Question on library monitor behaviour

[kjp4756 41]

Now that I have library auto updates functioning on my freebsd install of emby I have a question.  When a TV show is added to my TV show library the added episode is added immediately without a full library scan.  When a movie is added to my movie library a FULL library scan is initiated and it takes 20 minutes to complete.  

 

Is this how it's supposed to work?  I don't understand why it needs to do a full library scan for movies.  Can't emby see that a new file is added then add that 1 file to the database then refresh only that item?

 

Thanks

[ebr 16187]

TV episodes are easy because of how they are structured in the file system.

 

Movies have a lot of different possibilities so it is much more complex to determine exactly what the change means.

[Happy2Play 9783]

TV episodes are easy because of how they are structured in the file system.

 

Movies have a lot of different possibilities so it is much more complex to determine exactly what the change means.

I could understand this during and initial installation, but after everything is already defined why can't the server just add what is new?  So If I drop a new movie in the movies folder that is already defined content type Movies should it just pick up that movie?

[kjp4756 41]

Did I put this thread in windows server?  Sorry it should've been the regular general forum not 'windows/general'

[ebr 16187]

Did I put this thread in windows server?  Sorry it should've been the regular general forum not 'windows/general'

 

I moved it because it is a question about the server operation.

[ebr 16187]

I could understand this during and initial installation, but after everything is already defined why can't the server just add what is new?  So If I drop a new movie in the movies folder that is already defined content type Movies should it just pick up that movie?

 

Trying to do that caused problems.  The only reliable way to properly ingest new movies was to do a scan.

 

Is it possible that could be refined further?  Perhaps but it isn't something we've taken any time to look at in a while.