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Library Management

AnyStream libraries represents a single kind of media (Movies, TV, etc.) and contain a list of content directories with are regularly scanned to downloading metadata (title, posters, ratings, etc.) and analyze media file contents (audio/video codecs, bitrate, etc.).

File and Directory Naming

To understand the file and directory structure of your media files, they must follow a specific naming conventions and folder structures.

Without following these requirements, your library may still be understood by AnyStream but alternative naming/structures are not officially supported yet and may result in subtle issues viewing your library.

Basic Requirements

There are two common requirements for proper scanning of your media library that apply to every kind of content:

  1. Each type of content (TV Shows, Movies, Music, etc.) are in their own directory.

    /../media/TV/
/../media/Movies/
/../media/Music/

  2. Media files are not located directly within the content directory, i.e. ../videos/TV and ../videos/Movies only contain other directories for specific shows and movies.

     /../media/TV/Noir (2001)/
 /../media/Movies/Primer (2004)/
 /../media/Music/Chairlift/

  3. Content folders and files should include the original release year whenever possible to improve accuracy when automatically matching metadata.

Movies

Movie files must be contained within a folder that shares the file's name.

For example, AnyStream expects to find movies structure like:

  /../Movies/The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
  /../Movies/The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)/The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).mp4

Note the first line is the folder with the <movie title> (<year>) format, and the second line is the movie file with a matching name and the video file extension.

TV Shows

TV Shows must have a directory with the show's title containing season folders which in turn contain individual episode video files.

For example, AnyStream expects to find tv shows structured like:

  /../TV/Mister Rogers Neighborhood (1968)
  /../TV/Mister Rogers Neighborhood (1968)/Season 01/S01E01 - Change The First Program.mp4
  /../TV/Mister Rogers Neighborhood (1968)/Season 01/S01E02 - King Friday Challenges Change.mp4

Note each season has a folder with the Season <number> format where the number optionally contains a leading zero.

Each episode is contained within it's respective season folder using the S<season number>E<episode number> - <episode name> format where the season and episode numbers contains optional leading zeros.

Episode files may optionally use the <show name> - S00E00 - <episode title> format but the directory structure must still contain a parent show and season folder.

Subtitle Files