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Re:Jellyfin: Free Software Media System by M_bara on Monday September 27, 2021 @01:20AM (#28667324)
I agree. This is a peeve for me. I ripped toons for my kids and I can’t get the movie or to show view to display them appropriately. A directory view would have been perfect
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Re:Jellyfin: Free Software Media System by magicalhippo on Monday September 27, 2021 @05:18AM (#28668661)
As a workaround until you find a better solution, perhaps you could exploit the custom artwork feature.

If you have say "movie.mp4" then make two copies of a jpeg named "movie.jpg" and "movie-fanart.jpg" alongside the movie file. Plex will then show this.

You could generate the jpeg using ImageMagick or similar from a base image (per show say) and with text overlay.

I have some scripts that does this and it's better than nothing.

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