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Jellyfin Libraries

Jellyfin libraries provide a way to synchronize your media (metadata) from Jellyfin to ErsatzTV. This synchronization process is one-way: changes made within Jellyfin are synchronized to ErsatzTV. ErsatzTV will never make any modifications to your Jellyfin configuration or media.

Metadata​

With Jellyfin libraries, Jellyfin provides all metadata.

Add Media Items​

Connect to Server​

Connecting to a Jellyfin server requires two settings: the server address and an api key.

Server Address​

The server address is the address that you type in your web browser to access your Jellyfin server.

API Key​

To create a Jellyfin API Key, from the Admin / Dashboard in Jellyfin, select Advanced / API Keys and click the + button near the top.

Jellyfin Create API Key Button

Give the API Key a name like ErsatzTV and click Ok. The API key is then displayed.

Jellyfin API Key

Configuration​

Finally, in ErsatzTV, under Media Sources > Jellyfin click the Connect Jellyfin button, enter the Address and Api Key and click Save Changes to connect to your Jellyfin server.

Synchronize Libraries​

After connecting, select which libraries you would like to synchronize from Jellyfin to ErsatzTV by clicking the Edit Libraries button for the desired Jellyfin server.

Jellyfin Edit Libraries Icon

In the libraries listing, click the Synchronize switch for all libraries you would like to synchronize from Jellyfin to ErsatzTV, and click the Save Changes button to start the synchronization process.

Jellyfin Libraries Synchronize Switch

Streaming From Disk​

Media items are streamed from Jellyfin media sources by default. Instead, if you would like to stream from disk, ErsatzTV will check for media items using the same path that Jellyfin uses to play the media item. There are two ways to make this work:

  1. Ensure ErsatzTV has access to exactly the same shares and mounts as Jellyfin
  2. Configure path replacements to tell ErsatzTV where it should look on its file system for a given Jellyfin folder
note

Option 1 is recommended as it will "just work" without any further configuration.

To configure path replacements for a Jellyfin media source, click the Edit Path Replacements button in the

Jellyfin Edit Path Replacements Icon

Click Add Path Replacement to add a new path replacement, and enter the Jellyfin Path along with the equivalent Local Path for ErsatzTV. Click Save Changes after you have created all needed path replacements.

Jellyfin Path Replacements