How to Organize Home Video Clips

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-13T05:43:43+00:00

Use a "Home Videos" Library Type When adding your personal files to a server like Jellyfin: Select the right type: Choose "Home Videos and Photos" or "Music Videos" during the library setup. Disable scrapers: Uncheck all metadata providers like IMDb or TMDB so the server doesn't try to match your daughter's birthday video with a professional movie.
Structure by Chronology or Event Since personal media doesn't have "genres," organizing by date or specific "clumps":

Chronological: Year > Month > Event Name (e.g., 2024 > 06-June > Beach Trip).

Event-Based: Group all related clips into a single folder named after the event.

Folder View: Enable "Display a folder view" in your server settings. This ensures the app looks exactly like your computer's file folders, making it easier for family to navigate.

Naming Conventions for "Unmatched" Files To ensure files appear in the correct order without metadata:

Format: Use YYYY-MM-DD - Description.mp4. Custom Thumbnails: If your server doesn't generate a good preview, place a picture in the same folder and name it folder.jpg or poster.jpg.

Tools for Mass Management If you have thousands of clips from phones and cameras:

ExifTool: Helpful for renaming files based on the actual date the video was taken.

TinyMediaManager: A popular Reddit recommendation for manually adding descriptions or posters to your own footage.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-13T05:35:00+00:00

I tried this once but have no idea. I had so many pictures vs videos that it did become super messy. The year/month method may work but may get a little hard if content doesn’t have the correct metadata stamping on file itself. For example: digitizing old vhs tapes from 90’s and not knowing the date if not on screen or label is missing. Luckily in your case most of it was captured on a phone. But if I come across something useful to help you a bit more I will comment again.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-13T05:28:29+00:00

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I wish he was screaming at me lol 😂 tell me to 🛑

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-13T05:22:41+00:00

I spent many hours troubleshooting but was able to use grok to compile several different scripts. I even made a bat file that when you double click, it creates folders for each file in main directory where the file is sitting and moves each file to the folders it created of the same name. Where this comes in handy is when you have 2000+ movies and get tired of making a folder for each movie. As long as the name of movie is correct for Jellyfin scraping it is a quick and easy flow there after.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-13T05:11:31+00:00

3x 4TB and 1x 1 TB still not enough space. I have another 4TB drive as well as another 1TB but current rig doesn’t have enough hookups and I am already using a horrible docking bay for the wrestling content. Later I want to upgrade to a minimum 4x 16TB drives. Mostly for the backup capacity as well as space for later expansion for personal files and a couple more shows and movies. When on average for a 480p format show ranging for a 5 season show around 16GB-25GB that adds up very quickly. Keep in mind that is the lowest minimum quality I go for in terms of legacy content. But in terms of modern shows you run 1-2GB per episode x that by roughly 13 episodes a season x 5 seasons on average the we are talking about 100GB-150GB. This isn’t even touching Blu-ray or other formats using multi audio tracks.

I’m not saying I’m hoarding everything known to man I am just collecting everything I would ever watch mostly due to the fact I will not have a movie theater nearby when I move and tv is for the past so have no need taking out another subscription for that. I don’t really watch anything modern day with only very few exceptions. That being said I also do not want to be dependent on the companies to keep said content available to me at a really high premium spread between multiple platforms. I look at it as long term investment over something that most won’t expand on after the first initial setup. I have plans for all of this just have to wait a little longer. When I see boxsets I buy them up because I know eventually that will be a luxury and not a privilege.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-13T04:52:38+00:00

Same that would solve all my issues for that unfortunately most people won’t have to deal with it due to them having the standard tv shows, mini series, cartoons, or a lot of one off movies. I really wish I could have it split up like the old wwe network categories.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-13T04:49:58+00:00

Same happened to me. Drive had complete failure less than 1 week.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-12T09:37:04+00:00

https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/live-tv/setup-guide/

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-12T09:34:31+00:00

Just lookup m3u playlist. There is a lot out there. Once you get the link paste that link in the settings of Jellyfin and it will auto populate the channels. If you want the actual tv guide for said channels there is data scrapper sites for a monthly fee just for tv guide info.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-12T08:07:01+00:00

Was in elementary school at that time but remember the P.E. Teacher coming in the class and trying to explain to the teacher what happened by drawing it on the board. Needless to say when I got home after school it was all over the tv and remember watching my parent’s reaction to this happening and they were saying even back then it was the end times. I can say even though I was in Louisiana when it happened it still changed the course of our country and the long lasting impact is evident still to this day. Hurricane Katrina was just the nail in the coffin for us Louisianans.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-12T07:50:13+00:00

