Media library slightly messed after Server 3.0.5445.5

[doron 10]

Hi,

 

After installing 5445, my library suddenly seemed fubar. Specifically, the EHS in WMC showed a large bunch of shows / episodes that are "new", as if just added, although these shows haven't seen new episodes for years.

A quick check revealed that apparently MB now treats archive files - zip and rar extensions - as media files, This leads to a bunch of rar's that were sitting there forever, to be identified as new media.

I presume this is part of the new media file parsing project; I just wonder why should these files be viewed as media?

 

I may be behind on some forum posts - tried to search but didn't find much (except for the media file name parsing project). Apologies if I missed something obvious.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

[Luke 42079]

Pretty much every other app now sees those as media so now we are too. I'm sure we'll introduce configuration for it though.

[doron 10]

Pretty much every other app now sees those as media so now we are too. I'm sure we'll introduce configuration for it though.

 

Thanks Luke.

Just for my education - why is it helpful to treat zip and rar files as media? I mean, the various players won't, AFAIK, play them; you may or may not be able to scrape metadata for them; and the media extraction tools (ffmpeg and friends) probably won't get anything meaningful out of them. Is it helpful in other ways?

[Beardyname 198]

Thanks Luke.

Just for my education - why is it helpful to treat zip and rar files as media? I mean, the various players won't, AFAIK, play them; you may or may not be able to scrape metadata for them; and the media extraction tools (ffmpeg and friends) probably won't get anything meaningful out of them. Is it helpful in other ways?

 

There is a thread in the feature request forum part that could probably give you some tips on why some ppl see this is an useful feature

 

*edit* here is the thread: http://mediabrowser.tv/community/index.php?/topic/10765-support-for-media-in-rar-archives/

Edited November 30, 2014 by Beardyname

[doron 10]

Thanks @@Beardyname . Very helpful.

[scumbag 0]

I have a similar problem since the update, lost all my new last added unplayed tv stuff & a load of old stuff appeared instead, these are not zip or rar extension. No problem with version prior.

[ebr 16184]

I have a similar problem since the update, lost all my new last added unplayed tv stuff & a load of old stuff appeared instead, these are not zip or rar extension. No problem with version prior.

 

So, exactly what are they?

[Commodus 0]

I noticed as well that since latest update, there has been a full library sync (old files are now appearing as newly added) and many individual TV show files are not displaying. (.mkv, .mp4...)

[ebr 16184]

To eliminate the problem of old items showing as new, change the Date Added option in the metadata tab to "File" instead of "Imported" date.

 

@@Luke can we please make the file dates the default again?

[Luke 42079]

it is the default

[ebr 16184]

Then how come so many people (including my system) had the import date set?  I never touched this option and it was set to imported date.  Did a dev version do that at some point?

[Purple Tentacle 0]

Had the same thing happen too.

 

My movies collection is now gone chaotic. I keep subtitles in a rar file located in the same directory of the movie title in case I needed them now MB is counting them as media, I've had to mass rename the extension to stop them showing up.

 

Also had MB readd a whole bunch old movies with newly added date.