SOLVED: Library Scan Fails for Subdirectories

[r0cketman]

I'm running Jellyfin on a Mac Mini with 16Gb of RAM, a 1Tb SSD and an 8Tb USB 3.0 external drive (for library storage).  This system currently also runs Plex   which I'm trying to replace with Jellyfin.

I've created a library [Movies] with path /Volumes/Media/Movies/ which seems to scan everything correctly.  This library sort-of works (it scans, shows individual movies, etc.,) but it also shows the movies' ISOs which is cool, but I don't want to be encoding on-the-fly from ISO.  However, if I create a different library [Test] with the path of /Volumes/Media/Movies/MKVs (where all of the MKVs actually live), this library doesn't scan at all--it just shows as blank.

Any ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

-R0cketman

[bitmap]

Seems like a subdirectory of a subdirectory issue. The naming conventions for movie libraries are as such:

Code:

Root Folder/
  |
  -- Movie Title (YYYY) [tmdb-id 1234]/
    |
    -- Movie Title (YYYY) [tmdb-id 1234].mkv

The root folder would be MKVs in this case. If you didn't remove the other library, Jellyfin either a) doesn't like the naming convention used (e.g., the root folder not set as "MKVs") or b) already identified the movies in the other library.

Try removing the library that has the ISOs and add a new one where the root folder is the MKVs level. If your naming convention doesn't match the conventions (or come close to...some information may be unnecessary, but helps with identification of the movie) try more closely aligning with the recommendations in the documentation.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies/

[r0cketman]

Sure enough!  I removed both libraries, recreated just the one with the MKVs, and *poof*!  I now see all my movies, and just the MKVs.

Thank you @bitmap!

-R0cketman