Self-Maintained list of Blue-Ray Movies to be shown in Emby

[Tweak90 1]

Heyho,

as this is my very first post on this forum I would like to say thank you to the emby team and community for this great product! I came from Plex and I'm totally in love with emby premiere!

 

There is one think, that might already be available but I can find it on the internet.

 

Is there a chance to get the ability to create custom objects (Movies / Series) that I own physically on BluRay/DVD to be shown in the Movies / Series or an own library in emby that just shows a hint "Available on Disk" or s.th. like that so I can organize my BlueRay collection with Emby? It would be great to have all my Movies and Series vom Disk on the big screen.

 

Thank you!

[Sammy 790]

You can edit the genre to do this maybe.

[rbjtech 5284]

20 minutes ago, Tweak90 said:

Heyho,

as this is my very first post on this forum I would like to say thank you to the emby team and community for this great product! I came from Plex and I'm totally in love with emby premiere!

 

There is one think, that might already be available but I can find it on the internet.

 

Is there a chance to get the ability to create custom objects (Movies / Series) that I own physically on BluRay/DVD to be shown in the Movies / Series or an own library in emby that just shows a hint "Available on Disk" or s.th. like that so I can organize my BlueRay collection with Emby? It would be great to have all my Movies and Series vom Disk on the big screen.

 

Thank you!

Hi - Welcome

yes you can do this with what's called a stub file.

see here on how to name the 'dummy files' - you can create a new library for them if you wish - or maybe put them into a collection on existing libraries - your choice.

https://emby.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/44001159146-media-stubs

If you have the digital version online as well - then tagging that with 'PhysicalDisk' or something like that will allow you to then create a collection or filter by that tag.

Lastly - if you are really clever with your file naming - you 'may' be able to actually do a multi-version - with one being the digital copy and the other the stub !

(I've never done this myself - but worth trying  )

 

Edited November 15, 2024 by rbjtech

[Tweak90 1]

Hey guys,

you are awesome, thank you very much for the quick help! Will give it a try tomorrow

[rbjtech 5284]

I just tried my last suggestion out of curiosity - and it works just fine. 

So after creating a stub file (see below) it appears as a multi-version file.

Depending on the client - I'm sure it used to say something along the region of 'insert the disk to play' but on the web client, it just errors if you attempt to play the 'disc' version.

File naming -

Folder name MUST be the same as before the '-'  Folder name = 2 Guns (2013)

Digital file = 2 Guns (2013) - WEBDL-1080p.mkv

Stub file = 2 Guns (2013) - BLURAY-1080p.disc

Create the .disc file as a .txt file (in notepad etc) and then rename it.

Edited November 15, 2024 by rbjtech

[Tweak90 1]

Hey,

just tried it, seems to work but ending up in an error message on android, web and samsung Tizen TV instead of showing that it is a disc version.

 

As the only files I can't play are those stub files i can live with that. Error --> Disk

Thank you again, will have a long day tomorrow

[rbjtech 5284]

11 hours ago, Tweak90 said:

Hey,

just tried it, seems to work but ending up in an error message on android, web and samsung Tizen TV instead of showing that it is a disc version.

 

As the only files I can't play are those stub files i can live with that. Error --> Disk

Thank you again, will have a long day tomorrow

Yea it used to say 'please insert the disk' but I guess that has slipped by the wayside as a now rarely used feature - but as you say, it's really just a reminder that you have the physical disk - so serves it's purpose.

[Luke 42077]

22 hours ago, Tweak90 said:

Hey,

just tried it, seems to work but ending up in an error message on android, web and samsung Tizen TV instead of showing that it is a disc version.

 

As the only files I can't play are those stub files i can live with that. Error --> Disk

Thank you again, will have a long day tomorrow

What is the text of the error message?

[Neminem 1518]

Just tried this.

[Tweak90 1]

 

3 minutes ago, Neminem said:

Just tried this.

Correct, on android an german:

 

Edited November 17, 2024 by Tweak90

[Luke 42077]

8 minutes ago, Tweak90 said:

 

Correct, on android an german:

 

HI, we'll take a look at it. Thanks for reporting.