Moved media Library to new location. Some media's metadata points to old Paths and won't play.

[beefsnack 16]

I get this similar problem as well, I've changed/moved Paths for file locations to several movies/TV shows and EMBY doesn't release the old path/Location i.e (A: to D or V, H etc..)

and it'll still show it's in A and wont release it from A, and I haven't done one thing though, (I have not deleted the A drive from the library from the core settings yet, I need it to still see what I lost from the A drive crash)  which I can't ATM which is probably hindering my progress I'm sure, But I figured It should still notice the File move anyways, should it not?

any Ideas how I can move forward with redirecting or pointing the server to the new paths?

Like images show I know for a fact those shows are not in A: and All of them are still showing up as in A, and wont change to new location/Path 

TIA

Beef.

embyserver.txt

Edited March 14 by beefsnack
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[Luke 42186]

Hi, what do you see in emby library setup?

[beefsnack 16]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, what do you see in emby library setup?

elaborate please?

in the settings section of the individual  folder options?

side note: I've also noticed it's been taking an extremely long time for new data to load up too.

Edited Saturday at 11:52 PM by beefsnack

[beefsnack 16]

13 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, what do you see in emby library setup?

Here is what I have available to me, and what I have checked. sorry for the size, at least you don't have to zoom... 

[Sorahl 7]

Could be a stupid question but . Did you rescan library files?

 

[sa2000 691]

The log shows the A: Drive paths still remain as part of libraries definitions

You have 34 libraries and you have 26 libraries folder paths still referring to the A: Drive

	Library Folder: TV-SHOWS, id: 830042: path: A:\TV-SHOWS
	Library Folder: Harrison Ford, id: 850101: path: A:\Harrison Ford
	Library Folder: MOVIES, id: 829958: path: A:\MOVIES
	Library Folder: DC, id: 880557: path: A:\DC
	Library Folder: MARVEL, id: 880558: path: A:\MARVEL
	Library Folder: HELLRAISER, id: 978932: path: A:\HORROR\HELLRAISER
	Library Folder: HORROR, id: 829948: path: A:\HORROR
	Library Folder: RESIDENT EVIL, id: 863941: path: A:\RESIDENT EVIL
	Library Folder: TOON-TV, id: 830041: path: A:\TOON-TV
	Library Folder: WESTERNS, id: 850884: path: A:\WESTERNS
	Library Folder: NOT-SO-TOON, id: 829981: path: A:\NOT-SO-TOON
	Library Folder: DUB N SUB, id: 875954: path: A:\DUB N SUB
	Library Folder: FAMILY-ANIME, id: 829828: path: A:\FAMILY-ANIME
	Library Folder: DOCUMENTARIES, id: 829531: path: A:\DOCUMENTARIES
	Library Folder: XMAS, id: 865966: path: A:\XMAS
	Library Folder: DOCU-REAL, id: 829206: path: A:\DOCU-REAL
	Library Folder: MP3, id: 866494: path: A:\MP3
	Library Folder: COOKING, id: 828774: path: A:\COOKING
	Library Folder: GOLDEN OLDIES, id: 889731: path: A:\GOLDEN OLDIES
	Library Folder: STAND-UP, id: 829983: path: A:\STAND-UP
	Library Folder: ALL ABOUT MUSIC, id: 828747: path: A:\ALL ABOUT MUSIC
	Library Folder: ANIME DUB-SUB, id: 1110574: path: A:\ANIME DUB-SUB
	Library Folder: TOON - DUB-SUB, id: 1112594: path: A:\TOON - DUB-SUB

Have you recovered all this media that was on the A: Drive from a backup and placed them in new paths / added to other existing paths? Once you have done that you can edit the libraries to remove the A: Folder paths and then scan the libraries

 

[beefsnack 16]

2 hours ago, Sorahl said:

Could be a stupid question but . Did you rescan library files?

