Local Actor (Cast) Photos method for emby 4.8.0+

[gbcox 13]

Hi, I tripped upon this posting and I'm completely confused:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/63331-how-to-backup-people-images-with-beta-going-onwards/

Currently, for local actor (cast) photos, I simply put the actor/role information in the nfo file for the video.  Then the actual actor photo goes into the ../metadata/people/actor_name directory as portrait.jpg and folder.jpg.  I also create a person.nfo file in the ../actor_name directory. 

With emby 4.8.0 that still seems to be working fine.

Is something changing?  I read the above linked post and am completely confused.  Is there a better way or another recommended way to do this?

If there has already been a post on this and I missed it, just let me know.  Thanks very much!!!

Edited June 22, 2022 by gbcox

[Luke 42204]

Hi, when the actor has a Tmdb id or Imdb, then that id will become part of the actor folder name in order to avoid collisions of multiple actors with the same name.

[gbcox 13]

I am trying to determine whether something changed in the way Emby handles local people images.

On 4.8.0, this used to work properly for me. I could place the person image in the person’s folder under metadata/people, and if I later replaced that image, a metadata refresh would pick up the change and the updated image would display.  I'm now on 4.10.04.

That no longer seems to be the case.

What I am seeing now is this:

• If I manually add a person photo through the web UI, Emby saves it as folder.jpg in that person’s folder under metadata/people.
• That appears to confirm the location is correct.
• However, if I then overwrite that same folder.jpg on disk with a different image, Emby does not display the replacement image.
• Instead, the person image goes blank again.

So at least on my system, this no longer behaves the way it used to. Previously, replacing the local image and refreshing metadata was sufficient. Now it is not.

Has something changed in how local people images are cached or refreshed? Is directly replacing folder.jpg no longer expected to work? If so, what is the current recommended method for updating local people images outside the web editor?