Howto reset library scan problems?

[danergo 37]

Hi!

I have a library with some personal videos. All videos are following this structure in the filesystem:

X/dji_Y.mp4

X is a number as folder (starting from 1), and Y is also another number starting from 1, formatted to be exactly 4 characters as length.

 

Here is my metadata structure:

 

The problem can be clearly seen on this: first DJI_0001's path is 30/DJI_0001.mp4, and second DJI_0001's path is 31/DJI_0001.mp4.

However, library scan drop them into the same level as the grouping folders. 

In the filesystem there are no video files outside of those grouping folders.

 

How can I ask Emby to put those video files back to their container folders? (Library re-scan doesn't solve this)

 

Thank you!

[Luke 42081]

Hi there, what is the content type of the library in emby library setup?

[danergo 37]

Hi, Luke!

 

Content type is "Home videos & photos".

[Luke 42081]

Can you please provide exact examples of how they're named and organized? Thanks.

[Happy2Play 9783]

 

12 hours ago, danergo said:

The problem can be clearly seen on this: first DJI_0001's path is 30/DJI_0001.mp4, and second DJI_0001's path is 31/DJI_0001.mp4.

@Lukeisn't this <CollapseSingleItemFolders>?  Since folder only contains one item MM presents item not folder.

If so system and library options.xml probably need changed, but this is a destructive process.

 

[danergo 37]

10 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

 

@Lukeisn't this <CollapseSingleItemFolders>?  Since folder only contains one item MM presents item not folder.

If so system and library options.xml probably need changed, but this is a destructive process.

 

Exactly!

Only those items are coming up to folder's level, which were single in the container.

I wish those files to be presented in their containing folders in spite they are single.

(Otherwise, I'll have many files with the same name ungrouped, as on my screenshot)

Can I somehow disable <CollapseSingleItemFolders> ?

 

[danergo 37]

I have

<CollapseSingleItemFolders>false</CollapseSingleItemFolders>

in

default/Home videos & photos/options.xml

 

Edited December 16, 2021 by danergo

[Happy2Play 9783]

But the setting in the systm.xml will override the library setting.

<CollapseVideoFolders>

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/101693-best-practice-for-maintaining-production-and-beta-emby-installations/&do=findComment&comment=1070905

There are a few topics out there if you search either of these switches.

 

 

[danergo 37]

Yepp, mine is set to true (in options.xml). Changing that (back to false) and then I have to remove and readd the library to fix this?

 

During library readd, no files will be deleted?

[Luke 42081]

I think you can run a library scan after doing that.

[danergo 37]

Didn't worked out Spent almost a day with library rescan (lot of video files). But it still dropped back the single files to the folder level.

@Luke, @Happy2Play: Can you recommend me a proven way to make this work, as library rescan takes too much time to test various setups and I don't have a sandboxed Emby right now.

I'm on latest stable: 4.6.7.0

$ grep -i collapse system.xml 
  <CollapseVideoFolders>false</CollapseVideoFolders>

$ grep -r -r -i collapse
Home videos & photos/options.xml:  <CollapseSingleItemFolders>true</CollapseSingleItemFolders>

Should I have both set to false to leave the directories just as they are presented on the file-system?

 

Thank you!

[Luke 42081]

For most users this is expected right now. As I said it's something we may revise in future updates. If you really want to hack the config file, try setting both to false. Just keep in mind this is not a toggle that is meant to go back and forth and we have not been testing it in this manner.

[danergo 37]

Hi, first of all, thank you very much for all your efforts, and I wish you and the whole crew a Merry XMas and happy holidays.

 

I have changed both items to "false", but I still have the single videos out of their parent directory after a whole rescan

[Happy2Play 9783]

I am not sure but I have no issue changing both files to false and getting none collapsed view.

 

Different server with Collapsed view

Edited December 23, 2021 by Happy2Play
removed WAN

[danergo 37]

Wow, my problem I guess is the order of execution of steps:

What I've done:

1.) Change both to `false`.
2.) Removed the library
3.) Added the library (this triggers a complete rescan)

But obviously, after step2, my modification disappeared, and in step3 library has been added with `true` for `CollapseSingleItemFolders`.

So the real question is: how can I change these two options to false? Shall I not remove and re-add the library? Or shall I somehow re-add the library with banning the scanning (then setting `CollapseSingleItemFolders` to `false` then rescan manually)?

Or can I somehow add the library having `CollapseSingleItemFolders` set to `false` by default?

 

Thank you!

Merry XMas!

 

[Luke 42081]

Try just setting the value without removing and re-adding the library.

[danergo 37]

Setting the value without removing and re-adding doesn't make any difference. I did also a "Scan Library Files".