fix(media): a number too long to be an episode is not one

The Attack on Titan box set on the array names two files S03E2019 and
S04E47370355, and the provider rows the metadata server recorded for them carry
the same junk. EP_RANGE capped its first episode group at three digits without
guarding the run, so the pass-2 plan filed both under E201 and E473 — slots
that belong to real episodes — inside 進撃の巨人 (2013) [tvdbid-267440].

- guard the first episode group the way the second was already guarded, so a
  longer digit run states no marker at all; a glued resolution stays legal,
  because S01E01-1080p is still ONE episode
- cap a provider row's episode at EP_MAX: such a row is renumbered from tvdb's
  title when the series' id answers, and parks with a reason that names the
  junk when nothing answers
- split the operator-map exceptions into the two things they are: a folder that
  IS on the array whose files never became a series (bonus material with no
  owner: Fairy Tail, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Dorohedoro) is no longer reported as a
  folder the array no longer holds, and the missing-folder hint says the review
  pile counts as moved because the map reads top-level folders only
- the vault's evidence list carries the law; the four tests were read red
  against the shipping planner before any of it changed

Replanning the two real files now parks them under their own names with the
reasons "a provider row of season 3 episode 2019" and
"… season 4 episode 47370355".

AGENTS.md

@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ per-attempt page and no per-swap ledger anywhere else.
 | Dankclaw kernel posture (`iommu=pt` since 2026-10-18) | `serverAppConfigs-docs/LLM/dankclaw-iommu-translation-off.md` |
 | Deployment flow | `serverAppConfigs-docs/Architecture/Deployment Flow.md` |
 | Movie-library relayout (Jellyfin format, Dankserver) | `serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Media Relayout.md` |
+| SSD-backed metadata view (Jellyfin writes, Plex reads, Dankserver) | `serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Media Metadata View.md` |
 
 There is no page for a retired endpoint and no change diary. A payload swap
 appends one row to the live endpoint's **Eras** table; when the endpoint itself
@@ -850,5 +851,6 @@ history.
 | Benchmarking (only when ordered) | **Stop and mask the service first**, bench, unmask, restart, verify health. |
 | Deleting a file | **Move it to trash** — `.AGENTTRASH/` (in-repo) or `~/.AGENTTRASH/YYYYMMDD-topic`. Never `rm`. |
 | Relayout the movie library | **Census → plan → read the exceptions → `scripts/media-apply.py`** — renames only, journal before every move; never hand-rename, never copy. |
+| Making media metadata visible to both media servers | **Bind `/var/lib/media-meta/view`** — the overlay `scripts/media-view.sh` installs (array below, NVMe above). Never write the array; never delete through the view. **Not yet deployed on Dankserver: the live quadlets still bind the array read-only — see [[Media Metadata View]].** |
 | Tests exist | **Run them** — verify tests pass after every change. Do not commit failing tests. |
 | Real secrets | **Never commit** — host `.env` files; `.env.example` holds placeholders only. |

dankserver/compose.yaml

@@ -94,34 +94,12 @@ services:
       timeout: 10s
       retries: 3
 
-  # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════
-  # Jellyfin — media server (movies, TV, music)
-  # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════
-  jellyfin:
-    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
-    container_name: jellyfin
-    restart: unless-stopped
-    ports:
-      - "8096:8096/tcp"
-      - "8920:8920/tcp"
-      - "7359:7359/udp"
-      - "1900:1900/udp"
-    environment:
-      - JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl=http://192.168.0.235:8096
-      - DOTNET_SYSTEM_IO_DISABLEFILELOCKING=true
-    volumes:
-      - /opt/jellyfin/config:/config
-      - /opt/jellyfin/cache:/cache
-      - /mnt/entropy:/data:ro
-    devices:
-      - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
-    group_add:
-      - "992"
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8096/health"]
-      interval: 30s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 3
+  # Jellyfin left this file when it became a Quadlet: the container is owned by
+  # dankserver/jellyfin/quadlet/jellyfin.container, its data roots are under
+  # /home/dank/Containers/jellyfin, and its library arrives through the SSD
+  # overlay at /var/lib/media-meta/view (scripts/media-view.sh). The block that
+  # was here named /opt/jellyfin/* and a read-only array bind — a second owner for
+  # the container name `jellyfin`, wrong on every path. One owner per container.
 
   # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════
   # Calibre-Web — e-book web frontend

dankserver/host/crypttab

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+entropy	UUID=cd86c728-459e-4f3a-bcc2-41ecf84685ec	/etc/entropy	nofail,luks

dankserver/host/fstab

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
+#
+# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
+# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
+# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
+#
+# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
+# / was on /dev/nvme0n1p2 during curtin installation
+/dev/disk/by-uuid/4f3731d2-fb7b-48e7-a79f-0e33cb8a4162 / ext4 defaults 0 1
+# /boot/efi was on /dev/nvme0n1p1 during curtin installation
+/dev/disk/by-uuid/183C-442D /boot/efi vfat defaults 0 1
+#/dev/disk/by-label/archive-one /mnt/archive-one auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
+#/dev/disk/by-label/archive-two /mnt/archive-two auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
+# /dev/md0 is a LUKS container, not a filesystem; its ext4 is mounted via
+# /dev/mapper/entropy on the next line. Mounting /dev/md0 directly fails.
+#/dev/md0 /mnt/md0 ext4 auto,nofail,nosuid,nodev 0 0 
+/dev/mapper/entropy /mnt/entropy ext4 auto,nosuid,nofail,nodev,x-gvfs-show 0 0
+/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# /etc/systemd/system/var-lib-media\x2dmeta-view.mount
+# (repo copy: dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount — systemd names a
+# mount unit after its ESCAPED path, so the host file carries the \x2d spelling)
+#
+# Installed by `scripts/media-view.sh install` — the repo copy is the source of
+# truth (fleet law: never edit host state by hand).
+#
+# An OverlayFS merge that shows the media library as one tree while splitting
+# where its bytes live: lowerdir is the RAID6 array (the source of truth, never
+# written), upperdir is a directory on the NVMe that receives every write. The
+# two media servers bind the result at /var/lib/media-meta/view, so Jellyfin's
+# sidecars and artwork are SSD bytes — which is what makes them fast to browse
+# and what keeps Plex's NFO agent off the spinners — while the media itself stays
+# on the array untouched.
+#
+# RequiresMountsFor is load-bearing: without the array mounted, lowerdir is an
+# empty directory and the view would present an empty library as truth.
+
+[Unit]
+Description=SSD-backed overlay view of the media library (array + NVMe metadata layer)
+RequiresMountsFor=/mnt/entropy
+
+[Mount]
+What=overlay
+Where=/var/lib/media-meta/view
+Type=overlay
+Options=lowerdir=/mnt/entropy,upperdir=/var/lib/media-meta/upper,workdir=/var/lib/media-meta/work
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=local-fs.target

dankserver/jellyfin/quadlet/jellyfin.container

@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 # Unit name: jellyfin.service (podman 5.x drops the container- prefix)
 #
 # Data roots migrated from /opt/jellyfin to /home/dank/Containers/jellyfin at
-# cutover. All of /mnt/entropy is mounted read-only at /data: nothing automated
-# anywhere writes to the entropy volume. Every
+# cutover. The library is seen through /var/lib/media-meta/view, the SSD-backed
+# overlay view (scripts/media-view.sh): the array stays read-only and untouched,
+# while the sidecars this server writes land on the NVMe. Every
 # creation-time environment variable of the compose-era container is kept as
 # an Environment= line (zero drift); none of them are secrets, so this unit
 # needs no EnvironmentFile.
@@ -41,7 +42,12 @@ PublishPort=7359:7359/udp
 PublishPort=1900:1900/udp
 Volume=/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/config:/config
 Volume=/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/cache:/cache
-Volume=/mnt/entropy:/data:ro
+# The view, writable: Jellyfin is the metadata writer (movie.nfo / tvshow.nfo /
+# episode.nfo + artwork) and those bytes belong on the SSD. The condition is the
+# fail-closed guard — starting against a plain, unmounted view directory would let
+# a scan conclude the library is empty.
+Volume=/var/lib/media-meta/view:/data
+UnitConfigItem=ConditionPathIsMountPoint=/var/lib/media-meta/view
 AddDevice=/dev/dri
 GroupAdd=keep-groups
 HealthCmd=curl -f http://localhost:8096/health

dankserver/plex/quadlet/plex.container

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ Environment=PUID=0
 Environment=PGID=0
 Environment=TZ=America/Los_Angeles
 Volume=/var/lib/plexmediaserver:/config
-Volume=/mnt/entropy:/mnt/entropy:ro
+# The container path stays /mnt/entropy on purpose: every path Plex recorded in
+# its own database is written against it, so swapping the HOST source of this bind
+# to the overlay view re-points Plex at the sidecars without touching its DB.
+# Read-only: Plex consumes the NFO files Jellyfin writes and writes no metadata.
+Volume=/var/lib/media-meta/view:/mnt/entropy:ro
+UnitConfigItem=ConditionPathIsMountPoint=/var/lib/media-meta/view
 PublishPort=32400:32400
 
 [Service]

scripts/deploy-plan.py

@@ -155,13 +155,14 @@ DANKCLAW_COMPOSE_SERVICES = set()
 # Quadlet unit now — the last compose services were the hermes trio, whose units
 # have owned their containers since 2026-09-12 and whose compose blocks were
 # dead weight that could only create a duplicate container.
+# jellyfin left the Dankserver file on 2026-10-30 for the same reason: its Quadlet
+# has owned the container since the cutover, so a compose edit must not restart it.
 
 DANKSERVER_COMPOSE_SERVICES = {
     "mariadb",
     "redis",
     "romm",
     "copyparty",
-    "jellyfin",
     "calibre-web",
 }
 COMPOSE_NAME_MAP = {"mariadb": "romm-mariadb", "redis": "romm-redis"}
@@ -421,6 +422,11 @@ def services_for_path(path: str, target: str) -> set[str]:
                 "tautulli": {"tautulli"},
             }
             _add(services, *quadlet_services.get(parts[1], set()))
+        if len(parts) >= 2 and parts[1] == "host":
+            # dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount is the overlay view the
+            # media servers bind (scripts/media-view.sh installs it on the host),
+            # so editing it restarts jellyfin and plex and nothing else.
+            _add(services, "jellyfin", "plex")
         if len(parts) >= 2 and parts[1] == "observability":
             # Dankserver's node-exporter became a Quadlet unit on 2026-09-16
             # (serverAppConfigs-docs/Infrastructure/Observability.md): its
@@ -466,6 +472,15 @@ def services_for_path(path: str, target: str) -> set[str]:
             # that service (target_services then keeps it only on the host being
             # planned). Editing the collector restarts the running exporter.
             _add(services, "gpu-exporter")
+        if name == "media-view.sh":
+            # The installer is what creates, mounts and reaps the view both media
+            # servers read, so a change to it is a restart of that pair.
+            _add(services, "jellyfin", "plex")
+        if name == "jellyfin-providers.sh":
+            # The deployer runs this before jellyfin restarts, so a change to
+            # the installer is a change to the provider state Jellyfin loads at
+            # start-up: it selects jellyfin and nothing else.
+            _add(services, "jellyfin")
         if name in {"frank-zealot.env", "frank-zealot.service", "serve-frank-zealot.sh"}:
             # llama.cpp frank-zealot (2026-09-16) keeps its unit, env and serve
             # files here; each one selects frank-zealot only. The ik_llama.cpp

scripts/deploy-remote.sh

@@ -1202,7 +1202,42 @@ deploy_romm_stack() {
     systemctl --user restart "$service.service"
 }
 
+ensure_media_view() {
+    # Both media servers read their library through the SSD-backed overlay view
+    # (scripts/media-view.sh, dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount): the
+    # array below stays read-only and every sidecar Jellyfin writes lands on the
+    # NVMe.
+    # Raise it BEFORE either container starts — a start against a bare view
+    # directory would let a scan clear the library database. The units also carry
+    # ConditionPathIsMountPoint, so a missing view skips the start rather than
+    # damaging anything. A relayout must be followed by `media-view.sh reap`
+    # (see the Media Relayout page), which this is not.
+    run_privileged bash scripts/media-view.sh install
+    bash scripts/media-view.sh verify
+}
+
+ensure_provider_keys() {
+    # Jellyfin's metadata-provider keys live in the container-owned plugin
+    # configuration under the data root, never in git; scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh
+    # is what places them, reading the per-service host env file (the fleet
+    # convention: grafana, caddy, pihole, copyparty, romm, seerr) that holds
+    # TMDB_API_KEY= and TVDB_API_KEY=, mode 600.
+    # Missing keys mean a keyless provider — a degraded library, not a broken
+    # deploy — so this warns rather than failing the restart. But when the keys
+    # ARE placed it must happen before the restart: the plugin and its keys are
+    # read at start-up, so a restart first would boot the old state.
+    local keys=/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/provider-keys
+    if [ -f "$keys" ]; then
+        bash scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh install
+    else
+        echo "WARN: $keys is absent - provider keys NOT placed"
+        echo "WARN: create it (TMDB_API_KEY=, TVDB_API_KEY=, chmod 600) and re-deploy jellyfin"
+    fi
+}
+
 deploy_jellyfin() {
+    ensure_media_view
+    ensure_provider_keys
     cp "dankserver/jellyfin/quadlet/jellyfin.container" "$quadlet_unit_dir/"
     systemctl --user daemon-reload
     if ! systemctl --user is-active -q jellyfin.service; then
@@ -1290,6 +1325,7 @@ deploy_copyparty() {
 }
 
 deploy_plex() {
+    ensure_media_view
     cp "dankserver/plex/quadlet/plex.container" "$quadlet_unit_dir/"
     systemctl --user daemon-reload
     if ! systemctl --user is-active -q plex.service; then

scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,391 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Metadata-provider keys for Jellyfin on Dankserver, placed from the service's
+# host env file with the plugin artifact pinned by content hash.
+#
+# Jellyfin 12 ships TMDb, OMDb, StudioImages and MusicBrainz as CORE plugins:
+# they have no DLL, only a configuration file under the data root, and that
+# file is created by the running container. So the fleet's provider state lives
+# in two places the repo does not track —
+#
+#   plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml   <TmdbApiKey /> (empty = keyless)
+#   plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml   <ApiKey />     (needs the plugin)
+#
+# and both are owned by the container user. This tool is the only thing that
+# writes them: it is declarative, idempotent, and it never prints a key, so it
+# is safe to run while someone watches.
+#
+# Keys never enter git and never enter argv (a value in argv is world-readable
+# through /proc/<pid>/cmdline). They live in the per-service host env file that
+# is the fleet's convention for container credentials (grafana, caddy, pihole,
+# copyparty, romm, seerr), mode 600:
+#
+#   /home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/provider-keys
+#       TMDB_API_KEY=<key>
+#       TVDB_API_KEY=<key>
+#       TVDB_PIN=<pin>        # optional: only a subscriber-shaped TVDB key
+#                             # needs one; a licensed key does not
+#
+# TVDB itself is not core in 12 (the metadata provider was cut in 10.9), so it
+# is installed from the official catalog, pinned three ways: sha256 of the
+# artifact, the plugin's own guid, and its version. A matching sha proves only
+# that the bytes are the bytes fetched — the guid check is what says it is the
+# official plugin, the version check is what says it is the one this file was
+# reviewed against.
+#
+# Subcommands
+#   plan      print the resolved shape and every pending change, touch nothing
+#   install   fetch+verify the plugin, then write the keys (backing up first)
+#   verify    prove the plugin and both keys are actually in place
+#
+# Nothing here restarts Jellyfin: the deployer owns that
+# (`scripts/deploy.sh dankserver --service jellyfin`), and the plugin is read at
+# start-up, so a key written while the server runs is not live until then.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Jellyfin's data root on Dankserver (the rootless quadlet's config volume).
+JF_ROOT="${JF_ROOT:-/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/config}"
+PROV_KEYS="${PROV_KEYS:-/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/provider-keys}"
+TRASH_DIR="${TRASH_DIR:-$HOME/.AGENTTRASH/$(date +%Y%m%d)-jellyfin-providers}"
+
+PLUGINS="$JF_ROOT/plugins"
+CONF="$PLUGINS/configurations"
+TMDB_XML="$CONF/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml"
+TVDB_XML="$CONF/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml"
+
+# repo.jellyfin.org catalog entry for TheTVDB (owner: jellyfin), version 24.0.0.0,
+# targetAbi 12.0.0.0 — published 2026-09-09, verified against Jellyfin 12.4.0.
+TVDB_PLUGIN_URL="${TVDB_PLUGIN_URL:-https://repo.jellyfin.org/files/plugin/thetvdb/thetvdb_24.0.0.0.zip}"
+TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256="${TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256:-6302fba3857bdde8d186dd099fac09ca43247041f531a528a2c788add70a5319}"
+TVDB_PLUGIN_GUID="${TVDB_PLUGIN_GUID:-a677c0da-fac5-4cde-941a-7134223f14c8}"
+TVDB_PLUGIN_VERSION="${TVDB_PLUGIN_VERSION:-24.0.0.0}"
+PLUGIN_DIR="thetvdb_${TVDB_PLUGIN_VERSION}"
+TVDB_DLL="Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.dll"
+
+die() {
+    printf 'jellyfin-providers: %s\n' "$*" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+usage() {
+    printf 'usage: %s plan|install|verify\n' "$0" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
+# check_keys — refuse anything that is not a readable private file. An open
+# mode is an error, not a warning: a provider key readable by every user on the
+# box is the failure this check exists to catch.
+check_keys() {
+    [ -f "$PROV_KEYS" ] ||
+        die "$PROV_KEYS not found (create it with TMDB_API_KEY= and TVDB_API_KEY=, then chmod 600)"
+    local mode
+    mode="$(stat -c '%a' "$PROV_KEYS")"
+    case "$mode" in
+    600 | 400) ;;
+    *) die "$PROV_KEYS is mode $mode; provider keys must be 600" ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# keys_value <VAR> — the value of one variable in the env file, or nothing.
+keys_value() {
+    awk -v k="$1" -F= '$1 == k { sub(/^[^=]*=/, ""); print; exit }' "$PROV_KEYS"
+}
+
+# keys_len <VAR> — the length, and a refusal naming the variable when absent.
+# The value itself is never printed.
+keys_len() {
+    local v
+    v="$(keys_value "$1")"
+    [ -n "$v" ] || die "$PROV_KEYS has no $1= line"
+    printf '%s' "${#v}"
+}
+
+# xml_value <file> <element> — the element's text, empty when it is absent or
+# self-closing.
+xml_value() {
+    python3 - "$1" "$2" <<'PYEOF'
+import re, sys
+src = open(sys.argv[1], encoding="utf-8").read()
+m = re.search(r"<%s(?:\s*/>|>(.*?)</%s>)" % (sys.argv[2], sys.argv[2]), src, re.S)
+print(m.group(1).strip() if (m and m.group(1)) else "")
+PYEOF
+}
+
+# xml_secret <file> <element> <var> — set <element> to that variable from the
+# env file. The python process reads the env file itself, so the value never
+# appears in argv.
+xml_secret() {
+    python3 - "$1" "$2" "$3" "$PROV_KEYS" <<'PYEOF'
+import os, re, sys, tempfile
+from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
+
+xml_path, elem, var, keys_path = sys.argv[1:5]
+val = ""
+for line in open(keys_path, encoding="utf-8"):
+    key, sep, rest = line.partition("=")
+    if sep and key.strip() == var:
+        val = rest.strip()
+        break
+if not val:
+    raise SystemExit(f"{keys_path} has no {var}= line")
+
+src = open(xml_path, encoding="utf-8").read()
+pat = re.compile(r"([ \t]*)<%s(?:\s*/>|>.*?</%s>)" % (elem, elem), re.S)
+text = escape(val)
+if pat.search(src):
+    out = pat.sub(lambda m: f"{m.group(1)}<{elem}>{text}</{elem}>", src, count=1)
+else:
+    out = src.replace("</Configuration>", f"  <{elem}>{text}</{elem}>\n</Configuration>", 1)
+if out == src:
+    raise SystemExit(f"{xml_path}: no place to write <{elem}>")
+
+d, base = os.path.split(xml_path)
+fd, tmp = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=base + ".", dir=d)
+with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+    fh.write(out)
+os.chmod(tmp, os.stat(xml_path).st_mode & 0o777)
+os.replace(tmp, xml_path)
+PYEOF
+}
+
+# plugin_meta <zip> — "guid version" out of the artifact's own meta.json.
+plugin_meta() {
+    python3 - "$1" <<'PYEOF'
+import json, sys, zipfile
+meta = json.loads(zipfile.ZipFile(sys.argv[1]).read("meta.json").decode("utf-8"))
+print(meta.get("guid", ""), meta.get("version", ""))
+PYEOF
+}
+
+check_root() {
+    # Never fabricate a data root: creating plugins/ beside a typo'd path would
+    # install a plugin Jellyfin never loads and hide the operator's mistake.
+    [ -d "$CONF" ] || die "no Jellyfin configuration directory at $CONF (is JF_ROOT right?)"
+}
+
+check_keys_report() {
+    check_keys
+    # A refusal inside a command substitution used as a printf argument would
+    # be swallowed, so the guard runs as its own statement.
+    keys_len TMDB_API_KEY >/dev/null
+    keys_len TVDB_API_KEY >/dev/null
+    printf '= keys read from %s (mode %s)\n' "$PROV_KEYS" "$(stat -c '%a' "$PROV_KEYS")"
+}
+
+# The plugin's state, as one line in the shared vocabulary.
+plugin_state() {
+    if [ -d "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR" ]; then
+        printf '= %s already installed\n' "$PLUGIN_DIR"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    local other
+    other="$(find "$PLUGINS" -maxdepth 1 -type d -name 'thetvdb_*' ! -name "$PLUGIN_DIR" -printf '%f\n' 2>/dev/null | sort | tr '\n' ' ')"
+    if [ -n "$other" ]; then
+        printf '+ install %s (a different version is present: %s)\n' "$PLUGIN_DIR" "$other"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    printf '+ install %s from %s\n' "$PLUGIN_DIR" "${TVDB_PLUGIN_URL#*://}"
+}
+
+tmdb_state() {
+    if [ ! -f "$TMDB_XML" ]; then
+        printf '! %s is missing — save the TMDb plugin settings once in the UI, then re-run\n' "$TMDB_XML" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    local now want
+    now="$(xml_value "$TMDB_XML" TmdbApiKey)"
+    want="$(keys_value TMDB_API_KEY)"
+    if [ -n "$now" ] && [ "$now" = "$want" ]; then
+        printf '= TmdbApiKey already set (%s chars)\n' "${#now}"
+    elif [ -n "$now" ]; then
+        printf '+ replace the TmdbApiKey in Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml\n'
+    else
+        printf '+ set TmdbApiKey in Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml\n'
+    fi
+}
+
+tvdb_state() {
+    local now
+    if [ -f "$TVDB_XML" ]; then
+        now="$(xml_value "$TVDB_XML" ApiKey)"
+        if [ -n "$now" ]; then
+            printf '= Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml already has an ApiKey (kept)\n'
+        else
+            printf '+ fill the empty ApiKey in Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml\n'
+        fi
+    else
+        printf '+ create Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml with ApiKey\n'
+    fi
+}
+
+write_plugin() {
+    local tmp guid version other
+    other="$(find "$PLUGINS" -maxdepth 1 -type d -name 'thetvdb_*' ! -name "$PLUGIN_DIR" -printf '%f\n' 2>/dev/null | sort | tr '\n' ' ')"
+    [ -z "$other" ] ||
+        die "another TheTVDB version is already installed ($other); move it to the trash first — two copies of one plugin means two loads"
+
+    tmp="$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/thetvdb.XXXXXX.zip")"
+    # The pins are checked before anything is unpacked, so a bad artifact never
+    # reaches the plugins directory.
+    curl -fsSL --max-time 300 -o "$tmp" "$TVDB_PLUGIN_URL" ||
+        { rm -f "$tmp"; die "could not fetch $TVDB_PLUGIN_URL"; }
+    local got
+    got="$(sha256sum "$tmp" | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+    if [ "$got" != "$TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256" ]; then
+        rm -f "$tmp"
+        die "artifact sha256 is $got, pinned $TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256 — refusing to install"
+    fi
+    read -r guid version <<<"$(plugin_meta "$tmp")"
+    if [ "$guid" != "$TVDB_PLUGIN_GUID" ]; then
+        rm -f "$tmp"
+        die "artifact guid is $guid, expected the official $TVDB_PLUGIN_GUID — refusing to install"
+    fi
+    if [ "$version" != "$TVDB_PLUGIN_VERSION" ]; then
+        rm -f "$tmp"
+        die "artifact version is $version, pinned $TVDB_PLUGIN_VERSION — refusing to install"
+    fi
+    mkdir -p "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR"
+    python3 -m zipfile -e "$tmp" "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR/"
+    rm -f "$tmp"
+    [ -f "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR/$TVDB_DLL" ] ||
+        die "$PLUGIN_DIR has no $TVDB_DLL — the artifact does not match this plugin"
+    printf '+ installed %s\n' "$PLUGIN_DIR"
+}
+
+backup_to_trash() {
+    local f="$1"
+    mkdir -p "$TRASH_DIR"
+    local dest="$TRASH_DIR/$(basename "$f").$(date +%H%M%S)"
+    cp -p "$f" "$dest"
+    printf '+ previous copy kept at %s\n' "$dest"
+}
+
+cmd_write_keys() {
+    local now want
+    KEYS_CHANGED=0
+    # TMDb: the running container owns this file and every setting in it. Only
+    # the key element is touched, so country, language and adult settings
+    # survive the edit.
+    [ -f "$TMDB_XML" ] ||
+        die "$TMDB_XML is missing — save the TMDb plugin settings once in the UI, then re-run"
+    now="$(xml_value "$TMDB_XML" TmdbApiKey)"
+    keys_len TMDB_API_KEY >/dev/null
+    want="$(keys_value TMDB_API_KEY)"
+    if [ "$now" = "$want" ]; then
+        printf '= TmdbApiKey already set (%s chars)\n' "${#now}"
+    else
+        backup_to_trash "$TMDB_XML"
+        xml_secret "$TMDB_XML" TmdbApiKey TMDB_API_KEY
+        printf '+ set TmdbApiKey (%s chars)\n' "${#want}"
+        KEYS_CHANGED=1
+    fi
+
+    # TVDB: never overwrite a config the operator saved through the UI.
+    if [ -f "$TVDB_XML" ]; then
+        now="$(xml_value "$TVDB_XML" ApiKey)"
+        if [ -n "$now" ]; then
+            printf '= Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml already has an ApiKey (kept)\n'
+        else
+            keys_len TVDB_API_KEY >/dev/null
+            backup_to_trash "$TVDB_XML"
+            xml_secret "$TVDB_XML" ApiKey TVDB_API_KEY
+            if [ -n "$(keys_value TVDB_PIN)" ] && [ -z "$(xml_value "$TVDB_XML" Pin)" ]; then
+                xml_secret "$TVDB_XML" Pin TVDB_PIN
+            fi
+            printf '+ filled the ApiKey in Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml\n'
+            KEYS_CHANGED=1
+        fi
+    else
+        keys_len TVDB_API_KEY >/dev/null
+        cat >"$TVDB_XML" <<XML
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <ApiKey />
+</Configuration>
+XML
+        xml_secret "$TVDB_XML" ApiKey TVDB_API_KEY
+        if [ -n "$(keys_value TVDB_PIN)" ]; then
+            xml_secret "$TVDB_XML" Pin TVDB_PIN
+        fi
+        printf '+ created Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml with ApiKey\n'
+        KEYS_CHANGED=1
+    fi
+}
+
+cmd_plan() {
+    check_root
+    check_keys_report
+    printf 'root  %s\n' "$JF_ROOT"
+    plugin_state
+    tmdb_state
+    tvdb_state
+}
+
+cmd_install() {
+    check_root
+    check_keys_report
+    KEYS_CHANGED=0
+    if [ ! -d "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR" ]; then
+        write_plugin
+        KEYS_CHANGED=1
+    else
+        printf '= %s already installed\n' "$PLUGIN_DIR"
+    fi
+    cmd_write_keys
+    if [ "$KEYS_CHANGED" -eq 1 ]; then
+        # Nothing is restarted here on purpose: this host may be playing media
+        # right now, and both the plugin and its keys are read at start-up.
+        printf 'next: scripts/deploy.sh dankserver --service jellyfin (the plugin and keys load at start-up)\n'
+    else
+        printf '= no change\n'
+    fi
+}
+
+cmd_verify() {
+    check_root
+    local bad=0
+    if [ ! -d "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR" ]; then
+        printf 'MISSING plugin directory %s (thetvdb not installed)\n' "$PLUGIN_DIR" >&2
+        bad=1
+    else
+        local dlls abi
+        dlls="$(find "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name '*.dll' | wc -l)"
+        [ "$dlls" -ge 1 ] || {
+            printf 'MISSING %s inside %s\n' "$TVDB_DLL" "$PLUGIN_DIR" >&2
+            bad=1
+        }
+        abi="$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(open(sys.argv[1])).get("targetAbi","?"))' \
+            "$PLUGINS/$PLUGIN_DIR/meta.json" 2>/dev/null || echo '?')"
+        printf 'plugin %s: %s dll(s), targetAbi %s\n' "$PLUGIN_DIR" "$dlls" "$abi"
+    fi
+    local pair elem n
+    for pair in "$TMDB_XML|TmdbApiKey" "$TVDB_XML|ApiKey"; do
+        elem="${pair##*|}"
+        if [ ! -f "${pair%%|*}" ]; then
+            printf 'MISSING %s\n' "${pair%%|*}" >&2
+            bad=1
+            continue
+        fi
+        if ! python3 -c 'import sys, xml.dom.minidom; xml.dom.minidom.parse(sys.argv[1])' "${pair%%|*}"; then
+            printf 'UNPARSEABLE %s\n' "${pair%%|*}" >&2
+            bad=1
+            continue
+        fi
+        n="$(xml_value "${pair%%|*}" "$elem")"
+        if [ -z "$n" ]; then
+            printf 'MISSING key: %s has no %s value\n' "$(basename "${pair%%|*}")" "$elem" >&2
+            bad=1
+        else
+            printf '%s %s chars\n' "$elem" "${#n}"
+        fi
+    done
+    [ "$bad" -eq 0 ] || return 1
+    printf 'providers configured\n'
+}
+
+cmd="${1:-}"
+case "$cmd" in
+plan) cmd_plan ;;
+install) cmd_install ;;
+verify) cmd_verify ;;
+*) usage ;;
+esac

scripts/media-apply.py

@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ cross a filesystem (rename cannot do it and a silent copy at 24 TB would not).
 --force relaxes only the guards that are opinion (journal already rolled back,
 paths outside --root); it never allows overwriting a file.
 
+--metadata-view names the overlay the media servers read their library through
+(default /var/lib/media-meta/view). The sidecar follow-up printed after an apply
+or rollback is conditioned on that path being a mountpoint: where no view is
+mounted the servers bind the array itself, the sidecars moved with the media,
+and a reap order would point at a directory that is not there.
+
 The journal defaults to `media-relayout.jsonl` BESIDE the library root, never
 inside it: a log inside the library is a file Jellyfin will index.
 """
@@ -114,6 +120,24 @@ def read_plan(path, root, force):
     return mkdirs, keeps, moves
 
 
+# The media servers may read the library through the SSD overlay view
+# (scripts/media-view.sh). A relayout moves bytes on the raw array, so sidecars
+# the servers wrote through that view stay at the old coordinates — naming the
+# follow-up here is the point of use for that fact, but only where the view
+# exists: where it is not mounted the servers bind the array itself, the
+# sidecars moved with the media, and a reap order points at a directory that
+# is not there. See the Media Metadata View page for the host's state.
+METADATA_VIEW = "/var/lib/media-meta/view"
+METADATA_HINT = ("note: sidecars written through the metadata view did not follow"
+                 " these moves — next: scripts/media-view.sh reap")
+
+
+def metadata_note(args):
+    """Print the sidecar follow-up only when the overlay is really mounted."""
+    if os.path.ismount(args.metadata_view):
+        print(METADATA_HINT)
+
+
 def do_apply(args, root, journal, mkdirs, keeps, moves):
     """Preflight everything, then folders, then renames. Never a partial start."""
     problems = []
@@ -195,6 +219,7 @@ def do_apply(args, root, journal, mkdirs, keeps, moves):
           f" {dirs_new} folders created, {len(keeps)} files stayed put")
     print(f"journal: {journal.path} — undo with: media-apply.py rollback"
           f" --journal {journal.path} --root {root} --apply")
+    metadata_note(args)
     return 0
 
 
@@ -241,10 +266,19 @@ def sweep_targets(root, journal):
     journalled destination lives under it. A symlink anywhere inside disqualifies
     the whole subtree: this tool never follows a link, and deleting the folder
     that holds one would delete someone's mount point.
+
+    Proof carries downward: once a folder qualifies, every empty directory inside
+    it qualifies too. A release's junk (``Screens/``, ``Sample/``) is never itself
+    a move source, so without that rule it holds its emptied parent on disk
+    forever — the parent can never be removed while the child stands.
     """
     moves = [r for r in journal.records if r.get("op") == "move"]
     made = {r["dst"] for r in journal.records if r.get("op") == "mkdir"}
-    gone = {r["path"] for r in journal.records if r.get("op") == "rmdir"}
+    # An rmdir INTENT that failed left its folder standing, and the next sweep
+    # must be able to finish it: only a folder that is really gone is out of
+    # scope. Counting every intent as done made 146 live survivors permanent.
+    gone = {r["path"] for r in journal.records if r.get("op") == "rmdir"
+            and not os.path.exists(r["path"])}
     dsts = [r["dst"] for r in moves]
     marked = set()
     for r in moves:
@@ -268,8 +302,15 @@ def sweep_targets(root, journal):
                 return False
         return True
 
-    return sorted((d for d in marked if removable(d)),
-                  key=lambda q: (-q.count(os.sep), q))
+    roots = [d for d in marked if removable(d)]
+    targets = set(roots)
+    for d in roots:
+        for dirpath, dirnames, _ in os.walk(d):
+            for c in dirnames:
+                p = os.path.join(dirpath, c)
+                if removable(p):
+                    targets.add(p)
+    return sorted(targets, key=lambda q: (-q.count(os.sep), q))
 
 
 def do_sweep(args, root, journal):
@@ -362,6 +403,7 @@ def do_rollback(args, root, journal):
                    t=datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).isoformat())
     print(f"rolled back: {undone} files back where the census found them,"
           f" {dirs_gone} empty folders removed, {recreated} swept folders recreated")
+    metadata_note(args)
     return 0
 
