Custom collections save path

[omegga 0]

I see that when I make a new collection, it shows up in the $Appdata/data/collections/$CollectionName [boxset] folder. But, this folder is empty, unlike other auto-generated movie collections which have a collection.xml file. So, if I want to back up this custom collection made by adding items manually, how do I do that? I tried copying that empty folder back to this folder but it doesn't restore the collection. Where are the details for which items are in a collection stored?

[Luke 42085]

Hi, we are working on documenting the backup process for collections. Once we've done that we'll be updating this topic here based on a question asked by another user:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/59476-server-migration-backup-restore/&do=findComment&comment=583840

 

So please follow that. Thanks.

[Luke 42085]

How exactly did you create the new collection?

[omegga 0]

By selecting the TV shows/movies in the web interface and adding to collection

[Luke 42085]

Can you attach the emby server log from when you attempted to do that? thanks.

[omegga 0]

How do I find the lines which are for that action?

[Luke 42085]

Please just attach the complete emby server log and let me know around what time you performed the operation. Thanks.

[omegga 0]

2018-06-04 18:16:07.816 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items?Recursive=true&IncludeItemTypes=BoxSet&SortBy=SortName&EnableTotalRecordCount=false. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:07.822 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 7ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items?Recursive=true&IncludeItemTypes=BoxSet&SortBy=SortName&EnableTotalRecordCount=false

2018-06-04 18:16:11.725 Info HttpServer: HTTP POST http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Collections?Name=Test3&IsLocked=true&Ids=0ad2b06c75691572e918e0c3a798d246%2Ca1d44e2534363e3f6d7545f62453fdea. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:11.736 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 12ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Collections?Name=Test3&IsLocked=true&Ids=0ad2b06c75691572e918e0c3a798d246%2Ca1d44e2534363e3f6d7545f62453fdea

2018-06-04 18:16:12.005 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:12.009 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 4ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d

2018-06-04 18:16:12.285 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/ThemeMedia?userId=052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7&InheritFromParent=true. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:12.287 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 2ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/ThemeMedia?userId=052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7&InheritFromParent=true

2018-06-04 18:16:12.411 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:12.415 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 3ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d

2018-06-04 18:16:12.662 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/ThemeMedia. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0

2018-06-04 18:16:12.662 Error HttpServer: Access token is required.

2018-06-04 18:16:12.662 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 401 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 1ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/ThemeMedia

2018-06-04 18:16:12.696 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items?ParentId=60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d&Fields=ItemCounts%2CPrimaryImageAspectRatio%2CBasicSyncInfo%2CCanDelete. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:12.700 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 4ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items?ParentId=60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d&Fields=ItemCounts%2CPrimaryImageAspectRatio%2CBasicSyncInfo%2CCanDelete

2018-06-04 18:16:12.701 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/ThemeMedia?userId=052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7&InheritFromParent=true. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:12.702 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 1ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/ThemeMedia?userId=052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7&InheritFromParent=true

2018-06-04 18:16:12.703 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/Images/Primary?maxHeight=720&tag=7f7f0ebe3b2b38915395a294126fad3d&quality=90. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/66.0.3359.181 Safari/537.36

2018-06-04 18:16:12.733 Info HttpServer: HTTP GET http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0

2018-06-04 18:16:12.734 Error HttpServer: Access token is required.

2018-06-04 18:16:12.734 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 401 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 1ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Users/052d503452bc47488dc9a9fa65ded1e7/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d

2018-06-04 18:16:12.875 Info HttpServer: HTTP Response 200 to x.x.x.x, x.x.x.x. Time: 171ms. http://x.x.x.x:xxxx/Items/60b2e87833df9763723f9026954cd88d/Images/Primary?maxHeight=720&tag=7f7f0ebe3b2b38915395a294126fad3d&quality=90

[Luke 42085]

Hi, this is only a snippet. Can you please attach the complete emby server log by following the instructions in how to report a problem? Thanks !

[DUG 3]

Hi, we are working on documenting the backup process for collections. Once we've done that we'll be updating this topic here based on a question asked by another user:

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/59476-server-migration-backup-restore/&do=findComment&comment=583840

 

So please follow that. Thanks.

 

Has there been any progress on restoring Collections?

both this and the indicated post appear to be dead.

[Luke 42085]

We haven't added it to the backup plugin yet, but they can be easily copied manually from one install to the other. Thanks.

[Happy2Play 9783]

Have not reproduced custom collections not making collection.xml.

 

But even if the backup plugin did backup all the default/custom collections you would run into the issue of Refreshing custom collections discussed here.

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/66632-3520-36077-collections-did-not-migrate/

[DUG 3]

Have not reproduced custom collections not making collection.xml.

 

But even if the backup plugin did backup all the default/custom collections you would run into the issue of Refreshing custom collections discussed here.

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/66632-3520-36077-collections-did-not-migrate/

 

Thanks for the info.

That's hilarious! I wish i kept searching the forum now.

 

I tried to refresh metadata on a couple of the collections and gave up. i spent hours re-adding collection items and fixing random missing posters after a library copy to a new machine (its an old library so a of images are stored differently or have different names and the metadata manager refresh did nothing)

 

sorted now