Disappearing Data When Moving Files

[kbeck 64]

I have multiple drives. All are in 1 Library. Ran out of space on 1 drive and had to move some movies around (drive to drive). When it was done, most were found correctly but it looks like new items as I lost all locked items (Name, Sort Name, Tags), etc. I'm having to redo about a 1000 entries. Anyway to prevent losing metadata when moving? My only thought was I had real time monitoring on and turning it off until the move was complete may have helped.

[Happy2Play 9780]

Yes this is what happens when you do not write nfo files as the item is deleted from the database, then readded as a new item.  As Emby does not understand the concept of just moving a item.

It nfo is written the all information is maintained and known.

Edited May 21, 2024 by Happy2Play

[kbeck 64]

1 hour ago, Happy2Play said:

Yes this is what happens when you do not write nfo files as the item is deleted from the database, then readded as a new item.  As Emby does not understand the concept of just moving a item.

It nfo is written the all information is maintained and known.

Everything has an nfo file but in moving 100 GB + they might not have been moved together. What I did notice is when it was done moving, the real time monitoring had already created new metadata and File Explorer was asking me if I wanted to overwrite 400 files. I did the overwrite thinking it would recognize the old data but didn't get it all.

[Happy2Play 9780]

If you have the original then you many have to remove from Emby, do full scan, then readd.  But yes RTM can be problematic if you are moving stuff and it kicks off with incomplete folder content.

Really for a process like this you should disable RTM or have Emby shutdown during the process/move.