Where is Emby putting my collections posters, fanart, etc.

[oceanclub 12]

In advance of a complete upgrade (and to save space in my C drive) I changed my configuration so that, rather than using C:\Users\{username]AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata, Emby uses E:\Media\EmbyMetadata.

One thing I'm confused about though is collections. In Emby > Server > Library > Collections, I turned on Save artwork into media folders. I thought that would save the images, and use the images, in E:\Media\EmbyMetadata\collections. However, it doesn't. Also, when I then added a new image to a collection, it doesn't appear under that folder either. Where are collection images supposed to be now?

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[Happy2Play 9780]

Yes they should be saved in /metadata/collections

example

2024-05-10 12:33:26.977 Debug ProviderManager: Saving image to A:\Emby-Server\metadata\collections\47 Meters Down Collection\poster.jpg

So you would need to go over a specific example where this does not happen along with server log.  Please enable bug logging before replicating your issue.

[oceanclub 12]

Weirdly I'm seeing that - for example:
 

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2024-05-10 22:50:54.603 Debug ProviderManager: Saving image to E:\Media\EmbyMetadata\metadata\collections\MCU Phase 5\poster.png

But the image isn't in that folder when I check (I'm looking for hidden files too).

The log also contains the following line:

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2024-05-10 22:50:55.016 Debug ImageProcessor: Image encoding using Skia to C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\cache\temp\4e82100f5df343eab782695b102d9123.webp took 26ms for E:\Media\EmbyMetadata\metadata\collections\MCU Phase 5\poster.png. Now moving to C:\Users\{username}\\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\cache\images\resized-images\f\fce6fd4e-f88f-74ad-ee00-932e886dc43c.webp

Where I can see a resized image of the poster I just added.

[Happy2Play 9780]

4 hours ago, oceanclub said:

Weirdly I'm seeing that - for example:
 

But the image isn't in that folder when I check (I'm looking for hidden files too).

The log also contains the following line:

Where I can see a resized image of the poster I just added.

The log tells you

Now moving to C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\cache\images\resized-images\f\fce6fd4e-f88f-74ad-ee00-932e886dc43c.webp

But one should be possibly made for each client depending on say resolutions.

[oceanclub 12]

OK but why does it remove the original image? This means, contrary to what the configuration says, my primary version of images are now stored under AppData, not alongside the movie files, and so would be destroyed in the event of a reinstall. How do I configure Emby to keep collection poster, fan art, etc, images, under E:\Media\EmbyMetadata?

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[Happy2Play 9780]

Should be just that setting.  Have you toggles the setting off and on?

May need to see a server log for a specific example.

 

Edited May 11, 2024 by Happy2Play