 
@@ -373,6 +415,9 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("--journal")
     ap.add_argument("--apply", action="store_true", help="actually change the library")
     ap.add_argument("--force", action="store_true", help="relax the opinion guards")
+    ap.add_argument("--metadata-view", default=METADATA_VIEW,
+                    help="overlay the media servers read through; the sidecar"
+                         " note prints only when this path is a mountpoint")
     args = ap.parse_args()
 
     root = os.path.abspath(args.root)

scripts/media-audiobooks.py

@@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+r"""media-audiobooks.py — a plan that re-files the audiobook library into one folder per book.
+
+    media-audiobooks.py --root DIR --enum TSV --rows TSV [--out TSV] [--exceptions FILE]
+
+Plex reads this library and Jellyfin does not: its music scanner has no audiobook
+concept, and the tree is indexed entirely by Plex, which matched 58,975 of the
+62,879 files here into its Artist/Album/Track shape. So the authority is
+`scripts/media-census.py audiobooks` — the BOOK (album row), its NARRATOR (that
+book's single artist row) and its CHAPTERS (track rows) — and never the folder a
+release pack made. The plan is:
+
+    Audiobooks/<Narrator>/<Book> (<year>)/<the file's own name>.<ext>
+                     ... the same folder, " (2)" on the name, when two chapters
+                         of one book carry the same name
+
+What that buys is the one property both media servers' book scanners assume: a
+folder holds exactly one book. Today 212 top-level folders are a mix of
+author-named shelves and collection packs, and the books inside the packs are
+split across `… [Part 1]`, `… [Part 2]` folders three or four deep.
+
+Three laws here are the opposite of what a music shelf does, and each is forced
+by what the rows actually hold:
+
+ * A chapter is NEVER renumbered. 7,556 of the 10,485 books contain at least one
+   chapter whose index Plex does not know, so a number written into a name would
+   be invented — and it would buy nothing, because both servers order playback by
+   the embedded track tag, not by the file name. A wrong number in a name is worse
+   than none: it is the number a human later trusts. A file already carrying its
+   own number keeps it, untouched.
+ * The shelf is the NARRATOR, not the author. Every book has exactly one artist row
+   and it is the narrator; the author survives only inside 10% of the album titles
+   (`Kryptos by Graham McNeill`) and in no column Plex stores, so deriving the
+   author would mean parsing titles for one book in ten and inventing it for the
+   rest. One rule that always resolves beats a shelf that is half author and half
+   narrator; the author stays visible in the book folder's own name, which is the
+   title Plex shows.
+ * Nothing is guessed at. A chapter row with no book or no narrator parks — a
+   tag-scan placeholder (`[Unknown Album]`) names neither, since unrelated books
+   share it and filing on one merges them, and so does a chapter number the ripper
+   mistagged as the artist (`0.4`). An audio file Plex never matched parks, a
+   video container parks, and a loose file in a folder holding two books parks.
+
+Nothing is deleted and nothing is overwritten. The output is a list of rename(2)
+intents for `scripts/media-apply.py`, whose preflight refuses any target that is
+already claimed and whose journal is the rollback.
+"""
+import argparse
+import csv
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from collections import Counter, defaultdict
+
+# What a chapter file can be. .m4b is the audiobook container; the rest are the
+# audio a pack ships when it was ripped as music.
+AUDIO_EXT = {".mp3", ".m4a", ".m4b", ".ogg", ".oga", ".opus", ".wav", ".flac",
+             ".wma", ".aiff", ".aif", ".m4v", ".aac", ".mka"}
+# Never an audiobook, whatever the library it sits in says: Plex reads these as
+# video, and renaming one into an audio extension would claim it is a chapter.
+VIDEO_EXT = {".mkv", ".mp4", ".webm", ".avi", ".mov", ".mpg", ".mpeg", ".ts",
+             ".m2ts", ".vob", ".ifo", ".wmv", ".iso", ".img", ".bdmv", ".ogm",
+             ".divx"}
+
+# Tag-scan placeholders. These strings are not identities: 1,106 chapters from
+# 14 unrelated top-level folders carry the album `[Unknown Album]`, so filing on
+# them would merge books that have nothing to do with each other — the exact
+# shape this relayout exists to make impossible. Such a chapter parks with the
+# path it has today and the fix belongs in its tags. `Various Artists` is NOT a
+# placeholder: that is what a multi-cast read carries, and the one book here
+# with 1,189 chapters under it is genuinely one book.
+PLACEHOLDER_BOOK = {"[unknown album]", "unknown album", "no title", "untitled",
+                    "[untitled]", "unknown title", "n/a", "-"}
+PLACEHOLDER_NARRATOR = {"[unknown artist]", "unknown artist", "unknown author",
+                        "<unknown>", "[unknown]", "unknown"}
+
+
+def identity(value, placeholders, needs_letter=False):
+    """The tag value Plex matched, when it names something; '' when it does not.
+
+    A trailing parenthesized group is stripped for the test only, because rippers
+    glue timestamps to the placeholder (`Unknown album (03/03/2015 21:39:55)`).
+
+    `needs_letter` is for a NARRATOR alone: a shelf is a person's name, and 272
+    chapters here carry a chapter number in the artist tag (`0.4`, `31`). The same
+    test must never judge a BOOK title, which may honestly be `1984`.
+    """
+    v = (value or "").strip()
+    bare = re.sub(r"\s*\([^()]*\)\s*$", "", v).strip().casefold()
+    if bare in placeholders or (needs_letter and not any(c.isalpha() for c in v)):
+        return ""
+    return v
+
+
+# The characters Plex documents as breaking playback. They are dropped, not
+# substituted: a replacement character is a guess at what the title meant.
+BAD_CHARS = set('<>:"/\\|?*')
+TRASH_DIR = re.compile(r"(^|/)(\.AGENTTRASH|\.thumbnails|\.Trash-\d+|@eaDir"
+                       r"|lost\+found)(/|$)")
+
+ARGS = None
+HELD = {}                            # path -> (bytes, ext)
+ROWS = {}                            # path -> the chapter row Plex matched
+PLACED = {}                          # chapter path -> the destination the plan gave it
+CLAIMED = set()                      # every destination path the plan has handed out
+MOVES, KEEPS = [], []
+PARKED = defaultdict(list)           # reason -> [path]
+NOTES = defaultdict(list)            # section -> [line]
+AUDIO_BY_DIR = defaultdict(set)      # source dir -> chapter files a row names
+CHILD_OF = defaultdict(set)          # dir -> the dirs directly below it holding chapters
+FOLDERS_SEEN = {}                    # (dir, depth) -> book folders placed below it
+SUBTREE_DEPTH = 2                    # how far below a folder its chapters may sit
+BOOKS = {}                           # (narrator, book, year) -> the book group
+
+AMBIGUOUS = object()
+
+
+def dominant(values):
+    """The spelling the rows mostly agree on: the most frequent value, ties broken
+    by sort so the answer never depends on the order rows arrived in."""
+    counts = Counter(values)
+    return min(counts.items(), key=lambda kv: (-kv[1], kv[0]))[0]
+
+
+def rel(path):
+    """The path as seen from the library root."""
+    return os.path.relpath(path, ARGS.root)
+
+
+def safe(name):
+    """A name every client can carry: no reserved character, nothing unprintable,
+    no trailing dot or space, and short enough to rename."""
+    out = "".join(c for c in (name or "")
+                  if c not in BAD_CHARS and (c.isprintable() or c == " "))
+    out = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", out).strip().rstrip(". ")
+    while out and len(out.encode("utf-8", "ignore")) > 200:
+        out = out[:-4].rstrip()
+    return out
+
+
+def assign(src, folder, name, ext, kind, note):
+    """Book one file into `folder` under `name`, renamed if that exact destination
+    is already taken — by another file in the plan, or by a file standing there
+    today. Two files claiming one path is the fault that costs a re-run of a 60k
+    plan, and so is a plan that only works if the renames happen in the right
+    order: the executor refuses any target that is occupied, so an occupied path
+    is never a destination, even when its occupant is scheduled to leave.
+    A file already standing where the contract puts it is a keep, not a move."""
+    stem = safe(name) or "file"
+    dst = os.path.join(folder, stem + ext)
+    if dst == src:
+        CLAIMED.add(dst.lower())          # it is standing on its own target
+        KEEPS.append((src, dst, kind))
+        return dst
+    # A file already in this folder under this name — or under the numbered
+    # variant the collision rule gives it — keeps the name it has. Renumbering it
+    # every run would turn the plan into a shuffle instead of a fixed point.
+    base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(src))[0]
+    if os.path.dirname(src) == folder and (base == stem
+                                           or base.startswith(stem + " (")):
+        CLAIMED.add(src.lower())
+        KEEPS.append((src, src, kind))
+        return src
+    n = 1
+    while dst.lower() in CLAIMED:
+        n += 1
+        dst = os.path.join(folder, f"{stem} ({n}){ext}")
+    if n > 1:
+        NOTES[note].append(rel(dst))
+    CLAIMED.add(dst.lower())
+    MOVES.append((src, dst, kind))
+    return dst
+
+
+def park(path, reason):
+    """Hold a file where it is, under the park folder, keeping its relative path."""
+    PARKED[reason].append(path)
+    dst = os.path.join(ARGS.park_dir, rel(path))
+    if dst != path:
+        CLAIMED.add(dst.lower())
+        MOVES.append((path, dst, "park"))
+
+
+def under_park(path):
+    """True for a file already parked: that pile is for a human to review, and
+    re-parking it every run would only push it deeper."""
+    return path.startswith(ARGS.park_dir + os.sep)
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------ books
+def group_books():
+    """Every matched chapter into one group per (narrator, book, year).
+
+    The key is the identity Plex asserts in its own database, not the folder the
+    file sits in: one book arrives as four part folders inside a collection pack,
+    and two copies of one book in one pack are one book to Plex, whose album item
+    IS that narrator, title and year. The year is part of the key so a 1965
+    recording and a 2020 recording that share a title stay two books.
+    """
+    for path, r in sorted(ROWS.items()):
+        if path not in HELD or under_park(path) or TRASH_DIR.search(path):
+            continue
+        d = os.path.dirname(path)
+        AUDIO_BY_DIR[d].add(path)
+        CHILD_OF[os.path.dirname(d)].add(d)   # so a cover above Part 1/Part 2 sees both
+        narrator = identity(r["narrator"], PLACEHOLDER_NARRATOR, needs_letter=True)
+        book = identity(r["book"], PLACEHOLDER_BOOK)
+        if not book:
+            park(path, "a chapter row that names no book — Plex's album title is a "
+                       "placeholder like [Unknown Album], so filing on it would "
+                       "merge unrelated books onto one shelf")
+            continue
+        if not narrator:
+            park(path, "a chapter row that names no narrator — the artist row is a "
+                       "placeholder like [Unknown Artist] or a chapter number a "
+                       "ripper mistagged as the artist, so no shelf owns it")
+            continue
+        key = (narrator.casefold(), book.casefold(), (r["year"] or "").strip())
+        g = BOOKS.setdefault(key, {"narrators": [], "books": [], "year": key[2],
+                                   "members": [], "indexed": 0})
+        g["members"].append(path)
+        g["narrators"].append(narrator)
+        g["books"].append(book)
+        if str(r["track"] or "").isdigit():
+            g["indexed"] += 1
+
+
+def book_folder(g):
+    """The shelf Plex's own rows name: <narrator>/<book> (<year>). None when a
+    name is made of characters no path can hold — inventing a shelf is filing it
+    wrong, so those chapters park instead."""
+    narrator = safe(dominant(g["narrators"]))
+    book = safe(dominant(g["books"]))
+    if not narrator or not book:
+        return None
+    return os.path.join(ARGS.root, narrator,
+                        f"{book} ({g['year']})" if g["year"] else book)
+
+
+def place_books():
+    """One folder per book; every chapter keeps the name it has today."""
+    for key in sorted(BOOKS):
+        g = BOOKS[key]
+        folder = book_folder(g)
+        if folder is None:
+            for path in sorted(g["members"]):
+                park(path, "a book or narrator Plex spells with characters no "
+                           "folder name can hold")
+            continue
+        for path in sorted(g["members"]):
+            ext = HELD[path][1]
+            base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+            # The name the ripper wrote, unchanged: the track tag inside the file
+            # is what orders playback, and 72% of the books here have chapters no
+            # row numbers, so any number added here would be invented.
+            PLACED[path] = assign(path, folder, base, ext, "chapter",
+                                  "two chapters of one book carried the same name")
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------- sidecars
+def folders_below(d, depth):
+    """The book folders the chapters in `d`, or within `depth` directories below
+    it, were placed in. Memoised, because every loose file in a big collection
+    folder asks the same question about it."""
+    if (d, depth) not in FOLDERS_SEEN:
+        seen = {os.path.dirname(PLACED[a]) for a in AUDIO_BY_DIR.get(d, ())
+                if a in PLACED}
+        if depth:
+            for child in CHILD_OF.get(d, ()):
+                seen |= folders_below(child, depth - 1)
+        FOLDERS_SEEN[(d, depth)] = seen
+    return FOLDERS_SEEN[(d, depth)]
+
+
+def owner_folder(d):
+    """The book folder that owns this directory — the first place up the tree
+    where chapters sit, in the directory itself or within SUBTREE_DEPTH levels
+    below it, which is how a pack whose parts are `… [Part 1]`/`… [Part 2]` owns
+    the cover art lying above them. None when no chapter is near enough to say,
+    AMBIGUOUS when the chapters there belong to more than one book."""
+    while d.startswith(ARGS.root + os.sep) and d != ARGS.root:
+        folders = folders_below(d, SUBTREE_DEPTH)
+        if folders:
+            return next(iter(folders)) if len(folders) == 1 else AMBIGUOUS
+        d = os.path.dirname(d)
+    return None
+
+
+def place_other():
+    """Everything that is not a chapter Plex matched: covers, booklets, EPUBs,
+    logs, checksums, playlists — and the clutter that is none of those."""
+    for path, (_size, ext) in sorted(HELD.items()):
+        if path in ROWS or under_park(path) or TRASH_DIR.search(path):
+            continue
+        d = os.path.dirname(path)
+        base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+        if ext in VIDEO_EXT:
+            park(path, "a video container inside the audiobook library: Plex reads "
+                       "it as video, and renaming it would claim it is a chapter")
+        elif ext in AUDIO_EXT:
+            park(path, "an audio file no chapter row names — it is not in the "
+                       "library Plex matched, so nothing says which book it is")
+        else:
+            owner = owner_folder(d)
+            if owner is AMBIGUOUS:
+                park(path, "a file whose folder holds more than one book, so "
+                           "nothing says which one it belongs to")
+            elif owner:
+                assign(path, owner, base, ext,
+                       "playlist" if ext in (".m3u", ".m3u8") else "sidecar",
+                       "one book folder would have carried two files of the same"
+                       " sidecar name")
+            else:
+                park(path, "not an audiobook file, and no book's folder lies with"
+                           " it to carry it")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- outputs
+def write_plan():
+    """mkdir rows for every destination folder and its whole chain, then the moves.
+    Parents first: the executor creates directories in the order they are listed."""
+    chain = set()
+    for _s, dst, _k in MOVES:
+        d = os.path.dirname(dst)
+        while d and d != ARGS.root and d != os.path.dirname(d):
+            chain.add(d)
+            d = os.path.dirname(d)
+    dirs = sorted(chain, key=lambda p: (p.count("/"), p))
+    with open(ARGS.out, "w") as fh:
+        fh.write("action\tsrc\tdst\tkind\n")
+        for d in dirs:
+            fh.write(f"mkdir\t\t{d}\tdir\n")
+        for src, dst, kind in sorted(MOVES, key=lambda m: (m[1], m[0])):
+            fh.write(f"move\t{src}\t{dst}\t{kind}\n")
+        for src, dst, kind in sorted(KEEPS, key=lambda m: (m[1], m[0])):
+            fh.write(f"keep\t{src}\t{dst}\t{kind}\n")
+    parked = [m for m in MOVES if m[2] == "park"]
+    sized = sum(HELD[s][0] for s, _d, _k in MOVES if s in HELD)
+    print(f"plan: {len(MOVES) - len(parked)} moves, {len(parked)} parked"
+          f" ({sized / 2**40:.2f} TiB touched), {len(KEEPS)} already placed,"
+          f" {len(dirs)} folders -> {ARGS.out}")
+
+
+def write_exceptions():
+    with open(ARGS.exceptions, "w") as fh:
+        fh.write(f"Audiobook relayout exceptions for {ARGS.root}\n\n")
+        fh.write(f"Everything below is parked under {ARGS.park_dir}, keeping the\n"
+                 "relative path it has today. Nothing is deleted and nothing is\n"
+                 "overwritten: a parked file is one rename from wherever the plan is\n"
+                 "pointed next.\n\n")
+        for reason in sorted(PARKED, key=lambda r: -len(PARKED[r])):
+            rs = PARKED[reason]
+            fh.write(f"{len(rs):>6} files  {reason}\n")
+            for p in sorted(rs, key=rel)[:400]:
+                fh.write(f"          {rel(p)}\n")
+            if len(rs) > 400:
+                fh.write(f"          … and {len(rs) - 400} more\n")
+            fh.write("\n")
+        for section in sorted(NOTES, key=lambda s: -len(NOTES[s])):
+            lines = sorted(set(NOTES[section]))
+            fh.write(f"{len(lines):>6}  {section}\n")
+            for line in lines[:200]:
+                fh.write(f"          {line}\n")
+            if len(lines) > 200:
+                fh.write(f"          … and {len(lines) - 200} more\n")
+            fh.write("\n")
+        unindexed = sorted(f"{safe(dominant(g['narrators']))}/{safe(dominant(g['books']))}"
+                           for g in BOOKS.values()
+                           if 0 < g["indexed"] < len(g["members"]))
+        if unindexed:
+            fh.write(f"{len(unindexed):>6} books have chapters Plex does not number. Their\n")
+            fh.write("       files keep the names they carry: playback order comes from the\n"
+                     "       track tag inside each file, and a number written here would be\n"
+                     "       invented for the chapters with no index. Fix it in the tags, not\n"
+                     "       in the names — Plex re-reads tags on a scan and never names files.\n\n")
+        fh.write("       Playlists move with their book and their contents are never\n"
+                 "       rewritten: the paths inside an .m3u go stale.\n")
+    print(f"exceptions -> {ARGS.exceptions}")
+
+
+def main():
+    global ARGS
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+    ap.add_argument("--root", default=os.environ.get("MEDIA_AUDIOBOOKS_ROOT",
+                                                     "/mnt/entropy/Audiobooks"))
+    ap.add_argument("--enum", default="/tmp/audiobooks-enum.tsv",
+                    help="the enumerate TSV (bytes, ext, path)")
+    ap.add_argument("--rows", default="/tmp/plex-audiobooks.tsv",
+                    help="the chapter rows scripts/media-census.py audiobooks wrote")
+    ap.add_argument("--out", default="/tmp/audiobooks-plan.tsv")
+    ap.add_argument("--exceptions", default="/tmp/audiobooks-exceptions.txt")
+    ap.add_argument("--park", default="_unsorted",
+                    help="the folder inside the root that holds what cannot be filed")
+    ARGS = ap.parse_args()
+    ARGS.root = os.path.normpath(ARGS.root)
+    ARGS.park_dir = os.path.join(ARGS.root, ARGS.park)
+    read_inputs()
+    # Every path a file occupies today is claimed before a single destination is
+    # handed out: the executor refuses an occupied target, so a plan that aimed at
+    # one would only fail after the renames that were supposed to clear it.
+    CLAIMED.update(p.lower() for p in HELD)
+    group_books()
+    place_books()
+    place_other()
+    write_plan()
+    write_exceptions()
+
+
+def read_inputs():
+    with open(ARGS.enum) as fh:
+        for line in fh:
+            parts = line.rstrip("\n").split("\t")
+            if len(parts) >= 3:
+                HELD[parts[2]] = (int(parts[0]), parts[1].lower())
+    with open(ARGS.rows, newline="") as fh:
+        for row in csv.DictReader(fh, delimiter="\t"):
+            if row.get("file"):
+                ROWS[row["file"]] = row
+    gone = [p for p in ROWS if p not in HELD]
+    if gone:
+        NOTES["a chapter row whose file the census no longer sees"].extend(gone)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

