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@paco @BenAveling it is just a stupid electronic device

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  • 🎇 David Zaslavsky 🎇D This user is from outside of this forum
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    wrote last edited by
    #8

    @paco Do you have access to the raw data? I'd imagine downloading it and plotting it with your own tooling opens up a lot of options, compared to having to use the routers built-in graphs.

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    • trainguyromT This user is from outside of this forum
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      @paco if the built-in graphs from the router suck, can you export the data via snmp to a network monitoring server? I've previously used LibreNMS and gotten good results. I even was able to observe Patch Tuesday's impacts on my lab network through it (initially via a slight panic as I saw a large amount of data entered the network in the middle of the night when no clients were online)

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      • SheogorathS This user is from outside of this forum
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        @paco I guess you want to customise the main page to either use tags or categories. (my first impression from what you are saying category is the more likely option).

        I usually have my library sorted by "Date Added" which works fantastic for all stuff you will add after the initial import.

        To make things work as you expect, you might need to write a little script to tag or categorise all your stuff based on the folders they are in.

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        • Jack Yan (甄爵恩)J This user is from outside of this forum
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          @paco I find Jellyfin tricky. I even reorganized my TV library to suit its convention, and it still wonʼt pick everything up.

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          • SheogorathS Sheogorath

            @paco I guess you want to customise the main page to either use tags or categories. (my first impression from what you are saying category is the more likely option).

            I usually have my library sorted by "Date Added" which works fantastic for all stuff you will add after the initial import.

            To make things work as you expect, you might need to write a little script to tag or categorise all your stuff based on the folders they are in.

            Paco (2026: New) HopeP This user is from outside of this forum
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            @sheogorath I’m going to have to figure out how to tag from the CLI. Didn’t realise that was a thing.

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            • NitN This user is from outside of this forum
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              #13

              @paco @infuse is the way on Apple TV. Swiftfin is undergoing heavy rework (which as you experienced is required) - https://github.com/jellyfin/Swiftfin/discussions/1294

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              • NitN This user is from outside of this forum
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                #14

                @paco if you’ve not changed the default it’ll be pulling Collections from TMDB, e.g. Blacula - https://www.themoviedb.org/collection/201930-blacula-collection

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                • Jack Yan (甄爵恩)J Jack Yan (甄爵恩)

                  @paco I find Jellyfin tricky. I even reorganized my TV library to suit its convention, and it still wonʼt pick everything up.

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                  @jackyan @paco any examples? File names used would be best. Happy to try and help spot the problem. I’ve never had issues with JF scanning shows or movies.

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                  • NitN Nit

                    @paco if you’ve not changed the default it’ll be pulling Collections from TMDB, e.g. Blacula - https://www.themoviedb.org/collection/201930-blacula-collection

                    Paco (2026: New) HopeP This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @NitP I know how it got it. I just find it funny, but unhelpful, to put them all together.

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                    • Paco (2026: New) HopeP Paco (2026: New) Hope

                      @NitP I know how it got it. I just find it funny, but unhelpful, to put them all together.

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                      @paco I think it’s the TMDB box set plugin. If you’re not a fan I think disabling that plugin should give you a flat movie structure.

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                      • NitN Nit

                        @paco I think it’s the TMDB box set plugin. If you’re not a fan I think disabling that plugin should give you a flat movie structure.

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                        @NitP it’s fine. I don’t understand why you keep making suggestions. There’s no problem. I mentioned that it was funny several times. I’m not trying to fix this, I’m just openly musing on it. There are things I want to fix, but collections aren’t it. I understand them.

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                        • Paco (2026: New) HopeP Paco (2026: New) Hope

                          @NitP it’s fine. I don’t understand why you keep making suggestions. There’s no problem. I mentioned that it was funny several times. I’m not trying to fix this, I’m just openly musing on it. There are things I want to fix, but collections aren’t it. I understand them.

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                          @paco ah sorry. Just misunderstood your wording that it was unhelpful putting them together - thought it was an issue. I’ll bow out.

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                          • NitN Nit

                            @paco ah sorry. Just misunderstood your wording that it was unhelpful putting them together - thought it was an issue. I’ll bow out.

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                            @NitP Well the unhelpful part is mixing all these things in one screen full of stuff. The problem isn’t that the 2 Blacula films were automatically pulled into a collection. That’s fine and I like it.

                            The problem is that Blacula is next to Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, and Captain America. I have put effort into organising them all. But the apps (Jellyfin, Swiftfin, Infuse) insist that THEY do the organising. They ignore all the directory structure and just pull all the films out.

                            They offer alphabetical, (THEIR notion of) genre, by date, by rating, by recently added, etc. But the one way they won’t show me is the way I organised them myself. That is infuriating. So if you have tips on how to get my folder hierarchy in one of these apps, I’m all ears. Plex does it with a bit of effort. I can’t get this view at all on Jellyfin.

