Help on make my home video gallery awesome

[DaddyZug 0]

Hi, I'm using emby premium and I'm happy with this software. I mostly use for organising my home videos and I'm trying to achieve 2 things:
- Write the metadata into a file stored together with the media
- Define a cool artwork to use as preview on the gallery.

I enabled: "Metadata savers: nfo" and "Save artwork into media folders"  and "Save thumbnail images into media folders" 

I'm not sure about the difference between artwork and thumbnail, but anyhow I would expect a nfo file on the root of my library, but I don't see it. (i refreshed the metata I couple of times already)
 

can someone give me some direction?
 

[Guest]

I think ( could be wrong ) that you would need to start in 'Folder' view, and probably enter metadata and images there. If not I think a "folder.jpg" at the main folder would probably work to show up in Emby as well, Not for sure anout .nfo or .xml files ( I don't use that method on my server )

[DaddyZug 0]

yes, folder is exactly what I'm using right now.

library_root/Summer2020/Spain

I'like to have a cover.png and a nfo for the folder "Summer2020" and one for the Spain subfolder.

 

[Guest]

try naming it to folder.ext ... not for sure about png.. I haven't used that.. Messing with my STRM files I noticed that a folder.jpg.. replaced/overwrote the Primary I had indicated for a file.. so this should work easily for the main folder.. Seems like an NFO would be written for meta written in Emby for the folder.

Edited March 15, 2021 by Guest

[Luke 42079]

That looks like it should be fine. Did you try it out?