jellyfin: restructuring naming conventions

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## Naming schemes of movies and TV shows
Both movies and TV shows can have extras like a `making of` or a `behind the
scenes`.
This section describes on how to place them in the directories correctly to get
jellyfin to recognize them as extras.
This section describes how to name and how to place movies and TV shows and
their extras in the directories correctly to get jellyfin to recognize them.
In
[the jellyfin tv shows documentation](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows.html)
and
[the jellyfin movie documentation](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies.html)
are sections on how to name files correctly.
This entry uses the conventions based in the documentation and introduces
slight changes to indicate different versions and encodings more precisely.
### Handling movies or episodes consisting of multiple video files
@ -46,21 +52,19 @@ Lastly the file extension `.srt` is appended.
The complete subtitle file look like this:
`movie_(1234)_-_brd_uu.en.forced.srt`.
### Naming movies, multiple versions of them and extras
In
[the jellyfin documentation](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies.html)
is a section on how to name the files correctly.
In the following slight changes are made to ensure better naming schemes.
Additionally to indicate the encoding and source can be indicated before the
file extension.
`brd` for Blu-ray disc, `dvd` for digital versatile disc.
This is followed by an encoding indicator starting with `u` and followed by
your own scheme for encodings.
Different versions of the same movie can be stored in the same folder with
slightly different names to indicate the specific version.
Inside the movie folder you can create subfolders with the following names for
different extras:
### Naming extras
The following list are set expressions for extras of movies and tv shows.
These will be used in the following sections on how to name
[movies](#naming-movies) and
[tv shows](#naming-tv-shows).
For the exact use of them look into these sections.
- `behind_the_scenes`
- `deleted_scenes`
@ -72,6 +76,14 @@ different extras:
- `shorts`
- `trailers`
### Naming movies
In the following slight changes are made to ensure better naming schemes.
Different versions of the same movie can be stored in the same folder with
slightly different names to indicate the specific version.
Inside the movie folder you can create subfolders with names according to the
expressions for extras from the [extras section](#naming-extras).
The `movies` folder is a folder containing all movies.
An example looks like the following:
@ -97,33 +109,15 @@ movies
Another way to keep extras in the main folder of the movie is by adding the
following suffixes to the files accordingly:
### Naming TV Shows, episodes and extras
### Naming TV shows
In
[the jellyfin documentation](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/shows.html)
is a section on how to name the files correctly.
In the following slight changes are made to ensure better naming schemes.
Inside the shows folder you can create the `season_00` folder as a directory
for extras.
Additionally to indicate the encoding and source can be indicated before the
file extension.
`brd` for Blu-ray disc, `dvd` for digital versatile disc.
This is followed by an encoding indicator starting with `u` and followed by
your own scheme for encodings.
Files containing multiple episodes at once are named by specifying the first
and last episode they include `s01e01-e02`.
Because of the heavily varying the titles of the episodes are not included.
Use the following list to specify the extras inside the `season_0` folder:
- `behind_the_scenes`
- `deleted_scenes`
- `extras` (generic catch all for extras of an unknown type)
- `featurettes`
- `interviews`
- `samples`
- `scenes`
- `shorts`
- `trailers`
Specify the extras inside the `season_0` folder with the expressions from
[the extras section](#naming-extras).
The `shows` folder is a folder containing all tv shows.
An example looks like the following.

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