Then I thought it might be related because of using the beta kodi add-on and the released server. However, I switched to the beta server (as of today 3.6.0.79) without any change in the behaviour. In general it wouldn't border me, but for my clients running on Android or 905X, it takes 1-2 minutes until all updates are made - expecially when you want to continue watching a TV show, it is somehow annoying. Any ideas how to prevent such amount of updates every day ? Thanks laola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Log pleasehttps://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/17599-how-to-report-a-problem/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) good idea :-) Btw - the update took 6-7 minutes. Overnight I added 4 new videos - all the videos mentioned in the log file weren't recently viewed/touched/modified 01_KODI.log Edited December 19, 2018 by laola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 another log from my windows machine from today - again 265 updates... kodi_win.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 @@Angelblue05 will take a look into this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 (edited) @@laola If you are getting updates for content you have not interacted with, then I suggest you have a look at your server settings. The add-on itself does not generate those updates, the server does. You just need to find out why and correct this, then you'll stop getting so many updates. First thing, it seems to only be updating your movies, so that's where you should start looking. If you use nfos, check your nfo metadata settings in Emby. Ensure save user sync, same image path are disabled. If you use a third party, ensure the nfos are not constantly modified daily (check the modified date of the files for your movies). If they are always updated, the server will continue to generate update events daily. Let me know if you do not use nfos, so we can dig deeper into this. You are seeing this because Emby for Kodi syncs content to your kodi database, while other apps will simply display your Emby content, but it is still a server related issue, not an add-on one. Hope this helps Edited December 20, 2018 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 @@Angelblue05 - thanks for your suggestions. I also thought that the server is the root cause and not the add-on. I checked your suggestions and noticed that "save user sync" and "same image path" have been enabled. So I followed your suggestion and disabled both options. I don't use any other third party prog for the NFOs. I'll keep you updated about the results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Yes that may help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 @@Luke @@Angelblue05 the suggestions didn't ehelp - still the same behaviour the last days... Now I disabled the schedules libary scan - maybe this will help... Any other suggestion ? Thanks laola kodi_win.log kodi_win2.log kodi_win3.log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) Please check the folders of the movies that are in the logs. Do you have subtitles there? I remember an old server issue that was caused by some subtitles. In my case I had external .vob subtitles placed in the folders and for some reasons that triggered Emby to think the movie was updated on each single library scan. After I deleted the subs everything was fine. Edited December 24, 2018 by sualfred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 25, 2018 Author Share Posted December 25, 2018 @sualfrad - there aren't any subtitels and there are basically the same amount of jpg, nfo etc files as in other movie folders where no updates are made. However, disabling the daily libary scan eliminates the huge amount of updates. But I am not sure that this is the puropse (having a huge amount of updates after a libary scan). laola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Strange, because as far as I can see it alwas process the same movies. Example: 08:38:59.631 T:11228 NOTICE: EMBY.objects.movies -> UPDATE movie [1/416/416] 80635: Jack Reacher: Kein Weg zurück 08:48:25.857 T:8400 NOTICE: EMBY.objects.movies -> UPDATE movie [1/416/416] 80635: Jack Reacher: Kein Weg zurück 13:39:30.650 T:16028 NOTICE: EMBY.objects.movies -> UPDATE movie [1/416/416] 80635: Jack Reacher: Kein Weg zurückSo it's not Kodi related. You should upload server logs for @@Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 @@Luke - am I not sure which log you would needand where to post (it happened with both the stable and beta server version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I suggest you to run a library scan and upload the server log. And then do it again to capture the duplicated updated items. Just add it here to keep track of the issue. @@Luke will move the thread if required or he will let you know if he needs further informations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 okay - what I did - restart the emby server twice (because of add-on updates), made a libary scan and then verified, that the problem still exists (more than 250 updates). Log-embryserver.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Can you enable debug logging under Logs, restart the server, then repeat the test? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 @@Luke - please find attached... Still 245 updates after a libary scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sualfred 677 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 @@laola you forgot the log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 @@laola you forgot the log uhps... :-) Log.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share Posted December 29, 2018 btw - I will be on vacation next week (away from home) - so I won't reply until cw2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 @@Luke - any findings yet ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarWun 267 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 @@laola This is a shot in the dark, but is your media library by any chance located on a Synology NAS? I have a Synology NAS, and when Emby for Kodi starts I frequently see a large number of new items (500+) being synced to the library even though no new media files have been added to my collection. It doesn't take long for the scan to complete, so I haven't spent any time trying to determine what is triggering the update. I suspect it might be a result of @eaDIR folders being created and updated in every single media folder during indexing. They are not visible when viewing the library with an SMB client. The creation of these folders is a Synology annoyance that so far I haven't found a reliable way of preventing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laola 12 Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 @@laola This is a shot in the dark, but is your media library by any chance located on a Synology NAS? I have a Synology NAS, and when Emby for Kodi starts I frequently see a large number of new items (500+) being synced to the library even though no new media files have been added to my collection. It doesn't take long for the scan to complete, so I haven't spent any time trying to determine what is triggering the update. I suspect it might be a result of @eaDIR folders being created and updated in every single media folder during indexing. They are not visible when viewing the library with an SMB client. The creation of these folders is a Synology annoyance that so far I haven't found a reliable way of preventing. @@DarWun, yes, the libaries are locatewd on a Synology NAS. I wouldn't mind either on the updates when they will be fast. However, on a CoreELEC or Android device, these updates are taking several minutes . which is annoying when you would like to continue on watching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 @@laola This is a shot in the dark, but is your media library by any chance located on a Synology NAS? I have a Synology NAS, and when Emby for Kodi starts I frequently see a large number of new items (500+) being synced to the library even though no new media files have been added to my collection. It doesn't take long for the scan to complete, so I haven't spent any time trying to determine what is triggering the update. I suspect it might be a result of @eaDIR folders being created and updated in every single media folder during indexing. They are not visible when viewing the library with an SMB client. The creation of these folders is a Synology annoyance that so far I haven't found a reliable way of preventing. @@Luke Can something be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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