Plugin: EmbyIcons release.

[yocker 1994]

1 hour ago, GrimReaper said:

Just tried this, seems to be working OK. Even the initial task run didn't take too long, 1hr15mins for 150,000+ images library. Subsequent task runs are quite fast, ~7-8mins pre-draw.

Some settings I'm unsure of, would appreciate if you could throw some light on what those actually do (does it rebuild all episode images? what is that "aggregation"?...) for setting them accordingly. Thanks.

They are for the aggregation cache.
Every time Emby lists items it asks EmbyIcons for each poster's cache key so it can see if the saved posters are up to date.

In the end though they are a from back when EmbyIcons had a memory leak i needed fixed, i decided to keep them as well as they keep EmbyIcons memory usage as low as possible.
Tbh. i should remove them, i just never really decided on what to set them too before doing so and then ended up forgetting about them.
I recommend just leaving them alone.

[yocker 1994]

@GrimReaperI discovered another problem i need to fix some how when testing wth CoverArt installed.
See if you can spot it.  
Hint: The screenshot is not taken with a camera.



Or maybe not..
Looks like CoverArt it self adds those black lines and rotation (a feature i forgot it had).
Well.. That makes things easier for me.

Edited 9 hours ago by yocker

[GrimReaper 5176]

Don't know is that original image that's tilted or treatment's doing it?

[yocker 1994]

1 minute ago, GrimReaper said:

Don't know is that original image that's tilted or treatment's doing it?

I've forgotten CoverArt could do that. 
Worried about the black lines under and above the poster though. Does CoverArt have that problem for you for TV shows as well when running alone?
Just so i can be sure it's not a scaling problem i need to fix in EmbyIcons.

[GrimReaper 5176]

29 minutes ago, yocker said:

Worried about the black lines under and above the poster though. Does CoverArt have that problem for you for TV shows as well when running alone?

In the web browser? Not on straight MetroCase treatment.
Btw, @Luke @ebrCoverart config window still eats into sidebar, need to go down to 67% zoom to see in in full.

 

Edited 9 hours ago by GrimReaper

[yocker 1994]

4 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

In the web browser? Not on straight MetroCase treatment.

That's strange.
I'll have to mess around with that a bit.

Thanks!!

[GrimReaper 5176]

Ah, wait, let me check on clean server, I have sh*tload of custom CSS, one of which is filling placeholder fully from long time ago. Wait.

[GrimReaper 5176]

Yeah, no bars on clean instance either. 

Can't find the option to tilt it, though, which treatment/setting would that be?

[yocker 1994]

5 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

Yeah, no bars on clean instance either. 

Can't find the option to tilt it, though, which treatment/setting would that be?

In all treatments.

[GrimReaper 5176]

1 minute ago, yocker said:

In all treatments.

Gotcha. BArs there.

[yocker 1994]

3 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

Gotcha. BArs there.

It was still there when set to not rotate for me.   

[GrimReaper 5176]

5 minutes ago, yocker said:

It was still there when set to not rotate for me.   

I remember that was an issue some time ago with CoverArt treated images (hence custom CSS), and tbh forgot about it, but it appears it's been solved in the meantime - at least for me it does. Lemme check if I can find relevant topic.

Edit:

 

Edited 8 hours ago by GrimReaper
Link

[yocker 1994]

@GrimReaperAs i better be on good terms with the reaper i fixed the problem as fast as i could.  

Try version 5.61.0.2.
It should now play nice with CoverArt.

Edited 5 hours ago by yocker

[GrimReaper 5176]

Unfortunately still getting some clashes, on initial run 169 CoverArt errors:

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2026-10-01 14:37:59.496 Info TaskManager: Executing Pre-draw posters

2026-10-01 14:37:59.502 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters started in 9 libraries with a profile (up to 8 images at a time).

