Emby scanning really slow.

[kamhouse 10]

Since I'm not happy with Plex pursuing trash TV streaming with most of their resources, I figured I would give Emby another try.

I installed the latest 4.7.2.0 on a server running QTS 5.0.0.1986.  Same server as the media and Plex is currently installed on.

I created a TV library from some DVD TV shows and they showed up as expected (I left and returned 30 minutes later).  Then I added another much larger folder of OTA TV recordings. Emby appears to have scanned the top level folders of all the TV show names and then frozen.  After 4 hours it still hasn't added a single poster or season and episode files for the new shows.

I'm assuming that is not normal, but I can't find a status indicator that might indicate what is happening. The TV library does have a progress circle reading 90%.  Seems like it is updated 1% per hour maybe.

How can I troubleshoot this?

[Luke 42077]

Hi, please attach the emby server log from when this happened:

 

Thanks.

[kamhouse 10]

embyserver.txt

I let it run overnight and it has filled in about eight shows. So it isn't completely frozen and is working to some degree. Just seems absurdly slow compared to Plex which rebuilt the entire library once in about half an hour.

Edited June 5, 2022 by kamhouse

[Luke 42077]

Hi, it looks like you enabled the video preview thumbnail feature? Did you make sure to read the help text underneath the option? I would suggest setting that to Never, and then stop and restart the library scan.

[kamhouse 10]

That definitely sped things up.  Plex must do the preview thumbnails in the background after it fills in the main parts of the library.

Edited June 5, 2022 by kamhouse

[Luke 42077]

6 hours ago, kamhouse said:

That definitely sped things up.  Plex must do the preview thumbnails in the background after it fills in the main parts of the library.

Well so do we, if you set the option to be scheduled task only instead of during both the scan and scheduled task.

[Max6x6x 2]

Hi,

I'm having the same issue  really slow scanning. for years i had emby on a desktop PC and now i switched to a Synology DS218+ (6gb ram).

I've downloaded 3 new series/tv show episodes, and it takes more than half hour to get them pop up  i checked multiple community threads and uninstalled plugins based on that, but still slow  

embyserver.txt

[GrimReaper 4739]

6 minutes ago, Max6x6x said:

Hi,

I'm having the same issue  really slow scanning. for years i had emby on a desktop PC and now i switched to a Synology DS218+ (6gb ram).

I've downloaded 3 new series/tv show episodes, and it takes more than half hour to get them pop up  i checked multiple community threads and uninstalled plugins based on that, but still slow  

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I'd suggest removing Anime plugin (or disabling it) - or at least not having it as a top preferred provider in your TV shows library. 

[Luke 42077]

42 minutes ago, Max6x6x said:

Hi,

I'm having the same issue  really slow scanning. for years i had emby on a desktop PC and now i switched to a Synology DS218+ (6gb ram).

I've downloaded 3 new series/tv show episodes, and it takes more than half hour to get them pop up  i checked multiple community threads and uninstalled plugins based on that, but still slow  

embyserver.txt 280.41 kB · 1 download

There is a lot of log activity coming from the Anilist plugin. You could try removing that, then restarting the server and see how things compare.

[Max6x6x 2]

Yep,

 

Magically now runs like a charm  I've added the ani plugin one time because of one series