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    Jellyfin Forum Support Troubleshooting SOLVED: Noob, just want to play a video file - [I had 'trailer' in the filename]

     
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    SOLVED: Noob, just want to play a video file - [I had 'trailer' in the filename]

    Clean install on ProxMox using the helper script. Can't detect video files.
    HeneryH
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    2025-02-11, 07:39 PM (This post was last modified: 2025-02-11, 08:28 PM by HeneryH. Edited 2 times in total.)
    Total Noob here but I am comfortable in Linux and Proxmox etc.  Am I a total idiot here???

    I installed on Proxmox using the helper script and I got to the Jellyfin server in no time.

    Wanting to stick with the most basic first step, I created a directory structure with some video files.  I started with the MP4 video files but after failing I created the other formats using ffmepg.

    Currently looks like this
    Code:
    root@jellyfin:/home# tree .
    .
    └── media
        └── Movies
            └── The_Chosen
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_1_Trailer.avi
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_1_Trailer.mp4
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_1_Trailer.yuv
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_2_Trailer.avi
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_2_Trailer.mp4
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_2_Trailer.yuv
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_3_Trailer.avi
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_3_Trailer.mp4
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_3_Trailer.yuv
                ├── The_Chosen_Season_4_Trailer.avi
                └── The_Chosen_Season_4_Trailer.mp4

    And I added the Library in Jellyfin like this:
    [Image: J24ZKwk.png]

    But I cannot for the life of me get these videos to show up in my library.  

    The library folder is always empty
    [Image: jJZ1aWk.png]
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    2025-02-11, 08:13 PM
    "Trailer" is a special keyword in Jellyfin. Remove it from your filename or try enclosing it in parentheses.
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    2025-02-11, 08:27 PM (This post was last modified: 2025-02-11, 08:30 PM by HeneryH.)
    (2025-02-11, 08:13 PM)theguymadmax Wrote: "Trailer" is a special keyword in Jellyfin. Remove it from your filename or try enclosing it in parentheses.

    Awesome!  Thank you, that was it.

    Sorry for miscrediting the solution to my reply. Thanks @theguymadmax
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