Proper organization folders for different language

[Balinus]

Hello!

I am about to install a Jellyfin server on my LAN. In parallel, I am also about to restructure my folders of Movies, TV Shows and a personnal "Home Videos" which I built using a Kodi logic (Home Videos have local nfo files, with folder like Season 2016, etc.). The movies and TV Shows are either in english or in french (either dubbed english shows or native french shows).

My question is how should I reorganize them so that it works with less pain with Jellyfin. I'd like to get a confirmation from knowledgeable persons or suggestions before I proceeed. 

Thanks!

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My idea was to organize as follow:

Shows and Movies would have the same logic.

Shows (EN)
└── Show 1
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv
└── Show 2
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv

Shows (FR)
└── Show 1
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv
└── Show 2
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv



Home Videos
└── Home Videos
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv
        └── S02E01.mkv

Now, I guess I simply have to add all of the following root drectories with the proper (and different) Jellyfin options :

Movies (FR) -> Add as a single library and set language to FR
Movies (EN) ->  Add as a single library and set language to EN
Shows (FR) ->  Add as a single library and set language to FR
Shows (EN) ->  Add as a single library and set language to EN

Home Videos -> Is there an option to only check for local nfo files? I haven't installed the Jellyfin server yet (anyway, this folder won't be reorganized in the short term unless this structure is incompatible with Jellyfin logic).

[TheDreadPirate]

What you've described makes perfect sense. I recall a Spanish speaking user who did something similar with the results you'd expect.

If you have a show or movie that you'd like to show up in both libraries, but with different metadata languages, you can use symlinks for the folder of the show/movie so you aren't doubling your disk usage.

You can also control which libraries are exposed to specific users. If you have French speaking users you would give them access to the French metadata libraries, and so on.

[Balinus]

Thanks! The idea of symlinks is clever, haven't thought about that! I will proceed on this reorganization while I wait for my server to be delivered.

For users, I will have to explore that. I'm used to having a single user on Kodi, but my kids are now growing and they might want to have their own progression for each shows and movies.

[TheDreadPirate]

If you have kids, the symlink suggestion can be used to create an "approved" library.

While Jellyfin does have parental controls that work reasonably well, I've found that the ratings some shows get I don't agree with. In both directions. Some shows with "kid friendly" ratings I would be hesitant to let my kid watch. Some content with "teenager" ratings I think are perfectly fine for my kid.

So creating an "approved" library(s) with symlinks was my way to control what my kid watches without having to worry about a show/movie not having a rating I agree with.

[Balinus]

ah, I see! So, you basically have a "master" folder and a "kids" folder with symlink to "approved" movies/series? That is a good idea indeed!

[TheXaman]

Hello!

I am about to install a Jellyfin server on my LAN. In parallel, I am also about to restructure my folders of Movies, TV Shows and a personnal "Home Videos" which I built using a Kodi logic (Home Videos have local nfo files, with folder like Season 2016, etc.). The movies and TV Shows are either in english or in french (either dubbed english shows or native french shows).

My question is how should I reorganize them so that it works with less pain with Jellyfin. I'd like to get a confirmation from knowledgeable persons or suggestions before I proceeed. 

Thanks!

---

My idea was to organize as follow:

Shows and Movies would have the same logic.

Shows (EN)
└── Show 1
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv
└── Show 2
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv

Shows (FR)
└── Show 1
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv
└── Show 2
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv



Home Videos
└── Home Videos
    ├── Season 01
    │  └── S01E01.mkv
    └── Season 02
        └── S02E01.mkv
        └── S02E01.mkv

Now, I guess I simply have to add all of the following root drectories with the proper (and different) Jellyfin options :

Movies (FR) -> Add as a single library and set language to FR
Movies (EN) ->  Add as a single library and set language to EN
Shows (FR) ->  Add as a single library and set language to FR
Shows (EN) ->  Add as a single library and set language to EN

Home Videos -> Is there an option to only check for local nfo files? I haven't installed the Jellyfin server yet (anyway, this folder won't be reorganized in the short term unless this structure is incompatible with Jellyfin logic).

If you have media with mulitple audio tracks in different languages I just released a plugin that automatically scans your media and adds language tags based on its audio tracks. This allow filtering based on language and also to also limits a users shown content to their desired language via parental controls.

Check it out: https://github.com/TheXaman/jellyfin-plu...nguageTags

[Balinus]

Nice! I will take a look.

I have successfully installed Jellyfin yesterday. Was much quicker than anticipated. I have only added english folders right now for testing and configuration tests right now, so this plug in is interesting for me.

Edit- is there a visual tag when looking at the library?