Jellyfin for soundtracks and VA albums/collections
With Jellyfin requiring the structure Artist>Album, I was wondering how will it or its users deal with something like soundtracks that are collections of various artists and artist music collections that are not a specific album (call it a mixtape if you want :D).
For the thing with the "mixtape", I could of course rip them apart and order them in incomplete albums but are there other options that will handle them on a file level instead of an album level or am I able to make a folder like "custom album" or "other music of that artist"?
Some questions on top:
How does Jellyfin handle metadata for music/audio files? Is it read only, can it write at all or do I have to update externally? Am I able to rescan the library/selected folders after metadata is updated externally. Can I set where it will get the metadata from first (file vs external provider)?
How are collections or playlists stored? Just as database or also as m3u?
PS: Yes, I know of the existence of other music servers and I will look into them. But right now I'm eager to learn how far Jellyfin can be pushed when it comes to (custom) music libraries :)
