# Basic Configuration

##### 1. Creating a library

Before you can start adding media to your server, you have to create a library. You can choose between different content types. Select the one appropriate for the content you want to add. I will start by creating a library for my movies, so I choose movies from the drop-down and continue. Most of the library settings are self-explanatory. Some options, however, are worth mentioning, so here is a small overview:

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-option-recommendatio" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 124.3px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">Option</td><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">Recommendation</td></tr><tr style="height: 63.4px;"><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 63.4px;">`Enable chapter image extraction`</td><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 63.4px;">Only enable this option, if you have a rather powerful CPU and on top of that, lots of free storage space. If you do have, this will give you preview images, when skipping through a video.</td></tr><tr style="height: 31.1px;"><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 31.1px;">`Extract chapter images during the library scan`</td><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 31.1px;">You can safely disable this option, because using plugins like Fanart will provide much better images, for all the different display sizes (Banner, Poster, etc.)</td></tr></tbody></table>

##### 2. Adding media

To add media, e.g. a movie, make sure, that you have the necessary storage capacity on the path, you specified in your library settings. After that, I would recommend creating a new folder for every movie, which you can organize in subfolders, if needed (e.g., for a movie series). Here is a small tree view of how I organize my movies:

```ini
|-- Movie_001
|   |-- 1.\ first\ in\ the\ series
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part1 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000000].eng.srt
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part1 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000000].ger.srt
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part1 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000000].mkv
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part1 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000000].nfo
|   |   |-- backdrop.jpg
|   |   |-- banner.jpg
|   |   |-- clearart.png
|   |   |-- disc.png
|   |   |-- folder.jpg
|   |   |-- landscape.jpg
|   |   `-- logo.png
|   |-- 2.\ second\ in\ the\ series
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part2 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000001].eng.srt
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part2 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000001].ger.srt
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part2 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000001].mkv
|   |   |-- Some_Movie_Part2 - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000001].nfo
|   |   |-- backdrop.jpg
|   |   |-- banner.jpg
|   |   |-- clearart.png
|   |   |-- disc.png
|   |   |-- folder.jpg
|   |   |-- landscape.jpg
|   |   `-- logo.png
|-- Movie_002
|   |-- Some_Other_Movie - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000002].ger.srt
|   |-- Some_Other_Movie - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000002].mkv
|   |-- Some_Other_Movie - 1080p - [imdbid-tt0000002].nfo
|   |-- backdrop.jpg
|   |-- disc.png
|   |-- folder.jpg
|   `-- logo.png
```

As you can see, you can specify many options in the filename, to make Jellyfin aware of certain properties. Here are a few:

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-option-what-it-does-" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 195.6px;"><tbody><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">Option</td><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">What it does</td></tr><tr style="height: 46.6px;"><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 46.6px;">`\[tmdbid=xyz\]` / `\[imdbid=xyz\]`</td><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 46.6px;">Specify which IMDB/TMDBID the movie has, so the according metadata gets fetched automatically.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">`.sample` `.trailer` `.theme` .`interview` `.featurette`</td><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">Let Jellyfin know, that the file is a sample/trailer/theme/interview/featurette file.</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.8px;"><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">`\[1080p\] \[720p\]` `\[480p\]`</td><td style="width: 49.9383%; height: 29.8px;">Usually unnecessary, but in case, it's missing in the files metadata, let Jellyfin know, what resolution the video has.</td></tr></tbody></table>

FYI, instead of giving your videos file extensions like `.trailer` you can also place the files in subfolders, to keep it more structured. Supported names for subfolders are:

- `behind the scenes`
- `deleted scenes`
- `interviews`
- `scenes`
- `samples`
- `shorts`
- `featurettes`
- `extras` - Generic catch-all for extras of an unknown type.
- `trailers`

You can also find information on the above mentioned topics in the Jellyfin documentation: [https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies.html](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies.html)