Moving playlists didn't work

[Wraidd 1]

I'm trying to manually update my playlists to reflect the files' new locations as described in this KB: https://emby.media/support/articles/Playlist-Manual-Migration.html

I did the following:

• Stopped emby
• Copied the playlists to a holding dir
• Moved the media files
• Cleared /lib/emby/cache
• Updated the paths in the playlist files
• Moved the playlist files back to the data dir
• Started emby
• Ran "Scan Library Files" from the Library config menu

After doing this, only one of the playlists shows the files in their new locations; the other playlists are empty, though some (but not all) of them still show the playlist runtime.  This seems unexpected as the playlists contain overlapping files (i.e. some of the files on the playlist that is working are also on some of the playlists but not being shown).  The playlist files on the back end still contain the file paths; they aren't empty and the files do exist in the specified locations.

Any ideas as to what I can do, other than delete and re-create the playlists?

Edit: Server 4.7.6 on Linux

Edited November 6, 2025 by GrimReaper
KB article link updated

[Luke 42085]

Hi, did you also update your libraries in emby library setup? The paths in the playlist file either to be relative or must exactly match the paths used in emby library setup.

[Wraidd 1]

I moved the files in question from one existing library to another, and they show up fine in the destination library

[Luke 42085]

Have you tried refreshing the metadata on one of these playlists? Are you able to update to emby server 4.7?

[Wraidd 1]

Yes, I've refreshed the metadata on the lists repeatedly, to no effect.

I'm running 4.7.11

[Luke 42085]

@Wraidd are you still having an issue with this? Can you please show a specific example? Thanks.