Rifftrax shorts

[gigglehurtz]

I've just setup Jellyfin V10.10.6 on Linux Mint and working on building my libraries. So far so good with one exception - it won't recognize my collection of Rifftrax shorts. It had no problem with my Rifftrax B-Movie collection. The folder and file permissions are the same for both b-movies and shorts, the sub-directories are at the same level, and the metadata within the files is basically the same for both. The only log entry I see for the library is like this - [2025-03-21 06:42:57.061 -05:00] [INF] Watching directory "/mnt/video/Multimedia/RiffTrax/Shorts"

I've tried creating the library as Shows, Movies, Home videos, Mixed movies, but nothing. I'm guessing jellyfin doesn't find any metadata for the shorts so it doesn't add them. Is there any way to "force" entries into a library or is there some other possible solution?

[TheDreadPirate]

"Shorts" is a reserved word. It is a folder type for movie/show "extras". You need to change the folder name to something other than "Shorts".

To clarify, the folder can CONTAIN the word "Shorts" but it cannot be named "Shorts" and nothing else.

Our documentation, linked below, has the various "reserved" words that you should avoid using on their own outside of their intended usage.

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server...vie-extras