Set a sane default for the list save location about jellyfin-ani-sync HOT 5 CLOSED

Hmm maybe I could word it so that it is heavily suggested

Yeah thats what i meant, it mainly depends on what you test the plugin with.
In my tests i used mainly continuing seasons in tvdb format, so i had many wrong or missing lookup's.

Sounds good, don't suppose you could share which plugins store their data there?

I see those dirs at least: anilist, omdb, temp

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Just noticed the "cache dir" is a actual server setting under generals and can be changed.
It states Specify a custom location for server cache files such as images. Leave blank to use the server default.

So try grab this settings field or default and create a ani-sync subfolder in it.

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The default anime save list location (at least for Linux, in Windows it will be different) is now: /home/{{User}}/.cache/jellyfin/anisync/ or whatever the server cache is (its dynamic).

As always, this is available now in master, but will be available in the next release.

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I think cache\ani-sync should be the default, since thats where all the other plugins seem to store its data.

PS: I also think if manually specified/overridden the last part of the dir-uri should be created by the plugin if missing.

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There should be a safe location we can use as default save location

Agreed.

I think cache\ani-sync should be the default

Sounds good, don't suppose you could share which plugins store their data there? I have had a lookup at some other plugins and they seem to either ask for the users input or store them in the users library locations.

otherwise this should be mandatory given all the lookup issues

Hmm maybe I could word it so that it is heavily suggested, but I have been using the plugin before the changes and it would find most of the shows and correctly update them (I understand others may have had other experiences). Don't get me wrong, the solution that you came up with has now taken successful anime lookup from about 65% to 99% (basically the only time it won't identify an anime is if it isn't contained in the list, and the fallback method doesn't work) so its a massive help, but I wouldn't call it mandatory. That would suggest the plugin doesn't work without it.

There should also be a hint/advise to only use one metadata provider per anime library, based on what folder/file naming is used, otherwise just stacking multiple AniList/AniDB/TvDB/TMDB will lead to mixed results.

In theory it should work no matter how many metadata providers you have provided, as internally there is a priority system of

1. AniList
2. AniDB
3. TvDB
4. Others

So if you have an AniList external ID attached to the show you are watching, it will always pick that over and above any other IDs.
And the season/episode offset shouldn't (in theory) be a problem as the anime list XML file comes with episode offsets which are used by the plugin.
For example, if you are watching a show that has multiple cours where the first cour ends at episode 12, and the plugin detects you are watching episode 13 (because the metadata provider you are using doesn't support cours, including TvDB), it will see that the first season ends at 12 and so presume that you are watching the first episode of the 2nd cour.

That being said I will add a suggestion to stick to a single metadata provider (in the above suggested priority) as it makes everything much cleaner.

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