SOLVED: Noob, just want to play a video file - [I had 'trailer' in the filename]

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Noob, just want to play a video file - [I had 'trailer' in the filename] - HeneryH - 2025-02-11

Total Noob here but I am comfortable in Linux and Proxmox etc. Am I a total idiot here???

I installed on Proxmox using the helper script and I got to the Jellyfin server in no time.

Wanting to stick with the most basic first step, I created a directory structure with some video files. I started with the MP4 video files but after failing I created the other formats using ffmepg.

Currently looks like this

Code:
root@jellyfin:/home# tree .

.

└── media

    └── Movies

        └── The_Chosen

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_1_Trailer.avi

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_1_Trailer.mp4

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_1_Trailer.yuv

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_2_Trailer.avi

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_2_Trailer.mp4

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_2_Trailer.yuv

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_3_Trailer.avi

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_3_Trailer.mp4

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_3_Trailer.yuv

            ├── The_Chosen_Season_4_Trailer.avi

            └── The_Chosen_Season_4_Trailer.mp4

And I added the Library in Jellyfin like this:
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But I cannot for the life of me get these videos to show up in my library.

The library folder is always empty
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RE: Noob, just want to play a video file - theguymadmax - 2025-02-11

"Trailer" is a special keyword in Jellyfin. Remove it from your filename or try enclosing it in parentheses.

RE: Noob, just want to play a video file - HeneryH - 2025-02-11

(2025-02-11, 08:13 PM)theguymadmax Wrote: "Trailer" is a special keyword in Jellyfin. Remove it from your filename or try enclosing it in parentheses.

Awesome! Thank you, that was it.

Sorry for miscrediting the solution to my reply. Thanks @theguymadmax