Same Files in Multiple Libraries?

[Chyron 256]

Okay, I'm coming from Plex and it was there that I had this problem, so before I fiddle about with it in Emby I thought I'd ask.

 

Does it foul anything up on Home Screen if I have the same movie folder(s) added to multiple Libraries?

 

 

Say, for example, if I have three folders: "Movies - Favorites", "Movies - Kids", and "Movies - General". Where I have one Library that sees only what's in the Favorites folder, one that sees only the Kids, and another "Movies - All" Library that includes all three folders.

 

In Plex, when I did that, it caused there to be duplicate entries on the Plex home screen (for "Up Next" or "Continue Watching" or whatever) because effectively a single movie appears in multiple libraries.

Would this also create a similar problem in Emby?

Edited October 6, 2017 by chyron8472

[Happy2Play 9782]

Yes there will be duplicate entries on Home screen  as they are presented from those libraries. 

 

 

Also all watched statuses are tracked by providerid so if it is watched from one Library it will get marked watched in all libraries.

 

I am deleting duplicate post also.

Edited October 6, 2017 by Happy2Play

[Luke 42080]

Actually no, you should be OK and won't see duplicates. Just make sure the All library adds the three paths individually rather than the parent folder.

[Happy2Play 9782]

Actually no, you should be OK and won't see duplicates. Just make sure the All library adds the three paths individually rather than the parent folder.

 

I know this applies here.  Continue watching, the duplicate appears in Next up also while watching.  Same happens with multi versions.

 

Edited October 6, 2017 by Happy2Play

[Luke 42080]

That really shouldn't happen if the library paths are identical in both libraries, and both are using the same content type. I've tested this before. I'll test this again but I wouldn't be surprised you've over-customized something and created a scenario that's not been tested before.

[Happy2Play 9782]

Say, for example, if I have three folders: "Movies - Favorites", "Movies - Kids", and "Movies - General". Where I have one Library that sees only what's in the Favorites folder, one that sees only the Kids, and another "Movies - All" Library that includes all three folders.

 

How is the media defined in these libraries?  Do you have a copy of the media in each folder?

[Chyron 256]

I do not have multiple copies of the same media in different folders. Currently I don't have Libraries set up this way anymore in Plex because their response was "don't do that."

 

But the folder structure I used still remains. I have four folders: "Favorites", "General", "Kids", and "Kids & Favorite". Where I once had a "Movies - Favorite" Library (primarily for my wife to use) which saw the "Favorites" and "Kids & Favorite" folders; the "Movies - Kids" Library saw "Kids" and "Kids & Favorite"; and the "Movies - All" saw all four folders. No movie's files existed in multiple locations.

Edited October 7, 2017 by chyron8472

[Happy2Play 9782]

I am have trouble picturing this structure, but if there are no duplicate copies then you should not see any duplication on Home Screen.

[Luke 42080]

Ok, have your questions been answered here? thanks.

[randomevents 38]

Maybe I can clear this up. I used to do the same thing (more or less) on Plex because of my movie item count (~5200) and how intimidating it was to find something, and using the apps to filter genres was not quick at all.

 

Root Folder -: Films

Sub Folders -: Films\Animated, Films\Animated-Comics, Films\Horror, Films\Chick Flicks, Films\Family, Films\War, etc. etc.

In the Sub folders it's the proper movie format -: Films\Animated\Some Movie (1996), Films\Animated\Another Movie (1997)

 

My main Library would point at \Films.

Then new libraries that are single or multiple folders, ex. Animated -: Films\Animated, Films\Animated-Comics or Chick Flicks -: Films\Chick Flicks

 

Now in Plex what you'd have to do to avoid duplicates on the home screen is disable "Show in dashboard" or something similar in the library's settings. And while that worked, you'd still get duplicates when doing searches.

 

Playback and watched status was similar to what Luke mentioned above because all DB actions related to a item was by the equivalent of the ProviderIDs (usually IMDB).