Missing TheMovieDb Collection Id in Metadata

[Dan64 30]

I recently upgraded from Emby Server 4.4.3 to Emby Server 4.7.14, and I noted that the field "TheMovieDb Collection Id" is missing in the metadata page. I lost all the collections previously created automatically by Emby Server 4.4.3 an there is no way to create them again. Could you explain why this feature has been removed ?

 

P.S.

I noted that this feature was removed in Emby Server 4.6.0.50, and the removal was not included in the release info.

 

Edited November 11, 2023 by Dan64

[Dan64 30]

More information can be found in this post:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/122916-moviedb-unable-to-get-images-for-collections/

[Luke 42081]

HI, it hasn't been removed, it's just handled differently now. Try refreshing the metadata on all of the movies.

You'll need to enable the library option to import collection information first.

[Dan64 30]

I read this post

and it is a nightmare for a user having a huge library.

I consider Emby a good product, are 10 years that I'm using Emby (previously as MediaBorowser and MB3) and as a old user I contributed to reports bug and suggest improvements. 

Currently the only advise that I can provide is: STOP, STOP to broken compatibility with the previous version at every jump of version, because for old users (having huge library) is always a mess. 

[Luke 42081]

Hi, you don't need the plugin. I think you would have gotten a more graceful upgrade by going from 4.4 to 4.5. to 4.6 and then 4.7. 

For the majority of users it was a seamless change. Again the feature was not removed, just the data stored differently in the database.