Merge Global and Personal Libraries in Jellyfin for User-Specific View

[khiz]

Hi, I’m using Jellyfin on my home lab with multiple users and separate libraries. I have global libraries like “Movies” and “Shows” visible to all users. I also have user-specific libraries, for example “User A Movies” and “User A Shows,” which are visible only to User A.

What I want is for User A to see only two libraries: “Movies” and “Shows.” However, I want these to include both the global content and User A’s personal content, effectively merging their access without actually showing the user-specific libraries separately.

Is there a way in Jellyfin to combine or aggregate library content for a user while maintaining separate access rules for others?

[crobibero]

No, that is not something Jellyfin can do.
An alternative to creating many libraries is to use tags, but that would probably be a decent amount of work.

[khiz]

Thanks for the quick reply! I can live with having multiple libraries. Just started using Jellyfin and I'm really loving it so far. Keep up the great work!