KenR 0 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Manual edits to Movie Extras are initially accepted but are lost on the next Library Scan. Specifically, I manually edited the Overview, Locked, and saved it. The changes remained until the next Library scan where it was replaced with the Overview for the parent movie. I’m currently using version 4.4.0.40 of the server. I noticed a few versions ago that when I added a new Movie that had Extras to my collection that an NFO file was being added for the extras and the trailer. I actually prefer this but I don’t think it’s working correctly (or at least not how it did in the past where NFO files were not written). Wondering if anyone else is seeing this. I haven’t done a clean install in a long time so I’m not sure if this is a bug, data corruption issue, or just new default behavior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Hmm, that's strange. @@Happy2Play are you able to reproduce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Hmm, that's strange. @@Happy2Play are you able to reproduce? Yes, I clicked edit metadata on a Extra changed overview and locked it, verified nfo was updated. Perform a library scan on that library and overview reverted to parent item overview while still remaining locked. Only tested in 4.4.0.40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Thanks for taking a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Please let me know if this is still an issue in 4.4.1. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Still seems to be a problem in 4.4.1. Some additional information: A few versions back, Emby did not save the overview of the parent movie to extras. A couple of months back it started to do this. Perhaps this was a desired feature that was added but it's not a feature that I like. I do like having nfo files written to the extras folder which is also something that started a few months ago. I don't know what the intended operation is suppose to be but I do know it changed a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 851 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Does this only affect the overview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Overview, Community Rating, Parental Rating, Genres, and Studios all seem to be set from the parent movie. There may be others but they are not populated. People is the only one I know that was not from the parent movie because it had some set but were not set in the extras. I have not tested to see of anything other than overview gets overwritten on scan after being manually changed and locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 851 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Right, I just checked a couple of mine with custom titles (because colons aren't allowed in file names) and they're all fine, but it doesn't seem to prove much one way or the other regarding this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Just did some additional testing. Addition of new movie title with extras: The extras do not inherit overview from the parent movie (it's empty) but any attempt to manual edit, locked or not, will be overwritten with the parent movie overview on next library scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 @@Happy2Play are you still able to reproduce? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 @@Happy2Play are you still able to reproduce? Yes I generally make edits from the movie window not the Metadata Manager but I don't think it matters. Step-by-step: 1. Find a movie with an extra. 2. Click the extras title to open the extra detail. 3 Click the 'More' button to expand choices. 4. Select 'Edit Metadata. 5. Manually edit the overview. 6. Lock the metadata.(near the bottom of the edit screen.) 7. Save 8. Return to the extra display screen. The manually changed overview should be visible. 9. Go to the 'Management Window'. 10 Select 'Library' and do a scan by clicking 'Scan Library Files'. 11. Go back to the movie and extra that you edited and check the manually edited overview. I will contain the overview from the parent movie, not what you manually entered. The meta data lock will still be checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted April 5, 2020 Share Posted April 5, 2020 yep can confirm this is happening on beta 4.5.0.4 as well - even with lockdata set for all metadata types - editing metadata in ui however as a work around - if you edit the nfo - with lockdata set - the overview(only thing i checked quickly) does not get overwritten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 yep can confirm this is happening on beta 4.5.0.4 as well - even with lockdata set for all metadata types - editing metadata in ui however as a work around - if you edit the nfo - with lockdata set - the overview(only thing i checked quickly) does not get overwritten Yes but No. Initially it is changed but if you go back to the movie and then click on the extra title to view, then do another scan it gets clobbered. At least in my testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Ok I think i have this resolved now, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Not seeing any change in Version 4.5.0.6 beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Are there certain conditions required because i edited the title of an extra, ran some library scans and it was preserved ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8281 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Are there certain conditions required because i edited the title of an extra, ran some library scans and it was preserved ok. I was only testing Overview edits But I can confirm editing title is maintained. Edited April 13, 2020 by Happy2Play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusher11 851 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Editing the title was maintained regardless, it wasn't part of this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Ok I think i have this resolved now, thanks. Not in the latest release version 4.4.2.0. I have not tested any beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenR 0 Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 Are there certain conditions required because i edited the title of an extra, ran some library scans and it was preserved ok. See post #12 for steps to reproduce. I can't think of any specific conditions or requirements. It appears to be a server issue since manually editing the <plot> tag in the NFO file also get's overwritten but, just in case... Windows 10 system Edits are generally made using Chrome Browser. Most server settings are default except: Saving artwork and NFO files to library folders. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Ok I see what's going on. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xalactic 4 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Just got my Emby Server (4.4.2.0) set up the other day and have noticed this same issue. In my case, there are a couple DVDs with video shorts that I'd like to be saved as "extras" under the main movie. If I save them as their own movies, they will get the correct metadata. However, as soon as I move them and even their respective .nfo files to the "extras" folder under the main movie, everything except for the title gets overwritten by the metadata of the parent movie. Locking the metadata doesn't help either. If there's any additional information I can provide or anything I can test, let me know. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37062 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Hi, it's resolved for the next release. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xalactic 4 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Hi, it's resolved for the next release. Thanks. Awesome, thanks. It's great to see the active support here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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