Disable scanning on a particular library folder

[ddurdle 75]

Is there a way to disable scanning on a particular library folder?  I have a lot of files in one folder that are not movies or tv shows, but I see from Emby logs records of it scanning that folder.  I tried creating the folder as mixed content with none of the checkboxed checked in the folder settings.  I also tried creating it as a Home Videos and Photos with no checkboxes checked in the folder settings.  But I still see scanning running for upwards of over half-a-day trying to scan this folder.

 

 

2018-04-24 10:32:09.470 Debug App: Running FFProbeProvider for /u01/shared/edu.online22/video-other/026 - El as de cristal - original 480p.strm
2018-04-24 10:32:09.627 Debug App: Running MovieNfoProvider for /u01/shared/edu.online22/video-other/026 - El as de cristal - original 480p.strm
2018-04-24 10:32:09.627 Debug App: MovieNfoProvider returned no metadata for /u01/shared/edu.online22/video-other/026 - El as de cristal - original 480p.strm
2018-04-24 10:32:09.627 Debug App: Running MovieDbProvider for /u01/shared/edu.online22/video-other/026 - El as de cristal - original 480p.strm
2018-04-24 10:32:09.628 Info App: MovieDbProvider: Finding id for item: 026 - El as de cristal - original

 

Is this normal?

[FrostByte 5392]

Add a file with name ".ignore"  in the folder, but then it would no longer be in Emby

Edited April 24, 2018 by FrostByte

[ddurdle 75]

I do want it to show up for playback, but I want don't want it scraped because it is unscrapable.  I thought Home Videos would be considered not scrapable.  Further, there is no checkboxes for enabling scraping with any of the content providers.  I wonder if I supply a dummy NFO for each video, if it will then stop scraping it?

 

Or will the .ignore add the videos to Emby but simply not scrape the folder?

[ebr 16187]

Any media you wish to play needs to be probed so, yes, that is normal.

 

As for the Movie provider, are you sure you disabled the options you think you did?

[ddurdle 75]

Maybe it is a bug then, so maybe I'll need to open a bug request

 

 

[ebr 16187]

No metadata fetching options even showing there. Is it a home videos library now?

[ddurdle 75]

No metadata fetching options even showing there. Is it a home videos library now?

 

Yes, that is right.  I tried creating it as mixed content and nothing checked and it was trying to scan with MovieNfoProvider.  So I dropped the library folder and recreated it with "Home video & photos", and it is still scanning the files with MovieNfoProvider.

[Luke 42083]

That's nothing to worry about. All videos support nfo. The files don't exist so no time will be spent reading them. Try disabling debug logging and then you'll likely be happier.

[ebr 16187]

That's nothing to worry about. All videos support nfo. The files don't exist so no time will be spent reading them. Try disabling debug logging and then you'll likely be happier.

 

The nfo provider is not a problem but look at his log lines above - the MovieDbProvider is running as well...

[Luke 42083]

That's probably from before he changed it to a home video library

[ddurdle 75]

That's probably from before he changed it to a home video library

No, the log is from recent, after changing it to "home videos & photos".  I had to delete the library folder, because as you know, you can't change the type.  But perhaps something was lingering identifying this library folder as mixed content still, since I recreated it with the same name.

 

I'll do another test by deleting the folder, creating a new library folder of a different name, with a different path but same files, and see the scanning still happens.  And I'll post the full log.

[Luke 42083]

Great, thanks.