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serviioadam

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Post Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:40 pm

Does Serviio write metadata to files?

iow, does Serviio write metadata to media files, or does it store metadata in a database when scanning the library? i don't want existing metadata changed.
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Post Wed Mar 26, 2014 11:07 pm

Re: Does Serviio write metadata to files?

serviioadam wrote:iow, does Serviio write metadata to media files, or does it store metadata in a database when scanning the library? i don't want existing metadata changed.


The metadata is contained in the main Serviio database. There are several ways of populating this data, look at the Metadata tab in the console and click the drop-down box. In reality, the two typical ways are either using online resources (this is the default way) or local .nfo files. Unfortunately, you can't pick and choose which method a particular file uses. Its all one way or all another.

And no, it won't change any metadata contained within the file itself.
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serviioadam

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Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:34 pm

Re: Does Serviio write metadata to files?

so ... serviio can't extract existing metadata & art from ID3 tags?
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will

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Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:16 pm

Re: Does Serviio write metadata to files?

See http://www.serviio.org/index.php?option ... icle&id=12

Serviio does extract metadata from ID3 tags.
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atc98092

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Post Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:34 pm

Re: Does Serviio write metadata to files?

will wrote:See http://www.serviio.org/index.php?option ... icle&id=12

Serviio does extract metadata from ID3 tags.


Looks like I missed that part. Thanks, Will!
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