Emby Creating NFO For Extras?

[osak00006 12]

I have my extras in a sub folder, per movie, called Extras

 

Emby is creating NFO files for them. Is this expected which all contain the associated movie's info...?

 

They do show up as Extras in the Emby movie interface.

 

Any way to disable the creation of these unnecessary NFO files, specifically for Extras content, only?

[PenkethBoy 2068]

yes this is newish - no info as to why this was added as nobody asked for it

 

and no you cant turn it off

 

they were turned off for trailers - so there is hope

 

dont bother deleting them as they come back

 

and dont bother editing them either as they get overwritten

 

Very poor coding IMO

[crusher11 1101]

Lots of people asked for it.

[osak00006 12]

What is a beneficial use case? Itbjudt clones movie info. Can an option to disable be added?

[Luke 42079]

What is a beneficial use case?

Well for one if you edit the metadata of an extra.

[Happy2Play 9781]

What is a beneficial use case? It just clones movie info

Yes that is a current bug.

Edited April 6, 2020 by Happy2Play

[osak00006 12]

Fingers crossed it can be disabled in a future update. Just clogs things up if you're not using them in Kodi Extras add on

(Don't get me wrong, I totally see the benefit for some use cases. But for others, it's a hindrance)

Edited April 6, 2020 by osak00006

[osak00006 12]

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Edited April 6, 2020 by osak00006

[PenkethBoy 2068]

well its a basic chocolate tea pot at the moment

 

takes up space

cant see the nfo data on screen - so kind of pointless

even if you do edit it - gets overwritten

no option to stop it.....

 

and if it was asked for - what was the use case

[Happy2Play 9781]

I can only assume this information would only be useful in one client (but could be wrong) as i don't see this information used anywhere.

[crusher11 1101]

It saves titles at a minimum.

 

But yes I would like to see extras get a details page like movies or episodes so we can see descriptions, runtime, chapters, etc.

[osak00006 12]

Looks like using .ignore doesn't even work for Extras folders. Yikes

[magsol76 3]

Any update on this?

[Luke 42079]

4 hours ago, magsol76 said:

Any update on this?

Hi there, what is your question exactly?

[magsol76 3]

Any way to disable the creation of these unnecessary NFO files, specifically for Extras content, only?

[Luke 42079]

7 minutes ago, magsol76 said:

Any way to disable the creation of these unnecessary NFO files, specifically for Extras content, only?

We'd have to add a separate option for that. Right now it seems that most users want this applied consistently, so that's why you get nfo files for extras if you enable it.