Move Library in macOS

[mireki1975 4]

Hi there,

 

 

i have the following setup

 

Emby for macOS

One network HDD mounted on /Mounts/Mediathek1/Movies

and the other one is an USB Drive @ /Volumes/Lacie/Mediathek2/Movies

 

i want to discontinue using the Network HDD and swap all things over to another USB3 drive.

 

is it possible :

 

to copy all content from network HDD to the new drive 

AND

edit some file(s) from emby in macOS to change the path to file from /Mounts/Mediathek1/Movies

to 

/Volumes/Lacie2/Mediathek1/Movies 

????

 

that I can keep all my watched state etc....?????

 

 

Thanks for help

 

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, what you need to do is use Emby library setup to remove the old folder, and then add the new one. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !

[mireki1975 4]

really ? I don't want to check it afterwards when it doesn't work :-)

[Luke 42077]

Do you movies have moviedb id's? Do you have local nfo metadata files?

[mireki1975 4]

no, i have not placed .nfo files besides my movies when you mean that.

[Luke 42077]

Do you movies have moviedb id's?

[mireki1975 4]

how can I find this out?

[Luke 42077]

Hi, just click on a movie in the web app and see if the detail screen contains a link to MovieDb.

[mireki1975 4]

and also TVdv number :

 

[mireki1975 4]

yes it does! even IMDB Number and TV Series have an TVDB Link

Edited September 22, 2018 by mireki1975

[Luke 42077]

Ok, if you follow our backup procedures:

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Backup

 

And IF your titles end up with the same imdb/moviedb/tvdb id's following the library scan, then yes, user data will be preserved.

 

Local nfo files are something that could have helped store the identifier information. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

[mireki1975 4]

ok, ill give it a try, but first I go to buy a new ext drive

[mireki1975 4]

Ok, if you follow our backup procedures:

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Backup

 

And IF your titles end up with the same imdb/moviedb/tvdb id's following the library scan, then yes, user data will be preserved.

 

Local nfo files are something that could have helped store the identifier information. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

 

 

only to get sure, I don't want to move the whole library , my library (movie/TV and music) contains 2 drives and I want to exchange one of them