Live backgrounds for Emby theater but not Emby WMC

[ebr 16169]

I guess you also have the Optional Network Path defined for those library locations?

[jachin99 88]

I'll double check but I'm pretty sure i do.  Correct me if i'm wrong but there should be only one place in emby's settings where I need to define a UNC path, and I need to define the Movie folder path, not the drive path, right?  My movies folder is on a drive that is separate from my C drive on the server.  

[jachin99 88]

I do have a UNC path entered in my library settings for emby.  That path is \\ipaddress\drive\folder.  The folder I use to store movies is located on a separate drive than my OS

[ebr 16169]

Correct me if i'm wrong but there should be only one place in emby's settings where I need to define a UNC path, 

 

No, that is not correct.  The network paths need to be defined for every media location.

 

Also, I would use a machine name instead of IP address just to insulate against the address changing.

[jachin99 88]

No, that is not correct.  The network paths need to be defined for every media location.

 

Also, I would use a machine name instead of IP address just to insulate against the address changing.

 

Maybe I'm not being really clear.  I'm only pointing emby to one folder on one drive because i only use it for movies.  This is why I only have one UNC path defined.  If I were to define UNC path for every media location (As I understand that term in its current context) then it would look like \\localhost\drive\movies\avengers, \\localhost\drive\movies\batman, etc. Is this what you are telling me I need to be doing?

Edited June 15, 2017 by jachin99

[jachin99 88]

Other than the library tab in server manager are there any other locations where I need to input a network location, or point emby in some way to a specific folder?

[ebr 16169]

Maybe I'm not being really clear.  I'm only pointing emby to one folder on one drive because i only use it for movies.  This is why I only have one UNC path defined.  If I were to define UNC path for every media location (As I understand that term in its current context) then it would look like \\localhost\drive\movies\avengers, \\localhost\drive\movies\batman, etc. Is this what you are telling me I need to be doing?

 

No, I meant each location you define to Emby.  It sounds like you only have one so that is all you need.

[jachin99 88]

What else can i do to troubleshoot this?

[ebr 16169]

Sorry but I'm out of ideas on your end.  I will investigate further and let you know but, to set your expectations, it will probably be a couple of weeks before I can get to it.  Thanks.

[ebr 16169]

Okay, I've had a chance to test this and it is working for me - not sure what the difference is.

 

All I did was go to my Avengers movie folder and create a folder called "backdrops".  I then dragged the trailer for the movie into that folder and refreshed the movie in Emby.

 

Brought it up in the web app and theater first to be sure the theme played and then brought it up in EMC and it did there too...

 

[jachin99 88]

^{Is there a way you can export your settings so that I can apply to them to my machine or a test machine?  What file format was your trailer in?  Thanks}

[ebr 16169]

The trailer was an mov file.

 

That is a good point, though.  I don't think that the active backgrounds will be transcoded so they may have to be in a format that WMC can play natively...

[jachin99 88]

I looked in my avengers backdrop folder, and it has a mp4 file in it.  I also have shark's advanced codecs installed and configured with the recommended settings.  Off the top of your head, are there any light weight file conversion tools out there that I can use to convert an mp4 to a .mov?

[d00zah 149]

@@ebr, please consider that your result in comment #35 MAY have been the internet trailer playing (button visible in your screen shot). I tried to reproduce this problem with the same result.. until I uninstalled the Trailer plug-in, at which point, no local trailer/background content would play in EMC with the same config settings.

Edited July 10, 2017 by d00zah

[ebr 16169]

@@ebr, please consider that your result in comment #35 MAY have been the internet trailer playing (button visible in your screen shot). I tried to reproduce this problem with the same result.. until I uninstalled the Trailer plug-in, at which point, no local trailer/background content would play in EMC with the same config settings.

 

The option to play the trailer as a background was disabled (I did ensure that) but here is my Downton Abbey background playing in its place just for confirmation.

 

[d00zah 149]

Hmm...  I stand corrected. That's how I would have verified.

 

I'll have to try this experiment again when I have more time. Sorry to waste yours.

[jachin99 88]

I downloaded a sample .mov file, and stuck it in the backdrops folder under my avengers folder but it still showed background art and no video.  I also made sure I had the trailers plugin installed. 

[Luke 42077]

did you run a library scan after doing that?

[jachin99 88]

I did run a library scan but I had no luck.  I even tried to reset all of my codec settings to factory defaults in order to eliminate any problems that shark's codec pack might be causing.  Still no luck

[ebr 16169]

Try re-installing the beta of Emby for WMC.

[jachin99 88]

Tried that and still no luck.

[ebr 16169]

Tried that and still no luck.

 

The last log I saw from you was not running the beta version.  Are you sure you are...?

[jachin99 88]

I just upgraded both of my machines to the beta version of emby for WMC last night, and the live backgrounds were not playing.  I'm wondering if my server PC is just a pos and needs to be rebuilt

[ebr 16169]

Can I see a new EMC log just to be sure?

[jachin99 88]

Here is a client log on the beta build that was recording data for the right date I hope

MBClassic-12720175e4e558567b848e58c96b9ff5987b12f.log