Updating Movie posters to images in Asset directory | Kometa | Page 1

sour fern May 18, 2023, 8:12 PM

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Hi, I have started downloading image assets to use for poster images and wondering if this is correct for the config yml?
All image assets will be inthe asset folder, no subfolder for each movie. I do have overlays applied already so I guess I would need to reapply overlays when changing poster images? I have also put prioritize_assets = true in the settings. The image file names will be the same naming convention as the movies in my media directory for example:
Media directory > Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) > (movie filename.mkv)
and the image name will be** Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002).png**

  Movies:
    metadata_path:
    - file: config/Movies.yml
    overlay_path:
    - remove_overlays: false
    - reapply_overlays: true
    - file: /config/MoviesOverlays.yml
    operations:
      mass_poster_update: plex
      assets_for_all: true```

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wispy narwhal May 18, 2023, 8:17 PM

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Assuming the indentation is correct, that's how it works.

You don't have to do anything special with overlays; when PMM sees the new image it will update the poster.

sour fern May 18, 2023, 8:49 PM

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ohhh. before the copy and paste was lookin correct, so the indentation matches how the overlay_path and metadata_path is aligned

wispy narwhal May 18, 2023, 8:49 PM

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If you format in code blocks that won't happen

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sour fern May 18, 2023, 8:50 PM

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I will have the reapply_overlays set back to false

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now i have fixed to use code block

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and to be clear for the operations portion when having
mass_poster_update: plex

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this won't try to use the plex default poster? and ignore my poster in the asset folder?

wispy narwhal May 18, 2023, 8:58 PM

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I'm not sure how the two would interact.

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Simple test to perform.

sour fern May 18, 2023, 9:00 PM

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You think I should remove the update operation and let PMM refresh the posters on its own?

wispy narwhal May 18, 2023, 9:03 PM

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It's up to you.

This operation:

mass_poster_update: plex

Will update every poster to the plex default. If you want that to happen, leave it.

This:

      assets_for_all: true

Will assign item posters if they exist in the asset directory.

The question is, what will happen to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)? Will PMM:

assign the plex default, then overwrite it with the asset?
see that the asset exists, skip the plex default, then assign the asset?
assign the asset, then overwrite it with the plex default?
something else?

I don't know but it would be a simple test to perform.

sour fern May 18, 2023, 9:05 PM

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gotcha

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I will remove the update line, since I have assets for all as true. rather not make it set posters to default and then apply new posters, or the opposite. lol

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thank you for the explanation!

wispy narwhal May 18, 2023, 9:06 PM

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This:

mass_poster_update: plex

is for sure not something you want turned on all the time. You'd set this to assign new posters then turn it off.

sour fern May 18, 2023, 9:08 PM

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gotcha

wispy narwhal May 18, 2023, 9:09 PM

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No reason to keep setting the same poster run after run

sour fern May 18, 2023, 9:10 PM

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yea. exaclty, wasting resources of applying the same posters on top and then have the overlay again run

sour fern May 19, 2023, 1:16 PM

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So my posters did not change to the new posters in the asset folders. Not sure if I am missing anything?

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I did not use mass poster update in the end. I removed that line.

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 1:17 PM

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Probably a naming or settings thing. Can you provide a log of this happening?

sour fern May 19, 2023, 1:29 PM

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I see there is a warning

Asset Warning: No poster or background found in the assets folder 'None'

📎 meta.log

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but I have

asset_directory: config/assets

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I just noticed in my config. where I have operations in my Movies for library section has assets_for_all: true
and in settings section it has assets_for_all: false

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now I put both as true

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 1:37 PM

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Are your movies in folders in your media directory?

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Seems like for at least several movies the asset directory is maybe getting set to None?

sour fern May 19, 2023, 1:44 PM

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In my media directory, each movie has its own folder

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 1:44 PM

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OK, so not that.

sour fern May 19, 2023, 1:45 PM

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There are some posters, where I do not have the movie in my media directory, but may get the movie later on, so I keep those few.

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 1:45 PM

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But in several case something's going wrong when trying to find the asset. Not all, though.

sour fern May 19, 2023, 1:48 PM

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You're right. I'm double checking now, and some movies did update their posters

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Movies with overlays did not update their posters, only movies without overlays.

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Maybe I need to reapply overlays for it to work?

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 1:52 PM

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changing the image should update the poster with overlays. reapply would force that, but it should happen automatically.

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What's an overlaid movie that had an asset but didn't get updated?

sour fern May 19, 2023, 1:55 PM

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The fast and the furious movies are one example. Lol

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From that series, Hobbs and Shaw movie I do not have.

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That one can be ignored.

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 1:59 PM

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Odd:

[2023-05-19 05:01:28,075] [operations.py:98]          [INFO]     | Processing: 1/604 2 Fast 2 Furious                                                                 |
[2023-05-19 05:01:28,078] [plex.py:1238]              [WARNING]  | Asset Warning: 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) has an Overlay and will be updated when overlays are run    |

but later:

                                                                 | 2 Fast 2 Furious                                                                                   |
[2023-05-19 05:03:56,415] [overlays.py:355]           [INFO]     |   Overlay Update Not Needed                                                                        |

In this case, "reapply overlays" should address this, but it's curious why it didn't happen automatically.

sour fern May 19, 2023, 2:01 PM

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the original poster has the overlay already applied, so only doing updates if no overlay or it follows another overlay

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 2:04 PM

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right, but "there's a new asset" should trigger reapplying overlays on the new asset poster as far as I know.

stoic kindle May 19, 2023, 2:04 PM

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If I remember correctly, someone had a similar issue like this yesterday and deleting the cache file allowed the poster to change correctly

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 2:08 PM

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worth a try

sour fern May 19, 2023, 3:11 PM

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is it the config.cache file?

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 3:12 PM

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that's the one.

sour fern May 19, 2023, 3:13 PM

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gotcha. I can give it a try and see. I am still looking for some more posters to replace my other original posters lol

sour fern May 19, 2023, 7:41 PM

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Looks like deleting the cache file worked. I see the posters with the overlay being updated.

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 7:48 PM

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excellent

sour fern May 19, 2023, 8:42 PM

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It looks like when deleting the cache file it also applies the overlay again. An alternative instead of using reapply overlay command.

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 8:45 PM

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the drawback to deleting the cache file is that it has to refill it, which can take a long time if you have large libraries.

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This processing needs to be redone if you delete the cache file:

...
[INFO]     |  Cache  |  ^  | plex://movie/5d776d179ab544002151b669          | TMDb ID: 25539   | IMDb ID: tt0086605  | Winners & Sinners |
[INFO]     |                                                                                                    |
[INFO]     | Processed 604 Movies                                                                               |

sour fern May 19, 2023, 8:53 PM

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Yea. I ran the command to manually start PMM in synology docker terminal, and saw it cache everything again. Now it should be good going forward without the need of caching, unless I need to make more changes again.

wispy narwhal May 19, 2023, 8:54 PM

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Excellent; just due diligence in pointing out how the actions differ.

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OK to close this?

sour fern May 20, 2023, 4:18 AM

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Oops. Yep. Can close this ticket now. Appreciate the help!

#Updating Movie posters to images in Asset directory