Tags

[kbeck 64]

I have 2 Emby Servers. 1 at home is my primary. A second installation at our vacation house is a backup of my data and also primary viewing as we have no cable or no Internet there.

I use tags to group movies, deleting all default tags and adding my own. Have a total of 98 tags. In making a backup of all video data (along with folder pics, and xml files, the backup server seems to have picked up 4000 tags. I'd rather not go thru each backup folder and edit the Metadata (again). The other problem I have is that I prefer first letter of each word uppercase. I noticed that even if I type and existing tag that way it reverts to lowercase.

I know the tags are saved in the xml of each video under the <tag></tag>. But there must be somewhere else the list of tags is saved?? Is is possible to delete all tags. I can recopy all the xml files if that would repopulate the tags. TIA.

 

 

 

[Happy2Play 9783]

Do you have the XML plugin installed to read XML metadata?

Are you editing tags in Emby as it does not write xml files only reads them?  If so then the info only exists in Emby database.

 

6 minutes ago, kbeck said:

the other problem I have is that I prefer first letter of each word uppercase. I noticed that even if I type and existing tag that way it reverts to lowercase.

Will have to search for the topic this but is known but believe you have to remove tag do a full library scan (all libraries via task or Setting-Library) to clear the old tag from database then add corrected tag.  But this would apply to removing the tag from all items containing that tag. 

Now if you were using nfo files there is a tag tool for bulk editing.

 

[kbeck 64]

2 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

Do you have the XML plugin installed to read XML metadata?

Are you editing tags in Emby as it does not write xml files only reads them?  If so then the info only exists in Emby database.

 

Will have to search for the topic this but is known but believe you have to remove tag do a full library scan (all libraries via task or Setting-Library) to clear the old tag from database then add corrected tag.  But this would apply to removing the tag from all items containing that tag. 

Now if you were using nfo files there is a tag tool for bulk editing.

 

Thanks. Apologies, had part of my description wrong. Am using nfo files not xml. I converted a while back and forgot. I am using Emby to set the tags not editing the nfo. One of the things that surprised me is that I have all the name fields locked along with genre and the tag field. Also have each check to do not change. Yet 100s were changed??

I'll have to look, I thought I turned off the XML and NFO plugins to grab metadata. Since I'm doing NFOs I can use the tag tool you mentioned?? I'll look for it.

[Happy2Play 9783]

Yes you can use the tag tool.  Tags are a custom item that does not come from any provider from a Emby standpoint so not sure how they could have changed.

[kbeck 64]

1 minute ago, Happy2Play said:

Yes you can use the tag tool.  Tags are a custom item that does not come from any provider from a Emby standpoint so not sure how they could have changed.

Thanks. I just opened and figuring out how it works. This may be just what I've been looking for to multiple edit. Wish it was built in     ; )

[kbeck 64]

On 8/17/2022 at 7:03 PM, Happy2Play said:

Yes you can use the tag tool.  Tags are a custom item that does not come from any provider from a Emby standpoint so not sure how they could have changed.

Hey I discovered a bit more. I deleted all tags and some I added 1 or 2 of my own back. Some I just deleted all and left no tags. When I copied the data over only the ones with no tags at all reloaded the default ones. All had the tag field checked to not change and all had the overall lock checked. Maybe a bug when there are no tags? 

[Luke 42083]

Bulk edit features are planned for future updates. Thanks.