Redo Thumbnail Image Extraction

[rudihartinger 0]

Hello.

Is there a way to redo the thumbnail image extraction for certain serials?

[Luke 42086]

Hi, you'd have to delete existing ones and then re-run the scheduled task. Why do you want to redo it?

[neik 873]

17 minutes ago, Luke said:

you'd have to delete existing ones and then re-run the scheduled task.

How can a user identify the path to the existing thumbnails for a specific item?

@rudi, if I were you I would simply move the files out of Emby's library, run a library scan, readd the files to the library and finally rerun a library scan. That should do the trick..

[rudihartinger 0]

24 minutes ago, Luke said:

Why do you want to redo it?

For example I've mixed up some episodes of a Season. Episode 10 was named 11 and Episode 11 was named 10. I renamed them to be correct but now the thumbnails a wrong.
I hope this demonstation scenario makes sense.
 

 

7 minutes ago, neik said:

I were you I would simply move the files out of Emby's library, run a library scan, readd the files to the library and finally rerun a library scan. That should do the trick..

Yeah okay that would be very simple. But does removing files from the library also deletes the thumbnails?

[Happy2Play 9785]

4 minutes ago, neik said:

How can a user identify the path to the existing thumbnails for a specific item?

@rudihartinger, if I were you I would simply move the files out of Emby's library, run a library scan, readd the files to the library and finally rerun a library scan. That should do the trick..

If you don't save with media then yes removing the series, scanning, then readding the series would be the easiest way.  Otherwise you would have to use the API to see the path for each bif file in /metadata/library/xx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx folder.

[Happy2Play 9785]

Just now, rudihartinger said:

Yeah okay that would be very simple. But does removing files from the library also deletes the thumbnails?

Yes during the scan it purges the item from the database which loose the linking to /library id folder causing it to be purged also.

[rudihartinger 0]

3 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Yes during the scan it purges the item from the database which loose the linking to /library id folder causing it to be purged also.

Ah perfect thank you!

And I've set it to don't save the thumbnails with the media. So it shoud work, right?

[Happy2Play 9785]

Just now, rudihartinger said:

Ah perfect thank you!

And I've set it to don't save the thumbnails with the media. So it shoud work, right?

Correct, removing, scanning, readding media is your easiest route.  Otherwitse you would have to look items up in the api to see path for bif file to delete.

[rudihartinger 0]

Thanks very much for your help

[neik 873]

1 hour ago, Happy2Play said:

If you don't save with media then yes removing the series, scanning, then readding the series would be the easiest way.  Otherwise you would have to use the API to see the path for each bif file in /metadata/library/xx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx folder.

Bit off-topic but is there a way to identify items that do not have thumbs at all?
You surely recall that one of the betas in this round didn't create thumbnails and I am not sure I got all the items I added in that period of time.

[Luke 42086]

1 hour ago, neik said:

Bit off-topic but is there a way to identify items that do not have thumbs at all?
You surely recall that one of the betas in this round didn't create thumbnails and I am not sure I got all the items I added in that period of time.

No, but we could add a filter for that.