crusher11 1127 Posted March 7 Posted March 7 I have three versions of Aliens. I can only edit one of them in the metadata editor, so to edit the others I have to edit the .nfo file directly. One has different genres to the other two, but every time I edit the incorrect one Emby just edits it right back. How can I make it stick?
tedfroop21 89 Posted Monday at 06:14 PM Posted Monday at 06:14 PM Go to the line in the NFO. ( the pencil icon next to the movie name) Look at the right end of the Genres line, click the little lock icon to lock that field from being changed. 1
crusher11 1127 Posted Monday at 08:52 PM Author Posted Monday at 08:52 PM In the NFO, or in the Emby GUI? If I lock it in the Emby GUI, I would expect that to prevent it from ingesting the change to the NFO, which is the opposite of what I want—not to mention that the whole reason I'm editing the NFO in the first place is that it's a multi-version film and I can't edit this version in the Emby GUI, so locking anything in the Emby GUI won't have any effect on what I'm doing.
pwhodges 2022 Posted Monday at 10:53 PM Posted Monday at 10:53 PM Make the nfo read-only in the OS after editing it? Paul
crusher11 1127 Posted Tuesday at 07:07 AM Author Posted Tuesday at 07:07 AM 8 hours ago, pwhodges said: Make the nfo read-only in the OS after editing it? Paul That prevents Emby overwriting the changes, but it still doesn't get Emby to ingest the changes. The whole point of saving NFO metadata is to have the server use it, but it's just overwriting the NFO with whatever it already has.
Luke 42154 Posted Wednesday at 04:05 AM Posted Wednesday at 04:05 AM Hi, what makes you think it "edits it back" ?
crusher11 1127 Posted Wednesday at 05:14 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 05:14 AM 1 hour ago, Luke said: Hi, what makes you think it "edits it back" ? When I open the NFO file, it's returned to what it was before I edited it.
Happy2Play 9797 Posted Wednesday at 05:29 AM Posted Wednesday at 05:29 AM On 3/7/2026 at 5:58 AM, crusher11 said: I have three versions of Aliens. I can only edit one of them in the metadata editor Are they grouped together? Did you split them apart to allow different metadata for each version?
crusher11 1127 Posted Wednesday at 05:34 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 05:34 AM 3 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: Are they grouped together? Yes. That's why I have to edit the NFO file directly. 4 minutes ago, Happy2Play said: Did you split them apart to allow different metadata for each version? I don't want different metadata for each version. One version has different genres to the other two and I'm trying to fix that.
Happy2Play 9797 Posted Wednesday at 05:39 AM Posted Wednesday at 05:39 AM (edited) 5 minutes ago, crusher11 said: I don't want different metadata for each version. One version has different genres to the other two and I'm trying to fix that. But if they are merged then you will never see different metadata. Will do some of my own testing as from a metadata standpoint metadata will always be the same for multi- versions and I would suspect version nfo would have to be locked if you want different. Sound correct? @Luke Edited Wednesday at 05:40 AM by Happy2Play
Happy2Play 9797 Posted Wednesday at 06:52 AM Posted Wednesday at 06:52 AM But testing adding a genre to a multi-versioned nfo held that change after a library scan. Split the items apart and the version I modified showed the edited/added genre. Manually regrouped the items and it when back to previously not showing the added genre in UI but nfo still keep the information as Emby only shows metadata for one item when merged. I guess a complete example of what is being done would be needed for testing.
crusher11 1127 Posted Wednesday at 11:36 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 11:36 AM 5 hours ago, Happy2Play said: But if they are merged then you will never see different metadata. @Luke Depends which version is the default, and which version any given user has access to, no? And the unwanted genre shows up when I view genres.
RanmaCanada 500 Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago You can literally lock the file within Emby so that it can not be changed. They must be separate if you want this to function, and it's weird that you do not want that to happen.
Luke 42154 Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago On 3/11/2026 at 1:14 AM, crusher11 said: When I open the NFO file, it's returned to what it was before I edited it. I'm guessing you refreshed the metadata after editing the nfo? If so then that would be why. Try just doing a normal scan instead.
crusher11 1127 Posted 6 hours ago Author Posted 6 hours ago 5 hours ago, RanmaCanada said: You can literally lock the file within Emby so that it can not be changed. But I'm trying to change it, and it won't let me! 5 hours ago, Luke said: I'm guessing you refreshed the metadata after editing the nfo? If so then that would be why. Try just doing a normal scan instead. No, I just scanned.
Luke 42154 Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 5 hours ago, crusher11 said: But I'm trying to change it, and it won't let me! No, I just scanned. HI there, can you please provide a specific example? How to Report a Problem Thanks !
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