Emby can't find Movies.

[KenLinder 4]

To add more fun to this, I did a test. I took a series that would not show up ('Devs')
I made a totally new directory for in OUTSIDE of the drive areas that EMBY touches (not in my media library HDD areas)
Then I copied my old (was not being indexed by EMBY) 'Devs' series files into the new temp directory.
Then I deleted the old 'Devs' directory.
Then I copied my nackup of the 'Devs' series files into a new temp directory for Devs BACK into my media library area.

The directory and the files showed up in my library (hooray)!!

Bbut only for a few days and then it was no longer indexed by EMBY (well crap).
 

[Luke 42077]

How many Emby libraries have you created, and what folder paths are added to each one?

[sornay 1]

Hi.

I managed my movies like this:

Movies/A-Z/Movie_name (Year)/Movie_name (year) 720p.mkv and I had no problem till now.

When I move the folder "The whale (2022)" to the folder "T", Emby doesn't recognize it, but when I move it to the folder for example "W" It recognizes the movie.

Any Idea why this problem comes up?

I've tried library scan multiple times and restarting Emby server, but it didn't help.

Edited March 3, 2023 by sornay

[Carlo 4560]

Did you see any errors in your log file related to library scanning?

[Happy2Play 9780]

1 hour ago, sornay said:

Hi.

I managed my movies like this:

Movies/A-Z/Movie_name (Year)/Movie_name (year) 720p.mkv and I had no problem till now.

When I move the folder "The whale (2022)" to the folder "T", Emby doesn't recognize it, but when I move it to the folder for example "W" It recognizes the movie.

Any Idea why this problem comes up?

I've tried library scan multiple times and restarting Emby server, but it didn't help.

Emby won't see this in T as The is a RemoveSort word and will always sort to W.

  <SortRemoveWords>
    <string>the</string>
    <string>a</string>
    <string>an</string>
  </SortRemoveWords>

But you would have to explain "Emby doesn't recognize it" means.

[sornay 1]

On 3/4/2023 at 2:16 AM, cayars said:

Did you see any errors in your log file related to library scanning?

I think the hard drive (which has bad sectors) casing the problem.

[Carlo 4560]

That could definitely cause problems.

Let's take another look after you get that sorted out!

[GARY_TV 1]

I had one refusing to show up - it turns out that 'A Quiet Place II'' won't do, it has to be a 'A Quiet Place Part II''. I discovered this by moving just the movie file into a different folder where it then becomes visible, with the correct title.

Not as complex as some of the above, but might help someone later. Also teach me to always double-check titles in future.

[visproduction 315]

Gary,

Try using the exact title with the year in parenthesis, used in imdb.com.  I have found that always works.

Edited December 9, 2024 by visproduction

[Neminem 1518]

I always use this when naming folders and movie filename.

Folder : Waterworld (1995) {TmdbId-9804}

Filename : Waterworld (1995) {TmdbId-9804}.mkv

[Luke 42077]

On 12/6/2024 at 2:21 AM, GARY_TV said:

I had one refusing to show up - it turns out that 'A Quiet Place II'' won't do, it has to be a 'A Quiet Place Part II''. I discovered this by moving just the movie file into a different folder where it then becomes visible, with the correct title.

Not as complex as some of the above, but might help someone later. Also teach me to always double-check titles in future.

Hi there, how are your files named and organized?

[Happy2Play 9780]

On 12/5/2024 at 11:21 PM, GARY_TV said:

I had one refusing to show up - it turns out that 'A Quiet Place II'' won't do, it has to be a 'A Quiet Place Part II''. I discovered this by moving just the movie file into a different folder where it then becomes visible, with the correct title.

Not as complex as some of the above, but might help someone later. Also teach me to always double-check titles in future.

Ideally always add year to your media.

As "A Quiet Place" and "A Quiet Place II" can be interpreted as the same movie.  But in the end all information is needed for exact structure and naming for folder/file.

Would have to compare api result but website returns correctly.

A Quiet Place II — The Movie Database (TMDB)

 

[Luke 42077]

@GARY_TVhas this helped?