Collection Identification not working

[TheKrizzz 4]

All - I have a similar issue.  Emby is grouping movies into collections but can't seem to identify the collection.  If I manually try to identify it, no matter what I enter, I get no results when I search.

The Movie DB and The Open Movie DB are select in the library.

Folder Structure (Example):

Nobody

    [01] Nobody (2021)
        Nobody.mkv
    [02] Nobody 2 (2025)
        Nobody 2.mkv

This used to work beautifully, and I'm not sure what changed.  I recently upgraded to 4.9.1.90 on Ubuntu 24.04, but I can't confirm that this started after the upgrade.  I don't believe that is the case.

Here is the content of my server log from that window, but I didn't see anything useful.  Maybe you will.

 

2025-11-22 10:32:32.429 Info LibraryStructureService-0HNH9SBIJEUJ5:0000000E: http/1.1 Response 204 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 5ms. POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/emby/Library/VirtualFolders/LibraryOptions?X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Firefox&X-Emby-Device-Id=84a495d6-b44a-4c54-8222-1c65a21c5a70&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.1.90&X-Emby-Token=x_secret2_x&X-Emby-Language=en-us&reqformat=json.

2025-11-22 10:32:53.264 Info ItemRefreshService-0HNH9SBIJEUJ7:00000010: http/1.1 POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/emby/Items/17966020/Refresh?Recursive=true&ImageRefreshMode=FullRefresh&MetadataRefreshMode=FullRefresh&ReplaceAllImages=true&ReplaceThumbnailImages=true&ReplaceAllMetadata=true&X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Firefox&X-Emby-Device-Id=84a495d6-b44a-4c54-8222-1c65a21c5a70&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.1.90&X-Emby-Token=x_secret2_x&X-Emby-Language=en-us. Source Ip: 127.0.0.1, UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:145.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/145.0

2025-11-22 10:32:53.264 Info App: Refresh metadata requested on 17966020

2025-11-22 10:32:53.264 Info ItemRefreshService-0HNH9SBIJEUJ7:00000010: http/1.1 Response 204 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 1ms. POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/emby/Items/17966020/Refresh?Recursive=true&ImageRefreshMode=FullRefresh&MetadataRefreshMode=FullRefresh&ReplaceAllImages=true&ReplaceThumbnailImages=true&ReplaceAllMetadata=true&X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Firefox&X-Emby-Device-Id=84a495d6-b44a-4c54-8222-1c65a21c5a70&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.1.90&X-Emby-Token=x_secret2_x&X-Emby-Language=en-us.

2025-11-22 10:33:16.873 Info ItemLookupService-0HNH9SBIJEUJ5:00000010: http/1.1 POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/emby/Items/RemoteSearch/BoxSet?X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Firefox&X-Emby-Device-Id=84a495d6-b44a-4c54-8222-1c65a21c5a70&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.1.90&X-Emby-Token=x_secret2_x&X-Emby-Language=en-us&reqformat=json. Source Ip: 127.0.0.1, UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:145.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/145.0

2025-11-22 10:33:16.875 Info ItemLookupService-0HNH9SBIJEUJ5:00000010: http/1.1 Response 200 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 1ms. POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/emby/Items/RemoteSearch/BoxSet?X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Firefox&X-Emby-Device-Id=84a495d6-b44a-4c54-8222-1c65a21c5a70&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.1.90&X-Emby-Token=x_secret2_x&X-Emby-Language=en-us&reqformat=json.

2025-11-22 10:45:07.316 Info LibraryStructureService-0HNH9SBIJEUJI:00000001: http/1.1 POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/emby/Library/VirtualFolders/LibraryOptions?X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Firefox&X-Emby-Device-Id=84a495d6-b44a-4c54-8222-1c65a21c5a70&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.1.90&X-Emby-Token=x_secret2_x&X-Emby-Language=en-us&reqformat=json. Source Ip: 127.0.0.1, UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:145.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/145.0

2025-11-22 10:45:07.317 Info LibraryStructureService-0HNH9SBIJEUJI:00000001: http/1.1 Response 204 to 127.0.0.1. Time: 1ms. POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/emby/Library/VirtualFolders/LibraryOptions?X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Firefox&X-Emby-Device-Id=84a495d6-b44a-4c54-8222-1c65a21c5a70&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.9.1.90&X-Emby-Token=x_secret2_x&X-Emby-Language=en-us&reqformat=json.

 

Appreciate any ideas. Thx.

 

 

[TheKrizzz 4]

Sorry for the 2nd post.  Needed to add something to select "Follow Topic". 

[Neminem 1518]

15 minutes ago, TheKrizzz said:

Nobody

    [01] Nobody (2021)
        Nobody.mkv
    [02] Nobody 2 (2025)
        Nobody 2.mkv

Movie Naming

[TheKrizzz 4]

Thanks @NeminemTotally explains why it wouldn't auto-detect.  But no matter what I search when I try to manually identify (collection, movie), I get zero results.

[Luke 42077]

@TheKrizzz

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

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Thanks !

 

[TheKrizzz 4]

Hi @Lukehappy to. 

I no longer return any results when I create a collection (even ones that are created automatically). In the attached video, Emby automatically created the "Nobody Collection" but couldn't identify it.  When I try to manually search for a collection, no matter what I enter, I get no results back.  This used to work perfectly, and unfortunately, I can't pinpoint when the change occurred.  Log files attached.  Please let me know what other info I can provide.  Thx.

 

 

embyserver.txt

[GrimReaper 4739]

Is TMDB meta-provider still enabled in your Collections library (Settings>Library tab), in case server update disabled it? If it is, try unchecking/unticking it and then checking/ticking it back on, see how does that compare. 

[Happy2Play 9780]

Since your screen does not look like this it means you do not have enabled providers on the Collection library.

[TheKrizzz 4]

Thanks guys.  Huge help.  I had the Metadata providers setup for the movies, but not for the collections themselves.  Appreciate it.