Adding a custom collection to library (specific hollidays, sub-genrea)

[dragonkeyper 1]

I've seen this question asked quite a different number of ways over the years, and i feel like the each time any meaningful feedback was provided it failed to meet the exceptions of the OP. In many cases they suggestions worked but not in the manner desired. Perhaps I'm incorrect but for mot asking the question the desire is to have a named curated selection of items appear in the library just as any other library item i.e. Christmas . Collections can partly achieve this if you list of collections is small, I currently have nearly 600 collections that were automatically created. IMO playlist seem like a poor substitution as it does not provide a good end user experience when applied to a multitude of TV series.

There is an relatively easy way to achieve the desired result:

Create  new folder that will be used as an entry point for a new library;

In this folder create folder mappings to the items you wish to include in the library:

   in Linux you can create bind points in fstab or better you can create a cron job and add dates to enable/disable the libraries as desired.  

In Emby create a new library using the folder you created.

Example:

Creating the library folder
In my library I created a new folder/directory named Collections within I create  movies within I create christmas my current directory structure is as follows:

/mnt/media/collections/movies/christmas

I can now add this to Emby as a movie library.

Adding media to the library:

I wish to add Miracle On 34th Street (1947) to my Christmas library

I begin by creating a directory in my Christmas library after which my directory structure is as follows:

  /mnt/media/collections/movies/christmas/Miracle On 34th Street (1947)

I now make an entry in fstab mapping the movie to the empty folder ( I'm using ASCII to escape special symbols seems to be required for bind mounts entries in fstab. the nobootwait tells the system no to pause if mapping is not found.)

/mnt/data/media/movies/Miracle\040On\04034th\040Street\040\0501947\051  /mnt/media/collections/movies/christmas/Miracle\040On\04034th\040Street\040\0501947\051 none bind,nobootwait 0 0

lastly to finalize the creation of the bind mounts run sudo mount -a or rebout the system.

To make things simple I'm using a spreadsheet to build the commands and entries that are required. This would probable be easily turned int a plug-in for Emby.

Edited October 14, 2024 by dragonkeyper
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[Luke 42077]

Hi, yes we are working on a smart views and playlists feature that will allow you to build your own categories like this.