2025-10-30, 08:22 AM
I understood the question, I think. I have such files also grouped in different folders.
But I don't get it why JF should switch between different versions of the same movie, depending on the client watching it.
Since Jellyfin does a very efficient transcoding just keep the "best quality" of a file and JF manage the client capabilities automaticlly by transcoding the file in the required format.
I think the wrong way here is, putting lots of different encodings of the same file in this common library. There is no need to do so. It's simply wasted storage space.
So I think the issue is trying to adapt an old concept to JF, without the need to do so.
But I don't get it why JF should switch between different versions of the same movie, depending on the client watching it.
Since Jellyfin does a very efficient transcoding just keep the "best quality" of a file and JF manage the client capabilities automaticlly by transcoding the file in the required format.
I think the wrong way here is, putting lots of different encodings of the same file in this common library. There is no need to do so. It's simply wasted storage space.
So I think the issue is trying to adapt an old concept to JF, without the need to do so.