repost- Lost a library in my config

[markie 2]

ok. Pilot error, I admit it.

 

For some reason, my library (dont know when)

went from showing

collections, classic tv, talkshows, tv

 

to not showing TV.

 

in the library area I tried (big misteak...)

deleted the TV library (M:\media\tv )

 

and recreated it as:

 

*  m:\media\tv\scifi

*  m:\media\tv\sitcom

*  m:\media\tv\drama

 

etc...

 

this didnt work...

 

dumb question.  (maybe not?!)  do I absolutely need to use sharenames as opposed to a volume name?
just saw ....

Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files\\Season 01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\SITCOMS

 

does that mean its using net formation, rather then filenames, and could the problem be that simple?? augh...

 

tia

 

 

emby.error-after-restart.rtf

emby.error.txt

[Happy2Play 9785]

To me your content types look jacked as they should never be pointed directly to a series or season.

"ContentTypes":[{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\MITCH-DESK\\talk\\Full Frontal","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\madam secretary\\season02","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\last-ship","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files\\Season 01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\SITCOMS\\BigBangTheory","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\SITCOMS","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\Cop-Shows","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\Man In The High Castle-The S01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi\\Man In The High Castle-The S01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi\\Mr. Robot\\season 01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi\\Sense8\\season01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files\\season04","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files\\Season10","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\comedies","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas","Value":"tvshows"}

What library folder/folders are you pointing to?  What is your desired display?

Edited November 10, 2017 by Happy2Play

[markie 2]

To me your content types look jacked as they should never be pointed directly to a series or season.

"ContentTypes":[{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\MITCH-DESK\\talk\\Full Frontal","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\madam secretary\\season02","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\last-ship","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files\\Season 01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\SITCOMS\\BigBangTheory","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\SITCOMS","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\Cop-Shows","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\Man In The High Castle-The S01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi\\Man In The High Castle-The S01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi\\Mr. Robot\\season 01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\sci-fi\\Sense8\\season01","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files\\season04","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas\\The- X Files\\Season10","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\comedies","Value":"tvshows"},{"Name":"\\\\mitch-desk\\tv\\dramas","Value":"tvshows"}

What library folder/folders are you pointing to?  What is your desired display?

Well.

 

The goal was that the TV sub-directory would have sci-fi, sitcoms, comedies, drama, and such

example:

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\3rd Rock from The Sun

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Bosom Buddies

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\fracturedFairyTales

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Hill Street Blues

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\MacGyver

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Max Headroom

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Newhart

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Northern Exposure

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Penn&Teller - Bullshit

and below that are the current seasons...

 

M:\media\movies\Talk\Carson Daly-last call

M:\media\movies\Talk\conan

M:\media\movies\Talk\Full Frontal

M:\media\movies\Talk\james.corden

M:\media\movies\Talk\Jimmy Kimmel

M:\media\movies\Talk\last-week-tonight

M:\media\movies\Talk\Late Night with Seth Meyers

 

...

 

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\Blue Bloods

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\boardwalk-empire

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\criminal minds

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\homeland

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\quantico

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\Ransom

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\The Deuce

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\The Wire

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\the-missing

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows\Blue Bloods\Season 08

 

 

so...it's media\movies\tv\cop-shows\showname\season...

 

any ideas on how to regenerate the info for the config file?

[Happy2Play 9785]

That is going to be a lot of work.  You may have to manually clear out the exiting content type in the system.xml.

 

Each "Library" should point to there parent folder not a series. 

 

M:\media\movies\TV\Cop-Shows

M:\media\movies\Talk

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV

 

 

I will do some testing, if the library folders are not pointed right is will cause chaos in Emby.

 

So you are looking for category folder inside a TV content type entry point?

[dansblackcat 37]

Wouldn't it be better if you split them into two separate folders and then put the sub folders in there?

Then you can assign the correct content type (movies or tv ) to each main folder?

 

Set up as movie content

M:\media\movies\...

 

Set up as TV content

M:\media\tv\...

M:\media\tv\ClassicTV\3rd Rock from The Sun

Edited November 10, 2017 by dansblackcat

[markie 2]

Sorry, not making myself clear enough. (in response to dansblackcat below...)

 

Yes,   Each of the Libraries point to the main category

(m:\...\ClassicTV)

(m:\...\tv\scifi

m:\...\tv\sitcom

 

The shows themselves are not pointed to in the library section.

 

 

and the series are under that (like...this...)

-----------------------------

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\3rd Rock from The Sun

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Bosom Buddies

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\fracturedFairyTales

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Hill Street Blues

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\MacGyver

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Max Headroom

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Newhart

M:\media\movies\ClassicTV\Northern Exposure

 

and just looked, and interesting enough, in original config:

Movies were content unset (mixed)

talkshows were content TV

 

both of those categories were not changed, and still appear on the my media (main) screen.

TV was removed and reset, and was of content type TV.

 

TV was replaced with

TV-Sitcoms (m:\...\tv\sitcoms

TV-SCIFI (m:\...\tv\SCIFI

TV-cop-shows (m:\...\tv\Cop-Shows)

 

(etc)...

Those are the parts I can no longer access. (scifi, sitcoms, etc)

(and as a test, I changed the directory on TV-cop-shows (m:\...\tv\Cop-Shows)

from the drive-name to the UNC version (\\mitch-desk\Cop-Shows), hoping that

might have be cause of my problems, but nothing changed.

 

hope this is kind of clearer right now.

Yes, I did put a lot of thought into the original directory structure after reading the install instructions.

perhaps someone can help explain the log-file structure somewhere?  Yes, it does look messy in the original portion

 

thanks again.

 

[markie 2]

Further question:

 

Can I just take away one file (perhaps config.xml) ? and Emby will rebuild everything based on the directory structure?

 

that would be ideal!

 

thanks in advance

[dansblackcat 37]

Have you tried deleting everything (images, xml, nfo) out of the folders, other than the video files, and then let emby rescan and rebuild it?

 

Once I had a corrupt .jpg backdrop that caused havoc.  In WMC if I tried to browse my TV library it'd completely crash.

[markie 2]

Have you tried deleting everything (images, xml, nfo) out of the folders, other than the video files, and then let emby rescan and rebuild it?

 

Once I had a corrupt .jpg backdrop that caused havoc.  In WMC if I tried to browse my TV library it'd completely crash.

will try this later tonight, can't hurt at this point