Emby Photos - Any Doc?

[sfatula 207]

So, possibly wanting to use Emby to display our photos. I don't see any doc in the user wiki at all. So, question....

 

1. Is there any doc?
2. If not, if I add a photo location in a new emby photos library, does Emby mess, store files in, etc., the folder and subfolders? I want to make sure it doesn't mess up my photo app by storing stuff in those directories.
3. It has some settings for, what seem like, movies or TV shows. i.e., save artwork into media folders!? Thumbnail images!? Ideally, I want all directories and sub-directories to remain as is, nothing at all modified or stored there.

[Luke 42086]

No but pretty much any folder structure will work.

 

No.

 

Because the home video libraries also support videos.

[sfatula 207]

Final questions....

 

Do say 10,000 pictures load up emby database wise and slow things down significantly? I don't want the overhead of photos to slow down the currently good speed of my video library. I'm not really sure what sorts of stuff Emby may index in the database.

Edited August 16, 2019 by sfatula

[Luke 42086]

It won't affect the video library.

[PenkethBoy 2068]

@@sfatula

 

i have tested with over 500,000 photos in Emby across a few libraries and not noticed any slowdown

 

only "downside" was the size of the library.db increased to several GB in size

[Luke 42086]

@@sfatula

 

i have tested with over 500,000 photos in Emby across a few libraries and not noticed any slowdown

 

only "downside" was the size of the library.db increased to several GB in size

 

If you try a fresh install with 4.2.1 it should be smaller than in past releases.

[PenkethBoy 2068]

yes probably - not tried in the last couple of months