"metadata" folder not used anymore?

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So should I just delete all metadata folders since they're deprecated and wont be used going forward? This feels like a weird thing to just randomly change after years. The right way to make a change like this probably would've been to issue a warning 1-2 updates in advance, then write a script that runs on first startup that pulls the images out of the metadata folders, renames them to "....-thumb.jpg", then deletes the metadata folders.

I would say not to. Jellyfin currently works fine with the previous method. It's only new artwork/images that will be saved with this new method.

If you want all your items to be consistent, the easiest way would probably be to run a "replace all metadata & images" scan on all your libraries. Though if you have custom artwork, you'll need to save them elsewhere and then reupload them back to your media to not lose them with this method.