Horizontal videos from iPhone identified as photos on MacOS server

[garyva 0]

Running Emby for MacOS 4.8.11.0. 

Videos taken with iPhone held in horizontal position show up as photos in Emby and cannot be played. The videos are in a shared folder in Mac Photos.

Please advise.

[Luke 42077]

hi, what exactly makes you think they are identified as photos?

[garyva 0]

In the Emby app they're showing up under photos rather than videos. And they have no runtime and cannot be played.

Edited July 19, 2025 by garyva
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[Luke 42077]

Can you please show a screenshot example? What are the file extensions?

[garyva 0]

The file extension is jpeg: /Users/garyvia/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/scopes/cloudsharing/resources/derivatives/masters/2/2E9EA814-A546-4310-8E4A-069FF32DA3BD_4_5005_c.jpeg

There's other problems. Some live photos (which should be in videos)  show up in both videos AND photos. Here's a screenshot of photos and videos:

 

[Luke 42077]

@garyvamaybe you have them as both photos and videos? If you right click one of them, then edit metadata, what does it show as the path to the item?

[garyva 0]

OK, here's the path for an iPhone video that Emby places under Photos:

/Users/garyvia/Pictures/Photos Library.photoslibrary/scopes/cloudsharing/resources/derivatives/masters/2/2E9EA814-A546-4310-8E4A-069FF32DA3BD_4_5005_c.jpeg

I don't understand how I could "have" them as both photos and videos. On my Mac they are all in one shared album. The Mac puts a time signature on the ones that are videos, and it puts a "LIVE" icon on the ones that play briefly (usually about 2 seconds) as a video. Neither of those appears on standard (non-live) photos. 

Here's a screenshot of how they appear in the Mac Photos app:

[Luke 42077]

OK that's really odd. I haven't seen this before, and I also can't reproduce on the beta channel. I would assume your issue is resolved in the upcoming 4.9 server release.