jeff729 0 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Emby 4.5.4.0 on Qnap 251+ I confess, I'm a NOOB on Emby & Qnap! 1) Please explain the difference between logging into Emby with a user name & password and Emby Connect with a user name & password. The user names are the same, can the passwords be the same also? 2) I've followed 3 different how to install Emby on a Qnap guides found on the internet. Everything seems to go well, but creating my libraries. I first copied all my movies to the Qnap in the movies folder, and did the same with my TV Shows in the Qnap TV Shows folder. Then installed Emby on the Qnap. If I create the Movies library first, Emby takes All movies and All TV Shows and puts them combined into the Movies library. Series TV shows are listed as separate entries as if they're separate movies. If I delete that library and create a TV Shows library, Emby again combines both Movies and TV Shows into the TV Shows library but now the series TV shows are only listed once in the library. I've gone thru this several times with the same result. I've followed the naming Movie format rules and the naming TV Shows format rules. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong that someone preceding me has done and discovered the solution to. Help please! If you simply must have my log files, please be specific about which files you need and how to find and access them. I'm that new to Emby & Qnap! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 What folder paths are you using when you set up your libraries? Mixed content will be the only content type that will show them both. As for logins Connect just offers you the means to not having to know your external address to connect to your server. Example I have a domain name so I never need to use Connect. Moving this topic to QNAP section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff729 0 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Folder path for Movies on the Qnap within Emby is: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA Folder path for TV Shows on the Qnap within Emby is the same: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA I tried this: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/Movies for the movie path, but it didn't like that and found nothing. Same result with the TV Shows when I amended the path similarly for the TV Shows....it found nothing. Mixed content? Perhaps I don't understand naming rules afterall. Here's how I've named both: Movies (each movie has it's own folder, nested under the Movies folder) ex; Movies Top Gun (1986) (as a folder) Top Gun (1986).mp4 (with the srt, nfo, and jpg files listed) TV Shows (each TV Show has it's own folder, nexted under the TV Shows folder) ex: TV Shows Justified (2010) (as a folder) Season 1 Justified - S01E01 - Fire In the Hole.mp4 Justified - S01E02 - Riverbrook.mp4 Season 2 Justified - S02E02 - The Moonshine War.mp4 etc Have I somehow made an error in my naming rules? Thank you for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy2Play 8296 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, jeff729 said: Folder path for Movies on the Qnap within Emby is: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA Folder path for TV Shows on the Qnap within Emby is the same: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA I tried this: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/Movies for the movie path, but it didn't like that and found nothing. Same result with the TV Shows when I amended the path similarly for the TV Shows....it found nothing. Might be a permissions issue but the paths should be to specific libraries as you tried "/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/Movies" "/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/TV Shows", not a root folder. 6 minutes ago, jeff729 said: Mixed content? Perhaps I don't understand naming rules afterall. Here's how I've named both: Just an not sure how you are seening them merges as it is not possible unless using Mixed content type as Movies and TV are separate types and can not be mixed. Structure and naming look fine. A dev or fellow QNAP user will have to comment more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbuff 841 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, jeff729 said: Folder path for Movies on the Qnap within Emby is: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA Folder path for TV Shows on the Qnap within Emby is the same: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA As a fellow QNAP user, if you have set up Movies and TV Shows as shared folders in the QNAP, they should be displayed along side the /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA directories. In your instance, you should be using the paths /share/Multimedia/Movies and /share/Multimedia/TV Shows respectively, not as a sub dir of CACHEDEV1_DATA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff729 0 Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 Happy2Play: I just tried this again per your suggestion: share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/Movies which makes perfect sense....then ran the scan library files command. I watched the circle go to 96%, 97%, 98%....finally 100%. Went to Emby Home, clicked on Movies and it had zero movies in it. I had great hopes, but it wasn't to be. When you say "Mixed Content" are you referring to file extensions? Some movies are mp4, some are m4v, some are mkv. Since I've already separated movies from tv shows on the Qnap, it seems odd that they're being combined in Emby. Seanbuff: My folders are NOT displayed along side the /share/CAHCEDEV1_DEV directories. Is my problem that I didn't SHARE the folder?? I tried to follow your vertical path above, but wasn't even getting past the first step! Instead, I watched a Youtube "How to Create Shared Folders on the QNAP NAS" then did the same to my Movies & TV Shows folders. Neither were listed as shared before I did this. For other newbies that might have the same problem, I did this: In QNAP, go to Control Panel, Privilege, Shared Folders. On the top, click on Create Shared Folder. Name it Movies. Click on Enter path manually, find the Multimedia folder, click on it and then select the Movies folders. Create this again for the TV Shows folder. It may have been unnecessary, but I rebooted the QNAP. In Emby, I removed both libraries and started rebuilding them again. This time, they did NOT combine and all appears to be correct. SOLVED! Seanbuff, thank you, thank you, thank you. When you mentioned the shared folders, that keyed me to look for it. I did the library setting as: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/Movies. I didn't try your suggestion of: /share/Multimedia/Movies. At this point, does it make a difference? Removing libraries and adding libraries is pretty easy. I could delete and redo if it makes a difference in performance.. To both of you Gentlemen, again, thank you for your expertise and willingness to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanbuff 841 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 19 minutes ago, jeff729 said: I did the library setting as: /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/Multimedia/Movies. I didn't try your suggestion of: /share/Multimedia/Movies. At this point, does it make a difference? Removing libraries and adding libraries is pretty easy. I could delete and redo if it makes a difference in performance.. At this point, I don't think it's necessary, it's just cleaner. Glad it got it all sorted out though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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