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Nick Peers is shifting his allegiance from Plex to Jellyfin, and not just because it’s free! content. While you can add multiple folders to a single library, it’s best to start with just one. After it’s been fully scanned, move on to your second folder, and so on.
Beneath the folders are your library settings, which vary according to the type of content you’ve chosen. The key choice here is which ‘scrapers’ you want Jellyfin to use to populate your library with metadata including artwork – thetvdb.com is no longer available by default, but you can add it as an option later via the plugins repository (see the final Quick Tip, page 61).
A quick note about filenames: Jellyfin broadly follows the same naming convention favoured by Plex and Emby, but there are some quirks with organising movie extras – see the Server>Media section of the online Jellyfin documentation (https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/quick-start.html) for details.
Beneath the scrapers is a section that makes it possible for you to choose how metadata is stored. Beware of ticking ‘Nfo’ and ‘Save artwork into media folders’ – this requires write-access to your media folders, which isn’t a given. Leaving them unticked stores the information within a central database.
Flick the ‘Show advanced settings’ switch at the top to reveal even more options. These include pulling in artwork app.
