Update metadata of new content

[Lucyanno Frota]

There's a way of updating the metadata of newly added content?

I only found the option to update all the library Metadata once every 30 days.

Update the full library metadata once every day or so would be unnecessary. But I would like to update just the new stuff to keep my library always clean.

[TulsaTV]

There's a way of updating the metadata of newly added content?

I only found the option to update all the library Metadata once every 30 days.

Update the full library metadata once every day or so would be unnecessary. But I would like to update just the new stuff to keep my library always clean.

Menu/Dashboard/Libraries/[choose a library, click the 3 dots]/Scan Library

[SenileOtaku]

So no way to force a rescan (especially a rescan on a single folder) from the command line?

[TheDreadPirate]

There is a Scheduled Tasks menu in the Settings Dashboard (near the bottom under Advanced). Check out what is available meets your needs.

[Tomato]

thanks this helped!

[elephantLYFE]

Is this what you are looking for?

Admin Dashboard / Libraries / LIBRARY OPTIONS / Enable real time monitoring
Changes to files will be processed immediately on supported file systems.

[SenileOtaku]

So either have a process churning away ALL the time (even when you don't need it) or run from the GUI (which seems to do not much of anything when I try it). I would like to be able to tell the system I changed or added files in a particular location so it could check just those.

[Efficient_Good_5784]

If you're adding new content not on your server/library or changing a shows folder name, you'll need to rescan the whole library to get a single folder to show up in it.

If you're deleting or modifying content within a main folder (i.e. episodes/season folders in a main show folder, or extras in a movie folder), all you have to do is use the search feature in Jellyfin to find the series you edited. Then you right click on its pop-up and do a manual rescan.

[elephantLYFE]

So either have a process churning away ALL the time (even when you don't need it) or run from the GUI (which seems to do not much of anything when I try it).  I would like to be able to tell the system I changed or added files in a particular location so it could check just those.

I'm not aware of the underhood workings, or the amount of resources used for it.
but Real time monitoring of file changes works just fine for me, and i have not issue of resources on my setup.

Best Guess,
I don't imagine its doing a full scan continuously,
but rather some how detecting changes,
and then doing a scan on those changes.
A dev could probably speak more of to this.

[TheDreadPirate]

You could probably use the API to trigger a scan of an individual show. But I'm not aware of a command line way to do that.