Version 4.9.1.80 auto update created a lot of problems

[halitayarci 13]

Hello

After the Version 4.9.1.80 auto update some really annoying changes happened. Before the upgrade emby was working fine...

It deleted the content of my playlists. The playlists were there but when I clicked the playlist there were no items in them anymore.

But that's not the important issue. The important issue is this:

I created some libraries. All the libraries include folders of directors or genres of my choice. As an example let's say there was a library "Must Watch" which had the folders of "Quentin Tarantino" "Martin Scorsese" etc. All those director folders had the films in subfolders which included the subtitles and artwork. When I added my "Must Watch" library I made the setting on main screen to show the "Folder" view and when I clicked the folder in that librqary view I got the "Films" view directly. So when I clicked "Quentin Tarantino" the view was directly the films. But now when I click the film it opens the film in the folder view and I have to click that too in order to get the detail page.

When I created the libraries I added folders of directors or genres into those libraries and the films were in subfolders in those director or genre folders.

It will take a lot of time to recreate the hole thing. Any suggestions?  

[dakinggp33 3]

In this update, they've changed folders to function as actual folders when you view them rather than as a piece of media. The only option they're currently giving is to enable the "Add option for folder view to auto open single items in folders" option within your server settings under the display section. It will save you a click, but won't help with any sorting options or display any info found under the field options. 

This topic has been discussed a few times, as some users are running into similar issues with the change. 

 

[halitayarci 13]

Thank you for your quick response. I really appreciate it...

[steveblair 14]

For the playlist issue, try refreshing the metadata on the playlist itself. That brought back the items that were missing from one of mine that had that issue as well.

[halitayarci 13]

Unfortunately I already deleted the playlists... But this update is really bad also performance-wise... Almost everything got slower... 

[HanSolo 21]

7 hours ago, halitayarci said:

Hello

After the Version 4.9.1.80 auto update some really annoying changes happened. Before the upgrade emby was working fine...

It deleted the content of my playlists. The playlists were there but when I clicked the playlist there were no items in them anymore.

But that's not the important issue. The important issue is this:

I created some libraries. All the libraries include folders of directors or genres of my choice. As an example let's say there was a library "Must Watch" which had the folders of "Quentin Tarantino" "Martin Scorsese" etc. All those director folders had the films in subfolders which included the subtitles and artwork. When I added my "Must Watch" library I made the setting on main screen to show the "Folder" view and when I clicked the folder in that librqary view I got the "Films" view directly. So when I clicked "Quentin Tarantino" the view was directly the films. But now when I click the film it opens the film in the folder view and I have to click that too in order to get the detail page.

When I created the libraries I added folders of directors or genres into those libraries and the films were in subfolders in those director or genre folders.

It will take a lot of time to recreate the hole thing. Any suggestions?  

This would be a big problem for me since I use play lists extensively, my upgrade went sides ways (I posted about in the asustor forum). I just checked and my play lists were fine so I backed them up.

HS

[Luke 42077]

On 10/10/2025 at 1:38 PM, halitayarci said:

Unfortunately I already deleted the playlists... But this update is really bad also performance-wise... Almost everything got slower... 

Hi there, please attach the Emby server log from when the problem occurred:

How to Report a Problem

Thanks!

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

23 minutes ago, DMazer said:

1. The display of cast went from Cast/Writer/Director to Writer/Director/Cast.  Now at the front of very movie, I can possibly have two of the same person Writer/Director and most with no images.  Looks horrible.  Is there a way to make this an option or revert back to having the Cast/Writer/Director display order.

Who writes your nfo files?  As of 4.9 they are read per the order they appear in the nfo.  But a wild guess would be TMM.

 

25 minutes ago, DMazer said:

2. My movies are categorized into folders, and after this update and the first scan of any folder, it placed each movie in an individual folder (with a folder icon in the upper left corner), which now requires two clicks to get to the movie.  Not very convenient and seems clunky.  I followed the Emby file structure and naming convention when I created this server 5 years ago and spent those years digitizing my movie collection and organizing it.  Now it no longer looks or functions right.

It is an overall change to folder view but you can eliminate the click by changing the per user display setting.

There are several topics on this as some just don't like it at all.

28 minutes ago, DMazer said:

3. I noticed the Emby server loading the home screen, and images, is significantly slower than it used to be. I have fiber for internet, it's definitely not my system/setup, as none of my other systems are affected.

Minus say recaching more info will be needed along with server log with possibly debug logging enabled.

[ryanzb111 4]

Wow. What a cluster mess. I had to manually refresh metadata on all 30 of my playlists to restore the line items. The Emby app on my LG TV got nuked, I had to reinstall the client and set up login. Additionally everything feels more sluggish.

[ryanzb111 4]

On 10/10/2025 at 8:47 AM, steveblair said:

For the playlist issue, try refreshing the metadata on the playlist itself. That brought back the items that were missing from one of mine that had that issue as well.

this helped me

[HanSolo 21]

This just happened to me, I've been trying to rebuild my server from a failed upgrade. I'd saved some of the playlists and verified that the contents was in them. When I got Emby to add them again all the contents was deleted from all the playlists files. I'm running 4.8.11.0

[halitayarci 13]

My playlist issue got solved in an interesting way. As I said I didn't have many playlists and when I saw that they were empty I deleted them using the web interface. Then when I was checking the Emby server folders I noticed under  ...\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\data there were "userplaylists" and "playlists" folders. "playlists" folder was empty but "userplaylists" folder had my playlists. I cut them from "userplaylists" folder and pasted them into "playlists" folder and my playlists came back the way they were...

[halitayarci 13]

On 10/10/2025 at 8:38 PM, halitayarci said:

Unfortunately I already deleted the playlists... But this update is really bad also performance-wise... Almost everything got slower... 

My performance got a little bit better when I deleted one of the plugins. The details pages for actors and films are now opening closer to the way and speed as they used to before the upgrade. Still a little bit slower but nothing drastic... The plugin which created the problem for me was "ADM". A metadata plugin for adult titles... In spite of the fact that it was only activated as metadata provider for the adult folder, it had an impact on all titles and actors. Films, TV Series etc. I deleted it and restarted the server and that slow behaviour went away...