Random Collections Tab

[Bigmack3000 107]

Hey, a collections tab popped up today.  I've never turned collections on before, and I'd rather not have them.  How do I get rid of it?  Thanks.

[Luke 42086]

Hi, most likely someone created a collection, or you have library options enabled to automatically create them for you.

[Carlo 4561]

Hi, If you don't want to see the collections library you can turn this off in your home screen settings. 

[Bigmack3000 107]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Hi, most likely someone created a collection, or you have library options enabled to automatically create them for you.

I'm the only one with access to this account.  Where would I find the setting for them to auto create?  They've never popped up before, and. I don't have the Auto Box Set plugin installed.

2 hours ago, cayars said:

Hi, If you don't want to see the collections library you can turn this off in your home screen settings. 

Will hiding them stop them from being created?

[Deathsquirrel 745]

29 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said:

I'm the only one with access to this account.  Where would I find the setting for them to auto create?  They've never popped up before, and. I don't have the Auto Box Set plugin installed.

Will hiding them stop them from being created?

The autoboxset plugin was replaced by native support for boxset creation based on metadata.  The function is controlled in your Library settings:

 

And no, hiding the collections from the main screen won't prevent them being created.  Actually nothing can prevent them being manually created but you can stop the automatic creation by unticking the box shown above.

[Carlo 4561]

Correct but once a collection is created it will not go away on it's own, so if you don't want the collection you would have to delete it.

[Bigmack3000 107]

That's always been unchecked.  

I deleted the collection that was in there.  And unchecked display on home screen.  But it's still listed with my other libraries:

How do I get rid of this?

[Happy2Play 9785]

The workaround to remove the library is to shutdown Emby, go to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\root\default (path will vary per platform, but you can see your Data path at the top of a server log or on Dashboard path section), delete the Collection folder, start Emby and go to Dashboard-Library.  Now the Collection Library will be Mixed Content type and you can Remove it.

Note if any Collections exist it will be recreated.  Collections are made from the <set> node being added to media metadata.

[Bigmack3000 107]

If that box was always unchecked then there should be no other files with that metadata right?

[Happy2Play 9785]

1 minute ago, Bigmack3000 said:

If that box was always unchecked then there should be no other files with that metadata right?

In theory, but who knows when the item metadata got the <set> node to create the collection that did appear.