Restoring media directory structure from Emby database?

[ciearen 0]

My external media drive recently failed and unfortunately I did not yet have a backup drive to failover/clone to (will not make that mistake twice). However, I did notice that Emby still seems to have the file structure of the old drive, though it won't be able to find it anymore. Is it possible to recreate that directory structure from Emby's database on a new drive?

[Q-Droid 989]

If you can still access your Emby server and can open the settings for each of your libraries then you should be able to recreate the folder paths for each one on the replacement drive. Depending on how your media files were laid out before this should also allow the server to clean up all of the missing items from the databases.

 

 

[tedfroop21 86]

On 17/12/2024 at 11:32, ciearen said:

My external media drive recently failed and unfortunately I did not yet have a backup drive to failover/clone to (will not make that mistake twice). However, I did notice that Emby still seems to have the file structure of the old drive, though it won't be able to find it anymore. Is it possible to recreate that directory structure from Emby's database on a new drive?

Mount the new drive using the same name and the same mount point, with the files in same directories and Emby should just carry on.

Part of the beauty of using Linux is you can find the old mount point and use it for the new drive and it appears to be the same drive to Linux. (and emby)  I have done that a few times when adding larger drives and it works like a charm.