slow media scan

[metropical]

well that made no difference. still have many LPs not found by the player in spite of being in metadata folders.

[TheDreadPirate]

Are the two hard drives you described your first post attached to a different Mac than the one running Jellyfin? If so, how are they shared? What protocol?

[metropical]

2x 2G WD 5800prm blue in cMP3,1 same LAN via unmanaged TP switch.

[TheDreadPirate]

I have no idea what a "cMP3,1" is.

[metropical]

classic MacPro3,1 (aka cheese grater)