2026-10-01 14:43:14.889 Warn PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw: Emby could not enhance the thumb of 'Channel 4' (E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata\library\0d\0dbc64c00af103ba519748439c3bf200\landscape.jpg). Another image plugin may have failed on it; check the log for 'Error enhancing image'.
2026-10-01 14:43:14.890 Info CoverArt: image enhance of The Changeling took 0.000 seconds.
2026-10-01 14:43:14.932 Error ImageProcessor: Error enhancing image
    *** Error Report ***
    Version: 4.10.1.0
    Command line: E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.dll -noautorunwebapp
    Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045
    OS/Process: x64/x64
    Framework: .NET 8.0.31
    Runtime: E:/EMBY/STABLE/Emby-Server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll
    Processor count: 16
    Data path: E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\programdata
    Application path: E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\system
    System.Exception: System.Exception: Skia error - pixels pointer is zero
       at CoverArt.Skia.CoverArtBaseEnhancer.Decode(String path, Boolean forceCleanBitmap, Nullable`1 orientation, SKEncodedOrigin& origin)
       at CoverArt.Skia.CoverArtBaseEnhancer.Decode(String path, Boolean forceCleanBitmap, Nullable`1 orientation, SKEncodedOrigin& origin)
       at CoverArt.Skia.CoverArtBaseEnhancer.EnhanceImageAsync(BaseItem item, String inputPath, String outputPath, ImageType imageType, Int32 imageIndex)
       at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.ExecuteImageEnhancers(IEnumerable`1 imageEnhancers, String inputPath, String outputPath, BaseItem item, ImageType imageType, Int32 imageIndex)
       at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.GetEnhancedImageInternal(String originalImagePath, BaseItem item, ImageType imageType, Int32 imageIndex, IImageEnhancer[] supportedEnhancers, String cacheGuid, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
       at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.GetEnhancedImage(ItemImageInfo image, List`1 imageFeatures, ImageProcessingOptions options, BaseItem item, Int32 imageIndex, IImageEnhancer[] enhancers, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    Source: CoverArt
    TargetSite: SkiaSharp.SKBitmap Decode(System.String, Boolean, System.Nullable`1[MediaBrowser.Model.Drawing.ImageOrientation], SkiaSharp.SKEncodedOrigin ByRef)

2026-10-01 15:24:50.549 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters finished in 00:46:51: checked 157005 images on 82660 items, drew 156676, failed 169. EmbyIcons drawing averaged 44 ms per image.

2026-10-01 15:24:50.549 Info TaskManager: Pre-draw posters Completed after 46 minute(s) and 51 seconds

Subsequent run was quite fast, 4+ minutes, with again 169 failed:

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2026-10-01 15:27:24.050 Info TaskManager: Executing Pre-draw posters

2026-10-01 15:27:24.051 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters started in 9 libraries with a profile (up to 8 images at a time).

2026-10-01 15:27:24.545 Error ImageProcessor: Error enhancing image
    *** Error Report ***
    Version: 4.10.1.0
    Command line: E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\system\EmbyServer.dll -noautorunwebapp
    Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.0.19045
    OS/Process: x64/x64
    Framework: .NET 8.0.31
    Runtime: E:/EMBY/STABLE/Emby-Server/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll
    Processor count: 16
    Data path: E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\programdata
    Application path: E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\system
    System.Exception: System.Exception: Skia error - pixels pointer is zero
       at CoverArt.Skia.CoverArtBaseEnhancer.Decode(String path, Boolean forceCleanBitmap, Nullable`1 orientation, SKEncodedOrigin& origin)
       at CoverArt.Skia.CoverArtBaseEnhancer.Decode(String path, Boolean forceCleanBitmap, Nullable`1 orientation, SKEncodedOrigin& origin)
       at CoverArt.Skia.CoverArtBaseEnhancer.EnhanceImageAsync(BaseItem item, String inputPath, String outputPath, ImageType imageType, Int32 imageIndex)
       at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.ExecuteImageEnhancers(IEnumerable`1 imageEnhancers, String inputPath, String outputPath, BaseItem item, ImageType imageType, Int32 imageIndex)
       at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.GetEnhancedImageInternal(String originalImagePath, BaseItem item, ImageType imageType, Int32 imageIndex, IImageEnhancer[] supportedEnhancers, String cacheGuid, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
       at Emby.Drawing.ImageProcessor.GetEnhancedImage(ItemImageInfo image, List`1 imageFeatures, ImageProcessingOptions options, BaseItem item, Int32 imageIndex, IImageEnhancer[] enhancers, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    Source: CoverArt
    TargetSite: SkiaSharp.SKBitmap Decode(System.String, Boolean, System.Nullable`1[MediaBrowser.Model.Drawing.ImageOrientation], SkiaSharp.SKEncodedOrigin ByRef)

2026-10-01 15:32:00.551 Warn PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw: Emby could not enhance the thumb of 'You're Still Here' (E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata\library\ee\eeb195a5e028ca88fe40159781553929\landscape.jpg). Another image plugin may have failed on it; check the log for 'Error enhancing image'.