scripts/media-census.py

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-r"""Read-only census of a movie library — the inputs a relayout plan is built from.
+r"""Read-only census of a media library — the inputs a relayout plan is built from.
 
   media-census.py enumerate [--root DIR] [--out TSV]
   media-census.py probe     [--enum TSV] [--out TSV] [--jobs N]
   media-census.py plex      [--root DIR] [--db PATH] [--out TSV]
+  media-census.py jellyfin  [--root DIR] [--db PATH] [--container PREFIX] [--out TSV]
+  media-census.py audiobooks [--root DIR] [--db PATH] [--out TSV]
 
 Run it on the machine that mounts the library. Nothing here writes inside the
-library and nothing is deleted; the only outputs are the three TSVs below, and
-scripts/media-plan.py reads them instead of touching media.
+library and nothing is deleted; the only outputs are the TSVs below, and the
+scripts/media-plan.py and scripts/media-shows.py read them instead of touching media.
 
   enum    bytes <TAB> ext <TAB> path                  every file under the root
   probed  bytes <TAB> path <TAB> dur <TAB> vcodec <TAB> WxH <TAB> fps <TAB> vbit
@@ -18,10 +20,34 @@ scripts/media-plan.py reads them instead of touching media.
   plex    file <TAB> leaf_title <TAB> … (see PLEX_COLS)
           the titles Plex already matched — the authority over any filename guess
 
+  jellyfin file <TAB> series <TAB> year <TAB> season <TAB> episode <TAB> extra
+          <TAB> tmdb <TAB> title <TAB> tvdb      (see JF_COLS)
+          one row per episode Jellyfin has matched and numbered, its path mapped
+          from the container's view back to the host; `year`, `tmdb` and `tvdb`
+          are the SERIES' values, `title` is the episode title the row carries,
+          `extra` is Jellyfin's own extra type when the row is bonus material
+          rather than an episode
+
+  music file <TAB> artist <TAB> album <TAB> year <TAB> disc <TAB> track <TAB> title
+         <TAB> mb <TAB> performer   (see MUSIC_COLS)
+         one row per track Jellyfin has tagged: the tag read is what the row IS,
+         so `artist` is the album artist (the track artist when that is empty) and
+         `album`/`year` are the album item's provider values when the folder is an
+         album item and the tags' otherwise; `mb` is the album's MusicBrainz
+         release group, `performer` the track artist the tags carry
+
+  audiobooks file <TAB> narrator <TAB> book <TAB> year <TAB> track <TAB> chapter
+         (see AB_COLS)
+         one row per chapter Plex matched under the audiobook root: `book` is the
+         album row Plex built from the files' own tags, `narrator` that book's
+         artist row — Plex keeps exactly one artist per book, which is why it, and
+         not an author parsed out of a title, names the shelf. `track` is empty
+         wherever Plex has no chapter number, which is most of this library.
+
 `probe` is the slow step (every container is opened for its header, ~10 min for
 4,800 files on a spindle array at 6 workers) so it is `nice`d: a census beside a
 live service must not starve it. `enumerate` is a stat pass, so re-censusing
-before a plan is cheap — and a plan is only ever as good as these three files.
+before a plan is cheap — and a plan is only ever as good as these files.
 """
 import argparse
 import csv
@@ -57,6 +83,72 @@ join metadata_items mi on mi.id = m.metadata_item_id
 left join metadata_items par on par.id = mi.parent_id
 where p.file like ? and p.deleted_at is null and mi.deleted_at is null
 """
+JF_DB = "/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/config/data/jellyfin.db"
+JF_COLS = ["file", "series", "year", "season", "episode", "extra",
+           "tmdb", "title", "tvdb"]
+# Jellyfin stores the entity's .NET class as its type; the TV tree is these three.
+JF_TV = ("MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV.Episode",
+         "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV.Season",
+         "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV.Series")
+JF_SQL = ("""select Id, Path, IndexNumber, ParentIndexNumber, ExtraType,
+                   IsVirtualItem, Name from BaseItems where Type = ? and Path like ?""")
+
+# The music tree is these two entity classes. The track row carries the tags
+# Jellyfin read out of the file; the album row carries what the provider matched,
+# which is the better folder name of the two.
+JF_AUDIO = "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.Audio"
+JF_ALBUM = "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.MusicAlbum"
+MUSIC_COLS = ["file", "artist", "album", "year", "disc", "track", "title", "mb",
+              "performer"]
+MUSIC_SQL = ("""select b.Path, b.AlbumArtists, b.Artists, b.Album, b.ProductionYear,
+                       b.ParentIndexNumber, b.IndexNumber, b.Name, b.Id,
+                       a.Name, a.ProductionYear, a.Id
+                  from BaseItems b
+                  left join BaseItems a on a.Id = b.ParentId and a.Type = ?
+                 where b.Type = ? and b.Path like ?""")
+# The album's identity, in preference order. A release group is the album; a bare
+# release id is one reissue of it.
+MUSIC_PROVIDERS = ("MusicBrainzReleaseGroup", "MusicBrainzAlbum")
+
+# Plex's audiobook tree is the same Artist/Album/Track shape as its music tree:
+# the leaf (10) is a CHAPTER, its parent (9) is the BOOK, and that book's artist
+# (8) is the NARRATOR. The track's own `index` is exported because the exceptions
+# report counts how many books have chapters Plex does not number — the reason the
+# relayout refuses to invent numbers into file names.
+PLEX_ARTIST, PLEX_ALBUM, PLEX_TRACK = 8, 9, 10
+AB_COLS = ["file", "narrator", "book", "year", "track", "chapter"]
+AB_SQL = f"""
+select p.file, coalesce(ar.title,''), coalesce(al.title,''), coalesce(al.year,0),
+       coalesce(mi."index",-1), coalesce(mi.title,'')
+from media_parts p
+join media_items m on m.id = p.media_item_id
+join metadata_items mi on mi.id = m.metadata_item_id
+join metadata_items al on al.id = mi.parent_id and al.metadata_type = {PLEX_ALBUM}
+left join metadata_items ar on ar.id = al.parent_id
+                          and ar.metadata_type = {PLEX_ARTIST}
+where p.file like ? and p.deleted_at is null and mi.deleted_at is null
+  and al.deleted_at is null
+"""
+
+def open_plex_ro(db):
+    """Plex's library, read the way Plex writes it.
+
+    `immutable=1` tells sqlite the file never changes, so it skips the
+    write-ahead log: every row a scan has committed but not yet checkpointed
+    is invisible, and reading a live database that way can fail outright as
+    "database disk image is malformed". Plain ro reads the WAL through its
+    -shm; immutable is only the fallback for a database whose -shm cannot be
+    read. The same law scripts/media-verify.py states.
+    """
+    last = None
+    for opt in ("mode=ro", "mode=ro&immutable=1"):
+        try:
+            return sqlite3.connect(f"file:{db}?{opt}", uri=True)
+        except sqlite3.Error as e:
+            last = e
+    sys.exit(f"cannot open the Plex database read-only ({db}): {last}\n"
+             "Plex runs rootless here: run this as the container's owner, never "
+             "with sudo — rootless storage is per-user, so root sees nothing.")
 
 
 def enumerate_lib(root, out):
@@ -157,15 +249,9 @@ def probe(enum, out, jobs):
 
 def plex(root, db, out):
     """Plex's matched titles for files under root, from its DB, read-only."""
-    uri = f"file:{db}?mode=ro&immutable=1"
-    try:
-        con = sqlite3.connect(uri, uri=True)
-    except sqlite3.Error as e:
-        sys.exit(f"cannot open the Plex database read-only ({db}): {e}\n"
-                 "Plex runs rootless here: run this as the container's owner, never "
-                 "with sudo — rootless storage is per-user, so root sees nothing.")
+    con = open_plex_ro(db)
     with open(out, "w", newline="") as fh:
-        w = csv.writer(fh, delimiter="\t")
+        w = csv.writer(fh, delimiter="\t", lineterminator="\n")
         w.writerow(PLEX_COLS)
         n = 0
         for r in con.execute(PLEX_SQL, (root + "/%",)):
@@ -174,6 +260,210 @@ def plex(root, db, out):
     print(f"plex-matched={n} -> {out}")
 
 
+def jellyfin(root, db, container, out):
+    """The episodes Jellyfin has already numbered, for the library at root.
+
+    Jellyfin stores each path as the CONTAINER sees it (its quadlet binds the
+    share at /data), so `container` is the in-container prefix that stands for
+    root and every exported path is mapped back to the host before it is written
+    — the planner reads host paths, because it plans moves on the array.
+
+    The numbering is what matters, not the name: a release group's file name says
+    nothing about which episode a file is, and Jellyfin has already answered that
+    question against a provider. Season/episode and the episode's own title come
+    from the episode row; the series name, its year and its TMDb and Tvdb ids come
+    from the Series row the episode climbs to, because those are the only place
+    Jellyfin keeps them.
+    """
+    try:
+        con = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{db}?mode=ro", uri=True)
+    except sqlite3.Error as e:
+        sys.exit(f"cannot open the Jellyfin database read-only ({db}): {e}\n"
+                 "It is a WAL database: copy it with its -wal and -shm beside it and"
+                 " point --db at the copy. Never sudo it — the data dir belongs to"
+                 " the container's owner, and rootless storage is per-user.")
+    have = {r[1] for r in con.execute("pragma table_info(BaseItems)")}
+    need = {"Id", "ParentId", "Type", "Path", "IndexNumber", "ParentIndexNumber",
+            "ExtraType", "IsVirtualItem", "ProductionYear", "Data"}
+    if not need <= have:
+        sys.exit(f"{db} is not a Jellyfin library database (BaseItems has no"
+                 f" {','.join(sorted(need - have))})")
+    node = {}
+    for i, pid, typ, name, year, data in con.execute(
+            "select Id, ParentId, Type, Name, ProductionYear, Data from BaseItems"
+            " where Type in (?,?,?)", JF_TV):
+        node[i] = (pid, typ, name, year, data)
+
+    # Jellyfin 12 keeps provider ids in their own table; older builds kept them in
+    # the row's Data blob. Both shapes are read, because the tvdb id the series
+    # naming depends on is wherever this build happened to write it.
+    prov = {}
+    if "BaseItemProviders" in {r[0] for r in con.execute(
+            "select name from sqlite_master where type='table'")}:
+        for iid, pid, val in con.execute(
+                "select ItemId, ProviderId, ProviderValue from BaseItemProviders"
+                " where ProviderId in ('Tmdb', 'Tvdb')"):
+            prov[(iid, pid)] = val
+
+    def provider_of(item_id, want):
+        got = prov.get((item_id, want))
+        if got:
+            return str(got)
+        try:
+            blob = json.loads(node[item_id][4] or "{}").get("ProviderIds") or {}
+        except (KeyError, ValueError, TypeError):
+            return ""
+        return str(blob.get(want, "") or "")
+
+    def series_of(item_id):
+        """Climb episode -> season -> series; empty when the chain is broken."""
+        for _ in range(4):
+            if item_id not in node:
+                return "", "", "", ""
+            pid, typ = node[item_id][0], node[item_id][1]
+            if typ.endswith(".Series"):
+                return (node[item_id][2] or "", node[item_id][3] or "",
+                        provider_of(item_id, "Tmdb"), provider_of(item_id, "Tvdb"))
+            item_id = pid
+        return "", "", "", ""
+
+    # The fleet's quadlets bind the share at /data, so the container's view of
+    # this library is /data/<the library's own folder name> unless told otherwise.
+    if not container:
+        container = "/data/" + os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(root))
+    prefix = container.rstrip("/") + "/"
+    written = skipped = 0
+    with open(out, "w", newline="") as fh:
+        w = csv.writer(fh, delimiter="\t", lineterminator="\n")
+        w.writerow(JF_COLS)
+        for iid, path, idx, pidx, extra, virt, epname in con.execute(
+                JF_SQL, (JF_TV[0], prefix + "%")):
+            if virt or not path or not path.startswith(prefix):
+                skipped += 1          # a virtual item is a variant, not a file
+                continue
+            sname, syear, tmdb, tvdb = series_of(iid)
+            w.writerow([root + "/" + path[len(prefix):],
+                        sname.replace("\t", " "), syear,
+                        "" if pidx is None else pidx,
+                        "" if idx is None else idx,
+                        (extra or "").replace("\t", " "), tmdb,
+                        (epname or "").replace("\t", " "), tvdb])
+            written += 1
+    print(f"episodes={written} virtual-or-blank={skipped} -> {out}")
+
+
+def music(root, db, container, out):
+    """The tracks Jellyfin has already tagged, for the library at root.
+
+    Jellyfin reads music metadata out of the file itself, so an Audio row IS the
+    tag read, done once, by the vendor's own parser: its album-artist, album,
+    year, disc and track columns are what the embedded tags say and its Name is
+    the track title. That makes this export the whole authority for a music
+    relayout — the path a ripper chose is not evidence of anything, and the
+    folder Jellyfin put a track under is often a release pack, not an album.
+
+    Two gaps this export answers from the row rather than the tree. Many tracks
+    sit under a folder that is not an album item at all (a disc folder, or a
+    mixed one), so the album name and year fall back to the tags when the album
+    row is absent. And an album's MusicBrainz ids are not in the row's own Data
+    — the current schema leaves that empty for music — they are rows of
+    BaseItemProviders keyed by the item's Id.
+    """
+    try:
+        con = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{db}?mode=ro", uri=True)
+    except sqlite3.Error as e:
+        sys.exit(f"cannot open the Jellyfin database read-only ({db}): {e}\n"
+                 "It is a WAL database: copy it with its -wal and -shm beside it and"
+                 " point --db at the copy. Never sudo it — the data dir belongs to"
+                 " the container's owner, and rootless storage is per-user.")
+    have = {r[1] for r in con.execute("pragma table_info(BaseItems)")}
+    need = {"Id", "ParentId", "Type", "Path", "Name", "IndexNumber",
+            "ParentIndexNumber", "ProductionYear", "Album", "AlbumArtists",
+            "Artists"}
+    if not need <= have:
+        sys.exit(f"{db} is not a Jellyfin library database with music columns"
+                 f" (BaseItems has no {','.join(sorted(need - have))})")
+    # Provider ids, best identity first: the release group is the album, a bare
+    # release id is one reissue of it and never overrides a group.
+    mb = {}
+    if "BaseItemProviders" in {r[0] for r in con.execute(
+            "select name from sqlite_master where type='table'")}:
+        rank = {p: i for i, p in enumerate(MUSIC_PROVIDERS)}
+        best = {}
+        for iid, pid, val in con.execute(
+                "select ItemId, ProviderId, ProviderValue from BaseItemProviders"
+                " where ProviderId in (?, ?)", MUSIC_PROVIDERS):
+            if iid not in best or rank[pid] < best[iid][0]:
+                best[iid] = (rank[pid], val)
+        mb = {k: v[1] for k, v in best.items()}
+
+    # The fleet's quadlets bind the share at /data, so the container's view of
+    # this library is /data/<the library's own folder name> unless told otherwise.
+    if not container:
+        container = "/data/" + os.path.basename(os.path.normpath(root))
+    prefix = container.rstrip("/") + "/"
+    written = skipped = 0
+    with open(out, "w", newline="") as fh:
+        w = csv.writer(fh, delimiter="\t", lineterminator="\n")
+        w.writerow(MUSIC_COLS)
+        for (path, aal, arts, tag_album, tag_year, disc, track, name, iid,
+             alb_name, alb_year, alb_id) in con.execute(
+                MUSIC_SQL, (JF_ALBUM, JF_AUDIO, prefix + "%")):
+            if not path or not path.startswith(prefix):
+                skipped += 1          # a row for a file outside this library
+                continue
+            # The album artist owns the folder; the track artist is the fallback
+            # for the compilations whose album-artist tag was left empty.
+            w.writerow([root + "/" + path[len(prefix):],
+                        ((aal or "").strip() or (arts or "").strip()),
+                        (alb_name or tag_album or "").replace("\t", " "),
+                        alb_year or tag_year or "",
+                        "" if disc is None else disc,
+                        "" if track is None else track,
+                        (name or "").replace("\t", " "),
+                        mb.get(alb_id or "") or mb.get(iid or "") or "",
+                        (arts or "").replace("\t", " ")])
+            written += 1
+    print(f"tracks={written} outside-root-or-blank={skipped} -> {out}")
+
+
+def audiobooks(root, db, out):
+    """The chapters Plex matched inside the audiobook library, read-only.
+
+    Plex stores HOST paths here (unlike Jellyfin, which stores the container's
+    view), so no prefix mapping is needed: the part's `file` is the path the
+    operator has today. Rows for files outside `root` are skipped, because one
+    Plex library DB carries every library on the box.
+
+    The chapter's `index` is exported as an empty field when Plex has none. That
+    is not a gap to fill in here: three quarters of the books on this box contain
+    at least one un-indexed chapter, so the relayout that reads this file must
+    not renumber anything from it.
+    """
+    con = open_plex_ro(db)
+    tables = {r[0] for r in con.execute(
+        "select name from sqlite_master where type='table'")}
+    missing = {"media_parts", "media_items", "metadata_items"} - tables
+    if missing:
+        sys.exit(f"{db} is not a Plex library database (no "
+                 f"{', '.join(sorted(missing))})")
+    written = skipped = 0
+    with open(out, "w", newline="") as fh:
+        w = csv.writer(fh, delimiter="\t", lineterminator="\n")
+        w.writerow(AB_COLS)
+        for file, narrator, book, year, track, chapter in con.execute(
+                AB_SQL, (root.rstrip("/") + "/%",)):
+            if not file or not file.startswith(root.rstrip("/") + "/"):
+                skipped += 1              # a row for a file outside this library
+                continue
+            w.writerow([file.replace("\t", " "), narrator.replace("\t", " "),
+                        book.replace("\t", " "), "" if not year else year,
+                        "" if track is None or int(track) < 0 else track,
+                        chapter.replace("\t", " ")])
+            written += 1
+    print(f"chapters={written} outside-root={skipped} -> {out}")
+
+
 def main():
     ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
     sub = ap.add_subparsers(dest="cmd", required=True)
@@ -190,13 +480,46 @@ def main():
     x.add_argument("--root", **root)
     x.add_argument("--db", default=PLEX_DB)
     x.add_argument("--out", default="/tmp/plex-movies.tsv")
+    j = sub.add_parser("jellyfin",
+                       help="export the episodes Jellyfin has numbered for the root")
+    j.add_argument("--root", default=os.environ.get("MEDIA_ROOT",
+                                                    "/mnt/entropy/TVShows"),
+                   help="TV library root on the host")
+    j.add_argument("--db", default=JF_DB)
+    j.add_argument("--container", default=None,
+                   help="the in-container prefix that stands for --root"
+                        " (default /data/<root's folder name>)")
+    j.add_argument("--out", default="/tmp/jellyfin-tv.tsv")
+    m = sub.add_parser("music",
+                       help="export the tracks Jellyfin has tagged for the root")
+    m.add_argument("--root", default=os.environ.get("MEDIA_MUSIC_ROOT",
+                                                    "/mnt/entropy/Music"),
+                   help="music library root on the host")
+    m.add_argument("--db", default=JF_DB)
+    m.add_argument("--container", default=None,
+                   help="the in-container prefix that stands for --root"
+                        " (default /data/<root's folder name>)")
+    m.add_argument("--out", default="/tmp/jellyfin-music.tsv")
+    b = sub.add_parser("audiobooks",
+                       help="export the chapters Plex matched for the audiobook root")
+    b.add_argument("--root", default=os.environ.get("MEDIA_AUDIOBOOKS_ROOT",
+                                                    "/mnt/entropy/Audiobooks"),
+                   help="audiobook library root on the host")
+    b.add_argument("--db", default=PLEX_DB)
+    b.add_argument("--out", default="/tmp/plex-audiobooks.tsv")
     a = ap.parse_args()
     if a.cmd == "enumerate":
         enumerate_lib(a.root, a.out)
     elif a.cmd == "probe":
         probe(a.enum, a.out, a.jobs)
-    else:
+    elif a.cmd == "plex":
         plex(a.root, a.db, a.out)
+    elif a.cmd == "music":
+        music(a.root, a.db, a.container, a.out)
+    elif a.cmd == "audiobooks":
+        audiobooks(a.root, a.db, a.out)
+    else:
+        jellyfin(a.root, a.db, a.container, a.out)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

