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When you create a Jellyfin library, you usually point a new Library to a folder with your media files in and allow the Jellyfin metadata scraper to examine the file, identify it and then download the metadata to add it to a library.....  but here's a tip

 

on any OS worth it's salt, you can have the physical media file in your pyhsical media folder

 

/media/TV/3 Body Problem/Season 01

'3 Body Problem - S01E01 - Countdown WEBRip-720p.mkv'

 

but, you could also create 

/media/TV/3 Body Problem/Season 01 - Reversed

and create a "link" to the original media file which is a tiny pointer

 

/media/TV/3 Body Problem/Season 01 - Reversed

'linked.mkv --> '3 Body Problem - S01E01 - Countdown WEBRip-720p.mkv''

 

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When you create a Jellyfin library, you usually point a new Library to a folder with your media files in and allow the Jellyfin metadata scraper to examine the file, identify it and then download the metadata to add it to a library.....  but here's a tip ... on any OS worth it's salt, you can have the physical media file in your pyhsical media folder

/media/TV/3 Body Problem/Season 01/3 Body Problem - S01E01 - Countdown WEBRip-720p.mkv'

but, you could also create 

/media/TV/3 Body Problem/Season 01 - Reversed

and create a "link" to the original media file which is a tiny pointer

'linked.mkv --> '3 Body Problem - S01E01 - Countdown WEBRip-720p.mkv''