Backfilling Images

[Spyderturbo007 19]

I'm just now moving to Emby from a stand along Kodi database on a single HTPC.  Is there a way that I can mass fill images that I don't currently have like disk images?   As I go through my movies one by one, I'm seeing some that have thumbs and some that don't.  I'd like to find an easy way to manage the images.

 

Right now I have to open each movie and see what images are present and then handle them individually.

 

I tried checking the boxes for the images I want (disk, poster, thumb, etc) then refreshing the entire Movie library choosing to only download missing metatdata, but it doesn't seem to do anything.

 

Is there an easier way?

[bluemonkey07 590]

That is the correct way i believe it may just take some time to complete depending on library size

[Deathsquirrel 745]

If you look at the metadata manager it will mark the ones with missing pictures.  There are a couple of icons denoting different missing images.

 

Personally though if, it's thumbs that are missing, I would just pop into the web ui, set the view mode to thumbs, and start scrolling.  That's what I did when I thought I had a use for thumbs.  Had to make couple hundred as lots of titles don't have an existing thumb image on fanart.

[diaz1510 154]

A tangetial issue with image management is, often there is an image that should be classified under "thumbs" but is instead a "backdrop".  I realize that's not an emby issue, but what would be cool is an option to see that backdrop image and have it point to the thumb position.  Currently, when I see this happening, I have to open the backdrop image, save it locally onto my server somewhere, then manually add it as a thumb.  Kind of a long, round-about process when I would think you could have it just point to the thumb position somehow.

[Happy2Play 9782]

Lots of these images option are more of a on demand now so as you navigate and the client need the image Emby gets it.
 
You could ensure you have "Download images in advance" enabled.  It a per library setting.