tiorsus 4 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 I would think you can use an nfo file with just the lockdata node, but locked is not exactly the same as no internet metadata. But it's not too far off. @@Happy2Play might be interested in playing with that. Can you povide more specifics on exactly what should be done? i.e. put an nfo file (named what?) in the subdir to be ignored, and what should it contain? Presumably then I have to trigger a library rescan, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Well let's say if it were a tv series, you could have series.nfo with true inside. But actually if it's just a plain folder, there is no nfo for those, so that rules out this idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 ...So then: any hope of something like a .noscraper file capability in the reasonably near future? Basically, it's very nontrivial to reorganize my whole library - there are other services that refer to it, it's mirrored/backed up to offsite locations (& is many terabytes), and the /Media folder is the root of the NAS share, so I can't just move /Media/Incoming to the same top level as /Media. And there are *many* other subdirectories of /Media, so making a totally separate library for each & every subdirectory would be a huge mess. I'm getting desperate to find a solution. It's only Emby that has this issue. I'd hoped that I could workaround it by pointing a new "Home Videos" library to /Media/Incoming...but apparently, still no :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Well you can already use the metadata manager to lock files and folders. The problem is that you can't access that until you've already created the library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Metadata Manager: is that the thing I tried in the OP, but didn't affect how it was identified (aka wasn't a solution)? ...tried to Edit Metadata & remove all the autopopulated Scream-related stuff, etc - but I can't seem to get this one folder to show the actual files it contains.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) Understood. Per the discussion above, what I'm trying to accomplish is a library that does Movies & TV metadata for everything EXCEPT a few specific subfolders. i.e. something like ".ignore," where only the scraper ignores those subdirs, so Emby shows them by raw filename/dirname. But just those subdirs - not the whole library. I would think you can use an nfo file with just the lockdata node, but locked is not exactly the same as no internet metadata. But it's not too far off. @@Happy2Play might be interested in playing with that. There are no nfo files that apply to the folder. From a locked folder perspective it can be done. But as mentioned items are already being scanned upon library creation. So the Incoming folder would have to be empty upon Library creation, then go to Metadata Manager or Library itself and edit metadata and Lock the Incoming folder, then repopulate the Incoming folder. I used stub files (.disc) within Incoming folder and files within named folders. But may need some more context of Incoming folder content. Note only video files will be presented. Tested on 4.2.0.20 Edited June 27, 2019 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) On 6/27/2019 at 12:31 AM, Happy2Play said: From a locked folder perspective it can be done. But as mentioned items are already being scanned upon library creation. I tried it - unfortunately, still doesn't work. 1) I created a new empty folder, _New_, within the Media library 2) Rescan the library to make sure it shows the new, empty folder 3) Browse to the new folder -> Edit Metadata -> "Lock this item to prevent future changes " 4) Once locked, move all the contents of Incoming into New 5) Rescan the library Result: As you can see in this screenshot, it still tried to identify Avatar (not showing its true filename): (https://imgur.com/2WV3kin).In that case it's OK as you can actually tell what it is - but if you browse into the _TV_ subdirectory, it looks nothing like the source data & it's pretty much impossible to tell what things are (i.e. the same problem as before): (https://imgur.com/Pg0ocPz). The "Done" Subdirectory of that is even worse: (https://imgur.com/aXflWBg) (Edtv shows that it is still trying to identify things, and isn't just showing the file structure). Below there, the Departures Season 3 subfolder is not shown at all & is inaccessible. So yeah...unless I misunderstood the process - this still doesn't seem to be causing it to skip the folder from metadata lookups... Edited November 6, 2021 by Happy2Play updated links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) On 27/06/2019 at 17:45, metal450 said: I tried it - unfortunately, still doesn't work. 1) I created a new empty folder, _New_, within the Media library 2) Rescan the library to make sure it shows the new, empty folder 3) Browse to the new folder -> Edit Metadata -> "Lock this item to prevent future changes " 4) Once locked, move all the contents of Incoming into New 5) Rescan the library Result: As you can see in this screenshot, it still tried to identify Avatar (not showing its true filename): (removed) .In that case it's OK as you can actually tell what it is - but if you browse into the _TV_ subdirectory, it looks nothing like the source data & it's pretty much impossible to tell what things are (i.e. the same problem as before): (removed). The "Done" Subdirectory of that is even worse: (removed) (Edtv shows that it is still trying to identify things, and isn't just showing the file structure). Below there, the Departures Season 3 subfolder is not shown at all & is inaccessible. So yeah...unless I misunderstood the process - this still doesn't seem to be causing it to skip the folder from metadata lookups... Not a issue with metadata lookup but folder identification (see note for image 3) image 1 Movies names are being parsed properly. image 2 Don't know as I can not reproduce. image 3 the "Desparture Season 3" folder makes that entire folder a Series. This is the problem you will have as only TV and Movie content type can reside in Mixed content. So Emby attempts to identify each folder structure as movie or