Pirlo1966 22 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi I understood the old way of managing collections with subdirectories and [boxset] is no longer working. Therefore I started to change them manually 1 by 1. So I create new collections by rightclicking a movie, add to collection and type a name for the new collection. Immediately the collection is created with metadata and art and the selected movies indeed are added to the collection. The newly creatd collection shows up fine in the collections tab on my start screen. So far so good. I did this for about 25 collections and then I had the bad idea to scan my media library. After the scan almost all collections where no longer visible ion the collections tab. When I add for a 2nd time movies to a particular collection it is recreated and shows up again. A while later (I guess after a new scan(s)) the same collections show up multiple times??? When I delete redundant instances of a particular collection, after a scan again no trace of that collection in my collections tab... I cannot figure out what I do wrong. Herewith a screenshot of what my collections tab looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Hi there, what version of emby server are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) 4.2.0.40 Some collections show up just fine. Others are duplicated multiple times. Edited July 31, 2019 by Pirlo1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 If you edit the metadata on those collections, check the paths they are pointing to. Are the duplicates the same or different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 I took the Captain America collection which shows up 4 times in my Collections tab. All paths are alike: /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var/data/collections/Captain America Collection [boxset] /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var/data/collections/Captain America Collection [boxset] /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var/data/collections/Captain America Collection [boxset] /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var/data/collections/Captain America Collection [boxset] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Strange. What screen is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 What do you mean by screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 What is your first screenshot from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 Screenshot from the collection folder in my home screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 What version did you upgrade from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 I have no idea but I regularly upgrade. I think I'm probably following closely all your releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 So. any ideas what might be causing these redundant collections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Do you also see the duplicates in the metadata manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 In metadata manager the collections folder is totally empty? I can open Films, Kids etc ... but clicking on Collections does nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Ok I'm not really sure what the issue is here so what I would suggest is emptying out this folder: /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var/data/collections Then run a full library scan to flush out the database, then you can try adding them back. Please see if that helps. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 Hmmm. I see double entries and other weird things in that folder. But when trying to delete subfolders or to emptying the whole collection folder I get permission errors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Well you'll need to be logging into the system with a user that has delete permissions on those folders. Another thing you could try is using the web interface to delete one of them. Does that delete all of the duplicates for that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 Strange. I log in as the admin of the synology NAS. Will check what changed. Yes, deleting one instance deletes all other instances of a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Do you have a lot of collections? Is it feasible to delete and recreate them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Actually what you could probably do is first backup the contents of that collections folder, then use the web interface to delete all collections (quickly via multi-select). Then you can copy the contents of that folder back in and run a library scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Yes. I have a large movie library and (due to Holywood) a lot of collections. Okay. Wil try out all your tips. But first on my way to a venice-milan holiday. Thanks for all your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Let us know how you get on. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythediver 0 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I'm having this exact same issue - i dont scan the library though - so i assume Emby is doing it automatically. I've not upgraded in this instance as its a brand new Installation on an xpenology Nas, inside docker {what a nightmare that was!} its version 4.2.1.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirlo1966 22 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 (edited) I'm having this exact same issue - i dont scan the library though - so i assume Emby is doing it automatically. I've not upgraded in this instance as its a brand new Installation on an xpenology Nas, inside docker {what a nightmare that was!} its version 4.2.1.0 Not sure how I solved it after all but because of a volume crashI I needed to install a fresh and clean emby server for synology and now boxsets with the help of the boxset plugin seem to work as expected. Edited November 12, 2019 by Pirlo1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythediver 0 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 ok - i'm afraid im going to have to own up here......... I think it's the way I was adding the collections. if i chose the collection from the dropdown on the lower box, [the upper one remained on new-[see were im going? ]] then the collections replicated themselves. If instead, I chose to find the collection from pulling down the top box, then so far [48+hrs] no multiple instances! sooo - i think its misinterpreting the way the collections were firs created , then reused.??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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