2024-07-31, 08:09 PM
Just in case anyone is reading this from the future, thought I'd post my solution.
I used a program called Drop it. it perfectly copies over file structures, minus any files you don't want. So now I have an exact directory copy of everything (apart from the actual video files) and if say a complete jellyfin rescan happened, or I had to rebuild data base I can just copy and paste it back over in a couple of minutes!
http://www.dropitproject.com/
As for my original problem I'll keep an eye on how often the discs spin up browsing Jellyfin and go from there. I suppose now I have this directory I have nothing to lose setting it all to app date, rescan and replace and then paste over the saved directory.
I used a program called Drop it. it perfectly copies over file structures, minus any files you don't want. So now I have an exact directory copy of everything (apart from the actual video files) and if say a complete jellyfin rescan happened, or I had to rebuild data base I can just copy and paste it back over in a couple of minutes!
http://www.dropitproject.com/
As for my original problem I'll keep an eye on how often the discs spin up browsing Jellyfin and go from there. I suppose now I have this directory I have nothing to lose setting it all to app date, rescan and replace and then paste over the saved directory.