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    Jellyfin Forum Support Troubleshooting Media Scanning & Identification use "DateAdded" from nfo file instead from file creation time

     
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    2023-11-14, 09:25 PM
    Hi everyone,

    when adding media (e.g. music albums) then I don't want to use the file creation date for "Date Added" but I want to use a manually entered date from e.g. "album.nfo" file.

    So, to the music album folder, I added a file "album.nfo" with this content:
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    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <album>
      <dateadded>2000-05-06</dateadded>
      <releasedate>1999-09-09</releasedate>
    </album>

    The release date is used from file, but date added is not used. I did a library scan using "replace metadata".

    Any idea how to make this work please?
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    2023-11-14, 09:37 PM
    I'm not sure dateadded is used. I don't see any documentation that it is a valid field.

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    2023-11-14, 09:39 PM
    dateadded is used https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/metadata/nfo/

    but you have to make a full nfo file, you can't just override certain parts

    that nfo isn't enough to identify the album so it is ignored entirely
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    2023-11-15, 06:52 AM
    (2023-11-14, 09:39 PM)tmsrxzar Wrote: but you have to make a full nfo file, you can't just override certain parts

    that nfo isn't enough to identify the album so it is ignored entirely
    Hm, but it is not ignored entirely: as said, "releasedate" is being considered, but "dateadded" not. Could be a bug then?
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    2023-11-15, 07:06 AM
    (2023-11-15, 06:52 AM)vbs Wrote:
    (2023-11-14, 09:39 PM)tmsrxzar Wrote: but you have to make a full nfo file, you can't just override certain parts

    that nfo isn't enough to identify the album so it is ignored entirely
    Hm, but it is not ignored entirely: as said, "releasedate" is being considered, but "dateadded" not. Could be a bug then?

    did you try a different releasedate or is it just coincidence that it scraped the same release date and you think it used your nfo?

    there is no overlaying afaik - either it gets all info from the site or all of it from the nfo
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    2023-11-15, 09:10 AM
    Yes, I tested it multiple times back and forth with different releasedate values in the nfo. Metadata is used from the MP3, but releasedate is used from the nfo. dateadded is ignored from the nfo. Kinda strange.
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