A couple of questions from a newbie

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A couple of questions from a newbie - Davy_Ray - 2025-01-29

I am new to Jellyfin, and the setup was pretty straightforward and it works. For testing, I put a folder with a movie and a folder with a season of a television show. The movie is not an issue, but for the TV show, it lists the 2 episodes as posters. I would have thought it would list one poster for the TV show and once I click on that, it would then list the 2 episodes.

I think it is because for the media library, I chose Movies. I guess I cannot have movies and shows in the same folder. Is that correct?

So I then created a new library and chose shows. Now it shows up as I want, but when I click the poster, it only shows 1 episode in the up next section. Then under the up next section i see another poster for season 2 of the show... clicking on that shows the 2 episodes I have in there. Why would it have 1 episode in the up next and then a poster for season 2 with the 2 episodes.

RE: A couple of questions from a newbie - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-29

If you chose a movie library type, only put movies in it. Same with shows. Avoid the mixed library type, it is buggy.

Each library type has expected naming conventions. Ensure your folder and file name conforms to our documentation.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/
https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies/

RE: A couple of questions from a newbie - Davy_Ray - 2025-01-31

I have another question... what if i have 2 versions of the same movie. Lets say one in 1080 and one in 2160 or a remux version and a smaller version. It lists them both, which is what I would expect, but I have no idea which version is which.

Edit:

I found out where to look if the resolutions are different, but for a few movies I have a remux (1080) as well as a normal 1080, and I cannot tell which is which.

I have a lot of foreign movies, and it seems to be pulling the English titles. How can I get it to display the original title names. I was looking for one in particular and it took me a while to find it. I had to look it up on IMDB to figure out what the English name was and the go find it.

RE: A couple of questions from a newbie - TheDreadPirate - 2025-01-31

There is a function to have both versions listed together with a drop down to select the version. You'd need to follow the naming convention as documented in the "movies" link in my last post.

An example below.

Code:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) [tmdbid-1585]/

├── It's A Wonderful Life (1946) [tmdbid-1585] - Black and White.mkv

└── It's A Wonderful Life (1946) [tmdbid-1585] - Colorized.mkv

Somethings to note. The file name must be EXACTLY the same as the folder name prior to the dash. That includes the release year and any IDs you've put in the folder name. The space before and after the dash is important.

And you are not limited to just two. I don't know if there is an upper limit, but I've had as many as 6 versions of a movie when I was doing some testing a while ago.

RE: A couple of questions from a newbie - theguymadmax - 2025-01-31

(2025-01-29, 08:42 PM)Davy_Ray Wrote: So I then created a new library and chose shows. Now it shows up as I want, but when I click the poster, it only shows 1 episode in the up next section. Then under the up next section i see another poster for season 2 of the show... clicking on that shows the 2 episodes I have in there. Why would it have 1 episode in the up next and then a poster for season 2 with the 2 episodes.

The "Next Up" section on a show's details page only displays the first unplayed episode, not all episodes. This is the intended behavior.