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PipoudouSenpai
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Dear all,

I'm quite new in the Emby' world. I actually have few To of movies/tvshows to organise and I would like to know how you guys deal with this amount of datas. What is the architecture folder and name to follow in order to avoid annoying problems?

Moreover, can we automatically fin metadatas of the movies/shows from the internet (don't do it manually if possible)?

 

Thanks a lot !

Posted

The built-in metadata plug-ins can take care of most things unless you have specific needs. 

For the media file naming the examples are shown at the root level but that isn't needed. You can have a base path or multiples such as /mnt/media/video/movies, etc. The one rule to remember is you don't want nested library paths because that will cause problems. Nested as in the end subdirectory of one library included in the path of another making it not unique.

 

PipoudouSenpai
Posted (edited)

Is there any software which can format my files quickly? By scanning meta or else.. 

And also move video files to the right folder [redacted]?

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mastrmind11
Posted (edited)
On 2/24/2023 at 7:25 PM, PipoudouSenpai said:

Is there any software which can format my files quickly? By scanning meta or else.. 

And also move video files to the right folder [redacted]?

Format as in naming?  I assume your source is [redacted] so I cant speak to that, but if [redacted] Sonaar/Radarr is the Rolls Royce

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PipoudouSenpai
Posted (edited)

Okay, I will use radarr and Sonarr to deal with. But if I have right understood, this two will auto change the format name file and structure folders for my [redacted] movies/series? Il will not organize my actuals movies/series [redacted] before I installed Radarr/sonarr? Does it?

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GrimReaper
Posted (edited)
On 2/24/2023 at 7:25 PM, PipoudouSenpai said:

Is there any software which can format my files quickly? By scanning meta or else.. 

 

On 2/25/2023 at 8:12 AM, PipoudouSenpai said:

Il will not organize my actuals movies/series [redacted] before I installed Radarr/sonarr?

You need something like FileBot (or similar). 

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mastrmind11
Posted (edited)
On 2/25/2023 at 8:12 AM, PipoudouSenpai said:

Okay, I will use radarr and Sonarr to deal with. But if I have right understood, this two will auto change the format name file and structure folders for my [redacted] movies/series? Il will not organize my actuals movies/series [redacted] before I installed Radarr/sonarr? Does it?

Correct, it is not retroactive but will do what you need going forward (assuming youre using [redacted], not sure what you'd use if you [redacted]).

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GrimReaper
Posted (edited)
19 hours ago, mastrmind11 said:

not sure what you'd use if you [redacted] 

Same *arr apps can be used. 

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