Best way to organize mixed movies/shows now that mixed libraries are going away??

[jellykrabbypatty]

Hi! B*tchy thread warning!

With the upcoming release of server 12, it appears that the mixed libraries will not only be deprecated, but likely broken. That is a bummer, as I have nested movies in folders using mixed libraries. For example, Nightmare on Elm Street has all of it's movies in it's own folder, etc. But also, I have my anime and cartoons in mixed libraries. Some movies, such as the Naruto movies, I have in folders within the show itself. Other (better) movies, I have as their standalone slot so they are easily viewable with the TV shows without having to go digging through a bunch of folders. 

What is the recommended way to organize these in the future? I guess it is between having two libraries for each genre, which I think is lame, or having movies nested within TV show specials, which could lead to forgetting movies are there or having metadata config nightmares. I don't know what to do with movies now. I will have a lot more movies to scroll through now that all of my folders will be busted. 

What do you fellow anons do? 

[TheDreadPirate]

As much hate as it gets for being a PITA, it is NOT going away. In fact, @theguymadmax patched some issues with mixed libraries in Jellyfin 12. AFAIK, it is not going away any time soon.

[jellykrabbypatty]

As much hate as it gets for being a PITA, it is NOT going away.  In fact, @theguymadmax patched some issues with mixed libraries in Jellyfin 12.  AFAIK, it is not going away any time soon.

That's excellent news! Thank you for informing me on this. I was getting worried because I was reading this comment in the RC6. 

"In collections why was showing the nested folders removed and instead all the folders just expanded into one giant list? That messes up so many things for me and frankly, unless there is an option to toggle the folders back on, is terrible. Last 2 big updates have made Collections worse despite any improvments along the way."

I guess he is referring to some other feature. 

I definitely understand it is a PITA but I greatly appreciate the people putting this project together, and especially those keeping mixed libraries alive.  

Thank you!