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[Luke 42640]

By the way in case you're expecting the server to automatically switch between E and F depending on which is accessible, it won't work that way.

[twofacetoo 2]

Just now, Luke said:

By the way in case you're expecting the server to automatically switch between E and F depending on which is accessible, it won't work that way.

Okay, so I can only have it set as one then? I'll set it to E only for both and rescan. I'll take a bit so I'll update when it's done

[Luke 42640]

Just now, twofacetoo said:

Okay, so I can only have it set as one then? I'll set it to E only for both and rescan. I'll take a bit so I'll update when it's done

You can import content from both drives into Emby if you wish, so you're not forced into using just one or the other.

You just have to keep in mind that if any drive letter changes, the server will not automatically handle that. You'll have to update Emby library setup to remove the old path and add the new one.

[twofacetoo 2]

Just now, Luke said:

You can import content from both drives into Emby if you wish, so you're not forced into using just one or the other.

You just have to keep in mind that if any drive letter changes, the server will not automatically handle that. You'll have to update Emby library setup to remove the old path and add the new one.

All due respect, but if that's the case, why are we able to set multiple file path locations for a single channel?

[Luke 42640]

1 minute ago, twofacetoo said:

All due respect, but if that's the case, why are we able to set multiple file path locations for a single channel?

Because sometimes users want to have one Movies library that aggregates content from two different locations. Does that answer your question?

[twofacetoo 2]

Just now, Luke said:

Because sometimes users want to have one Movies library that aggregates content from two different locations. Does that answer your question?

So if it's the same content but in one of two different locations, it won't locate any of it, but if it's different content in two different locations, it'll locate it all at once? I'm just trying to understand how this works, I don't even know how this went wrong to begin with.

[Luke 42640]

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So if it's the same content but in one of two different locations, it won't locate any of it

I don't really understand what you mean by this?

Maybe this is a better answer:

Let's say you add E and F drives to Emby, and they have different content in each. If those drive letters get swapped, Emby Server will not know about it and will still be looking for things in their old locations, and you'll see the errors you saw above. Since they've merely traded places, you could just run a normal library scan and then once it completes you'll be fine after that. The same goes if you decide to move files around from one to the other, make sure to run a library scan after doing that.

But let's say E and F change to F and G, then you need to update Emby library setup to remove E and add G.

[twofacetoo 2]

Just now, Luke said:

I don't really understand what you mean by this?

Maybe this is a better answer:

Let's say you add E and F drives to Emby, and they have different content in each. If those drive letters get swapped, Emby Server will not know about it and will still be looking for things in their old locations, and you'll see the errors you saw above. Since they've merely traded places, you could just run a normal library scan and then once it completes you'll be fine after that. The same goes if you decide to move files around from one to the other, make sure to run a library scan after doing that.

But let's say E and F change to F and G, then you need to update Emby library setup to remove E and add G.

Right, okay, I think I'm getting it now. The laptop is still updating the content so as said, I'll reply with another update when it's done, but thanks for explaining that.

[Luke 42640]

But also keep in mind that while all of this will work, it will also result in constantly having long library scan times. For this reason, it would be better to try and ensure that the drive letters area not changing on a regular basis.

[twofacetoo 2]

3 minutes ago, Luke said:

But also keep in mind that while all of this will work, it will also result in constantly having long library scan times. For this reason, it would be better to try and ensure that the drive letters area not changing on a regular basis.

Holy hell that seemed to fix it after all, thanks a million for that. Setting the drive to a single location and doing a manual rescan worked

And yeah for clarity my intent is to get another drive solely for movies, and have them plugged into the same drive slots all the time, one will only be for movies, the other only for shows, so no rescanning should be necessary going forwards

Thanks again, this has been bugging me for a few days now, so glad I could finally get it fixed