Tiny Media Manager vs Emby

[mike3821 67]

Is Tiny Media Manager worth it? Emby appears to grap most the metadate if not all and store it in our media location folders already?

Why would I want something like Tiny Media Manager?

[GrimReaper 4739]

17 minutes ago, mike3821 said:

Is Tiny Media Manager worth it? Emby appears to grap most the metadate if not all and store it in our media location folders already?

Why would I want something like Tiny Media Manager?

Granulation.

[mike3821 67]

3 minutes ago, GrimReaper76 said:

Granulation.

What's that mean?

[Guest]

I have trouble finding out everything it does on the site.. maybe I need to delve deeper.. I realize it shows more finite control over certain areas but I am lost on how that relates to the rest of my programs and playing the media..

Also looking at if it embeds the data... ( I use MetaX for at this point ) and what does it do with items it cannot embed? Or is that just for display and management within TMM

[GrimReaper 4739]

Just now, mike3821 said:

What's that mean?

You can fine tune your meta-scrapers to a greater degree. And download actor images locally. And scrape trailers automatically. 

[Guest]

REMOVED, DELETE...

I posted the removed LOL because he explained it.. But more defined control over entries and items, information.. management..

Edited May 14, 2021 by Guest

[GrimReaper 4739]

2 minutes ago, Hxemby001 said:

I have trouble finding out everything it does on the site.. maybe I need to delve deeper.. I realize it shows more finite control over certain areas but I am lost on how that relates to the rest of my programs and playing the media..

Also looking at if it embeds the data... ( I use MetaX for at this point ) and what does it do with items it cannot embed? Or is that just for display and management within TMM

It doesn't embed metadata, but creates NFO which in turn is read by Emby - and highly compatible, with several recent additions to TMM. I keep all Emby internal meta-scrapers disabled.  

[Guest]

I notice that it downloads trailers and images.. which can be used in EMBY..  Think that it might be a way to define your library and keep it right on import as well..

[GrimReaper 4739]

1 minute ago, Hxemby001 said:

I notice that it downloads trailers and images.. which can be used in EMBY..  Think that it might be a way to define your library and keep it right on import as well..

Yeah, it does, which you can, again, control to a high degree.

 

 

[mike3821 67]

Let's just be clear here. There is an annual fee for this program too, no?

[GrimReaper 4739]

8 minutes ago, mike3821 said:

Let's just be clear here. There is an annual fee for this program too, no?

To unlock full potential - yes, 10 bucks a year. Else is severely restricted. Crippled. Or use v3 until it breaks. 

[mike3821 67]

6 hours ago, GrimReaper76 said:

To unlock full potential - yes, 10 bucks a year. Else is severely restricted. Crippled. Or use v3 until it breaks. 

To be honest, besides trailers I don’t feel it’s worth the money since Emby can grab most everything else...

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

19 minutes ago, mike3821 said:

To be honest, besides trailers I don’t feel it’s worth the money since Emby can grab most everything else...

I used to think I was obsessed with my media libraries but now I have run into so many folks creating acquiring "special" artwork and metadata for most/all files in their library that I now believe that I have almost no obsession with my media at all.

This thread, once again, has emphasized just how stable and free of obsession I am. I would never even remotely consider that my media needs any added info that Emby does not provide.

But, then again, I "might" be insane in a different way.

Remember: Insanity is just a state of mind. No less or more valid than any other state.
And, for the people that believe I am insane: You’re Just Jealous Because The Voices Only Speak To Me.

[Guest]

NO.. not insane...and after 20 years + we are still looking at manageable options to simplify the thing.... Sources which provide the data... Sources to provide the files with the data.. and programs to embed/process/display the data correctly..

...without picking up the 'backpack' and a pile of folders and a pile of papers... and the glasses our energy drink... the laptop bag...on the run... to be able to do it...

I always think about the next level... It would be nice to have a container for it all in one shot.. and one program to do it all.. all the way around... even actor images..

We have a requirement for a different standard for our media these days.. but it should be quick... not so much work.. The majority of us that have issues; are updating the old and bringing into the now. The foreseeable future would state it as such. The ones of us creating or converting our media are still having to do it..

Maybe driving us insane though...and wasting much time in our lives doing so.. Things that helps us along are always a plus.

[gungatim 10]

TMM is the shit. been using it from day 1. have tried other scrapers and nothing compares, easily 10x better than Emby.

it is free if you stay under v4, and I see zero reason to ever go up to the new paid version. it has been free until maybe the last 6 months.

unfortunately it doesn't do music videos, but then almost nothing does, for that I use Media Companion but it's clunky and not perfect.

TMM will rename properly, put in season folders, download everything, allow you to choose which version if more than one before it scrapes.

you can easily choose which poster and artwork you want it to use unlike Emby which always grabs the movie poster sans title.

all very easy to navigate in one interface, unlike Emby.

You can also download subtitle files, trailers, all kinds of stuff.

 

oh and almost forgot, when you are downloading tv shows, you can click on "list missing episodes" and it will list all episodes in the show to make it easy to see what you are missing.

Edited May 18, 2021 by gungatim

[MoLoveEnt 0]

I use Emby auto organize and Tiny Media Manager. TMM IMO is better at naming and cleaning up files. It's easy to ensure my collection looks organized, and I can change the naming conventions to tell me right in the file name the video quality and audio quality. It's also far easier to identify missing episodes and is generally easier to make batch edits to metadata. IMO the two work in tandem much better than Emby did alone before I found TMM.

[gungatim 10]

4 years later. Still using TMM...Still the shit. Still on the free version. 9,451 movies, 73,169 tv episodes of 2,053 tv shows. (another nice benefit of TMM, the stats)

[ebr 16169]

5 hours ago, gungatim said:

4 years later. Still using TMM... Still on the free version

Hi.  You might want to think about supporting its development since its given you so much value.  

[gungatim 10]

On 5/15/2025 at 10:30 AM, ebr said:

Hi.  You might want to think about supporting its development since its given you so much value.  

I would if they had reasonable rates or a lifetime payment option. I've spoken to them about it. I would gladly pay a lifetime pass if they offered one, or a reasonable monthly fee in $USD. As it stands, if the free version stops working, I'll figure out how to code my own version.