Settings

The section describes several configuration options that exist for media server integrations.

The media server integration contains various actionable items depicted below

Purpose: Tests the connection to the media server

Behavior:

Calls the MediaServerService to test connectivity
Shows success notification with server name and version if successful
Shows error notification with failure message if unsuccessful

Sync Now

Purpose: Manually triggers a full sync of content from the media server

Behavior:

Will sync all content from the media server. For large libraries, this may take several minutes.
Dispatches a SyncMediaServer job to the queue
Shows success notification that sync has started
User will receive notifications when sync completes/fails

Cleanup Duplicates

Purpose: Removes duplicate series entries created during sync format changes

Behavior:

Will find and merge duplicate series entries that were created due to sync format changes. Duplicate series without episodes will be removed, and their seasons will be merged into the series that has episodes.
Calls cleanupDuplicateSeries() method
Shows info notification if no duplicates found
Shows success notification with counts of merged/deleted items if duplicates were found

Edit

Purpose: Opens the edit form for the media server integration. —

View Playlist

Purpose: Navigates to the associated playlist’s edit page

Behavior:

Opens the playlist edit page in a new navigation

Delete

Purpose: Removes the media server integration

Media Server Integration (Import Settings)

Within a configured media server integration you can control how Groups (VOD) and Categories (Series) are processed.

There are two options when it comes to genre handling:

Primary Use only the first genre. Prevents duplication by placing an item in a single group/category. Recommended for
All Use all genres. Items store all genres and may appear in multiple groups/categories, which increases duplicates, storage, and sync time

💡 TIP: Use Primary unless you specifically need every item to appear in all of its genres and accept the extra duplicates and sync overhead

Configures synchronization schedule with the integrated media server. The following are the support sync intervals