Log file for Movies/Series not added during a library scan

[DrQuinn69 4]

Longtime user - currently building another Emby Server on Windows OS. When I scan my Library files, be it Movies or TV Series, I see that I am missing some. IE, Movie Folder has 100 movies, each folder is a unique Movie. After the scan Emby displays 95 movies.

My question is about using the log files to determine which movies (5 in the above example) were not added. I'm guessing the embyserver.txt would log this somewhere? If so, what key words would I search in the log to find Movies or TV Series that were "skipped" or not added to the library so I can fix any issue that is not allowing Emby to add them.

Thank you for your help.

[GrimReaper 4740]

36 minutes ago, DrQuinn69 said:

find Movies or TV Series that were "skipped" or not added to the library

It is more likely those items were added under some other item. 

There are no "not added" or "skipped" log entries: an item would either be added and correctly matched, added and incorrectly matched or added and match not found with the providers, in which case you'd see blank image, no metadata and filename instead of a title. 

Save manual check/path comparison (either through library table view or Reports plugin) can't think of a way to sort that. 

Edit: You can still post server log in case something can be glimpsed or errors thrown. 

How to Report a Problem

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[GrimReaper 4740]

Also, you might try giving a spin:

 

[DrQuinn69 4]

GR, thank you for the quick reply.

I manually scrape Movies with tinyMediaManager and TV Series with TV Rename using same scrapers that Emby will utilize when scanning them. I do this because I have a lot of foreign content and want to ensure it is properly scraped. I also follow Emby naming conventions. Possible I have some older content that is not scraped properly.

Is there anyway to use something like Winmerge to compare my media folder names to an Emby database for either Moves/TV Series to see what was not picked up.

Ultimately I would like to figure out which media was not added to my libraries. Hopefully someone else has tried to tackle this in the past and some some possible options.

Thank you for your help.

[GrimReaper 4740]

Not that I know of, but Reports plugin has an export function (Excel or CSV), you might export OS folder list and compare those? 

[DrQuinn69 4]

GR,

Thank you for the suggestion. For Duplicate movies (Same Name/Year) I name as follows per Lukes suggestion:

Alone (2020) [tmdbid=xxxx]

I use Winmerge to compare folders from new Media to Existing media to avoid this from happening.

 

[DrQuinn69 4]

GR, sounds good. I will give it a shot. Thank you for all your help, much appreciated.

[GrimReaper 4740]

5 minutes ago, DrQuinn69 said:

For Duplicate movies (Same Name/Year) I name as follows per Lukes suggestion:

Alone (2020) [tmdbid=xxxx]

That would be correct naming convention, but I'm somewhat confused:

10 minutes ago, DrQuinn69 said:

I manually scrape Movies with tinyMediaManager

In that case you don't practically need to follow any Emby supported naming schemes (though they are quite common) as it shouldn't come into play: all those movies should already have an NFO which Emby would just ingest. Could you clarify your workflow - and do you have any Emby's internal metadata downloaders enabled, as well as Metadata Reader>NFO? 

10 minutes ago, DrQuinn69 said:

TV Series with TV Rename

Why don't you use TMM for that as well? 

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[DrQuinn69 4]

GR, apologies for the confusion. Here is my workflow for Movies:

1. Rip movie to MKV

2. Scrape movie with tinyMediaManager using TMDB scraper - for movies use the following naming convention format (\Movies\Avatar (2009)\Avatar (2009).mkv)

3. Use Winmerge to compare new Media folder (Desktop utilized for scraping) to Main Media folder (NAS)

4. Winmerge will allow me to move folders in the new Media folder that do not already exist on the Main Media folder

5. Winmerge will also show me folders with the same same and what size the folders are

6. I'll manually compare the 2 folders with the same name and year and if the movies are different, follow this "Alone (2020) [tmdbid=xxxx]" for renaming the new movie folder prior to moving to Main Media folder

 

In Emby, under libraries I use the following settings:

Metadata Readers - NFO checked (enabled)

Movie Metadata Download - TMDB (same as TMM)

Metadata Savers - turned off (disabled) - I have this turned off because many years ago when I started using Emby it would pick the wrong movie, thus I have always manually scraped

[GrimReaper 4740]

Thanks for that. Except:

43 minutes ago, DrQuinn69 said:

In Emby, under libraries I use the following settings:

Metadata Readers - NFO checked (enabled)

Movie Metadata Download - TMDB (same as TMM)

You don't need TMDB enabled as that movie already has all the metadata/artwork scraped by TMM, you just need to import that. 

43 minutes ago, DrQuinn69 said:

Metadata Savers - turned off (disabled)

That is proper settings, it is not advisable to have multiple software (re)writing NFOs as you're bound to face issues eventually and likely end up in a loop at some point. 

That said, and considering TMM is full-fledged (and quite powerful) metadata manager, I reckon you ain't using it's full potential in the above workflow (including Changing data source - limited moving movie folders around - and very extensive Renaming features, between others) which would (semi)automate those manual steps, in addition to giving you greater control over your library. 

As a first step, you should add that

43 minutes ago, DrQuinn69 said:

Main Media folder (NAS)

as a Data source to TMM. 

Once done, what is the movie count shown at the bottom? 

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[Happy2Play 9781]

1 hour ago, GrimReaper said:

You don't need TMDB enabled as that movie already has all the metadata/artwork scraped by TMM, you just need to import that. 

Grim does this not create an issue for Cast and Crew?  As Emby will be dependent on enabled providers or is TMM getting people also?

[GrimReaper 4740]

3 minutes ago, Happy2Play said:

or is TMM getting people also?

It does, if selected. Actor images also, in .actors folder that Emby will happily ingest nowdays, so you don't end-up with blank actor images (Edit: contrary to Emby, TMM has no reservations hammering the providers. ) 

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[DrQuinn69 4]

GR, great feedback. I'm older and have stuck to the same workflow for years. I agree, I am not using tMM to it's full potential and most likely will going forward. I added my TV library to tMM and it found all but 3 TV Series where Emby did not see 55 of em. I'll go back and rescrape TV series with tMM as there are some old Series that are obviously not scraped properly.

Thank you for taking the time to ask questions. Many would just answer the question and move on. You provided some great insight and it is greatly appreciated.

[GrimReaper 4740]

Yw. Just keep in mind: TMM has myriad of options, as you've surely noticed yourself (some of those can be quite destructive), whenever you're unsure about any of them - leave it disabled or test it on a small/limited subset of your library until you get it up to your liking. 

[Luke 42079]

6 hours ago, GrimReaper said:

MM has no reservations hammering the providers. ) 

Well those providers in the past have asked us not to do it.