diff --git a/Writerside/mm.tree b/Writerside/mm.tree index 725b19a..b6581ec 100644 --- a/Writerside/mm.tree +++ b/Writerside/mm.tree @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ - + + + diff --git a/Writerside/topics/Importing-existing-media.md b/Writerside/topics/Importing-existing-media.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..169909a --- /dev/null +++ b/Writerside/topics/Importing-existing-media.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +# Importing existing media + +In order for MediaManager to be able to import existing media (e.g. downloaded by Sonarr or Radarr) +3 conditions have to be met: + +1. The folder's name must not contain `[tmdbid-xxxxx]` or `[tvdbid-xxxxx]`. +2. The folder's name must not start with a dot. +3. The media must be in the root tv/movie library + +Here is an example, using these rules: + +``` +/ +└── data/ + ├── tv/ + │ ├── Rick and Morty # WILL be imorted + │ ├── Stranger Things (2016) # WILL be imported + │ │ + │ ├── Breaking Bad (2008) [tmdbid-1396] # WILL NOT be imported + │ ├── .The Office (2013) # WILL NOT + │ │ + │ └── my-custom-library/ + │ └── The Simpsons # WILL NOT be imported + └── movie/ + └── Oppenheimer (2023) # WILL be imported +``` + +Is your folder structure in the correct format, you can start importing. For this, +you just need to login as an administrator and go to the TV/movie dashboard. + + +When importing, no files will be deleted, moved or copied! Instead, they will be hard linked. + + +After importing, MediaManager will automatically prefix the old root TV show/movie folders with a dot, +in order to mark them as 'imported'. + +So after importing, the directory would look like this (using the above directory structure): + +``` +/ +└── data/ + ├── tv/ + │ ├── .Rick and Morty # RENAMED + │ ├── Rick and Morty (2013) [tmdbid-60625] # IMPORTED + │ │ + │ ├── .Stranger Things (2016) # RENAMED + │ ├── Stranger Things (2016) [tmdbid-66732] # IMPORTED + │ │ + │ ├── .The Office (2013) # IGNORED + │ ├── Breaking Bad (2008) [tmdbid-1396] # IGNORED + │ │ + │ └── my-custom-library/ + │ └── The Simpsons # IGNORED + └── movie/ + ├── .Oppenheimer (2023) # RENAMED + └── Oppenheimer (2023) [tmdbid-872585] # IMPORTED +```