scripts/media-music.py

@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+r"""media-music.py — a plan that re-files the music library into Jellyfin's own shape.
+
+    media-music.py --root DIR --enum TSV --rows TSV [--out TSV] [--exceptions FILE]
+
+Jellyfin's music contract (https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/music/)
+is not the movie one. Jellyfin reads the metadata out of the file, so a folder is
+an ALBUM and nothing else, every disc of an album belongs in that one folder, the
+tags decide the track order, and a file name only matters when it carries a
+character known to break playback (`< > : " / \ | ? *`) or when a lyric file has
+to match the basename of the track it belongs to. The plan is therefore:
+
+    Music/<album artist>/<Album> (<year>)/NN - <Title>.<ext>
+                       ... the same folder, D.NN - <Title>  when the album has discs
+                       Music/Various Artists/...            when its tracks name
+                                                            more than one artist
+
+The authority is the tag row Jellyfin already read — `scripts/media-census.py
+music` — never the release-pack folder a ripper made. A file with no row is not
+guessed at: it parks under `<root>/_unsorted` with the relative path it has today.
+
+The rules below exist because of what a downloaded discography pack actually
+contains:
+
+ * A cuesheet beside exactly one audio file means the album is one image with a
+   track list inside it. That file keeps its own name: numbering it `01` would
+   claim it is one track, and Jellyfin shows one track either way.
+ * Sidecars — images, cuesheets, EAC logs, checksums, booklets, playlists —
+   follow the album the audio in their own folder belongs to. A folder holding
+   two albums gives a sidecar no single owner, so it parks instead of being
+   guessed into one.
+ * A video container (.mkv, .vob, .ifo, …) inside a music library is not music.
+   Renaming it to .mka/.m4a would tell Jellyfin to index video as audio, so it
+   parks for a human decision.
+ * Playlists move with their album and their CONTENTS are never rewritten: the
+   paths inside an .m3u go stale. Editing a file the operator owns to keep a
+   convenience file tidy is not this tool's job.
+
+Nothing is deleted and nothing is overwritten. The output is a list of rename(2)
+intents for `scripts/media-apply.py`, whose preflight refuses any target that is
+already claimed and whose journal is the rollback.
+"""
+import argparse
+import csv
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+from collections import Counter, defaultdict
+
+# What Jellyfin will index as music. .mp4/.mkv/.webm are deliberately NOT here:
+# the vendor doc says an audio-only stream in those containers is never read as
+# music, and this tool renames for a reason it can prove, not to guess at one.
+AUDIO_EXT = {".flac", ".mp3", ".m4a", ".m4b", ".ogg", ".oga", ".opus", ".wav",
+             ".wma", ".aiff", ".aif", ".ape", ".dsf", ".dff", ".wv", ".mka",
+             ".mpc", ".aac"}
+VIDEO_EXT = {".mkv", ".vob", ".ifo", ".bup", ".mpg", ".mpeg", ".avi", ".mov",
+             ".ts", ".m2ts", ".wmv", ".webm", ".mp4", ".m4v", ".iso", ".img",
+             ".bdmv", ".divx", ".ogm"}
+# A lyric has to carry the basename of its track, so it is named after the audio
+# file and not after itself. .txt counts only when its stem matches an audio stem:
+# a loose .txt in an album folder is a note.
+LYRIC_EXT = {".lrc", ".elrc", ".txt"}
+IMAGE_EXT = {".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".webp", ".gif", ".bmp", ".tiff"}
+# The album-artist strings that mean "compilation", so such an album is not filed
+# under one artist who does not own it.
+VARIOUS = {"various", "various artists", "unknown", "unknown artist", "unknow"}
+# The characters Jellyfin documents as breaking playback. They are dropped, not
+# substituted: a replacement character is a guess at what the title meant.
+BAD_CHARS = set('<>:"/\\|?*')
+TRASH_DIR = re.compile(r"(^|/)(\.AGENTTRASH|\.thumbnails|\.Trash-\d+|@eaDir"
+                       r"|lost\+found)(/|$)")
+
+ARGS = None
+HELD = {}                            # path -> (bytes, ext)
+ROWS = {}                            # path -> the tag row
+PLACED = {}                          # audio path -> the destination the plan gave it
+CLAIMED = set()                      # every destination path the plan has handed out
+MOVES, KEEPS = [], []
+PARKED = defaultdict(list)           # reason -> [path]
+NOTES = defaultdict(list)            # section -> [line]
+CUE_DIRS = set()                     # source dirs holding a .cue
+AUDIO_BY_DIR = defaultdict(set)      # source dir -> audio files a row names
+CHILD_OF = defaultdict(set)          # dir -> the dirs directly below it holding audio
+FOLDERS_SEEN = {}                    # (dir, depth) -> album folders placed below it
+SUBTREE_DEPTH = 2                    # how far below a folder its audio may sit
+ALBUMS = {}                          # (artist, album, year) -> the album group
+
+AMBIGUOUS = object()
+
+
+def dominant(values):
+    """The spelling the tags mostly agree on: the most frequent value, ties broken
+    by sort so the answer never depends on the order rows arrived in."""
+    counts = Counter(values)
+    return min(counts.items(), key=lambda kv: (-kv[1], kv[0]))[0]
+
+
+def rel(path):
+    """The path as seen from the library root."""
+    return os.path.relpath(path, ARGS.root)
+
+
+def safe(name):
+    """A name every client can carry: no reserved character, nothing
+    unprintable, no trailing dot or space, and short enough to rename."""
+    out = "".join(c for c in (name or "")
+                  if c not in BAD_CHARS and (c.isprintable() or c == " "))
+    out = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", out).strip().rstrip(". ")
+    while out and len(out.encode("utf-8", "ignore")) > 200:
+        out = out[:-4].rstrip()
+    return out
+
+
+def assign(src, folder, name, ext, kind, note):
+    """Book one file into `folder` under `name`, renamed if that exact destination
+    is already taken — by another file in the plan, or by a file standing there
+    today. Two files claiming one path is the fault that costs a re-run of a 90k
+    plan, and so is a plan that only works if the renames happen in the right
+    order: the executor refuses any target that is occupied, so an occupied path
+    is never a destination, even when its occupant is scheduled to leave.
+    A file already standing where the contract puts it is a keep, not a move."""
+    stem = safe(name) or "file"
+    dst = os.path.join(folder, stem + ext)
+    if dst == src:
+        CLAIMED.add(dst.lower())          # it is standing on its own target
+        KEEPS.append((src, dst, kind))
+        return dst
+    # A file already in this folder under this name — or under the numbered
+    # variant the collision rule gives it — keeps the name it has. Renumbering it
+    # every run would turn the plan into a shuffle instead of a fixed point.
+    base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(src))[0]
+    if os.path.dirname(src) == folder and (base == stem
+                                           or base.startswith(stem + " (")):
+        CLAIMED.add(src.lower())
+        KEEPS.append((src, src, kind))
+        return src
+    n = 1
+    while dst.lower() in CLAIMED:
+        n += 1
+        dst = os.path.join(folder, f"{stem} ({n}){ext}")
+    if n > 1:
+        NOTES[note].append(rel(dst))
+    CLAIMED.add(dst.lower())
+    MOVES.append((src, dst, kind))
+    return dst
+
+
+def park(path, reason):
+    """Hold a file where it is, under the park folder, keeping its relative path."""
+    PARKED[reason].append(path)
+    dst = os.path.join(ARGS.park_dir, rel(path))
+    if dst != path:
+        CLAIMED.add(dst.lower())
+        MOVES.append((path, dst, "park"))
+
+
+def under_park(path):
+    """True for a file already parked: that pile is for a human to review, and
+    re-parking it every run would only push it deeper."""
+    return path.startswith(ARGS.park_dir + os.sep)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- albums
+def group_albums():
+    """Every tagged track into one group per (album-artist tag, album, year).
+
+    The key is the identity the tags assert, not the folder the file sits in: one
+    album arrives as three discs in three folders, and two copies of an album in
+    one pack are one album to Jellyfin, whose album item is that name, artist and
+    year. The artist in the key is the ALBUM-artist tag and never the performer,
+    because a compilation is one album whose tracks name many performers — keying
+    on the performer would file one album once per artist.
+    """
+    for path, r in sorted(ROWS.items()):
+        if path not in HELD or under_park(path):
+            continue
+        d = os.path.dirname(path)
+        AUDIO_BY_DIR[d].add(path)
+        CHILD_OF[os.path.dirname(d)].add(d)   # so a cover above CD1/CD2 sees both
+        tag = (r["artist"] or "").strip()
+        album = (r["album"] or "").strip()
+        performer = (r["performer"] or "").strip()
+        if not album:
+            park(path, "a track no album names")
+            continue
+        if not tag and not performer:
+            park(path, "a track no artist names")
+            continue
+        key = (tag.casefold(), album.casefold(), (r["year"] or "").strip())
+        g = ALBUMS.setdefault(key, {"tags": [], "albums": [], "year": key[2],
+                                    "members": [], "performers": set(),
+                                    "mb": set()})
+        g["members"].append(path)
+        g["tags"].append(tag)
+        g["albums"].append(album)
+        g["performers"].add(performer or tag)
+        if r.get("mb"):
+            g["mb"].add(r["mb"])
+
+
+def folder_artist(g):
+    """Whose shelf the album sits on. The album-artist tag owns it when it names
+    one; when the tags name only performers, a single performer names the album
+    and several make it a compilation, which belongs to no one of them. The key is
+    case-folded, so the spelling that reaches the folder is the one the tracks
+    mostly carry — see dominant()."""
+    tags = [t for t in g["tags"] if t]
+    if tags:
+        name = dominant(tags)
+        return "Various Artists" if name.casefold() in VARIOUS else name
+    if len({p.casefold() for p in g["performers"]}) == 1:
+        return dominant(g["performers"])
+    return "Various Artists"
+
+
+def album_folder(g):
+    name = safe(dominant(g["albums"])) or "Untitled"
+    return os.path.join(ARGS.root, safe(folder_artist(g)) or "Unknown Artist",
+                        f"{name} ({g['year']})" if g["year"] else name)
+
+
+def is_cue_image(path):
+    """A folder holding this one audio file and a cuesheet is an album image."""
+    d = os.path.dirname(path)
+    return len(AUDIO_BY_DIR.get(d, ())) == 1 and d in CUE_DIRS
+
+
+def number_of(value, width):
+    return f"{int(value):0{width}d}" if str(value or "").isdigit() else ""
+
+
+def place_albums():
+    for key in sorted(ALBUMS):
+        g = ALBUMS[key]
+        folder = album_folder(g)
+        discs = {g0["disc"] for g0 in (ROWS[p] for p in g["members"]) if g0["disc"]}
+        tracks = [int(ROWS[p]["track"]) for p in g["members"]
+                  if str(ROWS[p]["track"] or "").isdigit()]
+        # More than one disc, or a disc numbered past the first: the track number
+        # alone cannot name a file uniquely, so the disc goes in front of it.
+        multi = len(discs) > 1 or any(str(d).isdigit() and int(d) > 1 for d in discs)
+        width = 3 if multi or (max(tracks, default=0) > 99) else 2
+        for path in sorted(g["members"]):
+            r = ROWS[path]
+            ext = HELD[path][1]
+            base = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+            if is_cue_image(path):
+                name = safe(base) or "image"
+            else:
+                title = safe(r["title"] or base) or "untitled"
+                num = number_of(r["track"], 2 if multi else width)
+                if multi and num:
+                    num = f"{r['disc'] or '1'}.{num}"
+                name = f"{num} - {title}" if num else title
+            PLACED[path] = assign(path, folder, name, ext, "track",
+                                  "two tracks claimed one name inside one album")
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------- sidecars
+def folders_below(d, depth):
+    """The album folders the audio in `d`, or within `depth` directories below it,
+    was placed in. Memoised, because every loose file in a big discography folder
+    asks the same question about it."""
+    if (d, depth) not in FOLDERS_SEEN:
+        seen = {os.path.dirname(PLACED[a]) for a in AUDIO_BY_DIR.get(d, ())
+                if a in PLACED}
+        if depth:
+            for child in CHILD_OF.get(d, ()):
+                seen |= folders_below(child, depth - 1)
+        FOLDERS_SEEN[(d, depth)] = seen
+    return FOLDERS_SEEN[(d, depth)]
+
+
+def owner_folder(d):
+    """The album folder that owns this directory — the first place up the tree
+    where audio sits, in the directory itself or within SUBTREE_DEPTH levels below
+    it, which is how a box with its discs in CD1/CD2 owns the cover lying above
+    them. None when no audio is near enough to say, AMBIGUOUS when the audio there
+    belongs to more than one album."""
+    while d.startswith(ARGS.root + os.sep) and d != ARGS.root:
+        folders = folders_below(d, SUBTREE_DEPTH)
+        if folders:
+            return next(iter(folders)) if len(folders) == 1 else AMBIGUOUS
+        d = os.path.dirname(d)
+    return None
+
+
+def place_sidecars():
+    """Everything that is not a tagged track: lyrics, images, cuesheets, logs,
+    booklets, playlists — and the clutter that is none of those."""
+    # The lyric rule needs the audio's stem as it is named TODAY, before the plan
+    # renames it, because that is what the sidecar's own name was copied from.
+    stem = {(d, os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(a))[0]): a
+            for d, audios in AUDIO_BY_DIR.items() for a in audios}
+    for path, (_size, ext) in sorted(HELD.items()):
+        if path in ROWS or under_park(path) or TRASH_DIR.search(path):
+            continue
+        d, base = os.path.dirname(path), os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+        if ext in VIDEO_EXT:
+            park(path, "a video container inside the music library: Jellyfin will "
+                       "not read it as music, and renaming it would claim it is")
+        elif ext in AUDIO_EXT:
+            park(path, "an audio file no provider row names — its tags are not in "
+                       "the library Jellyfin has matched")
+        elif ext in (LYRIC_EXT | IMAGE_EXT) and (d, base) in stem:
+            # A lyric, or a picture named after its track: it follows that track
+            # and takes the name the track now has, or Jellyfin cannot find it.
+            audio = stem[(d, base)]
+            dst = PLACED.get(audio)
+            if dst:
+                folder, name = os.path.dirname(dst), os.path.splitext(
+                    os.path.basename(dst))[0]
+                assign(path, folder, name, ext, "lyric",
+                       "a sidecar whose name collided with another in its album")
+            else:
+                park(path, "a sidecar of a track the plan could not place")
+        else:
+            owner = owner_folder(d)
+            if owner is AMBIGUOUS:
+                park(path, "a sidecar whose folder holds more than one album, so "
+                           "nothing says which one it belongs to")
+            elif owner:
+                assign(path, owner, base, ext,
+                       "playlist" if ext in (".m3u", ".m3u8") else "sidecar",
+                       "one album folder would have carried two files of the same "
+                       "sidecar name")
+            else:
+                park(path, "not music, or music with nothing beside it to belong to")
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- outputs
+def write_plan():
+    """mkdir rows for every destination folder and its whole chain, then the moves.
+    Parents first: the executor creates directories in the order they are listed."""
+    chain = set()
+    for _s, dst, _k in MOVES:
+        d = os.path.dirname(dst)
+        while d and d != ARGS.root and d != os.path.dirname(d):
+            chain.add(d)
+            d = os.path.dirname(d)
+    dirs = sorted(chain, key=lambda p: (p.count("/"), p))
+    with open(ARGS.out, "w") as fh:
+        fh.write("action\tsrc\tdst\tkind\n")
+        for d in dirs:
+            fh.write(f"mkdir\t\t{d}\tdir\n")
+        for src, dst, kind in sorted(MOVES, key=lambda m: (m[1], m[0])):
+            fh.write(f"move\t{src}\t{dst}\t{kind}\n")
+        for src, dst, kind in sorted(KEEPS, key=lambda m: (m[1], m[0])):
+            fh.write(f"keep\t{src}\t{dst}\t{kind}\n")
+    parked = [m for m in MOVES if m[2] == "park"]
+    sized = sum(HELD[s][0] for s, _d, _k in MOVES if s in HELD)
+    print(f"plan: {len(MOVES) - len(parked)} moves, {len(parked)} parked"
+          f" ({sized / 2**40:.2f} TiB touched), {len(KEEPS)} already placed,"
+          f" {len(dirs)} folders -> {ARGS.out}")
+
+
+def write_exceptions():
+    with open(ARGS.exceptions, "w") as fh:
+        fh.write(f"Music relayout exceptions for {ARGS.root}\n\n")
+        fh.write(f"Everything below is parked under {ARGS.park_dir}, keeping the\n"
+                 "relative path it has today. Nothing is deleted and nothing is\n"
+                 "overwritten: a parked file is one rename from wherever the plan is\n"
+                 "pointed next.\n\n")
+        for reason in sorted(PARKED, key=lambda r: -len(PARKED[r])):
+            rs = PARKED[reason]
+            fh.write(f"{len(rs):>6} files  {reason}\n")
+            for p in sorted(rs, key=rel)[:400]:
+                fh.write(f"          {rel(p)}\n")
+            if len(rs) > 400:
+                fh.write(f"          … and {len(rs) - 400} more\n")
+            fh.write("\n")
+        for section in sorted(NOTES, key=lambda s: -len(NOTES[s])):
+            lines = sorted(set(NOTES[section]))
+            fh.write(f"{len(lines):>6}  {section}\n")
+            for line in lines[:200]:
+                fh.write(f"          {line}\n")
+            if len(lines) > 200:
+                fh.write(f"          … and {len(lines) - 200} more\n")
+            fh.write("\n")
+        no_year = sorted(f"{folder_artist(g)}/{dominant(g['albums'])}"
+                         for g in ALBUMS.values() if not g["year"])
+        if no_year:
+            fh.write(f"{len(no_year):>6} albums carry no year in any tag, so their folders\n"
+                     "       are named without one; Jellyfin still matches them.\n")
+            fh.write("       " + ", ".join(no_year[:300]) + "\n\n")
+        clash = sorted(f"{folder_artist(g)}/{dominant(g['albums'])}"
+                       for g in ALBUMS.values() if len(g["mb"]) > 1)
+        if clash:
+            fh.write(f"{len(clash):>6} albums put one folder name on more than one\n"
+                     "       MusicBrainz release group — different releases, one name.\n"
+                     "       They share the folder Jellyfin's own album item names.\n")
+            fh.write("       " + ", ".join(clash[:200]) + "\n\n")
+        fh.write("       Playlists move with their album and their contents are never\n"
+                 "       rewritten: the paths inside an .m3u go stale.\n")
+    print(f"exceptions -> {ARGS.exceptions}")
+
+
+def main():
+    global ARGS
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+    ap.add_argument("--root", default=os.environ.get("MEDIA_MUSIC_ROOT",
+                                                     "/mnt/entropy/Music"))
+    ap.add_argument("--enum", default="/tmp/music-enum.tsv",
+                    help="the enumerate TSV (bytes, ext, path)")
+    ap.add_argument("--rows", default="/tmp/jellyfin-music.tsv",
+                    help="the tag rows scripts/media-census.py music wrote")
+    ap.add_argument("--out", default="/tmp/music-plan.tsv")
+    ap.add_argument("--exceptions", default="/tmp/music-exceptions.txt")
+    ap.add_argument("--park", default="_unsorted",
+                    help="the folder inside the root that holds what cannot be filed")
+    ARGS = ap.parse_args()
+    ARGS.root = os.path.normpath(ARGS.root)
+    ARGS.park_dir = os.path.join(ARGS.root, ARGS.park)
+    read_inputs()
+    # Every path a file occupies today is claimed before a single destination is
+    # handed out: the executor refuses an occupied target, so a plan that aimed at
+    # one would only fail after the renames that were supposed to clear it.
+    CLAIMED.update(p.lower() for p in HELD)
+    for path, (_size, ext) in HELD.items():
+        if ext == ".cue":
+            CUE_DIRS.add(os.path.dirname(path))
+    group_albums()
+    place_albums()
+    place_sidecars()
+    write_plan()
+    write_exceptions()
+
+
+def read_inputs():
+    with open(ARGS.enum) as fh:
+        for line in fh:
+            parts = line.rstrip("\n").split("\t")
+            if len(parts) >= 3:
+                HELD[parts[2]] = (int(parts[0]), parts[1].lower())
+    with open(ARGS.rows, newline="") as fh:
+        for row in csv.DictReader(fh, delimiter="\t"):
+            if row.get("file"):
+                ROWS[row["file"]] = row
+    gone = [p for p in ROWS if p not in HELD]
+    if gone:
+        NOTES["a tag row whose file the census no longer sees"].extend(gone)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

