2023-12-20, 02:21 AM
Hi all!
I've had my Jellyfin instance setup how I like it for a couple months now, but there's been one thing I've noticed about file renaming that I wasn't expecting. I know there are docs dedicated to file naming, and I'm fairly positive following that guide will solve the behavior I'm experiencing, but I was wondering if it was at all possible to work around it. From what I gather, Plex might handle things slightly differently.
I like to include a few other pieces of information in the file name such as audio/video codec or language. If I rename this file or replace this file to include different audio or codec information in the filename, then Jellyfin seems to treat it as a brand new file. This means it gets removed from any manually-created collections and it moves to first position in the "Newly Added" section. Additionally, I have the "Date Added to Library" option selected within the metadata options in my Jellyfin dashboard. I expected this to be the date the media was added and not the file itself.
This seems to happen with both series and movies, but if I can get it to not occur with just movies I'll take it! It makes perfect sense why Jellyfin would do this - it is a "new" file after all - but I was expecting it to know that the underlying file is associated with the same media since it does reside in a parent directory that contains the media name.
Any insights, comments, suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!
I've had my Jellyfin instance setup how I like it for a couple months now, but there's been one thing I've noticed about file renaming that I wasn't expecting. I know there are docs dedicated to file naming, and I'm fairly positive following that guide will solve the behavior I'm experiencing, but I was wondering if it was at all possible to work around it. From what I gather, Plex might handle things slightly differently.
I like to include a few other pieces of information in the file name such as audio/video codec or language. If I rename this file or replace this file to include different audio or codec information in the filename, then Jellyfin seems to treat it as a brand new file. This means it gets removed from any manually-created collections and it moves to first position in the "Newly Added" section. Additionally, I have the "Date Added to Library" option selected within the metadata options in my Jellyfin dashboard. I expected this to be the date the media was added and not the file itself.
This seems to happen with both series and movies, but if I can get it to not occur with just movies I'll take it! It makes perfect sense why Jellyfin would do this - it is a "new" file after all - but I was expecting it to know that the underlying file is associated with the same media since it does reside in a parent directory that contains the media name.
Any insights, comments, suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!