Migration Plugin

[Luke 40093]

2 hours ago, ulrick65 said:

@LukeI am not sure if there are any plans to change this behavior, but it would be good to know about it in advance before it is changed.  Currently, everything works fine as long as the path points to the parent (metadata) folder and a "people" folder is located within it as @pünktchendiscovered above.

Just wondering...no problem as it stands now at all.

Thanks.

The reason why you get the extra layer underneath is because prior to us adding that, we were constantly troubleshooting situations where users configured the same folder for lots of things, e.g. cache, metadata, transcoding-temp, etc, and then the server going haywire due to lots of different things stepping on each others toes. So that became one way to never let users get caught into that situation again.

[pünktchen 1350]

1 hour ago, Luke said:

The reason why you get the extra layer underneath is because prior to us adding that, we were constantly troubleshooting situations where users configured the same folder for lots of things, e.g. cache, metadata, transcoding-temp, etc, and then the server going haywire due to lots of different things stepping on each others toes. So that became one way to never let users get caught into that situation again.

Understandable, but then when a user enters/picks a custom path you should append "metadata", "cache" or "transcoding-temp" to that path in the GUI, so the user sees/understands what is happening.

[Luke 40093]

On 7/23/2023 at 4:36 PM, pünktchen said:

Understandable, but then when a user enters/picks a custom path you should append "metadata", "cache" or "transcoding-temp" to that path in the GUI, so the user sees/understands what is happening.

Hi, yes this would be a good idea. Thanks.

[pju 10]

@pünktchen May I ask if this plugin still works on 4.8?
I've tried to use on 4.8.10.0 and it seems to load nicely. It shows in "Plugins" and I can see it load in embyserver.log.

But "Run Migration" stays gray whatever I do.
And I can see no sign of any action in embyserver.log...
I'm running on a Windows 11 Pro using Edge / FireFox and everything else seems to work.I wonder why the loupe used to point to the people folder is inactive...
I also tried to paste the path - made not difference - still a grey "Run  Migration".

Or - am I just to rusty???

[pünktchen 1350]

5 minutes ago, pju said:

@pünktchen May I ask if this plugin still works on 4.8?
I've tried to use on 4.8.10.0 and it seems to load nicely. It shows in "Plugins" and I can see it load in embyserver.log.

But "Run Migration" stays gray whatever I do.

The custom web api endpoints of the plugin need an update to work with Emby 4.8. Maybe i'll find some time tomorrow.

[pju 10]

Super, thanks 
But you don't need to hurry - I'm just testing on my contingency system.
 

[pju 10]

On 11/1/2024 at 8:35 PM, pju said:

Super, thanks 
But you don't need to hurry - I'm just testing on my contingency system.
 

Have you managed to find time to update the plugin?
I'm planning to build a new server and it would be nice to have the plugin.

[pünktchen 1350]

@pjuSorry! I totally forgot that and you must be a really super patient person! It's now in the starting post.

[pju 10]

On 5/27/2025 at 6:28 PM, pünktchen said:

@pjuSorry! I totally forgot that and you must be a really super patient person! It's now in the starting post.

Thanks a lot - and no problem. I've just being testing stuff and have worked around it. Had I been in trouble, I might not have been that patient
I'm now working on a Win11 stand-by replacement for my old MediaCenter. It's aging and beginning to show signs of retirement. But well, 13+ years old - then it's OK to be old and tired.