 

several times 

[beefsnack 16]

1 hour ago, sa2000 said:

The log shows the A: Drive paths still remain as part of libraries definitions

You have 34 libraries and you have 26 libraries folder paths still referring to the A: Drive

	Library Folder: TV-SHOWS, id: 830042: path: A:\TV-SHOWS
	Library Folder: Harrison Ford, id: 850101: path: A:\Harrison Ford
	Library Folder: MOVIES, id: 829958: path: A:\MOVIES
	Library Folder: DC, id: 880557: path: A:\DC
	Library Folder: MARVEL, id: 880558: path: A:\MARVEL
	Library Folder: HELLRAISER, id: 978932: path: A:\HORROR\HELLRAISER
	Library Folder: HORROR, id: 829948: path: A:\HORROR
	Library Folder: RESIDENT EVIL, id: 863941: path: A:\RESIDENT EVIL
	Library Folder: TOON-TV, id: 830041: path: A:\TOON-TV
	Library Folder: WESTERNS, id: 850884: path: A:\WESTERNS
	Library Folder: NOT-SO-TOON, id: 829981: path: A:\NOT-SO-TOON
	Library Folder: DUB N SUB, id: 875954: path: A:\DUB N SUB
	Library Folder: FAMILY-ANIME, id: 829828: path: A:\FAMILY-ANIME
	Library Folder: DOCUMENTARIES, id: 829531: path: A:\DOCUMENTARIES
	Library Folder: XMAS, id: 865966: path: A:\XMAS
	Library Folder: DOCU-REAL, id: 829206: path: A:\DOCU-REAL
	Library Folder: MP3, id: 866494: path: A:\MP3
	Library Folder: COOKING, id: 828774: path: A:\COOKING
	Library Folder: GOLDEN OLDIES, id: 889731: path: A:\GOLDEN OLDIES
	Library Folder: STAND-UP, id: 829983: path: A:\STAND-UP
	Library Folder: ALL ABOUT MUSIC, id: 828747: path: A:\ALL ABOUT MUSIC
	Library Folder: ANIME DUB-SUB, id: 1110574: path: A:\ANIME DUB-SUB
	Library Folder: TOON - DUB-SUB, id: 1112594: path: A:\TOON - DUB-SUB

Have you recovered all this media that was on the A: Drive from a backup and placed them in new paths / added to other existing paths? Once you have done that you can edit the libraries to remove the A: Folder paths and then scan the libraries

 

Not yet, but the ones That I have replaced I have moved to a completely new folder yes.

[sa2000 691]

7 hours ago, beefsnack said:

That I have replaced I have moved to a completely new folder ye

OK - let have one example of a drive path that changed and the media is now elsewhere and that you have removed that old folder path from the library definition and did a scan after that. Would like to know which library, which folder path and which media file still trying to use the old path and a server log covering the time of this happening

 

[Happy2Play 9800]

Potentially I would test move a specific item you are having issues with back to its original location, Full Scan, confirm it works.

Then move that item to its new location, Full Scan, see if it works if not post the server log for this process.

I move content to other folders all the time and don't have a issue with it moving, haven't really need to do different drive letters as drives are polled.

Edited yesterday at 05:44 AM by Happy2Play

[bennymac 47]

I had this problem last week after moving to a NAS for a single place of storage.

To fix it.

I shutdown Emby and deleted the library.db from the local system path. Before doing so I made a backup using the built-in backup/restore plugin.

When starting Emby back up it creates a new library.db. This fixed all path issues I had. The initial scan took a while.

You also have to add the Libraries back as they'll be blank and check the User's have those new libraries under their account settings.

All was perfect for me afterwards.

Edited yesterday at 09:37 AM by bennymac

[beefsnack 16]

On 3/18/2026 at 6:17 PM, sa2000 said:

OK - let have one example of a drive path that changed and the media is now elsewhere and that you have removed that old folder path from the library definition and did a scan after that. Would like to know which library, which folder path and which media file still trying to use the old path and a server log covering the time of this happening

 

As I explained before, I haven't removed the A drive just yet because I'm still working on replacing the data I've lost from the specific HD crash, I'm being lazy I guess but I could write it down and be done with it, which I"m considering ATM, because this is causing to much trouble, I think this is the main reason why this is happening, everything is still showing in the A drive and not redirecting to the new folder when I replace the data and No I have not used the drive letter (A) yet it's not being used ATM this is probably why I'm having the issue,  I'm just looking for an easy way out or a short cut before I use a new HD and label it A: when I do finally do finish up replacing all my missing data, If you can follow my madness.