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When I open a file Jellyfin always shows "fetching additional data".

Is there a way to do that before opening a file, ideally for all files?

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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which client are you using? I don't ever see this message. Is your cache folder for the Jellyfin server on a spinning disk drive, perhaps?

[–] alvaro@social.graves.cl 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org on the browser. Idk if this is something being retrieved from my jellyfin server or somewhere else?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's probably from the jellyfin server itself. How recently did you set it up? Do you have a large library? Could be still scanning your media.

Is this happening when you try to play the file, or when you go to look at the details?

[–] alvaro@social.graves.cl 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org the server has been there for ages, but I added new content, which has been scanned weeks ago. It only happens when I play it, so that is why I'm curious.

In particular I was wondering if that will happen if running a server without internet: Will it fail fetching whatever data is fetching in that case? If it the subtitles for example? If so, I'd like to download the additional data while I still have Internet access, but without having to click every single file.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago

Jellyfin doesn't fetch data from the web outside of its scans, generally speaking. Probably this is a case of your cache being slow or your video needing to be transcoded. I've used my server when my internet was out several times and never had an issue.

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Disable automatic subtitle downloading if you have it enabled.

Edit: nvm I dont think jf does that. Ive seen that message popping up after the 10.9 release but it goes away after like 5 seconds.

Do a full scan of all your libraries and double check your metadata providers and make sure it isn't an issue downloading metadata.