How to remove certain folders from collections?

[PeterEr 2]

Emby automatically adds content to the Collections folder, however I have some folders that should not be included in the Collections folder.

If I manually delete items from the Collections folder, it is automatically recreated at a later point.

I am looking for a setting with something like 'don't include this archive/folder in collections'.

Is that possible?

Using Emby 4.6.7.0 / Windows 10.

[ebr 16185]

Hi.  Are you looking for this option?

[Luke 42080]

@PeterEr?

[PeterEr 2]

Apologies for the late reply. I have unchecked that option but still the data is added to the collections-folder.

Perhaps the 'add to collections'-routine is initiated somewhere else in the system? Is this routine (i.e. add to collection) called on "Scan Library Files", "Refresh Metadata"  or other routine operations? 

 

[Happy2Play 9782]

If I understand correctly, you will have to manually remove all items from collections that belong to this library as they have already been imported into their provider collection as disabling the library import into collection option does not remove already imported information.

[PeterEr 2]

@Happy2Play - I cannot prevent collections being made from certain folders.

E.g. I have an ABC folder at e:\ABC\ - I do not want any of the items from that folder to appear in Collections.

The metadata from the items in the ABC folder is used to auto-create data in the Collections folder. The metadata used to create the Collections data is specifically the 'Studios'-meta tag. From the .nfo xml file this is the data I see being used that is used to generate a collection in the Collections folder:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<movie>
.... 
<set>
    <name>Some studio</name>
  </set>
....
</movie>

Now, 'Some studio' will appear in the Collections folder.

I want to block ABC items from appearing all together in Collections as they have no business being there.
I have removed everything manually related to the ABC folder from Collections a few times, but things are getting recreated again and again.

Edited May 19, 2022 by PeterEr
Better explanation

[Happy2Play 9782]

If your media has <set> nodes then Collections will be made as the node is honored. @Lukesince the UI only has a option of 1-4 can this be manually set to a higher value in the library options.xml <MinCollectionItems>?  Or a option to ignore <set> in specific library?

@PeterErBut why is this "Studios" being written to this node?  What is writing it to this node?

 

[Luke 42080]

I suppose you might be able to hack the config file to do that.

[PeterEr 2]

55 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

 @Luke

@PeterErBut why is this "Studios" being written to this node?  What is writing it to this node?

 

'Some studio' is added when Emby is matching via Imdb, TMDB, thetvdb etc and finally metadata is written to the nfo file. I suppose this is also triggered manually when you do 'Refresh metadata'. 

It would indeed be great if Emby could be configured to avoid creating collections for certain folders. 

[Happy2Play 9782]

2 minutes ago, PeterEr said:

'Some studio' is added when Emby is matching via Imdb, TMDB, thetvdb etc and finally metadata is written to the nfo file. I suppose this is also triggered manually when you do 'Refresh metadata'. 

It would indeed be great if Emby could be configured to avoid creating collections for certain folders. 

Emby does not do this, Emby will write a provider collection name (unless you are calling it "Some Studio" but a real example would be better. 

You can change the specific library options.xml <MinCollectionItems> to say 99 or higher and  as I have no idea what how many of these "studio" collection items you have and restart Emby.  Then delete the collection and see if it is recreated.

[PeterEr 2]

Just now, Happy2Play said:

Emby does not do this, Emby will write a provider collection name (unless you are calling it "Some Studio" but a real example would be better. 

'Some Studio' is just an example of what could be added to the <set>-tag. Real world examples include Marvel, Warner Brothers, Disney Studios, independent indie studios and so on. I do not edit the nfo files myself. Data is retrieved from the services mentioned before.

[Happy2Play 9782]

Just now, PeterEr said:

'Some Studio' is just an example of what could be added to the <set>-tag. Real world examples include Marvel, Warner Brothers, Disney Studios, independent indie studios and so on. I do not edit the nfo files myself. Data is retrieved from the services mentioned before.

Sorry but Real example works better as Emby does not write studios to set node it writes really provider Collections from only TMDB.

Like this

Alien Collection — The Movie Database (TMDB) (themoviedb.org)

[PeterEr 2]

2 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Sorry but Real example works better as Emby does not write studios to set node it writes really provider Collections from only TMDB.

Like this

Alien Collection — The Movie Database (TMDB) (themoviedb.org)

It seems to be happening with stuff from ThePornDb (yes, that one).

[Happy2Play 9782]

Don't know who made the plugin, but your only options is to test changing the <MinCollectionItems> value.

[PeterEr 2]

I have to edit options.xml in the Collections metadata folder, correct? If so, won't the MinCollectionItems affect  everything in the future for Collections also from other folders? I still need collections to be created but just not for certain folders. 

[Happy2Play 9782]

1 minute ago, PeterEr said:

I have to edit options.xml in the Collections metadata folder, correct? If so, won't the MinCollectionItems affect  everything in the future for Collections also from other folders? I still need collections to be created but just not for certain folders. 

No you edit the options.xml for the library you don't want collections for.  This affects a specific library.

[PeterEr 2]

Okay thanks, I'll try that and get back with results. Where exactly is options.xml located for the specific folders provided my emby metadata folder is a e:\emby-metadata? 

[JsinFate 19]

On 5/7/2022 at 6:04 AM, PeterEr said:

Emby automatically adds content to the Collections folder, however I have some folders that should not be included in the Collections folder.

If I manually delete items from the Collections folder, it is automatically recreated at a later point.

I am looking for a setting with something like 'don't include this archive/folder in collections'.

Is that possible?

Using Emby 4.6.7.0 / Windows 10.

I don't know if this is what you are looking for but I found this setting under my TV Shows library advanced settings:

[Happy2Play 9782]

Just now, PeterEr said:

Okay thanks, I'll try that and get back with results. Where exactly is options.xml located for the specific folders provided my emby metadata folder is a e:\emby-metadata? 

I assumed you were referring to a Library, as you assign folders to create a library.  Now if the problem folder is a subfolder of an existing library there is nothing you can do as the option affect the entire library.

Just not enough information to know.