Setting metadata path doesnt work right

[Steve E 2]

win10 + emby 4.8.10.0

Set here

library > advanced > metadata path

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata

Check here

dashboard > ... > server info

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata\metadata

tried with trailing backslash.  no change. system builds new metadata folder where it says

Changed to

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server

and checked server log

2025-01-06 08:48:28.823 Info App: Internal metadata path: C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata

Is that by design?
 

[sa2000 674]

1 hour ago, Steve E said:

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata

That is not the default location - there should be a programdata folder

 

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata

Did you edit it ?

 

The dashboard server info should be the same

[Steve E 2]

Yeah I edited it

On this page

library > advanced > metadata path

To this path

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata

The result is

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata\metadata

Looks like the page to set it adds \metadata to the end

[sa2000 674]

12 minutes ago, Steve E said:

Yeah I edited it

On this page

library > advanced > metadata path

To this path

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata

The result is

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata\metadata

So it looks like it is taking the path you enter as the parent directory.

I will look into it

What is the reason for wanting to change the path from the default? What do you benefit from changing it from its default of

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata

to

C:\Users\mediaman\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\metadata

 

[Steve E 2]

I want the path matched with the existing emby server that's running for years

Dealing with missing data like actors and artists should be easier

[Luke 42078]

If you just want the default then I would just blank it out and the server will set it back to that.

[Steve E 2]

The existsing servers been running fine for 10 years

I'm not gonna mess with it.

The settings for the new server were imported from the backup & restore plugin.

Nothing tipped me off there was a problem until looking at the nfo files with hard coded paths to actors and artists

[Luke 42078]

9 minutes ago, Steve E said:

The existsing servers been running fine for 10 years

I'm not gonna mess with it.

The settings for the new server were imported from the backup & restore plugin.

Nothing tipped me off there was a problem until looking at the nfo files with hard coded paths to actors and artists

OK so defaults have changed over the years, so I wouldn't blank it out. Now that you've discovered what it does with the \metadata, you might be able to just configure it to the parent folder above that.

[Steve E 2]

I did.

It works fine.

Thanks.