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+--- Thread: DateAdded Advanced (/t-dateadded-advanced)
DateAdded Advanced - vbs - 2023-12-02
Hi folks,
I did a plugin, basically for my personal usage but also for fun:
https://github.com/verybadsoldier/Jellyfin.Plugin.DateAddedAdvanced
I think it lacks some good documentation. But in short it does:
* configurable if "modified" or "created" time of files is used for DateAdded in the database
* fixes the problem on Linux that JF is using "modified" time instead of "created" time due to a .NET problem
* read "dateadded" properly from NFO files (JF does not always do this)
* create (or update) NFO files by writing "dateadded" to file
* TV shows and seasons use DateAdded from childrens (TV show from seasons, seasons from files)
If there is interest, I probably need to provide better explanations
RE: DateAdded Advanced - pavichokche - 2023-12-05
Ah! A very good idea, I might grab this some day. I had resigned to just keep using a metadata editing program to batch update the created dates on my files every time I restore a backup, but this might be better.
RE: DateAdded Advanced - Dre - 2023-12-05
Thanks, i find this really useful!
RE: DateAdded Advanced - tomstephens89 - 2025-11-01
Looks good!
RE: DateAdded Advanced - vbs - 2025-11-04
I updated this to 10.11.2 and also the plugin is now available as a repository to be integrated into Jellyfin easily via this URL:
Code:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/verybadsoldier/Jellyfin.Plugin.DateAddedAdvanced-Test/refs/heads/repository/manifest.jsonRE: DateAdded Advanced - Sea Monkey - 2025-11-13
This has been enormously helpful in correctly populating dates for albums, but the date added field for individual songs remains unchanged. Is there any way you could integrate the ability to make all existing songs inherit the date added from the parent album field?