Any considerations when moving a library folder?

[podonnell 47]

I have a library currently pointing to C:\MyFolder, and I need to update it to C:\MyFolder\New

I have a few 'favorites' listed in the folder, as well  as a bit of metadata that I added myself. Will I lose any of this information once I rename and repoint the current folder? Anything I can do to make this seamless? Ideally just want to repoint the library and have it realize all the data there is identical to what it was before, just at a new path.

[GrimReaper 4740]

18 minutes ago, podonnell said:

I have a few 'favorites' listed in the folder,

Will I lose any of this information once I rename and repoint the current folder?

All items with providerIds will retain their played/resume/favorite status; all those without them will lose it. 

19 minutes ago, podonnell said:

as well  as a bit of metadata that I added myself.

Will I lose any of this information once I rename and repoint the current folder?

If you don't save NFOs with media - yes, custom edits will be lost. 

20 minutes ago, podonnell said:

Ideally just want to repoint the library and have it realize all the data there is identical to what it was before, just at a new path.

There's no "repointing and realizing that there's data existing", all items will be removed from the db and added as new. 

You can mitigate that by saving NFOs/artwork in your media folders. 

[podonnell 47]

3 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

All items with providerIds will retain their played/resume/favorite status; all those without them will lose it. 

Is that this section?

The content in this particular library is not something that would match external sources.
If this is what the providerId is, would there be any other way I could preserve the data? It's not a massive library so I am not ruling out simple screenshots to re-do what I have.

5 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

There's no "repointing and realizing that there's data existing", all items will be removed from the db and added as new. 

You can mitigate that by saving NFOs/artwork in your media folders. 

If I enable that setting now, it should spit out any NFO files for existing files, yes? I think I'll do that to be safe.
However, this would just be updated metadata, and not the details you mention above such as favorites and watch status, is that right? Naturally that's not kept in NFO. 

[GrimReaper 4740]

1 minute ago, podonnell said:

Is that this section?

It is. 

1 minute ago, podonnell said:

The content in this particular library is not something that would match external sources.
If this is what the providerId is, would there be any other way I could preserve the data?

Not that I know of. 

2 minutes ago, podonnell said:

If I enable that setting now, it should spit out any NFO files for existing files, yes?

No. Any change in library options/settings would apply only for new items going onwards; for existing items Refresh Metadata would be needed (nor recommended in your scenario as existing metadata would potentially be overwritten) or opening Edit Metadata dialog and clicking Save for each individual item (recommended in your usage case). 

4 minutes ago, podonnell said:

However, this would just be updated metadata, and not the details you mention above such as favorites and watch status, is that right?

It is. 

[podonnell 47]

Thanks, sounds like the good old screenshot method will be my best option.

  

2 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

No. Any change in library options/settings would apply only for new items going onwards; for existing items Refresh Metadata would be needed (nor recommended in your scenario as existing metadata would potentially be overwritten) or opening Edit Metadata dialog and clicking Save for each individual item (recommended in your usage case). 

Very good to know. This made me think of two things:

1) I recently enabled both artwork and NFO saving on another library. For both of these, I'd need to 'edit metadata' and save to write those changes to disk?
2) Is that 'automatically refresh metadata from the internet' option intended to overwrite anything not 'locked', presuming there is something new from the fetched settings? Any idea if this updates artwork as well, or just metadata?

[GrimReaper 4740]

Just now, podonnell said:

1) I recently enabled both artwork and NFO saving on another library. For both of these, I'd need to 'edit metadata' and save to write those changes to disk?

For existing items: yes (or Refresh Metadata). 

1 minute ago, podonnell said:

2) Is that 'automatically refresh metadata from the internet' option intended to overwrite anything not 'locked', presuming there is something new from the fetched settings?

Correct. 

1 minute ago, podonnell said:

Any idea if this updates artwork as well, or just metadata?

Honestly have no idea, never had that option enabled, but by same logic that you need to explicitly opt for/tick "Replace existing images" when refreshing metadata manually, I'd guess no on artwork, but a Dev or some fellow user would have to confirm.