2026-10-01 15:32:02.015 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters finished in 00:04:37: checked 157005 images on 82660 items, drew 0, failed 169.

2026-10-01 15:32:02.015 Info TaskManager: Pre-draw posters Completed after 4 minute(s) and 37 seconds

Though tbh 169 images out of 157,000 is negligible, what bothers me more is log flooded with errors.

When tracing random few of those images that failed, none of them are images that EmbyIcons should treat/place an icon on, so not sure why it is trying to draw on them - or it's just caching all the images it finds (which would be awesome)? I'm also unclear why it is failing on those images at all, they were there this morning as well when there were no fails reported. 

Anyway, not a big deal, would be nice to sort those errors, but even if not - I'll survive. 

Good to see that on server restart cache doesn't get wiped anymore, thanks:

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2026-10-01 15:55:09.650 Info TaskManager: Executing Pre-draw posters

2026-10-01 15:55:09.659 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters started in 9 libraries with a profile (up to 8 images at a time).

2026-10-01 15:59:30.635 Warn PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw: Emby could not enhance the thumb of 'You're Still Here' (E:\EMBY\STABLE\Emby-Server\programdata\metadata\library\ee\eeb195a5e028ca88fe40159781553929\landscape.jpg). Another image plugin may have failed on it; check the log for 'Error enhancing image'.

2026-10-01 15:59:32.064 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters finished in 00:04:22: checked 157005 images on 82660 items, drew 0, failed 169.

2026-10-01 15:59:32.064 Info TaskManager: Pre-draw posters Completed after 4 minute(s) and 22 seconds

[yocker 1994]

10 minutes ago, GrimReaper said:

Unfortunately still getting some clashes, on initial run 169 CoverArt errors:

Subsequent run was quite fast, 4+ minutes, with again 169 failed:

Though tbh 169 images out of 157,000 is negligible, what bothers me more is log flooded with errors.

When tracing random few of those images that failed, none of them are images that EmbyIcons should treat/place an icon on, so not sure why it is trying to draw on them - or it's just caching all the images it finds (which would be awesome)? I'm also unclear why it is failing on those images at all, they were there this morning as well when there were no fails reported. 

Anyway, not a big deal, would be nice to sort those errors, but even if not - I'll survive. 

Good to see that on server restart cache doesn't get wiped anymore, thanks:

The cache hasn't been reset on server reboot for a while.  

Hmm.. wonder what's wrong, no words on my side. 
Will look into it.

[GrimReaper 5176]

Sorted some of those errors in case plugins didn't particularly liked something on the image:

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2026-10-01 16:11:21.924 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters finished in 00:04:41: checked 157005 images on 82660 items, drew 114, failed 54. EmbyIcons drawing averaged 47 ms per image.
2026-10-01 16:11:21.924 Info TaskManager: Pre-draw posters Completed after 4 minute(s) and 41 seconds

Will check the rest.

[GrimReaper 5176]

2 minutes ago, yocker said:

The cache hasn't been reset on server reboot for a while.  

Hmm.. wonder what's wrong, no words on my side. 
Will look into it.

LOL for me it was few hours ago, during this morning's test:

9 hours ago, GrimReaper said:

Once CoverArt uninstalled, no errors, but why is cache cleared on server restart, basically throwing all the previous good work out? 

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2026-10-01 06:07:44.750 Info TaskManager: Executing Pre-draw posters
2026-10-01 06:07:44.752 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters started (up to 4 images at a time).
2026-10-01 06:07:45.260 Info EmbyIconsEnhancer: [EmbyIcons] Clearing all cached icon image data.

 

9 hours ago, GrimReaper said:

That resulted in another long pre-draw run (though shorter than the original initial one):

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2026-10-01 06:41:14.532 Info PreDrawPostersTask: [EmbyIcons] Pre-draw posters finished in 00:33:29: checked 157005 images on 83199 items, drew 146883, failed 0.
2026-10-01 06:41:14.532 Info TaskManager: Pre-draw posters Completed after 33 minute(s) and 29 seconds

 

[yocker 1994]

@GrimReaper I think the errors caused the plugin to mark the cache as invalid/out of date.