Database IDsĭatabase IDs are extremely important to the server to determine what each media item is and whether it has been watched. If an item is misidentified by the server, you can manually identify the item using the Identify button, or, if you already know the database IDs for your incorrectly identified item, simply insert the correct IDs into the database fields and refresh the item.

Selecting None will prevent the server from changing any of the existing images and keep it from downloading more.Īll media can get their information from online databases such as TheMovieDB and TheTVDB.

Download and replace images will force the server to redownload all of the images for the media item.

Download only missing images (the default option) will only download images that are missing from the existing image collection.The Image refresh mode options will only affect the images that the server uses. Selecting None will not refresh any of the metadata.A local refresh will make the server reread the NFO or XML file that contains the metadata.Refreshing only missing data will preserve all of the existing metadata and only populate the fields that are missing metadata.

Refreshing all data (the default option) will overwrite all of the fields with metadata from outside databases.

The Metadata refresh mode options will only affect the text metadata. If you select the Advanced refresh button, you will get a popup with several options for what should be refreshed. In addition, it will download any images that may be missing (logos, disc images, posters, etc.). Selecting refresh will pull fresh metadata from each of the databases that the server is configured to pull from. Using the Metadata Manager Refreshing metadataĮach media item has the option to Refresh itself. This method will take you directly to the item in the editor. The metadata manager can be accessed via the slideout in the web client in the top left hand corner of the screen.Īnother way to access the metadata manager is via Options-> Edit of the item you would like to edit. The server has a metadata manager which allows you to view all of the metadata for every item in your library in one place. One of the areas in which MediaBrowser shines as a media server is the metadata management.

Video metadata editor to add images