People artwork missing after backup/restore to new server

[media-junkie 1]

I've recently setup a new Emby server and performed a backup and restore using the back/restore plugin.  Everything seems to be working fine but images for people are missing.  I've been using Emby since it was MediaBrowser and I remember at some point in the paste you could tell it where to store people images... at least I think I remember that.  Either way I can't seem to get them to redownload, i'm not even sure where Emby stores these images now to see if I could scavenge them from my olde server.  

Edited November 13, 2025 by media-junkie

[Happy2Play 9780]

Go to dashboard, click three dot menu, View Server Info.

Did you have a custom metadata path?

Did you have the plugin backup your metadata path?

 

[media-junkie 1]

I did not have it set to backup the metadata folders so I'll have to change that for this new server.  As for where it shows its storing them using the server info it appears to be in a appdata/roaming folder under my user profile.  Guess I'll check the old server and see if I can just copy the data from there.  Just out of curiosity is there a way to change where the metadata folders are stored.  I'd love to just store them on my truenas server.  

[Happy2Play 9780]

7 minutes ago, media-junkie said:

I did not have it set to backup the metadata folders so I'll have to change that for this new server.  As for where it shows its storing them using the server info it appears to be in a appdata/roaming folder under my user profile.  Guess I'll check the old server and see if I can just copy the data from there.  Just out of curiosity is there a way to change where the metadata folders are stored.  I'd love to just store them on my truenas server.  

Yes you can set a custom path.  App Settings-Library-Advanced tab

Note if you are going to change to a custom location you will have to manually copy/move content and run the Scan Metadata Folder task via Scheduled tasks.