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Transcode Data and Cache - Jr Valino - 2025-03-19
hi good evening. i have learned today that my vm where jellyfin installed is now full for some reason. i have found that there's an additional 5gb allocated on jellyfin's config/data/transcode. when i navigate to jellyfin playback, the transcode location entered is config/cache/transcode which is empty when i navigate to it. my question is, is it safe to delete those transcode files from config/data/transcode? i already enabled delete segments but its still in there. thank you.
RE: Transcode Data and Cache - Efficient_Good_5784 - 2025-03-19
Yes. The transcode folder only receives temporary files.
Basically when transcoding, Jellyfin will store the multiple transcoded segments within the transcode folder.
When the client is done watching the stream and/or exits, Jellyfin is supposed to remove the transcoded segments from the transcode folder.
Mayabe something happened that prevented that from happening on your end.
They're safe to delete.
RE: Transcode Data and Cache - Jr Valino - 2025-03-19
its not matter if there's transcoded file in both config/data/transcodes and config/cache/transcode since they both safe to delete? thank you for your response by the way
RE: Transcode Data and Cache - Efficient_Good_5784 - 2025-03-19
Yeah, you can delete them in both directories.
Something probably happened where the transcode directory switched for you.
RE: Transcode Data and Cache - Jr Valino - 2025-03-21
thank you so much sir.