Moving to a new server - use old metadata

[Revv23]

Greetings -

This is probably a dumb question so bear with me.

I'm in the process of setting up a new server; on my outgoing server I have my metatdata stored as .nfo & all artwork is saved in media folders.

Will my new server pick up this old info or is it going to rescrape everything?

Thanks!

[tmsrxzar]

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/metadata/nfo/

see the first highlighted note after the caution

It's currently not possible to disable .nfo metadata. Local metadata will always be fetched and has priority over remote metadata providers like TMDb.

[Revv23]

I've seen that.

I already have local metadata and .nfo's in the media files from the old server. I'm wondering if it will pick them up or re-scrape and replace everything.

Guess I'll just give it a shot and report back.

[tmsrxzar]

I've seen that.

I already have local metadata and .nfo's in the media files from the old server. I'm wondering if it will pick them up or re-scrape and replace everything.

Guess I'll just give it a shot and report back.

???

it's clearly a yes it will from the text i quoted

it says, you cannot turn off scanning nfo files - which is what you want
it says, nfo files take priority over online metadata - which is what you want

i dont know what this give it shot business is

[Revv23]

I've seen that.

I already have local metadata and .nfo's in the media files from the old server. I'm wondering if it will pick them up or re-scrape and replace everything.

Guess I'll just give it a shot and report back.

???

it's clearly a yes it will from the text i quoted

it says, you cannot turn off scanning nfo files - which is what you want
it says, nfo files take priority over online metadata - which is what you want

i dont know what this give it shot business is

I don't even know what you are talking about?

What is yes? I proposed an either/or question. Yes is not  an answer. Yes it will rescrape? Yes it will use existing files?



Anyways - I gave it a shot; and it either replaced or modified the NFO's. However it used the existing images. So I guess in practice it's a little bit of both.

[tmsrxzar]

nevermind ... go have fun

[TheDreadPirate]

I'm not entirely sure. After my server died over the summer I decided to save NFOs, but I haven't had an opportunity to see if NFOs are read without change.

But if your server is Linux, I would ensure that your NFOs are read only for the jellyfin user.

[Revv23]

I'm not entirely sure.  After my server died over the summer I decided to save NFOs, but I haven't had an opportunity to see if NFOs are read without change.

So I'm still in the middle of migration - But have learned some interesting things. In my TV library the new server has replaced all metadata. Both NFO's & Photo's have been rescraped. In movies it has only replaced the .nfo's and the images are still original.

I'm going to compare my settings for both and see if I have them configured differently. My eventual goal is to figure out how to have the metadata and media live together with JF being sort of front end... kind of like a music player. 

But if your server is Linux, I would ensure that your NFOs are read only for the jellyfin user. 

The files are moving to a synology, the server will be elsewhere but for a few weeks its going to be on the nas itself (going through a move) I'm not sure how to lock only .nfo's; I could make the whole volume read only to the NAS - but then i'd run into problems when adding new content - unless im misunderstanding what you mean.

nevermind ... go have fun

Sorry my response was too aggressive. Please don't be upset with me & cheers!

[TheDreadPirate]

The files are moving to a synology, the server will be elsewhere but for a few weeks its going to be on the nas itself (going through a move) I'm not sure how to lock only .nfo's; I could make the whole volume read only to the NAS - but then i'd run into problems when adding new content - unless im misunderstanding what you mean.

On my server, once Jellyfin writes the NFOs I run a script to find all the NFOs in my library and chown/chmod the file.

From 660 jellyfin:jellyfin to 640 chris:jellyfin.  Jellyfin can read the file, but can't overwrite it.

[Revv23]

The files are moving to a synology, the server will be elsewhere but for a few weeks its going to be on the nas itself (going through a move) I'm not sure how to lock only .nfo's; I could make the whole volume read only to the NAS - but then i'd run into problems when adding new content - unless im misunderstanding what you mean.

On my server, once Jellyfin writes the NFOs I run a script to find all the NFOs in my library and chown/chmod the file.

From 660 jellyfin:jellyfin to 640 chris:jellyfin.  Jellyfin can read the file, but can't overwrite it.

Thanks - this is something I will do once everything lands at it's final destinations. I mean it will stay on the NAS but the server won't be.