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Restore watched state after moving media files - Ned - 2025-07-30
Hi,
Longtime Kodi user just started using Jellyfin.
Unfortunately the way my setup is, I move media files around from time to time. This causes Jellyfin (and Kodi) to think they're new media. To overcome this in Kodi I use a plugin which automatically backs-up and restores the watched, resume, etc. state of media based on media ID rather than file path. So when Kodi finds "new" media after I move it, this addon recognizes it as old media and restores its watched and resume state.
How can I do the same thing in Jellyfin? The only way I've found is to use trakt, which I can't as it's a paid service (and the free version is too limited for me to be able to use)
Thanks
RE: Restore watched state after moving media files - I-G-1-1 - 2025-07-31
I use the trakt plug-in with a free account for each user for this purpose, and also for sync between two different istances of Jellyfin.
Never hit any "paywall", what are exactly the limit you are encountering?
There were also some projects to self host media tracking, check if one of these fits your needs:
1. https://github.com/bonukai/MediaTracker
2. https://github.com/leepeuker/movary