bitfidelity 1 Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 I have this set to "use file creation date," but I have encountered a situation where this isn't respected. I had movies on two drives, M and Z. All of these titles had already been scanned and added to my Emby library. Today, I moved all of those titles on Z to M, but Emby re-scanned the movies and changed their dates to when they were added to the library (today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37120 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Hi, did you check the date created timestamps of the files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitfidelity 1 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 Yes, the timestamps are not the issue. Emby acted as if I had chosen "use date scanned into the library." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbuff 841 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Did you "copy" or "move" the files? I guess what Luke is asking is, have you re-checked the 'Created Date' of those files after they have been relocated. Sometimes even when using Windows to "move" files, the Created Date is not inherited and dates are reset to current, meaning Emby will treat those files as "new" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37120 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Sometimes even when using Windows to "move" files, the Created Date is not inherited and dates are reset to current, meaning Emby will treat those files as "new" Yup, bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitfidelity 1 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 I said timestamps are not the issue; that was the first thing I looked at. I use XYplorer, which preserves all timestamps for move/copy operations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37120 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Can you show a screenshot example? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitfidelity 1 Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) I'm afraid not. I've already removed the library and re-added/re-scanned everything. On the off chance this happens again, is it possible to go into the metadata and change the date manually? EDIT: Never mind; I see you can do that in the Metadata Manager right from the Settings panel. Edited September 25, 2019 by bitfidelity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8304 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 I would assume you do not write metadata with media, because if there were metadata with media this could not happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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