Lost all artwork for music, can't seem to get it back

[ember1205 23]

I have a machine running both Plex and Emby. Plex has held a Music library for about six months with no issues. Yesterday, with Emby server 4.0.1.0 (Linux - OpenSUSE), I added that directory into a new library of type "Music". It loaded everything up fine with all artwork and everything.

 

I progressed to upgrading the server to 4.0.2.0 and then went about adding in more MP3 files for about a half dozen additional albums. Plex had no issue recognizing the additional content and downloading the artwork. Emby, however, not only wouldn't update the new albums but it deleted 100% of the artwork that WAS there except for ZZ Top - Greatest Hits (everything else was a solid colored square icon).

 

I tried adding a Private API key for FanArt but that has made no difference. I tried down-revving the server from 4.0.2.0 back to 4.0.1.0 and that made no difference.

 

I removed the library and waited for the server to mark it as deleted. I then added a new Music library with mostly defaults. I put in the one parent directory that holds my music files, chose English and US, then turned off Real Time Monitoring and turned off both Screen Grabber items.

After the library was fully scanned it, I waited for all of the Artist/Album matches to complete. I watched the embyserver.txt log file until all of the ffprobe commands had finished. Nothing. 

 

The server is an OpenSUSE Leap 15 build. Plex runs as plex, Emby runs as emby, and I have place the emby user in the plex group. All folders and files are owned by plex/plex with 775 permissions on the directories and 664 permissions on the files. Where do I even begin with this?

[ember1205 23]

Ok... So, it seems I may have found the root cause of the problem...

 

Emby uses its own ffprobe which is presumably installed as part of the server install from the RPM for OpenSUSE. Every MP3 is interrogated when you refresh the metadata for an album and each file is probed by ffprobe individually. For each one of these, the log file shows:

Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0

If you run the actual ffprobe that is in the log file, though, you get an error of a missing library

/opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe: error while loading shared libraries: libavdevice.so.58: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The file is present in /opt/emby-server/lib, however, and I would expect that the server runs in some sort of 'jail' and/or has specific paths for its linked libraries. Still, this seems like it might be more than just a cosmetic error.

 

I renamed /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe to ffprobe.emby and then created a softlink from /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe to /usr/bin/ffprobe (I have all of the ffmpeg tools installed on this system) and rescanned my library and refreshed all of the metadata.

 

Initially the ZZ Top album got cover art again, but a subsequent re-scan wiped everything out again. I'm disappointed in what seems like weak, if not inaccurate, information in the log files (even with debug mode turned on) to understand what heck is actually going on.

[Luke 37192]

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

[ember1205 23]

@Luke: Here's the output I just got from debug reporting level and adding 3 Doors Down into the library (zero content present, empty library, real time monitoring enabled)...

2019-03-13 16:27:02.482 Info LibraryMonitor: mp3 (/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3) will be refreshed.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.583 Debug App: FolderImageProvider reports change to 98554 - /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.583 Debug App: Running FolderImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.642 Debug App: Running FolderImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down
2019-03-13 16:27:02.645 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/01.When Im Gone.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.645 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/01.When Im Gone.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.645 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/01.When Im Gone.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.654 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.676 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.677 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/01.When Im Gone.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.684 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/14.Unknown.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.684 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/14.Unknown.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.684 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/14.Unknown.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.693 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.715 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.716 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/14.Unknown.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.718 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/03.The Road Im On.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.718 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/03.The Road Im On.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.718 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/03.The Road Im On.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.727 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.750 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.751 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/03.The Road Im On.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.753 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/10.Im Going Down In Flames.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.753 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/10.Im Going Down In Flames.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.753 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/10.Im Going Down In Flames.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.762 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.785 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.786 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/10.Im Going Down In Flames.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.788 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/05.Running Out Of Days.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.789 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/05.Running Out Of Days.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.789 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/05.Running Out Of Days.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.799 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.822 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.823 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/05.Running Out Of Days.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.825 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/08.Dangerous Game.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.825 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/08.Dangerous Game.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.825 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/08.Dangerous Game.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.835 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.858 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.859 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/08.Dangerous Game.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.861 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/12.Here Without You (Acoustic).mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.861 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/12.Here Without You (Acoustic).mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.861 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/12.Here Without You (Acoustic).mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.871 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.894 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.895 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/12.Here Without You (Acoustic).mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.900 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/07.I Feel You.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.900 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/07.I Feel You.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.900 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/07.I Feel You.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.910 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.934 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.935 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/07.I Feel You.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.937 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/04.Ticket To Heaven.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.937 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/04.Ticket To Heaven.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.937 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/04.Ticket To Heaven.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.948 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:02.971 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:02.972 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/04.Ticket To Heaven.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.974 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/06.Here Without You.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:02.974 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/06.Here Without You.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.974 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/06.Here Without You.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:02.984 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:03.007 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:03.008 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/06.Here Without You.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.010 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/13.Loser (Acoustic).mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.010 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/13.Loser (Acoustic).mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.010 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/13.Loser (Acoustic).mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.020 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:03.043 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:03.044 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/13.Loser (Acoustic).mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.046 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/11.Sarah Yellin.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.046 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/11.Sarah Yellin.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.046 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/11.Sarah Yellin.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.056 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:03.079 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:03.080 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/11.Sarah Yellin.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.082 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/09.Changes.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.082 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/09.Changes.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.082 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/09.Changes.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.092 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:03.116 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:03.116 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/09.Changes.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.119 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/02.Away From The Sun.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.119 Debug MediaEncoder: Ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/02.Away From The Sun.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.119 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /opt/emby-server/bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/02.Away From The Sun.mp3" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_format
2019-03-13 16:27:03.129 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Started.
2019-03-13 16:27:03.152 Info MediaEncoder: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0
2019-03-13 16:27:03.153 Debug App: Running AudioImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun/02.Away From The Sun.mp3
2019-03-13 16:27:03.155 Debug App: Refreshing MusicAlbum /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun because item.RequiresRefresh() returned true
2019-03-13 16:27:03.157 Debug App: Running AlbumNfoProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:03.157 Debug App: AlbumNfoProvider returned no metadata for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:03.157 Debug App: Running MusicBrainzAlbumProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:03.171 Debug App: Throttling MusicBrainz by 250ms
2019-03-13 16:27:03.423 Info HttpClient: GET http://musicbrainz01.eastus2.cloudapp.azure.com:8080/ws/2/release/?query="Away+From+The+Sun" AND artist:"3+Doors+Down"
2019-03-13 16:27:03.801 Debug App: Running AudioDbAlbumProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:03.801 Debug App: AudioDbAlbumProvider returned no metadata for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:03.801 Debug App: Running MusicAlbumImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:03.813 Debug App: Running FanartAlbumProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:03.844 Debug App: Running AudioDbAlbumImageProvider for /mnt/videos3/Music/mp3/3 Doors Down/Away From The Sun
2019-03-13 16:27:07.653 Debug XmlSerializer: Deserializing file /var/lib/emby/config/notifications.xml

