Trace media files back to their actual location

Hi

I've just installed serviio on my PC and get everything working with my tv, but some suspicious files have come up on the tv. I was wondering if there is anyway to find out the full path and file name through the files on the tv?

Thanks

[Iveky]

suspitious?
you added folders to library, so you know what is in them... check out

Just to confirm what Iveky said, i dont have any files other than the ones i shared in the first place?

check the folders you shared on your PC, if your confident you dont need the files, delete them (providing they are not OS files)

just out of curiosity, what are they?

The files are pornograhic video's and I can't find them on the PC. They might be actually named something else on the PC

And I can only see that this videos exist through serviio on my tv

The other thing is that there are multiple copies of the same video - so I'm not quite sure what's going on...

If anyone knows how to actually find out what the file name & path is from the tv, that would be great!

[DenyAll]

If you play the video is it actually a pornographic video? ie. does the title (and cover art) match the actual contents of the video? There are two possibilities:

• Serviio has found files you didn't know you had;
• Serviio has found a file(s), and then matched it incorrectly to metadata for what is a porno movie. What you see is the name and cover art from the matched metadata (which is stored in the Serviio library database). As it is an incorrect assignment it will not necessarily reflecting what the file actually is.

Also, which category are you looking under (eg. Titles, Movies, Series, Folders, Online, etc). Make sure you also have not checked "Include Hidden Files" on the Library, Shared Folders tab of Serviio Console.

[Iveky]

why we need to guess what he did wrong!?

ok, if it is our task, then I think he added whole C: disk to library and now discovered what he has on pc

Hi DenyAll,

Thanks so much for your help - It looks likes the meta data has been incorrectly attached to the files.

Does anyone know how I can fix this up now? I don't want my kids seeing that kind of cover art!

Thanks again

[Iveky]

using .nfo files.
like this one:

  Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<movie>
  <fileinfo>
    <streamdetails>
      <video />
    </streamdetails>
  </fileinfo>
  <title>Touching the Void</title>
  <originaltitle>Touching the Void</originaltitle>
  <alternativetitle>Tocando o Vazio</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>Sturz ins Leere</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>Sturz ins Leere</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>Kuoleman rajalla</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>Snudda vid avgrunden</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>La mort suspendue</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>Zuhanás a csendbe</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>La morte sospesa</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>Czekajac na Joe</alternativetitle>
  <alternativetitle>Touching the Void - Uma História de Sobrevivência</alternativetitle>
  <sorttitle>Touching the Void</sorttitle>
  <year>2003</year>
  <premiered>2003-12-12</premiered>
  <rating>8.1</rating>
  <votes>20,178</votes>
  <top250>0</top250>
  <outline>The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.</outline>
  <plot>Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the west face of the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. It was 1985 and the men were young, fit, skilled climbers. The west face, remote and treacherous, had not been climbed before. Following a successful three-and-a-half-day ascent, disaster struck. Simpson fell a short distance and broke several bones in his leg. With no hope of rescue, the men decided to attempt descent together with Yates lowering Simpson 300 feet at a time in a slow, painful process that could have potentially been deadly for both. One further misstep led to Yates unknowingly lowering his injured partner over the lip of a crevasse. With the gradient having gone from steep to vertical, he was no longer able to hold on. Certain they were about to be pulled jointly to their deaths, the only choice was to cut the rope. How Simpson survived the fall, and made it back to base camp is a story that will astound and inspire. In Touching the Void, Yates and Simpson return to the Siula Grande for the first time to retell their story.</plot>
  <tagline>The closer you are to death, the harder you cling to life.</tagline>
  <country>UK</country>
  <fanart url="" />
  <runtime>106 min</runtime>
  <mpaa>Rated R for language</mpaa>
  <genre>Documentary</genre>
  <genre>Adventure</genre>
  <genre>Drama</genre>
  <genre>Sport</genre>
  <credits>David Darlow, Joe Simpson</credits>
  <director>Kevin Macdonald</director>
  <studio>FilmFour, UK Film Council, Darlow Smithson Productions</studio>
  <trailer>
  </trailer>
  <playcount>0</playcount>
  <lastplayed>
  </lastplayed>
  <id>tt0379557</id>
  <createdate>20140226102831</createdate>
  <stars>Simon Yates, Joe Simpson, Brendan Mackey</stars>
  <actor>
    <name>Brendan Mackey</name>
    <role>Joe Simpson</role>
    <thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTI2ODE2OTI2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjQzMzAzMQ@@._V1._SY400_SX300_.jpg</thumb>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Nicholas Aaron</name>
    <role>Simon Yates</role>
    <thumb>http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNjc4NjU4MzMwNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODg5Nzc0NA@@._V1._SY400_SX300_.jpg</thumb>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Richard Hawking</name>
    <role>Himself</role>
    <thumb>
    </thumb>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Joe Simpson</name>
    <role>Himself</role>
    <thumb>
    </thumb>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Simon Yates</name>
    <role>Himself</role>
    <thumb>
    </thumb>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Ollie Ryall</name>
    <role>Richard Hawking</role>
    <thumb>
    </thumb>
  </actor>
</movie>

i use "Media Companion 3.595b" to produce nfo files....
you put all film names into list.txt, import that list into program and then it takes some time to get info and pictures from IMDB, and creates film.nfo files that I copy in folders to be there with film.mkv's, you can copy also pictures

[DenyAll]

Yes, this should be easy to fix by either:

• If the actual file is a movie or TV series, simply renaming the file (see below);
• If the actual file is a home movie then there will never be any matching online metadata - you either need to move these files to a separate shared folder and turn off metadata for that folder, or as Iveky has suggested, use .nfo files for all metadata (in which you can create your own metadata for your home movies). Unfortunately if you go the .nfo path at this stage it is universal - ie. you will need to create an .nfo for all video files (there are tools that help this process).

Assuming you want to stay with using online metadata sources - the way Serviio matches a movie/TV series to online metadata sources is by matching the file name of the video file. Have a read of my post here: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10626&p=70544#p70544. All you need to therefore do is rename the offending files.

To determine the file name of the offending files - in Mediabrowser (or perhaps on your TV - each is different) look under the Folders category and find the file(s) which displays the same cover art. Unlike the other categories, the Folders category will show you the actual file name rather than the incorrect movie name. You can then find this file name in that folder on your hard drive and rename it - as suggested in my linked post use Filebot to help you with the rename.

Hope this is clear - if not come back to us. Renaming your movie files is a pain, but its a once off process and well worth it in the end.