scripts/media-plan.py

@@ -222,8 +222,9 @@ eps = collections.defaultdict(list)
 for r in erows:
     if r["path"] in marks | extras:
         continue
-    if eng.ep_of(r["path"]):
-        eps[eng.key_of(r["title"])].append(r)
+    ep = eng.ep_of(r["path"])
+    if ep:
+        eps[ep[0]].append(r)      # keyed by the SERIES, never the episode title
 tv_keys = {k for k, v in eps.items() if len(v) >= 5}
 tv_set = {r["path"] for k, v in eps.items() if k in tv_keys for r in v}
 # A folder INSIDE a movie's folder is bonus territory even when its own name is
@@ -776,19 +777,17 @@ readmes.append(f"README in {ROOT}: this library was relaid out into Jellyfin's "
                "one-folder-per-movie layout; `_release-group watermarks/`, "
                "`_unsorted files/` and `_unsorted bonus/` hold files no film claims.")
 for key in tv_keys:
-    nm = "_TV needs a TV library - " + collections.Counter(
-        r["title"] for r in eps[key]).most_common(1)[0][0]
-    readmes.append(f"README in {ROOT}/{sanitize(nm)}: these are TV episodes found in "
-                   "the MOVIES library; move the folder to a TV library source, else "
-                   "Jellyfin groups them wrongly as one movie.")
+    readmes.append(f"README in {ROOT}/{sanitize('_TV needs a TV library - ' + key)}: "
+                   "these are TV episodes found in the MOVIES library; move the folder "
+                   "to a TV library source, else Jellyfin groups them wrongly as one "
+                   "movie.")
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------- TV
 for key in tv_keys:
     items = eps[key]
-    title = collections.Counter(r["title"] for r in items).most_common(1)[0][0]
     year = collections.Counter(r["year"] for r in items if r["year"] != "?")
     yr = year.most_common(1)[0][0] if year else None
-    base = f"_TV needs a TV library - {sanitize(title)}" + (f" ({yr})" if yr else "")
+    base = f"_TV needs a TV library - {sanitize(key)}" + (f" ({yr})" if yr else "")
     tops = {parts_of(r["path"])[0] for r in items}
     members = sorted([r["path"] for r in items]
                      + [q for q in extras | marks if len(parts_of(q)) > 1

scripts/media-shows-tvdb-ids.tsv

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# The operator's tvdb id map: `folder <TAB> tvdb id <TAB> note`.
+#
+# These are the pack folders whose show tvdb's NAME SEARCH cannot reach: the
+# record exists, but tvdb titles it in the show's own language and the English
+# name rides in aliases the search never reads. Without a row here the folder
+# keeps the release folder's words and no episode title; with one, both matchers
+# read `[tvdbid-NNNN]` and the files rename to tvdb's own name and titles.
+#
+# Every id was read from tvdb's own record (`/series/<id>/extended`) on
+# 2026-10-31, and the note states what that record says plus the neighbouring
+# record a name search would have picked instead — the row is checkable without
+# re-searching, because one wrong id renames a whole pack to the wrong show. The
+# plan refuses a line whose id is not a number and lists every folder the map
+# touched in the exceptions file.
+#
+# Folders the name search DOES reach (the EXACT and PUNCT classes of the proposal
+# table) stay off this file on purpose: a map row would hide a live lookup behind
+# a number nobody re-checks.
+[Anime Time] Pokemon Complete Series (Season 01-25+Movies+Specials+Shorts+OST) [DVD+BD][1080p][HEVC 10bit x265][AAC]	76703	tvdb: ポケットモンスター (1997), the umbrella record for every era this pack spans; 1268 files
+[Anime Time] One Piece (0001-1071+Movies+Specials) [BD+CR] [Dual Audio] [1080p][HEVC 10bit x265][AAC][Multi Sub]	81797	tvdb: ワンピース (1999), alias ONE PIECE; the bare alias "One Piece" belongs to 392276, the 2023 live action; 1072 files
+[Judas] Naruto (Complete Series) [BD 1080p][HEVC x265 10bit][Multi-Audio][Multi-Subs]	78857	tvdb: NARUTO－ナルト－ (2002), alias "Naruto" carries the full-width dashes; 220 files
+Star Trek Deep Space 9 Deluxe DVD Boxset + Extras DVDRip TSV	72073	tvdb: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), alias "Star Trek Deep Space 9"; the box set's own words match nothing; 279 files
+Top Gear UK 1-17	74608	tvdb: Top Gear (2002), no "UK" alias — the US version is 199051; 131 files
+Black Clover 001	331753	tvdb: ブラッククローバー (2017), which holds NO alias at all; 378762 is Mugyutto! Black Clover (2019), a different show; 108 files
+Shin Chan - Complete Eng Dub Series 2160p Ai Upscaled -Mesc	437356	tvdb: Shin Chan (2006) — the English dub record this pack is; 79654 is the 1992 Japanese original; 78 files
+Fairy Tail (2009-2014) (Seasons 1-8 + OVAs) (BD 1080p)(HEVC x265 10bit)(Dual-Audio)(Eng-Subs)-Judas[TGx]	114801	tvdb: フェアリーテイル (2009), alias FAIRY TAIL; 410031 is FAIRY TAIL 100 NEN QUEST (2024), the sequel; 59 files
+(CBB) Tokyo Ghoul - The Complete Series (BD 1080p)(Dual-Audio)(HEVC-10bit-x265)	281249	tvdb: 東京喰種トーキョーグール (2014) — :re and √A are seasons of THIS record, confirmed by search; 58 files
+[Anime Time] Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba (S01+S02+S03+S04+Mugen Train Arc+Movie) [BD] [Dual Audio][1080p][HEVC 10bit x265][AAC][Eng Sub]	348545	tvdb: 鬼滅の刃 (2019), alias "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" — the folder's hyphen splits it differently; 56 files
+(CBB) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - The Complete Series (BD 1080p)(Dual-Audio)(HEVC-x265-10bit)	80096	tvdb: 天元突破グレンラガン (2007), alias Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann; 51 files
+Fullmetal Alchemist - Brotherhood	85249	tvdb: 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST (2009), alias "Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood" — spaced, unlike this folder; 64 files
+[NewbSubs] Attack on Titan~Shingeki no Kyojin Series (1080p Blu-ray x265 Dual Audio)	267440	tvdb: 進撃の巨人 (2013), aliases carry "Attack on Titan" and "Shingeki no Kyojin", joined here by a tilde; 27 files
+Kimetsu no Yaiba	348545	the same record as the Anime Time pack above: two release folders, ONE show; 12 files
+Rick and Morty The Anime	420279	tvdb: リック・アンド・モーティ：ジ・アニメ (2024), no English alias on the record; 10 files
+[Anime Time] Dorohedoro (Season 1+OVA+Extra) [Dual Audio][BD][1080p][HEVC 10bit x265][AAC][Eng Sub]	370761	tvdb: ドロヘドロ (2020), alias Dorohedoro; 9 files
+Ken Il Guerriero HOKUTO NO KEN	79156	tvdb: 北斗の拳 (1984), alias "Hokuto no Ken"; the Italian title matches nothing and 465216 is the 2026 remake; 5 files

