I’ve been using a lot of torrents for my jellyfin server and my current process is the rename the files to something similar to whats found in the jellyfin documentation around naming and had a couple questions.

Currently, almost all the torrents i find default to something similar to this:

LinuxISO.DIRECTOR’S.CUT.1080p.10bit.BluRay.6CH.x265.HEVC-PSA

I usually change the name in the in the qBitTorrent client before downloading to something like LinuxISO.HEVC-PSA but was wondering if there was a way to avoid having to do the renamings. Its not really that tedious but its more so If im wanting to seed files again later, I would need the file names to match exactly. What I’ve found in my search is software like sonarr and radar could possibly create links? I’m not very familiar with what that does exactly but I was also wondering if its possible to have Jellyfin read the name via a sub folder such as Movies/LinusISO/ or from metadata.

Anyone else know the least tedious workaround for this? Can Jellyfin actually just read the original file naming?

  • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    2 days ago

    Jellyfin usually picks up on the filenames for me from torrents. If not, I just click on the “Identify” button and enter the name of the media and the year if it’s ambiguous and it works that way no problem.

    • JackAttack@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Didn’t know about identify. Is the in the dashboard settings for media or directly on the “watch” page that shows all media for viewing?

      • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        In the “Shows” section (or whatever media you’re identifying), that displays all of that media type, yep.

        First hit the triple dot menu on the media that needs identifying.

        From there you can find the “Identify” button.

        It opens up a form where you can enter in Name, Year, and if you get really stuck, you can enter in a Imdb id. Then Jellyfin will pull the metadata from the internet and populate the image and name and all that stuff accurately. Works well!