Metadata Connections

Your library’s metadata settings control whether Norri contacts online providers for titles, artists, artwork, and related details.

Choose online or local metadata

1. Open Settings → Libraries and edit the library.
2. Expand Advanced Options → NFO Metadata Files.
3. Keep Use NFO metadata files enabled and choose NFO only (offline) to use local metadata without online metadata or artwork requests.
4. Save the library settings.

Choose Prefer online or Prefer NFO when you want online providers to supply details. Both modes can make online requests; they differ in which source takes priority. See NFO Metadata Files for file locations and supported details.

Offline mode cannot fetch missing descriptions or artwork. Information already stored on your server remains available.

What providers receive

When online metadata is enabled for a library, the server contacts providers to look up titles, artists, artwork, and related information. Providers see the request and the public IP address used by your server. See Privacy for the services and data involved.

Norri has no built-in outgoing metadata proxy setting. Routing configured on your host or network can change the public IP address, but does not remove titles or identifiers from requests.

Reverse proxies are different

A reverse proxy handles incoming connections from your browser or apps to Norri. It does not route outgoing metadata lookups. For that setup, see Remote Access.