2024-05-16, 11:32 AM
Jellyfin retrieves metadata about your files from various providers online (TMDB, TVMaze, etc). The priority and which of these are enabled is available in the library settings. Additionally, the scanning process is very intensive as it has to analyze each media file, so if your storage is on a network share then you'll likely see a large increase in network utilization while the initial scan is happening.