Library Setup

Adding directories

Go to Settings → Library and add your media directory paths. In Docker, use the container-side path (right side of your volume mount).

Assign a Profile to each directory (Space Saver, Balanced, Quality First, Streaming, or custom) to control how files in that folder are transcoded.

Watch folders

Enable Watch Folders to monitor directories in real time. New files are queued automatically within a few seconds.

Extra watch directories can be added in Settings → Watch Folders.

Recommended structure

/media/
├── movies/       → Quality First profile
├── tv/           → Balanced profile
└── home-videos/  → Space Saver profile

Triggering a manual scan

Settings → Library → Trigger Scan picks up newly added files without waiting for the file watcher.

Library Doctor

Run a health scan from Settings → Runtime → Library Doctor to find corrupt or unreadable files before they fail as encode jobs. See Library Doctor.