"metadata" folder not used anymore?

[jimmybenkins]

I just updated to 10.9.6, added a new show, and now all of the episode thumbnails are being saved in the show's root directory instead of the "metadata" folder. Bug or expected behavior?

[TheDreadPirate]

Did you enable images to be saved in the media folder?  I was not able to replicate this in a test library.

   

[Efficient_Good_5784]

I think this is new expected behavior if you save artwork to your media folders.

I'm not sure which version of v10.9 brought these changes, but there are a couple new changes to artwork/image metadata.

1. Season folder.jpg covers are now saved in the parent show directory as "season##-poster.jpg"
   
2. Episode images are now saved alongside the episodes and named with "...-thumb.jpg".
   

The metadata folders are now removed as well as they're no longer used.

@TheDreadPirate, did you try running a "replace all" scan and choose the "replace all images" option too? Jellyfin currently works fine with the old version, but if you replace the images, it will put them in the new place with their new naming structure (and update the nfo files to point to them too).

I was able to replicate this behavior on v10.9.6 by simply uploading a new season cover or replacing an episode's image.

[jimmybenkins]

I think this is new expected behavior if you save artwork to your media folders.

I'm not sure which version of v10.9 brought these changes, but there are a couple new changes to artwork/image metadata.

1. Season folder.jpg covers are now saved in the parent show directory as "season##-poster.jpg"
   
2. Episode images are now saved alongside the episodes and named with "...-thumb.jpg".
   

The metadata folders are now removed as well as they're no longer used.

@TheDreadPirate, did you try running a "replace all" scan and choose the "replace all images" option too? Jellyfin currently works fine with the old version, but if you replace the images, it will put them in the new place with their new naming structure (and update the nfo files to point to them too).

I was able to replicate this behavior on v10.9.6 by simply uploading a new season cover or replacing an episode's image.

So should I just delete all metadata folders since they're deprecated and wont be used going forward? This feels like a weird thing to just randomly change after years. The right way to make a change like this probably would've been to issue a warning 1-2 updates in advance, then write a script that runs on first startup that pulls the images out of the metadata folders, renames them to "....-thumb.jpg", then deletes the metadata folders.

[Efficient_Good_5784]

So should I just delete all metadata folders since they're deprecated and wont be used going forward? This feels like a weird thing to just randomly change after years. The right way to make a change like this probably would've been to issue a warning 1-2 updates in advance, then write a script that runs on first startup that pulls the images out of the metadata folders, renames them to "....-thumb.jpg", then deletes the metadata folders.

I would say not to. Jellyfin currently works fine with the previous method. It's only new artwork/images that will be saved with this new method.

If you want all your items to be consistent, the easiest way would probably be to run a "replace all metadata & images" scan on all your libraries. Though if you have custom artwork, you'll need to save them elsewhere and then reupload them back to your media to not lose them with this method.

[TheDreadPirate]

I was stating that I wasn't able to reproduce the described behavior WITHOUT the setting enabled thinking that there was a bug where it was behaving as if saving images to the media folder was always enabled. Which doesn't appear to be the case.

[imthatjeremyguy]

Just discovered this myself and was looking for an answer. Not a fan. I like my image files and media files separate. Season folders feel and look messy now. Feels weird to see previous seasons of shows have the metadata folder with everything separate and now new seasons its just all lumped into the new season folder.