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Changing Media Types Within Same Library - Horrordoc - 2024-02-24
I have three different media libraries: Shows, Films, and Anime. The issue I'm having is that within my anime library I also have films. When Jellyfin scans for metadata it recognizes the films but places arbitrary season numbers and folders within them. For example, with Ghost in the Shell the server will recognize the iMDB tag but won't update images and the film is listed as being part of "season 19."
With that, is there any way to switch individual media files type within a library (i.e. show to film)?
RE: Changing Media Types Within Same Library - TheDreadPirate - 2024-02-24
Short answer: No. Mixed libraries are not well supported to begin with and are strongly discouraged. Movies should be in a movies library and shows in a shows library.
I, and it seems a lot of other people here, keep our Anime separate from our western shows. So our setups looks something like this in terms of libraries.
Movies (non-Anime movies)
Anime Movies
TV shows (non-Anime shows)
Anime
RE: Changing Media Types Within Same Library - Horrordoc - 2024-02-24
Thanks for the quick response! That's an easy enough fix at least.
RE: Changing Media Types Within Same Library - jellyfin - 2025-05-18
(2024-02-24, 01:39 AM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: Short answer: No. Mixed libraries are not well supported to begin with and are strongly discouraged. Movies should be in a movies library and shows in a shows library.
I, and it seems a lot of other people here, keep our Anime separate from our western shows. So our setups looks something like this in terms of libraries.
Movies (non-Anime movies)
Anime Movies
TV shows (non-Anime shows)
Anime
I have lots of "Nature" DVDs and BDs, like "Planet Earth" or "Wild Afrika", where some have several episodes and some are just one movie.
I used to add them to a "mixed" library, but from what you wrote, I should split them into two libraries?
Those with multiple episode into a "Shows" and the others into a "Movies" library? Or do you think that the one-episode movies could also work in a "Shows" library? It would be strange to have them totally separate.
I already noticed that Swiftfin iOS does not support mixed libraries either.
RE: Changing Media Types Within Same Library - theguymadmax - 2025-05-18
It depends on how the metadata source categorizes the content. If it's listed as a TV show or a movie, you should add it to the corresponding library.
Search TMDB, the default metadata provider for Jellyfin, for any media types that might be ambiguous.