tv. Not knowing what is in the nfo files is a issue also. To me the easiest way is make a /media/tv library content type TV, and /media/movies content type Movies, and /media/incoming content type Home video, so you have three separate libraries. Edited November 6, 2021 by CBers Quoted links removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Alright - I didn't realize this is two separate steps, so I guess what I'm trying to accomplish is "exclude certain dirs from foldername/filename parsing," rather than "exclude certain dirs from metadata lookup." Aka something like a .noparse file (rather than .ignore or .nometa). As mentioned above, there are *many* other subdirectories of /Media, so making a totally separate library for each & every subdirectory would be a big mess. i.e. I have /Media/Movies, /Media/TV, /Media/Incoming, /Media/Music Videos, /Media/Japanese, Media/Educational, etc, etc, etc. There are other users on the NAS with similar structures, i.e. /Media-Dad/...., etc. Currently, each user has one library. Requiring each user to have a separate library for each & every subdirectory, simply to get Emby not to "mangle" names in one or two subfolders, feels like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and would make maintenance quite impossible. "Lock Folder" is more or less exactly what I'm trying to do, except I guess in terms of name-parsing rather than metadata lookup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Currently there is nothing in Emby to accomplish what you are trying to do. As you need the ability to turn off metadata and stop folder identification (Movie/TV) on a specific folder level no matter the content type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) ...So just for kicks, I tried removing the whole Media library, & adding only a library pointing to that folder, of type Home videos & photos, as suggested. Even in that case it still processes filenames. Here's a screenshot showing one folder which is working as intended (so this setup is at least an improvement): (removed) However, inside the "Done" subfolder, it's still trying to identify some of the files, rather than displaying them as just filenames: (removed) Again, this is with no library pointing at any parent directory. The one & only library is a Home Videos library, pointing right at this folder. Edited November 6, 2021 by CBers Links removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Remember if you have nfo files metadata files, the titles could be coming from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Looks like that's why it was showing titles - recursive-deleted the files, recreated the library, & first test is looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 I'm trying to edit some of my posts above, as I'm shutting down the domain where the screenshots were stored. The forum will not let me. How can I do so? (Note: the reason I’m ditching the domain is because apparently the tld is used by a lot of scammers - I had another domain on the same tld, and the second it lapsed, they converted it to porn. I’d like to fix those links before this one lapses in case the same happens, but for some reason this forum prevents me from editing any of my own posts...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Spend the few bucks and get your own domain that you control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Not really sure how that reply is at all helpful at addressing the issue, but yes, that's exactly what I did, and exactly why I'm trying to get rid of the old links on the free domain. Because I won't be using a free domain anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlo 4330 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 3 hours ago, metal450 said: Not really sure how that reply is at all helpful at addressing the issue, but yes, that's exactly what I did, and exactly why I'm trying to get rid of the old links on the free domain. Because I won't be using a free domain anymore. It wasn't. I had multiple tabs open, switched tabs and then typed a reply in the wrong tab. Just ignore that post as it was geared for someone wanting to use Cloudflare who needs to have their own domain. Sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 Still no reply on why it won't let me edit my own post, or how I can remove the link... @Abobader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abobader 2947 Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 2 hours ago, metal450 said: or how I can remove the link. Good day, Simply report the post and explain what you need to be done, our moderators team will help you on that. Thanks. My best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 @metal450 has this helped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 @cayars Just reported it, let's see how it goes, thx @Abobader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37095 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 @metal450 can you please copy the contents of your report into this thread, just so that we can keep the discussion in one place rather than two? Thanks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abobader 2947 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 @CBers Buddy can you please change the images for the members as he requested in his report, thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiorsus 4 Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 3:17 AM, Luke said: @metal450 can you please copy the contents of your report into this thread, just so that we can keep the discussion in one place rather than two? Thanks . Same thing as I posted here over a month ago (on Oct 9th, above). I tried here first, no action took place, so I was told on October 21st to instead post a report, which I did. Now I'm being told to post it here rather than in the report (which is what I did originally). Really not able to understand why so much run-around is necessary just to simply edit a post...but...looks like it's finally been changed (even though I still cannot edit my own posts). Thanks. @Abobader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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