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trickplay location - themanuf - 2025-11-11
10.11.2 installed on Windows. Program Data, Logs, and Web on C: ; Cache, Image Cache, Metadata, Transcodes on D: (media on a NAS mounted as Z: ). When I generated my trickplay images, it put them on the C: drive, which is much smaller than D: where I want them. I assumed they would end up in the Metadata folder on D: but that didn't happen. Was there a setting I missed somewhere or this behaving as intended? Is it changeable?
RE: trickplay location - HokieRulz - 2025-11-11
I can't specifically tell you how to put trickplay images on D:, but can offer one option that in your case would put the trickplay images on your Z: drive since Jellyfin does allow you to store trickplay images at the same location as the media. Under server settings -> Libraries, find the library that you want to change and click on the three dots at the bottom right of the library, then go to "Manage Library", then find "Save Trickplay Images Next To Media", check the box next to that option, and click save. It will be a good idea to restart Jellyfin, and I'm pretty confident you will need to regenerate trickplay images.
(I'm not on Win, but a quick google confirms the default trickplay storage location is C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Jellyfin\config\metadata\library.)
RE: trickplay location - themanuf - 2025-11-11
Thank you. I knew about the option to store with the media, but was trying to avoid throwing the images on the HDDs in the NAS vs. the SSDs in the server.
I agree that the default trickplay would be on C:, but since I have my metadata specifically on the D: I am surprised it didn't also put the trickplay images there. From what I can tell, it is putting the images in the Program Data folder rather than the Metadata folder.