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Plugin viability? - darkneo86 - 2025-04-02
I'm new to the plugin world - I've played around with a bunch, and there have been some things I've done as workarounds, but I notice there's not a lot of grab for metadata/tag management plugins in Jellyfin, or Smart Shuffle, expanded playlist options, etc. At one point, they seemed to have existed, but any repo I look into doesn't seem to work anymore/work with Jellyfin.
I did add Smart Collections, which I wanted to use since I used a script to tag all my appropriate TV Series, but once added I can't edit any settings.
Just wondering, because I'm still gaining knowledge - Why the dearth of tools for bulk metadata editing, or working with TV Series (I don't want EVERY single TV Series listed just under Shows (it's a lot), I want them grouped into collections, which is why I'm trying Smart Collections).
I dunno, I finally have everything set up, my server is automated with all the {apps we don't talk about - TDP}, jellyseerr, reverse proxies and vpns. I moved from Emby (past 5 years) to Jellyfin recently, and I've loved toying with things and I find it better, but I'm always interested in making the interface look clean and easily-accessible for my grandmother and others.
Guess I'm either looking for plugins or tips to help me organize my TV Series mainly
RE: Plugin viability? - TheDreadPirate - 2025-04-02
Jellyfin has a lot of options and plugins for organizing and displaying movies, but lacks the same options for TV series.
The only semi-automated method I am aware of is to use the "Collection Import" plugin (repo link below) and create a list on mdblist (looks like an account is required). I haven't used it myself, but it looks like lists on mdblist are/can be dynamic as well?
https://github.com/lostb1t/jellyfin-plugin-collection-import
RE: Plugin viability? - theguymadmax - 2025-04-02
(2025-04-02, 02:29 PM)darkneo86 Wrote: Just wondering, because I'm still gaining knowledge - Why the dearth of tools for bulk metadata editing, or working with TV Series (I don't want EVERY single TV Series listed just under Shows (it's a lot), I want them grouped into collections, which is why I'm trying Smart Collections).
In the upcoming major release (10.11), TV series will be able to be organized into collections, similar to how movie libraries are structured.