scripts/media-shows-tvdb.py

@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+r"""Ask tvdb what it calls the shows a plan renamed WITHOUT a tvdb id.
+
+ media-shows-tvdb.py [--plan TSV] [--root DIR] [--park DIR] [--map TSV]
+                     [--out TSV] [--credentials FILE]
+
+`media-shows.py` renames a series to tvdb's own words only when an id backs the
+name; everything else keeps the metadata provider's words and no episode title,
+and the plan's mkdir rows are where those folders show up. This script turns that
+list into a decision sheet: one row per destination series folder that carries no
+`[tvdbid-NNNN]`, with what tvdb's search answers for it and a verdict that says
+HOW MUCH was guessed to get there.
+
+It changes nothing. The sheet is for the operator; the file that changes
+behaviour is `scripts/media-shows-tvdb-ids.tsv`, whose rows he approves. That is
+the loop: plan -> this sheet -> approved map rows -> re-plan.
+
+Verdicts, weakest last:
+
+  EXACT   tvdb's own name equals the folder's words as they stand.
+  PUNCT   it equals them only after release junk is stripped (pack numbers,
+          codecs, group names, `Complete Series`); the difference is spelling,
+          not identity.
+  NEAR    tvdb answered something whose name is NOT the query. The best hit is
+          printed so a human can judge it, and it is never applied by anything.
+  NONE    nothing left to ask with, or no answer at all.
+
+Acceptance is deliberately unforgiving — a hit counts only when tvdb's name
+equals the query with every non-alphanumeric dropped from both sides, and the
+series' year still has to fall inside any year span the folder names. The
+cleaner is the only thing that got smarter over the passes this tool replaces;
+the acceptance test never moved, because a wrong id renames a whole pack to the
+wrong show. A query that needs the cleaner is reported as PUNCT for exactly that
+reason: the machine stripped words, so a human reads the row.
+
+Read-only against tvdb. The credential file is the planner's own
+(`api_key=`, optional `pin=`), read here and never printed.
+"""
+import argparse
+import collections
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+import urllib.request
+
+ARGS = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0],
+                               formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
+ARGS.add_argument("--plan", default="/tmp/tv-plan.tsv",
+                  help="the plan media-shows.py just wrote (its mkdir rows are "
+                       "the folders this sheet asks about)")
+ARGS.add_argument("--root", default=os.environ.get("TV_ROOT", "/mnt/entropy/TVShows"),
+                  help="the TV library the plan renames")
+ARGS.add_argument("--park", default="",
+                  help="the review pile inside it (its folders are not shows)")
+ARGS.add_argument("--map",
+                  default=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                                       "media-shows-tvdb-ids.tsv"),
+                  help="the operator's approved map; its folders are reported as "
+                       "MAPPED and never asked again")
+ARGS.add_argument("--credentials",
+                  default=os.path.expanduser("~/.config/secrets/tvdb"),
+                  help="file with an api_key= line (and a pin= for a user-issued "
+                       "key); mode 600, and never printed")
+ARGS.add_argument("--out", default="/tmp/tvdb-proposal.tsv",
+                  help="the decision sheet")
+ARGS = ARGS.parse_args()
+
+ROOT = os.path.abspath(ARGS.root)
+PARK = os.path.abspath(ARGS.park or os.path.join(ROOT, "_unsorted"))
+
+_spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(
+    "eng", os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                        "media-titles.py"))
+eng = importlib.util.module_from_spec(_spec)
+_spec.loader.exec_module(eng)
+
+# Release metadata, not the show: everything a scene folder name says about the
+# ENCODING, the packaging or the languages, which tvdb has never heard of.
+JUNK = re.compile(
+    r"complete|series|dual|multi|audio|sub|subs|multisub|dualaudio|"
+    r"\d{3,4}p|1080p|720p|2160p|480p|4k|hd|hdtv|cam|hdcam|telesync|x264|x265|hevc|avc|"
+    r"\d+bit|bit|bluray|blu-?ray|bdrip|web-?rip|web-?dl|webrip|hdtvrip|"
+    r"dvdrip|dvdr|dvdscr|tsr|tsv|mkv|avi|mp4|aac|ac3|dts|eac3|flac|ddp?5[.1]1|"
+    r"bd|dvd|rip|boxset|box|season|seasons|episodes?|specials?|shorts|ost|"
+    r"ova|ovas|oad|repack|proper|internal|mi?xed|budgetbits|deluxe|remux|"
+    r"remastered|uncut|collector|edition|extras?|volume|volumes|part|"
+    r"disc|disk|cd|ntsc|pal|region|fixed|patched|proof|english|esp|"
+    r"espagnol|french|vostfr|subtitul\w*|spanish|german|italian|ita|eng|fre|spa|lat|"
+    r"upscaled?|ai|dd|movie|movies",
+    re.I)
+GROUP = re.compile(r"KONTRAST|TGx|Judas|Silence|FreetheFilms|NTb|DEADPOOL|Xploit|"
+                   r"SM737|TSA|3OISL3R|PLAYWEB|EPiC|FLUX|HONEY|Zaxton|Cca3rW|"
+                   r"monikeres|frank|hdh|psi|rtfpemaker|cbm|web|asser|astro|"
+                   r"yfn|uindex|www|org|com|net|mesc|ataraxiaprime|seph\d*|"
+                   r"[a-z]+subs?|edge", re.I)
+BRACKET = re.compile(r"[\[({]([^\])}]*)[\])}]")
+NUM_RANGE = re.compile(r"(?<!\w)\d{1,4}\s*(?:-|–|to|through)\s*\d{1,4}(?!\w)", re.I)
+INSIDE = re.compile(r"all|complete|full|dual|multi|audio|sub|subs|ova|ovas|"
+                    r"movies?|episodes?|extras?|bonus|pack|remux|region\s*\d*|"
+                    r"bd|dvd|cd|ntsc|pal|hr-?dvd", re.I)
+
+
+def drop_bracket(m):
+    """A bracket says nothing when its words are junk; keep it when they aren't."""
+    toks = [t for t in re.split(r"[\s_.,+~&]+", m.group(1)) if t]
+    if not toks or all(INSIDE.fullmatch(t) or JUNK.fullmatch(t)
+                       or GROUP.fullmatch(t)
+                       or re.fullmatch(r"\d+[a-z]?", t, re.I)
+                       or re.fullmatch(r"(19|20)\d\d", t) for t in toks):
+        return " "
+    return " " + m.group(1) + " "
+
+
+def clean(name):
+    """The folder's words with everything about the RELEASE taken out, so what is
+    left is what a person would type into tvdb. `Star Trek Deep Space 9 Deluxe
+    DVD Boxset + Extras DVDRip TSV` becomes `Star Trek Deep Space 9`; `SNL 16-20`
+    becomes `SNL`."""
+    name = re.sub(r"^\s*www\b.*?\b(org|com|net)\b\s*[-–]\s*", " ", name, flags=re.I)
+    name = re.sub(r"\bS\d{1,2}([ .Ee]\d+)?[-–Ee\d.]*", " ", name)
+    name = re.sub(r"\b\d{1,2}[xX]\d{1,3}\b", " ", name)
+    name = NUM_RANGE.sub(" ", name)
+    name = re.sub(r"(19|20)\d\d(?:\s*[-/–]\s*(?:19|20)\d\d)?", " ", name)
+    name = re.sub(r"\bby\s+[A-Za-z0-9_.-]+$", " ", name)
+    name = BRACKET.sub(drop_bracket, name)
+    name = re.sub(r"[\[()\]:,;!?*]", " ", name)
+    toks = re.split(r"[\s_.\-+~&]+", name)
+    out = []
+    for i, t in enumerate(toks):
+        if not t or JUNK.fullmatch(t) or GROUP.fullmatch(t):
+            continue
+        if re.fullmatch(r"\d+", t):
+            after = sum(1 for x in toks[i + 1:] if x
+                        and not JUNK.fullmatch(x) and not GROUP.fullmatch(x)
+                        and not re.fullmatch(r"\d+", x))
+            # A pack index (`001`) and a lead-in number over a real title
+            # (`01 Charles Barkley`) are noise; `30 Rock`, `24`, `Deep Space 9`
+            # are the title itself.
+            if len(t) >= 3 or (not out and after >= 2):
+                continue
+        out.append(t)
+    while out and out[-1].lower() in ("and", "with", "the", "a", "an", "to", "of"):
+        out.pop()
+    return " ".join(out).strip()
+
+
+def years(name):
+    return [int(y) for y in re.findall(r"\b(19\d\d|20\d\d)\b", name)]
+
+
+def bare(s):
+    return re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9]", "", s.lower())
+
+
+CRED = {}
+try:
+    for _line in open(ARGS.credentials):
+        if "=" in _line:
+            k, v = _line.strip().split("=", 1)
+            CRED[k.strip()] = v.strip()
+except OSError:
+    print(f"tvdb: no credentials at {ARGS.credentials} — the sheet would be all "
+          "NEAR and NONE, which is not a decision sheet", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(2)
+if not CRED.get("api_key"):
+    print(f"tvdb: no api_key in {ARGS.credentials}", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+TOKEN = {"jwt": ""}
+
+
+def call(path):
+    """One tvdb v4 GET, logging in again once when the JWT expires mid-run."""
+    for attempt in (1, 2):
+        if not TOKEN["jwt"]:
+            body = {"apiKey": CRED["api_key"]}
+            if CRED.get("pin"):
+                body["token"] = CRED["pin"]
+            req = urllib.request.Request("https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4/login",
+                                         data=json.dumps(body).encode(),
+                                         headers={"Content-Type":
+                                                  "application/json"})
+            TOKEN["jwt"] = json.load(
+                urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30))["data"]["token"]
+        try:
+            req = urllib.request.Request("https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4" + path,
+                                         headers={"Authorization":
+                                                  "Bearer " + TOKEN["jwt"]})
+            return json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30))["data"]
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+            if e.code == 401 and attempt == 1:
+                TOKEN["jwt"] = ""
+                continue
+            raise
+
+
+MAPPED = {}
+if ARGS.map and os.path.exists(ARGS.map):
+    for _line in open(ARGS.map):
+        _line = _line.rstrip("\n")
+        if not _line.strip() or _line.startswith("#"):
+            continue
+        cols = _line.split("\t")
+        if len(cols) > 1 and cols[1].strip().isdigit():
+            MAPPED[cols[0].strip()] = cols[1].strip()
+
+# The folders the plan created inside the library, with the file count each one
+# will hold. The review pile is not a show: its files belong to no identity, and
+# naming the pile would put one junk series on the sheet for all of them.
+shows = collections.Counter()
+for line in open(ARGS.plan).read().splitlines()[1:]:
+    parts = line.split("\t")
+    if len(parts) < 4 or parts[0] != "mkdir":
+        continue
+    dst = os.path.abspath(parts[2])
+    if not dst.startswith(ROOT + os.sep) or dst.startswith(PARK + os.sep):
+        continue
+    top = os.path.relpath(dst, ROOT).split(os.sep)[0]
+    if top.startswith((".", "_")):
+        continue
+    if "[tvdbid-" in top:
+        continue                                # an id already backs it
+    shows.setdefault(top, 0)
+for line in open(ARGS.plan).read().splitlines()[1:]:
+    parts = line.split("\t")
+    if len(parts) < 4 or parts[0] != "move":
+        continue
+    dst = os.path.abspath(parts[2])
+    if not dst.startswith(ROOT + os.sep) or dst.startswith(PARK + os.sep):
+        continue
+    top = os.path.relpath(dst, ROOT).split(os.sep)[0]
+    if "[tvdbid-" in top:
+        continue
+    shows[top] += 1
+
+tally = collections.Counter()
+rows = []
+for folder in sorted(shows, key=lambda f: (-shows[f], f)):
+    files, tag, note = shows[folder], "NONE", ""
+    if folder in MAPPED:
+        rows.append([files, "MAPPED", folder, "", "", "", MAPPED[folder],
+                     "the operator's map already states this id"])
+        tally["MAPPED"] += 1
+        continue
+    query, untouched = clean(folder), clean(folder) == folder
+    ys = years(folder)
+    if not query:
+        rows.append([files, "NONE", folder, "", "", "", "",
+                     "nothing is left of the folder's name once release junk"
+                     " is gone"])
+    else:
+        try:
+            hits = call("/search?query=" + urllib.parse.quote(query)
+                        + "&type=series") or []
+        except Exception as e:                                  # noqa: BLE001
+            hits = []
+            note = f"tvdb did not answer: {e}"
+        want = bare(query)
+        pick = None
+        for h in hits:
+            if bare(h.get("name") or "") != want:
+                continue
+            hy = str(h.get("year") or "")
+            if ys and hy.isdigit() and not (min(ys) <= int(hy) <= max(ys)):
+                continue
+            pick = h
+            break
+        if pick:
+            tag = "EXACT" if untouched else "PUNCT"
+            rows.append([files, tag, folder, query, pick.get("name", ""),
+                         str(pick.get("year", "") or ""),
+                         str(pick.get("tvdb_id", "") or ""), ""])
+        elif hits:
+            best = hits[0]
+            rows.append([files, "NEAR", folder, query, best.get("name", ""),
+                         str(best.get("year", "") or ""),
+                         str(best.get("tvdb_id", "") or ""),
+                         f"{len(hits)} answer(s); tvdb's own name is not the "
+                         "query, so nothing would take it"])
+        else:
+            rows.append([files, "NONE", folder, query, "", "", "",
+                         note or "tvdb has no series by that name"])
+    tally[rows[-1][1]] += 1
+    time.sleep(0.12)
+
+# Two folders mapping to one record is not two shows; it is one show the release
+# folders split. Say it on every row involved, or the operator approves the same
+# id twice and reads the second as a mistake.
+by_id = collections.Counter(r[6] for r in rows if r[6] and r[1] != "MAPPED")
+for r in rows:
+    if r[6] and r[1] != "MAPPED" and by_id[r[6]] > 1:
+        r[7] = (f"MERGE: {by_id[r[6]]} folders map to tvdb {r[6]} — one show, "
+                "the releases split it; " + r[7]).strip("; ")
+
+with open(ARGS.out, "w") as fh:
+    fh.write("files\tverdict\tfolder\tquery\ttvdb_name\ttvdb_year\ttvdb_id\tnote\n")
+    for r in rows:
+        fh.write("\t".join(str(c) for c in r) + "\n")
+print(f"sheet: {len(rows)} folders"
+      + "".join(f" {t}={n}" for t, n in sorted(tally.items()))
+      + f" -> {ARGS.out}")

scripts/media-titles.py

@@ -275,7 +275,14 @@ def is_extra(path, title="", dur=0.0, root=ROOT, matched=False):
     bonus_folder = False
     for folder in parts[head:-1]:
         if folder_is_bonus(folder):
-            bonus_folder = not mentions(name_words(name), name_words(folder))
+            # The folder's words are often the film's own name ("Angel's Egg
+            # Extras/"), and then they are not bonus evidence. Only WORDS can name
+            # a film: "extras" is release junk that name_words drops, so a folder
+            # like "01. Extras" reduces to its index — and an index matching an
+            # index ("NCOP 01") is a coincidence, not a title.
+            nw = [w for w in name_words(name) if not w.isdigit()]
+            fw = [w for w in name_words(folder) if not w.isdigit()]
+            bonus_folder = not fw or not mentions(nw, fw)
             break
     if dur and dur > SHORT_MAX:
         # Runtime vetoes vocabulary, with ONE exception: an explicit bonus folder
@@ -322,13 +329,22 @@ def key_of(title):
 
 
 def ep_of(path):
-    """(show, episode-token) when the basename carries SxxEyy / 1x04 / Part N."""
+    """(series, episode-token) when the basename carries SxxEyy / 1x04 / Part N.
+
+    The series is the name BEFORE the marker. The box-set convention writes
+    "Monk - S05E03 - Mr. Monk and the Big Game", and the episode title that
+    follows the marker is not the show's name: keying on the whole title gave
+    every episode of one series its own group, so a 124-episode box set never
+    reached the size that calls something a series and each episode was filed
+    as its own film. A file named only by its marker has nothing before it, so
+    its whole title stands in."""
     name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
     m = EP_RE.search(name)
     if not m:
         return None
-    show, _ = title_of(path)
-    return show, norm(m.group(1)).replace(" ", "")
+    head = name[:m.start()].strip(" ._\u2013-")
+    series = title_of(head)[0] if head else None
+    return series or title_of(path)[0], norm(m.group(1)).replace(" ", "")
 
 
 def base_words(title, key):

