Set up advice: directories and navigation

[malebron]

The two examples you provided are not supported.  Both the folder structure and folder/file name.

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

The folders containing your shows must be immediately below the folder you point the library at.

Thank you for the reply, but the main point of my question is "how I can get the functionality I'm used to, in Jellyfin?". (How would I browse all my cozy mysteries, for example?)

As explained, In my current (non Jellyfin) system my ability to browse and find the things I want is based on the way my directories are organized - but I understand Jellyfin works differently. To clarify, I'm not planning to run Jellyfin on my old file structure.  Rather, I will start with a blank slate and plan to copy things incrementally to whatever structure Jellyfin requires.

I understand I need a flat structure (thanks for confirming) -- but in that case I don't understand how things get organized. Is it by tags?  If so, do I need to spend time tagging everything? How do I show a selection of media based on criteria or genre, for example? Search doesn't seem to do that.

I'm sorry if these seem to be dumb questions. It's my first time with a media server like JF.  I'm excited to finally move into the 21st century, but trying to get my head around a different approach to what I'm used to.

For now, I'm experimenting with test libraries containing just a few files to figure out how to things set up. I don't want to go down the wrong path and need to change everything later.

I appreciate all pointers, explanations and shared experiences.