Library Scan Taking a Long Time

[Ryeguy 0]

I Started a new scan library scan the scan was at 16.9% 24 hours later it was at 18%. Is This Normal or is there a way to speed it up.

[Abobader 3464]

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[Luke 42079]

hi @Ryeguyplease attach the emby server log from when the problem occurred:

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[Ryeguy 0]

Here is the log

embyserver.txt

[Lessaj 467]

Looks like you have enabled video preview thumbnails on this library, this process takes a long time to complete depending on how many files you have, how large they are, IO speed, etc. For example this took almost 1 min 40 to complete.

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2024-11-11 07:09:02.736 Info QuickImageSeriesExtractor: ProcessRun 'quick-extract-imageseries' Execute: /Volume1/@apps/emby/emby-server/bin/ffmpeg -f mp4 -threads 1 -skip_interval 10 -copyts -i "http://127.0.0.1:8096/Items/File?Id=smb%3A%2F%2F192.168.1.234%2Fpublic%2FMovies%2FSci+Fi%2FPlanet+of+the+Apes%2FPlanet+of+the+Apes+(2001)+%5B1080p%5D%2FPlanet.of.the.Apes.2001.1080p.BrRip.x264.YIFY.mp4" -an -sn -vf "select='eq(pict_type,PICT_TYPE_I)',scale=w=320:h=137" -vsync cfr -r 0.1 -f image2 "/Volume1/Emby/cache/temp/2ef71a126c504be09e17610313527174/img_%05d.jpg"
2024-11-11 07:10:40.361 Info QuickImageSeriesExtractor: ProcessRun 'quick-extract-imageseries' Process exited with code 0 - Succeeded

 

[Luke 42079]

@Ryeguyhas this answered your question? You could try disabling that feature for faster library scans. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !