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    Jellyfin Forum Support General Questions Use symlinks on videos files and NFO files ?

     
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    Use symlinks on videos files and NFO files ?

    Using symlinks to create a specific library
    JohnBee
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    #1
    2023-12-04, 10:29 AM
    Hello everyone,
    I want to create a Christmas specials collection. It'll basically be a virtual TV show in which I stick copies of Christmas episodes of the shows I have.
    Instead of wasting space on duplicating the files, I was thinking of using symlinks this way :
    Show 1 > Season x > Episode xxxx.mp4 and .nfo -> Symlink to -> Christmas Show > Season 01 > Episode 1.mp4 and .nfo
    I tried that and the video couldnt play.
    Should symlink inside the docker or from the host ? Is this idea even going to work ?
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    2023-12-04, 02:45 PM
    Hey,

    Why not just create a collection?
    typos are finders, keepers.
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    2023-12-04, 02:48 PM
    What exactly do you mean ? I do create a collection, but I dont want to duplicate the media files (approximately 500mb per video), I want to use symlinks to point to their original location.
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    2023-12-04, 02:50 PM
    Collections are just that, a list of movies you can use to organize in jellyfin.
    No file duplication involved
    typos are finders, keepers.
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    2023-12-04, 03:20 PM
    Let's say I already have a collection with my TV shows. I want to create a new collection for only Christmas specials. How would I go to have that collection, with only Christmas episodes from the shows in my main collection ?
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    2023-12-04, 03:33 PM
    Go can add individual episodes from your library to a collection. And also movies.

    You would need to create a new collection or remove everything you don't want currently in your collection.
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    2023-12-04, 03:45 PM
    Would the collection be available for all users and hideable by the admin account ?
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    2023-12-04, 03:58 PM
    In the User Dashboard, you can prevent any/all users from seeing Collections, in General.  But you can't prevent users from seeing a specific collection.

       
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    2023-12-04, 04:14 PM
    (2023-12-04, 03:58 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: In the User Dashboard, you can prevent any/all users from seeing Collections, in General.  But you can't prevent users from seeing a specific collection.

    true, with an exception

    you can create multiple collections libraries and have each user see a specific one so that they only see "their" collections
    im not sure how to do this "from the gui" but i did this manually like this

    on the drive, duplicate the existing collections folder inside the jellyfin config folder
    go to dashboard -> libraries -> add library
    on the first screen where it says to select a type "movies", "shows" etc, do not select anything and leave it blank
    for the folder select the duplicated collections folder on the drive

    when finished you will have 2 different (or more) collections on in your libraries which you can select which users can see each
    in appearance i think everything works normal from there but i also manually edit the xml files so i only assume adding/removing to collections works like normal
    a bit of work i wish had native functionality but in the end it's fine
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