wiki/wiki/jellyfin.md

Jellyfin

Jellyfin is a suite for multimedia streaming. It includes a web-interface.

Server

A server can be setup via docker with the linuxserver image.

Add IP-TV

You can add IP-TV under Live TV in the administration panel. To include a m3u IP-TV stream just put the file on the server or copy its URL and add it under Live TV. After that make sure to setup DVR to your liking to record.

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.

Handling movies or episodes consisting of multiple video files

Jellyfin does not have the capability to seamlessly transition between multiple files of a movie or episode. The easiest way to achieve a seamless movie experience is to concatenate the two movie files. This can be done with ffmpeg.

Naming Subtitles of movies or tv shows

Subtitles can be written into video files. If that is the case an additional naming of the file is not needed. This section especially targets .srt files but the naming conventions translate to other file types aswell. Files containing subtitles are named the same as the video file they relate to The only difference is the file extension. After the name of the file the language of the subtitles is indicated by the two-letter country code, for example .en for english. After that .forced can be added, if the subtitles are forced. 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 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:

• behind_the_scenes
• deleted_scenes
• extras (generic catch all for extras of an unknown type)
• featurettes
• interviews
• samples
• scenes
• shorts
• trailers

The movies folder is a folder containing all movies. An example looks like the following:

movies
└── best_movie_ever_(2019)
    ├── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_uu.mp4
    ├── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_uu.en.forced.srt
    ├── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_dvd_u1.mp4
    ├── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_u1.en.srt
    ├── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_un_directors_cut.mp4
    ├── behind_the_scenes
    │   ├── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_uu_making_of.mp4
    │   ├── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_uu_making_of.en.srt
    │   └── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_uu_finding_the_right_score.mp4
    ├── interviews
    │   └── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_brd_u1_director_interview.mp4
    └── extras
        └── best_movie_ever_(2019)_-_dvd_un_home_recreation.mp4

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

In the jellyfin documentation 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

The shows folder is a folder containing all tv shows. An example looks like the following.

shows
└── series_(2010)
    ├── season_0
    │   ├── series_-_behind_the_scenes_brd_uu.mkv
    │   ├── series_-_name_interview_brd_uu.mkv
    │   └── series_-_featurette_dvd_un.mkv
    │
    ├── season_1
    │   ├── series_-_s01e01-e02_dvd_un.mkv
    │   ├── series_-_s01e01-e02_dvd_un.de.srt
    │   ├── series_-_s01e03_brd_un.mkv
    │   ├── series_-_s01e03_brd_un.de.forced.srt
    │   └── series_-_s01e04_brd_un.mkv
    │   └── series_-_s01e04_brd_un.en.srt
    └── season_2
        ├── series_-_s02e01_dvd_un.mkv
        └── series_-_s02e02_dvd_un.mkv