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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

Add Library Dialogue Box

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/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 pointerpointer, such as

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

 

    When you create the link, it poiunts to the original file, but the link can be named anything depending on how you configure your library, it can provide "varied"results 
      it may scan and find the embedded metadata from the "source" physical media, then look that up it may take just embedded media it may take local NFO data it may not look up at all

      so

        the easy part is linking one or two files, get your feet wet and then test a few configurations;  always start with a small subzet that "prove" your settings then thnk about bulk-naming conventions that work then script or automate the file link/rename do your inital library scan and then uncheck any changes

         

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