Is there a preferred media folder structure for Emby?

[rvmeush 0]

I'm new to programs like Emby and I have been trying to figure out if I should set up a specific folder structure for my media files.

 

For instance, should I have a top level folder called Media with subfolders for Movies, TV, Music, Photos, etc.  or can I just have folders somewhere for each of those categories of files?  

 

Thanks.

[Guest asrequested]

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie-naming

[rvmeush 0]

Thanks. I have done some reading on naming conventions for Movies, etc.   My question was mainly concerning the folder organization for the media files.

 

For example, should I have a folder structure like /Media/Movies,  /Media/Music, /Media/Photos ?   Or is no hierarchy needed for all of my media files?

[Guest asrequested]

The wiki shows you the folder structure.

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie-naming#naming-your-media

 

https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Music-naming

[Luke 42077]

Please let us know if this helps. Thanks !

[rvmeush 0]

The answers so far have focused on the naming conventions for individual media files.  What I was intending to ask about was the directory structure for the media files. 

 

Specifically I wanted to know if the directories for Movies, Music, etc. needed to be directly under a folder named Media.  So, the photo folder would be /Media/Photo and the music folder would be /Media/Music.   

 

A secondary question I have is whether individual movies files, for instance, need to be in a folder of the same name.  So, for instance would the file Aliens.mp4 need to be stored as /Media/Movies/Aliens/Aliens.mp4 or could individual movie files just be stored as /Media/Movies/Aliens.mp4.

 

Thanks.

[laie_techie 16]

I would start with the wiki page on Library Setup.

 

A Library is "a grouping of one or more physical folders on your file system." You may want to choose a folder structure which makes it easy to add more storage space as needed. A DVD is 4.7 GB per layer. A regular bluray disc can hold up to 25 GB per layer.

 

My server runs the Ubuntu flavor of Linux. I have an SMB share called Media. Each of my libraries (Movies, Music, Music Videos, Children Movies, etc) are on their own physical disc mounted under Media. If my Movie library gets too big, I can replace the Movies drive with a RAID without it appearing any different to Emby, my SMB clients, or the operating system.

[Happy2Play 9780]

The answers so far have focused on the naming conventions for individual media files.  What I was intending to ask about was the directory structure for the media files. 

 

Specifically I wanted to know if the directories for Movies, Music, etc. needed to be directly under a folder named Media.  So, the photo folder would be /Media/Photo and the music folder would be /Media/Music.   

 

A secondary question I have is whether individual movies files, for instance, need to be in a folder of the same name.  So, for instance would the file Aliens.mp4 need to be stored as /Media/Movies/Aliens/Aliens.mp4 or could individual movie files just be stored as /Media/Movies/Aliens.mp4.

 

Thanks.

 

There is no hierarchy need as folder paths can be anything as long as the path does not overlap in any set library path.

 

As for media with or without item named folder is up to you, but items within item named folders are identified and processed faster.

[Riggs 312]

On wiki: https://github.com/MediaBrowser/Wiki/wiki/Movie-naming#naming-your-media

 

clearlogo.ext is not there and is what I'm using, it is used by Emby? Or the wiki need to be updated?

 

I found for Movies:

 

{name}-logo.ext 

logo.ext

 

Music:

logo.ext

 

clearlogo.ext is not there

 

Thanks in advance

[Luke 42077]

Looks like it needs updating @@cayars.

[Carlo 4560]

You can setup this up however you like.  Emby is pretty flexible.

 

For example you might have 3 HDDs you use for Emby storage.  You could setup something like:

D:\Movies

E:\TV Shows

F:\Pictures

F:\Music

F:\Home Videos

F:\Games

 

As long as you know where your files are stored and the layout makes sense to you and your equipment then you just enter that in Emby for each library.

So obviously the movie library would point to D:\Movies while the TV Show library would point to E:\TV Shows, etc

 

If you are using any kind of disk RAID or program that combines multiple drives to look like one big drive then something like you suggested makes more sense:

M:\Media\Movies

M:\Media\TV Shows

M:\Media\Pictures

M:\Media\Music

M:\Media\Home Videos

M:\Media\Games

M:\Media\Recordings

M:\Media\Sports

 

Carlo

[Riggs 312]

Thanks Carlo.