What config to use when having 2 programs using the media files

[xbmcgotham 35]

Hi,

 

I am trying to figure out what settings to use within emby server for the following problem I am experiencing.

 

 

Situation:

 

I have currently many kodi devices which retrieve their media info from a mysql DB and the files from 1 external NAS drive.

This nas drive contains all movies and tv shows in separate folders and these folders contain their own video file, images, subtitle and nfo files per movie or tv show.

 

Currently I am testing the emby server setup which I hope will replace the mysql kodi setup and will use the emby kodi add-on to populate the different kodi's.

 

 

Challenge:

 

My current setup has its nfo files saved with the unique name "movie.nfo" in the separate movie and tv show folders. (each movie has its own folder containing the nfo and other support files)

 

I have noticed that emby server creates its own nfo file as <videoname>.nfo. So I have now 2 nfo files in the same directory. I guess I could life with this however when I look at the content of the emby nfo file, it uses "local" and "hybrid" paths to certain posters and fan-art. e.g

 

 

<art>
    <poster>/media/media-admin/multimedia-nas/VIDEOS/MOVIES - Children/Stick Man (2015)/poster.jpg</poster>
    <fanart>/var/lib/emby/metadata/library/98/986a1988d823674e02ece881c88fe8f1/backdrop.jpg</fanart>
  </art>

 

 

Outcome:

 

1. I like to have only 1 nfo file. So can emby use my current movie.nfo file and add information to it?

2. What do I need to change in emby configuration so that the paths become usable by other computer/systems which are on the network and need to have the correct path to the posters and fanart stored on the NAS drive? In the above example the poster and fan-art are not retrievable by other systems as it should have had the following url:

 

 

<art>
    <poster>//multimedia-nas/VIDEOS/MOVIES - Children/Stick Man (2015)/poster.jpg</poster>
    <fanart>//multimedia-nas/VIDEOS/MOVIES - Children/Stick Man (2015)/backdrop.jpg</fanart>
  </art>

 

Thanks

 

 

[Luke 42079]

We don't have any configuration for the nfo file name, but it might be a good idea to use movie.nfo if it happens to be there.

 

2- In Emby library setup, fill in the "optional network paths" for each of your emby libraries. Then in nfo saver settings enable path substitution.

[xbmcgotham 35]

thanks luke, I am looking into this.