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                            • Paco (2026: New) HopeP Paco (2026: New) Hope

                              @NitP Well the unhelpful part is mixing all these things in one screen full of stuff. The problem isn’t that the 2 Blacula films were automatically pulled into a collection. That’s fine and I like it.

                              The problem is that Blacula is next to Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, and Captain America. I have put effort into organising them all. But the apps (Jellyfin, Swiftfin, Infuse) insist that THEY do the organising. They ignore all the directory structure and just pull all the films out.

                              They offer alphabetical, (THEIR notion of) genre, by date, by rating, by recently added, etc. But the one way they won’t show me is the way I organised them myself. That is infuriating. So if you have tips on how to get my folder hierarchy in one of these apps, I’m all ears. Plex does it with a bit of effort. I can’t get this view at all on Jellyfin.

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                              @paco I don’t really use it as I’m a Neanderthal with all my movies in one folder and shows in another then rely on client side filters.

                              But I do add my top level ‘media’ folder as a source in Infuse as a favourite (I do not scan or add this folder to the Infuse library). Accessed from the home screen it allows me to browse the folder hierarchy directly (and it maintains metadata - posters, watched status, descriptions etc.). Not sure if that’s what you’re after.

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                              • SheogorathS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @paco Well, Jellyfin decided this is the way to go 😄

                                There is docs about how they expect your media to be structured: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies

                                So not only doesn't it care about your hierarchy it even has own expectations about naming.

                                Not that you have to like it, but I'm just saying this is how they expect you to organise your media.

                                I'm not sure but you might be able to see your structure in the metadata manager.

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                                • SheogorathS Sheogorath

                                  @paco Well, Jellyfin decided this is the way to go 😄

                                  There is docs about how they expect your media to be structured: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies

                                  So not only doesn't it care about your hierarchy it even has own expectations about naming.

                                  Not that you have to like it, but I'm just saying this is how they expect you to organise your media.

                                  I'm not sure but you might be able to see your structure in the metadata manager.

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                                  @sheogorath @paco
                                  Emby has a 'folders' view, if Jellyfin also does you might be able to get that to look the way you want.

                                  I gave up on my own file organization/naming; I really never go into the file structure to play movies or music any more. I can use tools to rename based on metadata, and I just make sure the metadata is right.

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                                  • SheogorathS Sheogorath

                                    @paco Well, Jellyfin decided this is the way to go 😄

                                    There is docs about how they expect your media to be structured: https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies

                                    So not only doesn't it care about your hierarchy it even has own expectations about naming.

                                    Not that you have to like it, but I'm just saying this is how they expect you to organise your media.

                                    I'm not sure but you might be able to see your structure in the metadata manager.

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                                    @sheogorath I would be perfectly happy to rename into whatever works best. But the problem is organization. It's flat. They put 500 movies into a single scrollable screen. There is simply no hierarchy. No subdivisions.

                                    I mean, there's a little subdivision at the highest level: "TV show" versus "Movie." And I can do it by "Genre" as long as I either tag all 500 of my films with my idea of genre, or just let them do it.

                                    I think my 500 films is non-trivial, but hardly the biggest collection out there. I'm sure tons of people have more. Do people with 1000 and 2000 videos really just have this one screen with 1000 things on it and then they search? I am baffled to find myself belonging to an insignificant minority on this issue.

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                                      @paco@infosec.exchange if you want to see subdivision by genre, you need to create more library, not only one.
                                      don't create the librairy on /movies but on /movies/action ...
                                      you have already the sorting done, so lucky you i guess...
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                                      • oldsysopsO oldsysops
                                        @paco@infosec.exchange if you want to see subdivision by genre, you need to create more library, not only one.
                                        don't create the librairy on /movies but on /movies/action ...
                                        you have already the sorting done, so lucky you i guess...
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                                        @oldsysops That idea had crossed my mind. I’m going to try that. Thanks.

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                                        • Paco (2026: New) HopeP Paco (2026: New) Hope

                                          @NitP Well the unhelpful part is mixing all these things in one screen full of stuff. The problem isn’t that the 2 Blacula films were automatically pulled into a collection. That’s fine and I like it.

                                          The problem is that Blacula is next to Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, and Captain America. I have put effort into organising them all. But the apps (Jellyfin, Swiftfin, Infuse) insist that THEY do the organising. They ignore all the directory structure and just pull all the films out.

                                          They offer alphabetical, (THEIR notion of) genre, by date, by rating, by recently added, etc. But the one way they won’t show me is the way I organised them myself. That is infuriating. So if you have tips on how to get my folder hierarchy in one of these apps, I’m all ears. Plex does it with a bit of effort. I can’t get this view at all on Jellyfin.

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                                          toucheatout
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                                          @paco
                                          There is a folder view, which you can activate in Dashboard - Libraries - Display tab - Display a folder view to show plain media folders.

                                          This is from a forum post in 2019, I'm away from home unable to verify this at this time, but worth a shot?

                                          Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/jellyfin/comments/e7klst/folder_view/

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