Major Fail:emby moving Music library

[Vicpa 611]

Hi @Lukeet al.

As expected (see posts from 2 years ago) emby has failed moving my music library.

This should be a trival task moving a physical location of a library.

Steps to reproduce (get this fixed)

1) mirror the library ( I use rorbocopy mirror and it is exact)

2) Shutdown emby server. Configuration saved

3) change the library target in emby ( the only/best way i found to do this is to update the location in the options.xml file in the root\library\library\music)

4) resart emby server

Result: Failure

 

It created 533 new artists in Metadata folder MusicArtist (WTF)  i addition to the 2000+ that were there.

 

OK this is broken or there needs to be a clear way in the UI to move a library to move a library if I did the process wron.

 

(Frustrated)

-vicpa

 

 

 

[Luke 42083]

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( the only/best way i found to do this is to update the location in the options.xml file in the root\library\library\music)

There's no official support for doing this, and actually in the latest build, options.xml is no longer used. Use the tools that we have in the user interface.

[Vicpa 611]

Hey @Luke

I don't give a flying F,  It does't work Tell me exactly how it can be done in the UI. and I will try it and ...

 

Edited October 15, 2023 by Vicpa

[Vicpa 611]

@Lukeet al

? see above

[Vicpa 611]

Hi @Lukeet al

Sorry all BS aside... I can roll back supposedly to before this change. I have a file bacukup mirror of the emby file directory and the existing share. So I can I put that back and will it be as before and then do it in the "UI" if not we are back to BS..........

so I am back to can I do this?

[Luke 42083]

36 minutes ago, Vicpa said:

Hey @Luke

It does't work Tell me exactly how it can be done in the UI. and I will try it and ...

 

I don't know because manually editing paths in options.xml has never been officially supported. Perhaps it will at some point, and in fact I would like it to be, but right now it's a community trick that others have figured out and some have executed successfully. I've  never tried it myself so I don't even know how it will go.

[Vicpa 611]

HI @Luke

So what you are saying is that there is currently no "approved" way UI or not to move a music library?

 

[Luke 42083]

4 hours ago, Vicpa said:

HI @Luke

So what you are saying is that there is currently no "approved" way UI or not to move a music library?

 

I think you would generally be fine just by opening the options for that library, and then removing and reading folders with the new paths.

[Vicpa 611]

Hi @Luke

Sorry for being specific but 

8 hours ago, Luke said:

think you would generally be fine just by opening the options for that library, and then removing and reading folders with the new paths.

but "generally be fine"  is not the answer  I posed. 

All I would like is definitive answer.  "How to just move" an exact copy of my music folder (Library: Type Music, Single folder (unc;\\machine\folder) TO (Library: Type Music, Single folder (unc;\\machine\Newfolder)

The answer you gave would be 100% accurate if I was dealing with any other media type, I can perform these functions flawlessly in the UI for all other media types, my expection is that there is basic parity for music with other emby media types

 

Thanks

-vicpa

[Luke 42083]

Did you try using the UI? That's what I would do. Keep the library but just remove and re-add the folders. This will ensure it's the same library options as before.

Since you have the ability to roll back and try again, I would do that, and if you have an issue, then let's look at a specific example. Thanks.