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setting up jellyfin for anime properly (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by nexttech@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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so im setting up a proper anime server and im kind of stuck on the metadata

been running jellyfin for a bit , had everything scan and it looked fine at first but then i noticed stuff was misclassified , wrong episode orders, some seasons (of the same show) getting merged when they shouldnt be. basically a mess

wiped everything and starting fresh. currently looking at shoko server + shokofin plugin as the proper solution instead of just trying to fix filenames manually

my situation is a bit different tho , i dont torrent. most of my stuff came from animepahe and similar sites so the files are encoded in mp4 ,

anyone gone through this with a similar source situation ? is shoko the move or is there something better for my anime :)

thanks!

Edit : Almost forgot ! if you have any tools, tips or anything really that would be helpful to a beginner like me (like tailscale) please mention them in the comments and i will check them out.

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[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

While it is a bit of work to rename the files that would still be my recommendation. I find jellyfin to be a great match for my anime that way.


[-] nexttech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ohh yes i am going to do it exactly like that.

thanks for the anime recommendation as well @anamethatisnt !

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