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[Neminem 1518]

I don't see these errors in my logs, so that rules out metadata end points.

So I guess its local to your system.

Be it Router / Firewall / DNS / ISP or something else is blocking it.

Have you tried restarting all things connected ?

Network equipment + server.

Have you tried changing DNS servers ?

[MrJohnW1ck 2]

i did some tweaking and optimized my rclone mount and Kept cache save for 1000hrs.

Also Split my libraries into several pieces (10tb per Lib)

[Luke 42077]

Has that helped?

[MrJohnW1ck 2]

Yeah it did help me  reduce the scan times  drastically

 

However is there any issue with IMDB or metadata fetching cuz few movies are not getting fetched with metadata if i try to identify with the movie name it says unavailable.

 

I reviewed the Log and it states its cuz of TMDB Timeouts idk how to fix this as this is in a server side and there s no VPN or Proxies

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[Luke 42077]

48 minutes ago, MrJohnW1ck said:

Yeah it did help me  reduce the scan times  drastically

 

However is there any issue with IMDB or metadata fetching cuz few movies are not getting fetched with metadata if i try to identify with the movie name it says unavailable.

 

I reviewed the Log and it states its cuz of TMDB Timeouts idk how to fix this as this is in a server side and there s no VPN or Proxies

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Could you have something blocking your connection to MovieDb?

[MrJohnW1ck 2]

I figured it was NFO being saved to my G DRive that made the TMDB to Timeout

> BTW is there way that i can save NFO Images in a different Location than the media.

> Cuz fetching metadata is making a long Time to Scan Media Library i figured that out

Edited May 13, 2025 by MrJohnW1ck

[GrimReaper 4739]

3 minutes ago, MrJohnW1ck said:

BTW is there way that i can save NFO Images in a different Location than the media.

Nope, it's either save NFOs within media folders or they're not saved/written at all, db only. 

[MrJohnW1ck 2]

Okay is there a way i can use my own TMDB Api instead of a shared one i tried googling but the options they state is not available for me

[Luke 42077]

3 hours ago, MrJohnW1ck said:

Okay is there a way i can use my own TMDB Api instead of a shared one i tried googling but the options they state is not available for me

It's not currently possible, but even if it were, what makes you think it will help? It looks like your server can't even connect to Tmdb.

[MrJohnW1ck 2]

I changed the API through the System by adding my own xml file now its fast.

> My server can connect to Tmdb but the issue is my Library is vast as in 40tb split between 20tb for movies and 20tb for series (5000+ episodes)

so TMDB as a limit of 4000 req per day so its get throttled down.

 

Anyways thanks for the help

 

[Luke 42077]

14 minutes ago, MrJohnW1ck said:

I changed the API through the System by adding my own xml file now its fast.

 

Sorry I don't quite follow. What exactly do you mean by that?

[MrJohnW1ck 2]

I was able to use my own API under "/var/lib/emby/config/plugins/TheMovieDb.xml"

[Luke 42077]

Are you sure it actually did what you thought it was doing? The moviedb plugin doesn't have any config file that it checks.

[MrJohnW1ck 2]

Yes its working cuz in log i could see my API key being used

[Luke 42077]

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