c# Get the actual media path

[mickle026 401]

var AllAlbums = libraryManager.GetInternalItemIds(new InternalItemsQuery
{
     IncludeItemTypes = new[] { "MusicAlbum" }
});

foreach (var AlbumEntry in AllAlbums)
{
    var pAlbum = libraryManager.GetItemById(AlbumEntry);
    var AlbumRootPath = pAlbum.Path;
}

@LukeHow do I get the actual media path

works in Emby 4.5.4.0 but not with beta 4.6.0.10 - whats going on?

so  for:

4.5.4.0 Everything works.

4.6.0.10 None work
 

D:\Music\Album\MyMP3.mp3

4.6.0.10 AlbumRootPath = ""
4.5.4.0 AlbumRootPath = "D:\Music\Album\MyMP3.mp3"

but for:

\\MYNAS\Music\Album\MyMP3.mp3

it returns

4.6.0.10 AlbumRootPath = ""
4.5.4.0 AlbumRootPath = "\\MYNAS\Music\Album\MyMP3.mp3"

Note:

var AlbumRootPath = pAlbum.ContainingFolderPath;

Also gives me nothing

I want to get the actual media's path in any location - any help ?

Edited January 10, 2021 by mickle026
fix typos

[ebr 14947]

Hi.  A music album is a virtual item that can be derived from tag information.  Therefore, it doesn't really have a physical path.  You could get a path from one of the songs though.

[mickle026 401]

36 minutes ago, ebr said:

Hi.  A music album is a virtual item that can be derived from tag information.  Therefore, it doesn't really have a physical path.  You could get a path from one of the songs though.

So why does it work in 4.5.4.0 ?

You get the root of the Album

4.5.4.0 AlbumRootPath = "D:\Music\Album\"

it returns the root folder path as you would expect

in

4.6.0.10 AlbumRootPath = ""

if i get it from one of the songs im not necessarily going to get the top directory as music might be in serveral subfolders deep.

 

Now that music is getting a rewrite is it no longer being stored in the database?

 

It has broken one of my plugins

Edited January 10, 2021 by mickle026

[ebr 14947]

See:

 

[mickle026 401]

I understand all that, but nothing there is actually helpful to fixing my issue with my plugin.

I still need to get the root folder, so I have to rewrite the code to get the tracks, check the main library path, to get the remaining difference in the string

so if I have a track

"\\MYNAS\Music\Album\anything\anything\cd1\MyMP3.mp3"

I have to get the library path

"\\MYNAS\Music\"

then get the file

"\\MYNAS\Music\Album\anything\anything\cd1\MyMP3.mp3"

so i am left with

"Album\anything\anything\cd1\"

So now I can get the Album folder, its not that convenient is it? as oppsed to

var AlbumRootPath = pAlbum.Path;

Now I have to figure out how to get just the album songs in c# , I only know how to get all the tracks in the library at the moment, not a single albums tracks.

So a load of coding to replace a simple one liner!

 

Any pointers on getting a sinlge albums tracks in c# via the id?

 

[mickle026 401]

Dont worry, figured it out

 

Thanks

Edited January 10, 2021 by mickle026

[ebr 14947]

32 minutes ago, mickle026 said:

I understand all that,

Then you should also understand that deriving a "root" path from the songs will not necessarily lead you to an "album" because we do not require that the music be structured that way any more.

If this is for your own use and you know your system will always be structured that way then that is fine but it wouldn't work for just anyone.

[mickle026 401]

I understand, it is still not helpfull if I want to distribute the plugin publicly, it worked before.  Now it will have to work differently which means file structures will have to be updated on every system that uses it. 

The changes mean there is sadly no choice.

Oh well, off we go

 

Thank You for confirming that this change has indeed been implimented.