Jellyfin Ignore Plugin

This Jellyfin plugin allows you to specify filepath patterns to ignore when performing a library scan. It can for example ignore specific file extensions (like .m3u). The patterns can be specified on the plugin configuration page.

Install plugin

Go the the Jellyfin plugin page (in the admin section). Add a new repository (in the repository section).

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fdett/jellyfin-ignore/master/manifest.json

Select "Jellyfin Ignore" and install (in the Catalog section). Go to the plugin configuration page and add patterns to ignore on library scans.

Setup for development

Follow instructions in jellyfin plugin template repository

Publish a new version

Setup

Install GNU grep (used in build script with ggrep)

brew install grep

Install jprm

pip install --user jprm

Process

Update the version numbers (build.yaml, Directory.Build.props). Run the build script (after allowing for execution: chmod +x build_plugin.sh)

./build_plugin.sh

Manually update the sourceUrl in the manifest to ensure we can download the zip file in its raw format (this should be updated eventually).

Commit and push changes.

Create a release on github and attach/upload the zip file.