Recently Aired Episode Refresh

[Luke 43167]

51 minutes ago, charlieego said:

I found the problem by double-checking. When I uninstall InfuseSync ver1.5(plugin) and run the “Episode Refresh” plugin, emby server does not freeze.

Or if I run emby server under 4.8.4.0, install InfuseSync 1.4.2, and run the “Episode Refresh” plugin then the emby server does not freeze.

InfuseSync 1.5 seems to conflict with the “Episode Refresh” plugin? Should I approach the infuse team?

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Does the whole server process stop?

[charlieego 1]

Yes,only thing i can do is end the process and open the emby server again. it is not possible to restart the emby server via the taskbar icon.

[Luke 43167]

29 minutes ago, charlieego said:

Yes,only thing i can do is end the process and open the emby server again. it is not possible to restart the emby server via the taskbar icon.

And what happens if you remove the infuse plugin, restart the server, and try again?

[charlieego 1]

 After my attempts to uninstall the infuse plugin and restart the emby server I was able to run Episode Refresh's scheduled tasks as usual.

I recently updated the emby server, and the infuse plugin updated automatically, and then this happened.

[Luke 43167]

8 minutes ago, charlieego said:

 After my attempts to uninstall the infuse plugin and restart the emby server I was able to run Episode Refresh's scheduled tasks as usual.

I recently updated the emby server, and the infuse plugin updated automatically, and then this happened.

I would run it more times and see if the results are consistent. It could be coincidence that the problem occurs with Infuse installed. Perhaps if you run it enough times without Infuse, you'll see it happen again at some point.

[charlieego 1]

24 minutes ago, Luke said:

I would run it more times and see if the results are consistent. It could be coincidence that the problem occurs with Infuse installed. Perhaps if you run it enough times without Infuse, you'll see it happen again at some point.

Please see the video. I ran the scheduled task 5 times without the infuse plugin installed and embyserver still runs fine. And I set it to run once a day, which is usually not a problem. I restarted emby server after installing the infuse plugin to run the scheduled task and embyserver crashed immediately.

[milesbenson 2]

Same here, Emby Version 4.9.3.0, InfuseSync 1.5.2.0
From the moment i installed Episode Refresh and started the task (at night, 3am), Emby crashed. InfuseSync disabled, all good. As i definitely need InfuseSync, i cannot use the refresher.

[Dibbes 519]

At 02:59:58, Emby starts the plugin task Refresh Recently Aired Episodes. Its EpMetaRefresh plugin then performs a broad metadata refresh because IncludeNoPrem is enabled.

Between 03:00 and 03:02 alone, Emby generated:

• 644 metadata refreshes
• 642 ffprobe executions
• 3,063 subtitle-provider errors

That is about 5.3 new ffprobe processes per second. The old 03:02 restart task then terminated Emby during the storm. It did not cause the storm, but it prevented proper completion and cleanup.

Additional problems:

• EpMetaRefresh is an old version 1.0.0 from 2023.
• Its saved configuration says a two-day lookback, but the running task reported five days, suggesting it is not applying its settings reliably.
• The task is allowed to run for four hours.
• The plugin refresh also triggers large numbers of subtitle searches and errors.

Edited 30 minutes ago by Dibbes