How are automatic collections working?

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How are automatic collections working? - csidirop - 2024-06-15

Hi everyone,

this might seam like a simple question, but I'm struggling for two weeks getting the collections to work like I had them in Kodi.

I have all my media tagged with tinyMediaManager. There I define collections for some bigger sets (mostly more than 3/4 movies). The rest does not have a set defined (<set/>) tinyMediaManager writes a <set> element like this:

Code:
  <set>

    <name>COLLECTION NAME</name>

    <overview>OVERVIEW.....</overview>

  </set>

Kodi read that and grouped that movies together. Jellyfin did the same with the initial scan, but did not added newly movies to that collection.
I tried different combinations of settings but somehow couldn't find the right way.

What I did now is to remove all not wanted collections, deactivate the auto add to collection option in for the movies library. Not sure if the collections staying now the way they are or if newly added movies (with tagged sets) are added accordingly.

- Can you point me to the right direction?
- Do I need the Collection Library active?
- Where gets Jellyfin its information about sets?
- Should the movie library automatically group movies with the same set in collections? (<AutomaticallyAddToCollection>false</AutomaticallyAddToCollection>)

Thank you in advance!