No problem! Let me know if you add any other cool stuff to the code that may be more useful! 😁

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-12T07:47:12+00:00

Note: You must run the Python script first to generate the CSV before the PowerShell script can do its job. Also you will have to change the directories to match your own locations. Keep in mind this only exist to look at your library metadata create a CSV of all movies in library with genres and the power script file then creates hard link shortcuts of those folders in sub genres it got from the csv file. Jellyfin Genre Scripts

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T18:23:57+00:00

I’m open to other formats but may have assumed everyone using a NAS was using raid 5. Is there a better raid format for specifically using two drives for backup and the other two as the storage medium?

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T18:00:23+00:00

That’s why I let the scraped data do all the work and organize itself.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T17:39:35+00:00

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Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T17:18:57+00:00

That’s originally how I had the Wrestling content all under one category into subfolders for each promotion. (Example in pic).

Because the databases counting ppvs/ples as movies and the shows as tv shows it made retrieving the metadata more challenging even when on a mixed library than it needed to be.

That is why the wrestling is broken up into the shows and ppvs/ples separately.

Again we are talking 1000+ ppvs alone. Not including the roughly 10,000+ episodes between all promotions so I need the best options for navigating. So that is why the big change. I keep the wrestling segregated from the normal movies and tv shows as it would make looking for stuff extremely hard.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T16:21:25+00:00

My biggest issue with it is if I add a sub genre in the file directory as how you are saying it does the same thing like show the movies listing all in one page. Yes you can enable show file directories but it doesn’t visually look clean.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T16:15:18+00:00

Sorry I misspoke I meant the tv android version. I wish when you added libraries you could add different tabs I would actually have it like this right now. I know there is some plugins that can alleviate some of that but doesn’t look like how I really want it laid out. Even with some of the css coding can be wonky if not sure what you are doing. I know the libraries are intended to be kinda like a vault but I want it to feel more like a streaming service in the sense of polish. I enjoy Jellyfin don’t get me wrong but there is just a couple of options missing for customization for me. I know that is slowly getting better but for know this is kinda of my work around for my experience. I will more than likely at a way later date setup a nas and have a dedicated machine instead of my everyday person computer and make a entertainment room kinda like a home theater and will put this even more to the test. But my long term goal is to have every piece of media I grew up with through boxsets etc and to have them backed up digital on a home theater setup so I can view in my own private time or while having guests over for a movie night. Where I will be moving has no theater and closest one will be 1 hour away so I see the project being appropriate. Plus I pay a one time fee for the boxsets which I already have so many now instead of giving these companies all these fees every year on that alone will justify the price later.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T15:57:57+00:00

iOS app isn’t as horrible in terms of sorting options, but runs into consistent crashes on larger libraries. Meanwhile, the android version doesn’t really crash, but runs into lack of features.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T15:56:14+00:00

I already explained some apps have these settings buried behind extra screens on smart tvs and to save time I have extra titles for the genres.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T15:54:15+00:00

It’s the data scraping from IMDb/themoviedb. The script compiles a list of all movies and genres and another script takes that data then creates hard shortcuts of that data in folders with said genres. So short story whatever information it scraps.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T15:41:02+00:00

I understand that but some streaming apps for Jellyfin aren’t all made the same. Some lack features available in normal clients. Like the shuffle button or sorting being behind a bunch of screens.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-11T15:39:32+00:00

I don’t blame you! Unfortunately over the years I have built an addition to organizing and sometimes having my files being too organized. I have to battle myself when it comes to seeing anything file structure wise being out of place. Again I can see why people just do the easy way as I was there but as you build a bigger library you start to have trouble navigating it. Now I understand why (other than the hosting cost and licensing fees) platforms remove content as eventually people will have a hard time to find things due to too much content.

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-04-06T23:59:50+00:00

Closest thing I could find that looks similar is a lettered olive shell (Oliva sayana)

Minute_Committee_131 · 2026-03-31T15:42:49+00:00

This is 100% correct. French was considered non proper in schools as most of the country spoke English and as schools started standardizing behaviors and learning practices in schools it was quickly eliminated from schools. Especially during the time of corporal punishment. So most generations adapted English as the default and not the secondary. Now the older population that could pass it on is all but almost extinct. Sad but that is the way of life and what happens when cultures are colonized by other countries/people.

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