Emby Server No Longer auto adds new content

[phunzie 42]

I've been using Emby for years.  A few days ago I noticed that when I add new media files to my media drives they are not automatically getting added to my Emby Library.  I now have to manually run  Emby's "Scan Library Files" to get the media to show in my library.  I have not made any changes to my Settings, and I've verified "Enable real time monitoring" is still activated.  Running Emby Server 4.9.1.80

Advice?

 

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

Probably need to see a server log for when something was added.  May need to enable debug logging also.

[phunzie 42]

i  downloaded the installation package and reinstalled over old install....working fine again

[Luke 42077]

39 minutes ago, phunzie said:

i  downloaded the installation package and reinstalled over old install....working fine again

It could just be that you didn't give it enough time for the realtime monitor to do it's thing. I can't imagine reinstalling over your old install would make any difference whatsoever. Best to look at a specific example. Thanks.

[phunzie 42]

you're right, reinstalling didn't actually solve the problem...but it's not a matter of waiting either, as waiting several hours after adding new titles didn't help....but manually "Scan Library files" did the trick immediately

i'll upload a server log

thanks

[Happy2Play 9780]

On 10/10/2025 at 7:55 PM, phunzie said:

but it's not a matter of waiting either, as waiting several hours after adding new titles didn't help....but manually "Scan Library files" did the trick immediately

That there suggests a real time monitoring issue but server log with specific example is needed.

[Luke 42077]

@phunzie?

[phunzie 42]

@Luke@Happy2Play

 

attached is the log...The Thing (1982) is the test title 

thanks 

embyserver_20251012_0938.txt

[Happy2Play 9780]

12 minutes ago, phunzie said:

@Luke@Happy2Play

 

attached is the log...The Thing (1982) is the test title 

thanks 

embyserver_20251012_0938.txt 372.06 kB · 0 downloads

Nothing stands out as librarymonitor appears for folder but only triggered event was on your dvr folder.

2025-10-12 21:24:53.408 Info LibraryMonitor: Watching directory with new FileSystemWatcher for F:\MEDIA\Movies for item 5

2025-10-12 21:26:24.871 Info LibraryMonitor: 99 to Beat (G:\DVR\99 to Beat (2025)) will be refreshed.

 

[Luke 42077]

What type of drives are the F drives?

[phunzie 42]

HDD (NTFS)...been using it for years

[phunzie 42]

so because of your question regarding the type of drive, i decided to perform a test by adding a new title to another HDD, E...and new media added to E appears to be identified automatically properly

weird, as i've used F in the past to store hundreds of titles without issue

[Happy2Play 9780]

6 minutes ago, phunzie said:

so because of your question regarding the type of drive, i decided to perform a test by adding a new title to another HDD, E...and new media added to E appears to be identified automatically properly

weird, as i've used F in the past to store hundreds of titles without issue

Hard to say but I guess you could test creating a new folder (example F:\Movie-test\), add to a New test library and adding content to your F: drive to see if it is something weird going on with existing structure.

[Luke 42077]

We might need to see a log with debug logging enabled.

[phunzie 42]

i added 4 test media files and the only one that was added automatically was the one on E: ,  Halloween 4   , the other 3 only were only added after manual Library Scan  (log attached)

F:\Media\Movies    >>  Halloween 1   (added only after manual scan)

F:\Media\Movies-Test1   >> Halloween 2   (added only after manual scan)

F:\Movies-Test2   >>  Halloween 3   (added only after manual scan)

E:\Media\Movies   >> Halloween 4    (auto added)

embyserver_20251015_1134.txt

[Luke 42077]

Looks like the realtime monitor triggered a couple times, no?

2025-10-15 11:03:28.210 Debug LibraryMonitor: Change detected to E:\MEDIA\Movies\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed.mkv
2025-10-15 11:03:28.210 Debug LibraryMonitor: New file refresher created for E:\MEDIA\Movies\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed.mkv
2025-10-15 11:03:28.239 Debug LibraryMonitor: Change detected to E:\MEDIA\Movies\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed.mkv
2025-10-15 11:04:58.243 Debug LibraryMonitor: Timer stopped.
2025-10-15 11:04:58.251 Info LibraryMonitor: Movies (E:\MEDIA\Movies) will be refreshed.

Then

2025-10-15 11:05:36.179 Debug LibraryMonitor: Change detected to E:\MEDIA\Movies\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed.mkv
2025-10-15 11:05:36.179 Debug LibraryMonitor: New file refresher created for E:\MEDIA\Movies\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed.mkv
2025-10-15 11:07:06.187 Debug LibraryMonitor: Timer stopped.
2025-10-15 11:07:06.192 Info LibraryMonitor: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (E:\MEDIA\Movies\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed\Halloween.4.The.Return.of.Michael.Myers.1988.BluRay.1080p.DDP.5.1.x264-hallowed.mkv) will be refreshed.

 

[phunzie 42]

Yes, as I mentioned in my previous post above, only the test media file on E: caused a real time monitor trigger, and “auto added” the media Halloween 4

But none of the other 3 test files added to 3 different test folders on F:  drive were found by real-time monitoring. Only by manually running Library Scan were they found/added.

So it appears it’s only the F drive that is being ignored by real-time monitoring. It’s worked fine for years.  I’ve tried changing the drive label to G, but that didn’t help.  Is there a way to clear something in Emby to get real-time monitoring working again on this drive?

Edited October 23, 2025 by phunzie

[phunzie 42]

and just noticed that newly added TV Shows get picked up fine by Real Time Monitoring on F:, so it's just new Movies that don't get added by RTM on F:

[Luke 42077]

Hi, are you still having an issue with this?

[phunzie 42]

yes, new movies added to my F drive no longer get triggered by Real Time Monitoring, although new TV shows added to the drive still get picked up properly by RTM...other drives continue to work properly with RTM of movies

i guess i could try removing the F drive/media from my Emby library and then re-adding it...but my concern is that when the media gets re-added the "Date Added" tag will get reset and all the titles on the drive will then show as recently added

[Neminem 1518]

Have you tried unticking the RTM option, restart.

Then Tick it again and restart.

Add new media and see what happens.

[phunzie 42]

i just tried unticking, restarting/rebooting, ticking again, restarting/rebooting, and unfortunately  new movie files added to F: are still not being identified by RTM

[Luke 42077]

On 11/5/2025 at 1:49 PM, phunzie said:

i just tried unticking, restarting/rebooting, ticking again, restarting/rebooting, and unfortunately  new movie files added to F: are still not being identified by RTM

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

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Thanks !