Release Date being used as Date Added

[jeffshead 4]

I just added some movies to my network share. Each movie is in it's own folder. Emby added them automatically and scraped them properly but I noticed they do not show up under Recently Added.

 

I used the Metadata Manager to view each movie's info and saw the Release Date and Date Added match!

 

I checked Emby->Settings->Library->Advanced->Date added behavior for new content and it is set to: Use file creation date

 

Why is this? Why wasn't the creation date of the folder or movie file used?

Edited August 1, 2016 by jeffshead

[Jack Burton 98]

Are you using the TimeLord plugin?

[jeffshead 4]

Are you using the TimeLord plugin?

No.

 

The only plug-in I have installed is the Emby for Kodi Sync Queue

Edited August 1, 2016 by jeffshead

[jeffshead 4]

Switching Emby->Settings->Library->Advanced->Date added behavior for new content to: Use date scanned into library works.

 

How can we troubleshoot?

 

 

[Luke 42081]

Hi, welcome. Now that you've switched it, and it's working, what's left to troubleshoot?

[jeffshead 4]

Hi, welcome. Now that you've switched it, and it's working, what's left to troubleshoot?

Ha, ha 

 

Maybe you're right; leave well enough alone.

 

My nature is to fix, not work around. Bothers me when something is not functioning properly and I don't know the cause.

[puithove 209]

Ha, ha 

 

Maybe you're right; leave well enough alone.

 

My nature is to fix, not work around. Bothers me when something is not functioning properly and I don't know the cause.

 

...but that is an option to directly control what you're asking about...so...it's working properly isn't it?

[Luke 42081]

I think it is working properly, but users often confuse date created timestamp for date modified. So to clear that up, it is the date created timestamp. Second, if you have an added value within an nfo file then that will always override.

[jeffshead 4]

...but that is an option to directly control what you're asking about...so...it's working properly isn't it?

No. It's not working properly if I want the Emby created NFO file to contain the "created date" of the folder rather than when Emby finds it. Changing settings is a work around to achieve a similar result. It's not a solution to the original problem and I don't understand how this is being viewed as "fixed".

 

I think it is working properly, but users often confuse date created timestamp for date modified. So to clear that up, it is the date created timestamp. Second, if you have an added value within an nfo file then that will always override.

Again... It's not working properly! Each folder I upload contains only a movie file. Emby is creating the NFO file and supplying the "date added". Below is an excerpt of an NFO file. Both the folder and the movie file were created a few days ago, not in 1992.

...
<lockdata>false</lockdata>
  <dateadded>1992-08-06 21:00:00</dateadded>
  <title>Unforgiven</title>
  <originaltitle>Unforgiven</originaltitle>
  <director>Clint Eastwood</director>
  <writer>David Webb Peoples</writer>
  <credits>David Webb Peoples</credits>
  <trailer>plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&videoid=yGQm50DTOVk</trailer>
  <trailer>plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&videoid=ftTX4FoBWlE</trailer>
  <rating>8.3</rating>
  <year>1992</year>
  <mpaa>R</mpaa>
  <imdbid>tt0105695</imdbid>
  <tmdbid>33</tmdbid>
  <premiered>1992-08-07</premiered>
  <releasedate>1992-08-07</releasedate>
  <enddate>1992-08-06</enddate>
  <criticrating>95</criticrating>
... 

Never the less, there are other more important issues that need attention such as A/V sync. I'll open different threads for those issues.

Edited August 2, 2016 by jeffshead

[bfir3 117]

No. It's not working properly if I want the Emby created NFO file to contain the "created date" of the folder rather than when Emby finds it. Changing settings is a work around to achieve a similar result. It's not a solution to the original problem and I don't understand how this is being viewed as "fixed".

 

Again... It's not working properly! Each folder I upload contains only a movie file. Emby is creating the NFO file and supplying the "date added". Below is an excerpt of an NFO file. Both the folder and the movie file were created a few days ago, not in 1992.

...
<lockdata>false</lockdata>
  <dateadded>1992-08-06 21:00:00</dateadded>
  <title>Unforgiven</title>
  <originaltitle>Unforgiven</originaltitle>
  <director>Clint Eastwood</director>
  <writer>David Webb Peoples</writer>
  <credits>David Webb Peoples</credits>
  <trailer>plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&videoid=yGQm50DTOVk</trailer>
  <trailer>plugin://plugin.video.youtube/?action=play_video&videoid=ftTX4FoBWlE</trailer>
  <rating>8.3</rating>
  <year>1992</year>
  <mpaa>R</mpaa>
  <imdbid>tt0105695</imdbid>
  <tmdbid>33</tmdbid>
  <premiered>1992-08-07</premiered>
  <releasedate>1992-08-07</releasedate>
  <enddate>1992-08-06</enddate>
  <criticrating>95</criticrating>
... 

Never the less, there are other more important issues that need attention such as A/V sync. I'll open different threads for those issues.

 

Well where is the 1992 coming from? Emby uses either file/folder date created or date added based on configuration, right?

[jeffshead 4]

Well where is the 1992 coming from? Emby uses either file/folder date created or date added based on configuration, right?

That's my question. The creation date of both the folder and the movie file it contains are Friday, ‎July ‎29, ‎2016, ‏‎7:xx:xx PM.

[bfir3 117]

That's my question. The creation date of both the folder and the movie file it contains are Friday, ‎July ‎29, ‎2016, ‏‎7:xx:xx PM.

 

And you are looking at the Date Created property and not the Date Modified property, correct?

[jeffshead 4]

And you are looking at the Date Created property and not the Date Modified property, correct?

Yes.

[bfir3 117]

And there is no movie.xml in the directory that Emby could be pulling from when creating the NFO, correct? I can't think of other reasons that Emby might overwrite the Date Added with something other than the Date Created property of the file, except for if you were running the TimeLord plugin (though I haven't actually used this so I might be wrong). Seems like a very strange issue otherwise.

[jeffshead 4]

And there is no movie.xml in the directory that Emby could be pulling from when creating the NFO, correct? I can't think of other reasons that Emby might overwrite the Date Added with something other than the Date Created property of the file, except for if you were running the TimeLord plugin (though I haven't actually used this so I might be wrong). Seems like a very strange issue otherwise.

No xml file.

 

I appreciate everyone's response. I'm content with the results of using: Use date scanned into library. We can continue this discussion but I do not want to be frivolous with anyone's time. I have posted about other issues that are more important to me 

Edited August 2, 2016 by jeffshead

[Luke 42081]

Yea i can't reproduce this sorry, and i haven't seen this reported by anyone else either. Something else must be modifying it after Emby scans it. We have seen many cases of other programs modifying nfo's after we save it, unfortunately everybody's natural assumption is that it's always an Emby problem.