Manual Collection Set Up Not Completing / Sticking

[greenawayj]

Thanks for reviewing and commenting...

This is exactly what I was expecting to see.  However "Creating" a new collection does not seem to 'create' the folder nor the xml in that location.   (though it seems the permissions are fine since it created a 
'playlist' folder and playlists I generate under config/data/... without issue.   

I think I might try to manually generate an collections folder and xml in that location and see if that somehow allows me to add my own through the UI after that...

UPDATE: Manually creating the "collections" folder and a collection.xml file (based on the one suggested by theguymafmax but updated with my movie information) in the proper location does not change anything...  The 'collection' is not seen by jellyfin.  It was a long shot as I assume the collection must also be in the database to be visible.   It's just such a strange problem.   Folder / file permissions for the data folder as well as 'playlists' and 'collections' and their respective xml files are exactly the same.

There should be a collection folder in your config/data folder, same location as the playlist folder. Then a folder for each collection and a collection.xml file in each folder:

config/data/collections/Caminandes Collection [boxset]/collection.xml
config/data/collections/Another Collection [boxset]/collection.xml
config/data/playlists/

collection.xml file:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Item>
  <Added>07/07/2025 16:57:00</Added>
  <LockData>false</LockData>
  <Overview>Caminandes is an independently produced short animated series, inspired by the good old Chuck Jones cartoons.</Overview>
  <LocalTitle>Caminandes Collection</LocalTitle>
  <PremiereDate>2013-02-09</PremiereDate>
  <DisplayOrder>PremiereDate</DisplayOrder>
  <ProductionYear>2013</ProductionYear>
  <TmdbId>339473</TmdbId>
  <Genres>
    <Genre>Animation</Genre>
    <Genre>Comedy</Genre>
    <Genre>Family</Genre>
  </Genres>
  <Studios>
    <Studio>Blender Foundation</Studio>
    <Studio>Blender Animation Studio</Studio>
  </Studios>
  <CollectionItems>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>T:\Movies\Movies Collection\Caminandes 2 Gran Dillama (2013)\Caminandes 2 Gran Dillama (2013).mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>T:\Movies\Movies Collection\Caminandes Llama Drama (2013)\Caminandes Llama Drama (2013).mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>T:\Movies\Movies Collection\Caminandes 3 Llamigos (2016)\Caminandes 3 Llamigos (2016).mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
  </CollectionItems>
</Item>