Shortcut to folders

[Swynol 375]

Not sure how long it hasnt been working for but previously i had shortcuts to movie folders in other folders so that they appeared in more than one library.

 

for example

 

i have a few media libraries. Movies, Blu-Rays, 3D Movies. I created shortcuts of my 3D films inside my Movies Library which meant that the 3D films showed in both Libraries. however recently they no longer show up there.

 

i think i know what you will say, is to add the 3D Movies folder location to the Movies Library however because my Movies Folder is arranged As

A-

    Avengers

    Ace Ventura

B-

    Badboys 

 

 

If i add my 3D folder location to the Movies Library i get

 

A-

     Avengers

     Ace Ventura

Avengers 3D-

B- 

 

[ebr 16170]

Since 5724.  Look at the existing feature changes at the bottom.

[Swynol 375]

sorry for the double post, i was half way through writing it when i thought it errored out.

 

thanks ebr - must of overlooked that. Was there a big performance issue with it?

Edited October 15, 2015 by Swynol

[Swynol 375]

for anyone else looking for it. the location to change it is

 

C:\Users\%username%AppData\Roaming\MediaBrowser-Server\config\system.xml

 

and change the false to true

 

<EnableWindowsShortcuts>true</EnableWindowsShortcuts>

[ebr 16170]

Yes, this was at the root of many people's performance problems because when the shortcuts go bad, everything slows way down looking for them.

[Swynol 375]

hi ebr, i enabled the above but my shortcuts are showing in the wrong location. they show as per the screen shot below rather than in the A-Z folders.

[Luke 42077]

you need to run the dev server in order to use the hidden config switch, as an issue with unfortunately slipped into the stable release.

[Swynol 375]

ok thanks Luke. i'm currently using Beta, will give Dev a whirl

Edited October 15, 2015 by Swynol

[TheShanMan 40]

Why not use symbolic links?

[Swynol 375]

never thought of using them, will give it a go. thanks

[pepper08 0]

Having used the (now deprecated) shortcuts feature to quickly and easily setup subfolders for the kids to use, what is the recommended way to do this now?

 

I can do this by creating a library for the kids and then adding the folders I want them to access, but I can only add one folder at a time.  So tedious!!

 

Is there a better way to do this?

[pepper08 0]

I take it back........creating a library doesn't work quite right.  I don't see a way to select just the subfolders I want and have them show up "properly". 

 

What I mean is that that instead of getting a nice list like:

 

Kids

    --- Arthur

         -- Season 1

         -- Season 2

   --- Big Hero Six

   --- Curious George

        -- Season 1

        -- Season 2

   --- Planes

   --- Planes Fire and Rescue

   --- Wild Kratts

       -- Season 1

       -- Season 2

 

instead it just throws everything into one top level:

 

   --- Arthur Season 1

   --- Arthur Season 2

   --- Big Hero Six

   --- Curious George Season 1

   --- Curious George Season 2

  etc

 

Is there an easier way to organize access to a subset of folders and still have Emby respect the folder structure for the selected subset?

[Luke 42077]

we do not throw seasons on to the same level as other tv series, so if that's what you're seeing then there's something else going on there.