Video arts can be preserved or fetched directly from TMDB (or wherever jellyfin fetches it from)

[Rocker2102]

So if we delete something from the library, I obviously want to keep its history - which is kept, but the art covers are all gone & are displayed as empty tiles. It would be great if we can add a fallback so that it can fetch from an external service instead of relying on jellyfin only.

[Rocker2102]

I really like its interface but these blank tiles just dont seem right. I am more than happy to take this up & work on a fix for this if no one else wants to!

[themartz90]

Hey, thanks for reporting this and offering to help! You stumbled upon something real that was oversight on my part 😄
Jellydash currently loads these images from Jellyfin without keeping a permanent copy.
The existing Movie replacements feature reconnects deleted movies to another copy in Jellyfin, but it doesn’t cover permanently deleted titles or shows.

I wanted loading from Jellyfin, as I prefer to preserve Jellyfin’s selected artwork, including custom posters, or when people have custom shows or stuff like that.

But, I think with an external service as an optional fallback, it might be way better, so definitely something I want to implement.
But, a deleted episode can break the series poster lookup even when the series still exists 🤔

For the missing shows in your screenshot, did you remove the whole series, or only some episodes? Also, which Jellydash version are you running? I would love to look into this more deeply and come up with a proper solution.

[Rocker2102]

Hii, I am running the latest v1.16.0, also the latest Jellyfin if its relevant.
But.. how does a deleted episode affect the whole series poster? It should only affect its own episode art cover, right? (Apologies if this is incorrect; I am just assuming - like the whole series art cover is a different thing, & individual episode art covers are separate)

Btw, I deleted those whole series so thats why, I generally keep stuff I have liked enough, else they go off my disk haha

[Rocker2102]

Like i watched this movie a few hours ago, & I deleted it now & its cover is gone 😭.
(On another note, the time tracked is also incorrect idk why.. its usually correct but its also incorrect several times. I watched it for its full duration & it only reported ~15min. I watched in Findroid on my tablet starting around 9:45 PM, its not even there in the list)

[themartz90]

Thanks, that helps! Series poster is a separate image.
Jellydash currently looks up the series through a recorded episode, so deleting that episode can break the lookup.
Deleting the whole series also removes the source image. I'm working on keeping saved poster copies for both cases right now, and having local copy for testing that behavior and patch.

The viewing-time report looks like a separate problem. The 13-minute completed row in your screenshot is from Jellyfin Desktop, while you watched the movie in Findroid. The bar and check use playback position, the minutes show the viewing time Jellydash recorded. Those can differ, and I'll look into it, as it's something I also want to look into. But I'd like to find out why the Findroid movie session is missing.

Was Jellydash running throughout the movie, and are you using Docker or a custom
PHP setup? Could you also check the History worker under Settings > System status, and whether a new Findroid playback appears in Now Playing? The Findroid version would help too.

Project still young, fixing it and improving it, as the time goes 😄

[themartz90]

Hey @Rocker2102 I've finished the changes for v1.17.0 and tested the stop/restart fix with Findroid on my Android phone against both database types.
You were right, there was a weird bug with Findroid and Jellyfin that could interfere with Jellydash monitoring.

I also implemented possible fixes for the posters. Jellydash will keep saved copies of Jellyfin's posters, including custom artwork, so deleting media won't remove a poster that was already saved. For older missing covers, verified TMDB IDs can recover automatically. Otherwise, it searches the saved movie or show name and offers suggestions to confirm under Settings > Saved posters. It can't recreate a lost custom poster, though.

I also reproduced a History bug where restarting an unfinished movie could update an older row under its original date. That's fixed when Jellydash observes the stop; pause/resume still stays together. History now clearly separates recorded time from playback position, which explains how a 13-minute row can have a full position bar.

I can't yet confirm whether that explains your missing Findroid viewing, and the update won't reconstruct unrecorded viewing time. Thanks again for reporting these, it helped uncover quite a bit!

If you can, try the new version v1.17.0