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Jellyfin not adding TV Shows - tdukes - 2025-05-30
Hello,
Setup up Jellyfin yesterday. I migrated over from Plex. I have followed the hierarchy in this: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows/
Still doesn't work.
On my system, Debian 11, it looks like this: /home/media/Shows/Stargate SG1 (1997)/Season 01/Stargate SG1 S01E01 - Children of the Gods.mp4
The directory is owned by Jellyfin and permissions are 777, recursively. I see something has added .nfo files in the directory but the episodes are not showing up under Shows.
I didn't always use the date of the show in Plex so I got the date for Stargate SG1 from Wikipedia. Maybe that's the wrong date?
I'm all out of brain cells.
Thank for any help
RE: Jellyfin not adding TV Shows - tdukes - 2025-05-30
OK, I didn't scroll down. The shows are in Record Shows. Is this right?
TIA
RE: Jellyfin not adding TV Shows - bitmap - 2025-05-30
You've added the Shows folder to a TV series library, correct? Recorded media is different...
1. Create library (TV Shows type).
2. Add requisite folder(s) (e.g., "Shows" folder).
3. Scan the library via Dashboard > Scan All Libraries or Dashboard > Libraries > Libraries > <Library Name> > kebab menu > Scan Library.
RE: Jellyfin not adding TV Shows - theguymadmax - 2025-05-31
Probably a permission issue. Check out this post. https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-mounting-local-storage-in-linux-linux-permissions-primer
RE: Jellyfin not adding TV Shows - tdukes - 2025-05-31
(2025-05-30, 05:19 PM)bitmap Wrote: You've added the Shows folder to a TV series library, correct? Recorded media is different...
1. Create library (TV Shows type).
2. Add requisite folder(s) (e.g., "Shows" folder).
3. Scan the library via Dashboard > Scan All Libraries or Dashboard > Libraries > Libraries > <Library Name> > kebab menu > Scan Library.
Yes, these were already TV shows I had recorded. No, I had a separate library for Shows and TV Shows. I deleted the TV Shows library when I saw them under Recordings.
Still not sure what the Shows library is for. I put them under that library to start but they never showed up so I just deleted those from there. Still do understand what the Shows library does.
Thanks
(2025-05-31, 01:01 AM)theguymadmax Wrote: Probably a permission issue. Check out this post. https://forum.jellyfin.org/t-mounting-local-storage-in-linux-linux-permissions-primer
I doubt it, permissions are 0777 and owned by Jellyfin. Likely my ignorance being new to Jellyfin.
Thanks
RE: Jellyfin not adding TV Shows - theguymadmax - 2025-05-31
Did you read this part "But one the most common things I see is some variation of "I ran 'chmod 777' on my library and Jellyfin still can't see my files". And that is rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of Linux permission concepts."
B/c 9 out of 10 times it's a permission issue.