[ember1205 23]

This particular media has good v1 and v2 tags for all appropriate fields and previously was able to show artwork.

[ember1205 23]

Here's another snippet that I just grabbed after moving "ZZ Top/Greatest Hits" into my library. Two things of note here:

 

1) This is the ONE chunk of media that I seem to be able to get artwork for, and it does currently show an album cover.

 

2) Moving this item into my library trigger a scan for IT, but also kicked off processes for the 3 Doors Down album (see bottom of logs)

 

 

embyserver.txt

[Luke 37192]

did you delete the server's metadata folder, or something along those lines?

[ember1205 23]

Not that I'm aware of. What are you seeing in the logs?

 

A ) If I -did- delete it, wouldn't it repair itself when I request a refresh of all metadata?

B ) SHOULD I delete it?

 

I'm not sure if you're thinking that I DID remove it or that I SHOULD remove it.

Edited March 16, 2019 by ember1205

[Luke 37192]

 

A ) If I -did- delete it, wouldn't it repair itself when I request a refresh of all metadata?

B ) SHOULD I delete it?

 

Yes and no, but the repair is a manual step. In other words, it won't just automatically start downloading new images.

[Luke 37192]

The log you provided is a snippet of what appears to be your refresh action. That wont' tell me much unfortunately. It would be better to see logs from when you first noticed the problem. You might not have that log file anymore, but if you run into this again, please grab the log files from right when you notice it, and then we can try and see what happened. Thanks.

[ember1205 23]

@@Luke,

 

The log is a snippet only in the sense that it isn't a complete log file. It was not edited in any way, and no entries were removed. I enabled debug logging, tailed the log file, requested a metadata refresh, and waited. What I posted is all that the server logged. The fact that you don't see anything useful in that chunk of information is concerning to me and reinforces my belief that logging in Emby is very weak. If there is any sort of issue (inability to run a command, failed command, missing directory, etc.), that should be logged with detail at least when debug logging is enabled. Yet, nothing of the sort ever appears to show up.

 

I am additionally concerned that a missing directory [tree] will require manual intervention to repair, especially if that tree is specifically for holding metadata (which changes as the content changes). The system should be able to re-create missing dynamic directories (cache, metadata, etc.) on its own, especially if there is a manual refresh of such content that has been requested.

 

For now, Emby is shut down on my server and will remain that way until/unless someone can actually tell me how to REPAIR this problem.

 

I did figure out that the ZZ Top - Greatest Hits album has artwork encoded directly into a couple of the MP3 files (the album cover). This appears to be why that album will show artwork.

 

I'd love to keep using the software, but these seemingly basic problems combined with other straight-forward issues like a complete inability to force direct play (transcoding keeps crashing my server even though I'm playing 1080 files on a 4K device) are absolute show-stoppers for me.

[ember1205 23]

So, apparently there is no fix for this?

[Luke 37192]

@@ember1205, are you still having an issue with this?

[ember1205 23]

I removed Emby entirely from my server, at least for now. I was truly hoping that moving to Emby would be A) reasonably straight-forward for someone of my background (25 years of admin experience with Linux) would represent a much higher level of stability and reliability than with Plex.

 

Neither panned out.

 

The attempt to run both platforms simultaneously resulted in a LOT of issues that I was never able to troubleshoot (due to the very 'light' level of logging in Emby) and one platform is not necessarily more stable than the other right now. Strengths in one are weaknesses in the other most times, so stabilizing one area might destabilize another. For the specific components that are of interest to me, my significant amount of invested time with Plex outweighs any incremental improvements I might get from Emby. 

 

I will have to re-visit down the road to see if my needs are better met by Emby in the future.

 

In the interim, I would be happy to try and help Beta test things or even better learn the product and provide input if that's useful to the Emby team. If this might be potentially desirable / useful, feel free to PM me.

[Luke 37192]

This should be improved with the 4.1 release. Thanks.