NFO files no longer being generated

[timekiller 5]

I have Emby running in a docker container. I wound up having to recreate the container, but kept the app data directory, so all my libraries and settings were picked up just fine. The problem is that I want nfo files stored in the library with the videos. Since the docker recreation this is not happening. I checked the settings for my libraries, and the NFO checkbox under "Metadata savers" is checked. I thought there used to be another option to store metadata in the library, like there is for artwork and thumbnails?

In any case, new files are not getting an NFO file. I checked if any NFO files were being stored in Emby's metadata/library folder and there aren't any there either. I know the new media was scanned because Emby shows the video and audio info.

I also tried unchecking and rechecking the NFO box on the library, but that didn't work.

How can I get Emby to create NFO files again?

[ebr 16187]

Hi.  Are you sure Emby has the permissions in the file system to write to those directories? 

[timekiller 5]

22 minutes ago, ebr said:

Hi.  Are you sure Emby has the permissions in the file system to write to those directories? 

yeah, I'm sure. Emby is creating thumbnails and .bif files, but not NFO

[Luke 42083]

Please try refreshing the metadata on something. If that doesn't create an nfo, then please attach the emby server log. thanks.

[timekiller 5]

25 minutes ago, Luke said:

Please try refreshing the metadata on something. If that doesn't create an nfo, then please attach the emby server log. thanks.

I had already tried refreshing the metadata on a library, it didn't work. I skimmed through the server log and didn't see anything, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for so maybe you'll have better luck.

embyserver-63743111218.zip

[Luke 42083]

what did your refresh the metadata on? can you show a screenshot of the settings for your library?

[timekiller 5]

I believe I did refreshes on two libraries: "Categories" and "Chaturbate". Library settings attached

[ebr 16187]

Hi.  Refresh metadata on a single item and see if the NFO gets saved.

[timekiller 5]

Just now, ebr said:

Hi.  Refresh metadata on a single item and see if the NFO gets saved.

I've done that as well, no dice.

[ebr 16187]

Just now, timekiller said:

I've done that as well, no dice.

Can we please see the log from when you did that and tell us what you refreshed and when?

Thanks.

[timekiller 5]

I just did a refresh for the file "/mnt/Categories/Porn Stars/Kira Queen/abc.xyz.0d631ffcdbfb1d.mp4". I've attached the full log, but the output that was generated specifically when I hit the refresh is below:

2020-12-09 12:24:12.484 Info Server: http/1.1 POST http://10.0.22.4:8096/emby/Items/1521531/Refresh?Recursive=true&ImageRefreshMode=FullRefresh&MetadataRefreshMode=FullRefresh&ReplaceAllImages=false&ReplaceAllMetadata=true&X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Chrome&X-Emby-Device-Id=0f85c0bc-9338-4297-9a27-492a9af2c420&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.5.2.0. UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.66 Safari/537.36
2020-12-09 12:24:12.485 Info Server: http/1.1 Response 204 to 10.0.22.57. Time: 1ms. http://10.0.22.4:8096/emby/Items/1521531/Refresh?Recursive=true&ImageRefreshMode=FullRefresh&MetadataRefreshMode=FullRefresh&ReplaceAllImages=false&ReplaceAllMetadata=true&X-Emby-Client=Emby Web&X-Emby-Device-Name=Chrome&X-Emby-Device-Id=0f85c0bc-9338-4297-9a27-492a9af2c420&X-Emby-Client-Version=4.5.2.0
2020-12-09 12:24:12.624 Info MediaProbeManager: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Execute: /bin/ffprobe -i file:"/mnt/Categories/Porn Stars/Kira Queen/abc.xyz.0d631ffcdbfb1d.mp4" -threads 0 -v info -print_format json -show_streams -show_chapters -show_format -show_data
2020-12-09 12:24:12.839 Info MediaProbeManager: ProcessRun 'ffprobe' Process exited with code 0

 

embyserver.zip

[timekiller 5]

ok, I just checked and actually nfo files were generated for that folder. I'm going to test further on other libraries...

[timekiller 5]

Ok, so now when I manually run metadata refresh, it's working. I'll have to see if new files automatically get an nfo. My best guess is that today when I unchecked and rechecked the nfo checkbox, that might have fixed it. Thanks for all the help guys, for now I'm considering this resolved. If automatic scanning doesn't create the nfos I'll start a new thread.

[Luke 42083]

Thanks for the feedback.