scripts/media-tv.py

@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""media-tv.py — move TV episodes out of the movie library into a TV library.
+
+`scripts/media-plan.py` refuses to file TV: it parks episode files in a
+`_TV needs a TV library - <series>` pile for a human. This is the other half of
+that refusal. It walks the movie library, groups the files whose own name
+carries an episode marker by SERIES, and writes a plan that places each series
+in the shape both Jellyfin and Plex read without help:
+
+    <library>/<Series> (<year>)/Season <NN>/<the file's own name>.<ext>
+
+It writes a plan and nothing else. Every rename belongs to
+`scripts/media-apply.py` — the write-ahead journal, the refusal to overwrite,
+the all-or-nothing preflight, the rollback. Apply it with `--root` set to the
+share that holds BOTH libraries (`/mnt/entropy`, not `/mnt/entropy/Movies`) so
+the executor's own path guard still has teeth, and give it its own journal —
+one journal is one undo, and a TV move must not be welded to a movie relayout:
+
+    python3 scripts/media-tv.py --root /mnt/entropy/Movies \
+        --library /mnt/entropy/TVShows --out /mnt/entropy/media-tv-plan.tsv
+    python3 scripts/media-apply.py apply --plan /mnt/entropy/media-tv-plan.tsv \
+        --root /mnt/entropy --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-tv.jsonl
+    python3 scripts/media-apply.py verify --plan /mnt/entropy/media-tv-plan.tsv \
+        --root /mnt/entropy --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-tv.jsonl
+    python3 scripts/media-apply.py sweep --root /mnt/entropy \
+        --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-tv.jsonl --apply
+
+Guards, and why each one is here:
+
+* The same five-file threshold as the planner. An episode-shaped name on one
+  file is not a series — `The Godfather Part 2` is a film — so a smaller group
+  is reported and left exactly where it is.
+* An episode whose name carries no season number is reported and left, never
+  filed into an invented `Season 01`.
+* A sidecar that shares an episode's own name (`.srt`, `.nfo`, …) follows the
+  episode; an episode without its subtitles is a half-move.
+* A group that would claim one destination twice is not resolved here. The
+  executor refuses the whole plan before its first rename, which is the right
+  outcome: nobody but Frank decides which copy of an episode is the keeper.
+* An episode the destination library already holds at the same byte count is
+  left where it is. The TV library has held a complete Monk box set for years
+  while the movie library carried a second copy of all 124 episodes; a mover
+  that did not look where it was filing would have put both inside one library.
+* A symlink is never followed and never moved.
+"""
+import argparse
+import collections
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import re
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+    ap.add_argument("--root", default=os.environ.get("MEDIA_ROOT", "/mnt/entropy/Movies"),
+                    help="the movie library to empty of TV")
+    ap.add_argument("--library", default="/mnt/entropy/TVShows",
+                    help="the TV library to fill (a different share or folder)")
+    ap.add_argument("--out", default=None,
+                    help="plan TSV for scripts/media-apply.py"
+                         " (default: media-tv-plan.tsv beside --root)")
+    ap.add_argument("--min", type=int, default=5,
+                    help="episode files that make something a series")
+    a = ap.parse_args()
+    if not a.out:
+        a.out = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(a.root)),
+                             "media-tv-plan.tsv")
+    return a
+
+
+ARGS = parse_args()
+ENGINE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "media-titles.py")
+spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("eng", ENGINE)
+eng = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+spec.loader.exec_module(eng)
+
+BAD_CHARS = re.compile(r'[<>:"/|?*]')
+# The season and episode, from the token media-titles.ep_of() hands back: s05e03, 1x04.
+SEASON_RE = re.compile(r"^(?:s(\d{1,2})e(\d{1,4})|(\d{1,2})x(\d{1,4}))$")
+# Sidecars that follow an episode; macOS forks and resume data do not.
+SKIP_SIDECAR = re.compile(r"^(\._|\.DS_|dl_state)")
+# A box set that stamps the show's year into every file name; the folder's year
+# must not be added on top of it.
+YEAR_TAIL = re.compile(r"[(\[]\s*(18|19|20)\d\d\s*[)\]]\s*$")
+SMALL = {"a", "an", "the", "and", "of", "for", "in", "on", "to", "with", "at",
+         "by", "de", "la", "vs"}
+
+
+def clean(name):
+    """A name the filesystem and both matchers can read (same law as the plan)."""
+    name = BAD_CHARS.sub("-", name).replace("\\", "-")
+    name = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", name).strip().strip(". ").strip()
+    return name[:180] or "untitled"
+
+
+def episode_name(path):
+    """The file's own name, kept: the publisher's spelling beats a re-derivation.
+
+    A dot-separated release name (`monk.s05e03.mkv`) becomes words; a name that
+    already carries spaces is left exactly as it was written."""
+    stem, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))
+    if " " not in stem and stem.count(".") >= 2:
+        stem = stem.replace(".", " ")
+    return clean(stem) + ext.lower()
+
+
+def head_of(path):
+    """The publisher's series name: the text BEFORE the episode marker.
+
+    `Monk - S05E03 - Mr. Monk and the Big Game` is `Monk`; the episode title
+    after the marker is not the show's name, and case is kept because it is the
+    library's own spelling, not a normalised key."""
+    name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(path))[0]
+    m = eng.EP_RE.search(name)
+    head = name[:m.start()] if m else name
+    return re.sub(r"\s+", " ", re.sub(r"[._]+", " ", head)).strip(" -\u2013").strip()
+
+
+def title_series(head):
+    """The series folder in the case a TV library is written in.
+
+    Only a name with no capital at all is retitled: a box set that was
+    lower-cased on the way in would otherwise file `monk (2002)` among
+    `Dexter's Laboratory (1996)`. A name the publisher wrote with case is left
+    exactly as it was written."""
+    if any(c.isupper() for c in head):
+        return head            # the publisher wrote it with case; keep it
+    words = head.split()
+    return " ".join(w if i and w.lower() in SMALL else w.capitalize()
+                    for i, w in enumerate(words))
+
+
+def season_episode(token):
+    """(season, episode) an episode token states, or None when it states none."""
+    m = SEASON_RE.match(token)
+    if not m:
+        return None
+    return int(m.group(1) or m.group(3)), int(m.group(2) or m.group(4))
+
+
+def sidecars(path):
+    """The files beside PATH that carry its exact stem — its subtitles, its nfo."""
+    d, stem = os.path.split(path)
+    stem = os.path.splitext(stem)[0]
+    out = []
+    try:
+        entries = sorted(os.listdir(d))
+    except OSError:
+        return out
+    for e in entries:
+        p = os.path.join(d, e)
+        if p == path or os.path.islink(p) or not os.path.isfile(p):
+            continue
+        s, _ext = os.path.splitext(e)
+        if s == stem and not SKIP_SIDECAR.match(e):
+            out.append(p)
+    return out
+
+
+def episodes_under(root):
+    """(path, series, token) for every episode-shaped video file under root."""
+    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(root):
+        dirnames[:] = sorted(d for d in dirnames
+                             if not d.startswith(".") and d != "@eaDir")
+        for f in filenames:
+            p = os.path.join(dirpath, f)
+            if os.path.islink(p) or not f.lower().endswith(eng.VIDEO_SUFFIX):
+                continue
+            e = eng.ep_of(p)
+            if e:
+                yield p, e[0], e[1]
+
+
+def walk(root, library):
+    """Episode files under ROOT keyed by series, ignoring the destination."""
+    groups = collections.defaultdict(list)
+    lib = os.path.abspath(library)
+    for p, series, token in episodes_under(root):
+        if os.path.abspath(p).startswith(lib + os.sep):
+            continue
+        groups[series].append((p, token))
+    return groups
+
+
+def holdings(library):
+    """What the destination already carries: (series, season, episode) -> sizes.
+
+    The one expensive read here, and the one that matters. The movie library
+    holds a complete Monk box set that the TV library has held for years: 124
+    episodes, the same episode list, identical byte counts. Moving it would
+    have filed a second copy of a whole show into the library that already had
+    it. Byte count is the test on purpose — two encodes of one episode are two
+    files and both are wanted; the same bytes are the same file."""
+    out = collections.defaultdict(set)
+    for p, series, token in episodes_under(library):
+        se = season_episode(token)
+        if se is None:
+            continue
+        try:
+            out[(series, *se)].add(os.path.getsize(p))
+        except OSError:
+            continue
+    return out
+
+
+def main():
+    root, library = os.path.abspath(ARGS.root), os.path.abspath(ARGS.library)
+    groups = walk(root, library)
+    held_here = holdings(library)
+    mkdirs = {library}
+    rows, lines, skipped = set(), [], []
+    for series, items in sorted(groups.items()):
+        if len(items) < ARGS.min:
+            skipped.append(f"skipped: {head_of(items[0][0]) or series} — {len(items)} "
+                           f"episode-shaped file{'s' if len(items) != 1 else ''},"
+                           f" below {ARGS.min}: not a series")
+            continue
+        years = collections.Counter(y for y in (eng.folder_year(p) for p, _t in items)
+                                    if y)
+        year = years.most_common(1)[0][0] if years else None
+        heads = collections.Counter(head_of(p) for p, _t in items)
+        head = heads.most_common(1)[0][0]
+        if year and YEAR_TAIL.search(head):
+            year = None
+        name = clean(f"{title_series(head)}{f' ({year})' if year else ''}")
+        series_dir = os.path.join(library, name)
+        moved = held = 0
+        for path, token in items:
+            se = season_episode(token)
+            if se is None:
+                skipped.append(f"skipped: {path} — no season number in its name,"
+                               " nothing here invents one")
+                continue
+            try:
+                size = os.path.getsize(path)
+            except OSError:
+                continue
+            if size in held_here.get((series, *se), ()):
+                held += 1
+                continue
+            dst_dir = os.path.join(series_dir, f"Season {se[0]:02d}")
+            mkdirs.update([series_dir, dst_dir])
+            base = episode_name(path)
+            rows.add((path, os.path.join(dst_dir, base)))
+            moved += 1
+            for side in sidecars(path):
+                rows.add((side, os.path.join(
+                    dst_dir, clean(os.path.splitext(base)[0]
+                                   + os.path.splitext(side)[1].lower()))))
+        if moved:
+            lines.append(f"{name}: {moved} episodes"
+                         f"{'' if year else ' (no year in any folder name)'}"
+                         f" -> {series_dir}")
+        if held:
+            lines.append(f"{name}: {held}"
+                         f" {'episode' if held == 1 else 'episodes'} already in"
+                         f" {library} at the same byte count — left there")
+
+    # An empty plan creates nothing, not even the library folder: a run that
+    # found no series must not be able to leave a stray directory behind.
+    dirs = sorted(mkdirs, key=lambda p: (p.count(os.sep), p)) if rows else []
+    with open(ARGS.out, "w") as out:
+        out.write("action\tsrc\tdst\tkind\n")
+        for d in dirs:
+            out.write(f"mkdir\t\t{d}\tdir\n")
+        for src, dst in sorted(rows):
+            out.write(f"move\t{src}\t{dst}\ttv\n")
+
+    for line in lines + skipped:
+        print(line)
+    print(f"plan: {len(rows)} moves, {len(dirs)} folders -> {ARGS.out}")
+    if rows:
+        print(f"next: python3 scripts/media-apply.py apply --plan {ARGS.out}"
+              f" --root {os.path.dirname(root)}"
+              f" --journal {os.path.join(os.path.dirname(root),'media-relayout-tv.jsonl')}"
+              "   (add --apply to run it)")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

scripts/media-verify.py

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Prove a relayout landed, using the media server's own tables.
+
+A scan answers `204` whether or not it found anything, and a rename that the
+scanner has not followed looks exactly like a rename that never happened from
+the outside. The only honest proof is the run's journal replayed against the
+database the server actually serves from: every `move` row must have a row at
+its destination, and NO row may still name its source — a source row is a scan
+that has not caught up, and it is the one signature of a library pointing at
+files that no longer exist.
+
+Two doors, both read-only, both without a lock while the server runs (there is
+no `sqlite3` binary on these hosts). Open `mode=ro` PLAIN: both servers keep
+their libraries in WAL mode, and `immutable=1` — which claims the file never
+changes — makes sqlite skip the write-ahead log entirely, so every row the
+server has committed but not yet checkpointed reads as MISSING, and a read
+beside a running scanner can even fail as "database disk image is malformed".
+`immutable=1` is only the fallback, for a database whose `-shm` cannot be read.
+
+  jellyfin  `BaseItems.Path`. The container binds the share at `/data`, so the
+            database holds `/data/<library>/…` where the journal holds
+            `/mnt/entropy/<library>/…`. Translate, or every row reads as missing.
+  plex      `media_parts.file`, joined up to `metadata_items`. Plex is bound at
+            the host path, so its rows match the journal verbatim. Filter
+            `deleted_at is null` on BOTH tables — a deleted scan leaves its parts
+            behind, and one of those rows is not proof anything landed.
+
+Neither server holds a row for everything the journal renames: a `.log`, `.cue`
+or cover image has no row to land in, so its absence is not a fault. The report
+therefore breaks the missing rows down by extension, and `--ignore-ext` names the
+extensions this server does not index, which are then counted separately and kept
+out of the verdict. What is left is split by what the filesystem says, because
+the database alone cannot: a file still at its `src` is `REAL` (this pass's own
+damage), a file at neither path is `gone` (a later pass or the server renamed it),
+and a file sitting at its `dst` with no row naming it is simply something the
+server does not index. A row that still names `src` is none of these: it is the
+server's own stale pointer — a phantom — and it costs a re-scan, never a restore.
+
+Exit codes: 0 every move landed; 1 something is stale or missing (the details are
+printed); 2 the journal or the database is not usable at all.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import os
+import sqlite3
+import sys
+from collections import Counter
+
+JF_DB = "/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/config/data/jellyfin.db"
+PLEX_DB = ("/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server"
+           "/Plug-in Support/Databases/com.plexapp.plugins.library.db")
+
+# Per kind: the table whose columns are required, those columns, and the query
+# that returns every path the server believes it has.
+KINDS = {
+    "jellyfin": {
+        "table": "BaseItems",
+        "columns": {"Path"},
+        "sql": "select Path from BaseItems",
+        "default_db": JF_DB,
+    },
+    "plex": {
+        "table": "media_parts",
+        "columns": {"file", "media_item_id", "deleted_at"},
+        "sql": ("select p.file from media_parts p"
+                " join media_items m on m.id = p.media_item_id"
+                " join metadata_items mi on mi.id = m.metadata_item_id"
+                " where p.deleted_at is null and mi.deleted_at is null"),
+        "default_db": PLEX_DB,
+    },
+}
+
+def die(msg):
+    print(f"media-verify: {msg}", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(2)
+
+
+def read_moves(path):
+    """The (src, dst) pairs of a journal, in the order the run performed them."""
+    moves = []
+    try:
+        fh = open(path, encoding="utf-8")
+    except OSError as e:
+        die(f"cannot read the journal {path}: {e.strerror}")
+    with fh:
+        for n, line in enumerate(fh, 1):
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line:
+                continue
+            try:
+                rec = json.loads(line)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                die(f"{path} line {n} is not a journal record")
+            if rec.get("op") == "move":
+                if not rec.get("src") or not rec.get("dst"):
+                    die(f"{path} line {n} is a move without both src and dst")
+                moves.append((rec["src"], rec["dst"]))
+    return moves
+
+
+def server_paths(db, kind):
+    """Every path the server holds, or a refusal that names what is missing."""
+    spec = KINDS[kind]
+    con = None
+    err = None
+    # Plain ro reads the WAL the server commits through; immutable is the last
+    # resort, because it cannot see a row the server has not checkpointed.
+    for opt in ("mode=ro", "mode=ro&immutable=1"):
+        try:
+            con = sqlite3.connect(f"file:{db}?{opt}", uri=True)
+            break
+        except sqlite3.Error as e:
+            err = e
+    if con is None:
+        die(f"cannot open {db}: {err}")
+    with con:
+        have = {r[1] for r in con.execute(f"pragma table_info({spec['table']})")}
+        if not spec["columns"] <= have:
+            die(f"{db} is not a {kind} library database ({spec['table']} has no "
+                f"{','.join(sorted(spec['columns'] - have))})")
+        try:
+            return {r[0] for r in con.execute(spec["sql"]) if r[0]}
+        except sqlite3.Error as e:
+            die(f"{db} refused the {kind} query: {e}")
+
+
+def to_host(path, container, share):
+    """The database's path in the journal's terms; identity when it is not a
+    container-side path."""
+    if not container:
+        return path
+    prefix = container.rstrip("/") + "/"
+    if path.startswith(prefix):
+        return share.rstrip("/") + "/" + path[len(prefix):]
+    return path
+
+
+def main():
+    ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+    ap.add_argument("--journal", required=True,
+                    help="the run's journal (scripts/media-apply.py writes it)")
+    ap.add_argument("--db-kind", choices=sorted(KINDS), required=True)
+    ap.add_argument("--db", default=None, help="the server's database on this host")
+    ap.add_argument("--share", default="/mnt/entropy",
+                    help="the share every journal path lives under")
+    ap.add_argument("--container", default=None,
+                    help="what the share is called inside the container; empty"
+                         " compares verbatim (default /data for jellyfin, nothing"
+                         " for plex)")
+    ap.add_argument("--show", type=int, default=20,
+                    help="how many offenders to name before saying 'and N more'")
+    ap.add_argument("--ignore-ext", default="",
+                    help="comma-separated extensions this server does not index,"
+                         " kept out of the verdict (e.g. log,cue,nfo,srt)")
+    args = ap.parse_args()
+
+    db = args.db or KINDS[args.db_kind]["default_db"]
+    container = ("/data" if args.db_kind == "jellyfin" else "") \
+        if args.container is None else args.container
+    ignore = set()
+    for ext in args.ignore_ext.split(","):
+        ext = ext.strip().lower()
+        if ext:
+            ignore.add(ext if ext.startswith(".") else "." + ext)
+
+    moves = read_moves(args.journal)
+    stored = {to_host(p, container, args.share) for p in server_paths(db, args.db_kind)}
+
+    landed, stale, missing, ignored = 0, [], [], 0
+    for src, dst in moves:
+        if os.path.splitext(dst)[1].lower() in ignore:
+            ignored += 1
+            continue
+        at_dst, at_src = dst in stored, src in stored
+        if at_dst and not at_src:
+            landed += 1
+            continue
+        if at_src:
+            stale.append(src)
+        if not at_dst:
+            missing.append((src, dst))
+
+    # The database cannot tell a lost file from one it never indexes: both read
+    # as "no row at the destination". Stat both paths, so the report separates
+    # the classes the runbook names — `REAL` is the only one that is this pass's
+    # own damage, and `gone` is a later pass or the server's own rename.
+    on_disk, real, gone = [], [], []
+    for src, dst in missing:
+        if os.path.exists(dst):
+            on_disk.append(dst)
+        elif os.path.exists(src):
+            real.append(src)
+        else:
+            gone.append(dst)
+
+    print(f"{args.db_kind}: {len(moves)} moves checked")
+    print(f"landed: {landed}")
+    print(f"still at src: {len(stale)}")
+    print(f"missing from the DB: {len(missing)}")
+    print(f"  on disk at dst, no row names it: {len(on_disk)}")
+    print(f"  REAL — file still at src: {len(real)}")
+    print(f"  gone — at neither path: {len(gone)}")
+    if ignored:
+        print(f"not indexed (extension ignored): {ignored}")
+    if missing:
+        exts = Counter(os.path.splitext(d)[1].lower() or "(no extension)"
+                       for _, d in missing)
+        print("missing by extension: "
+              + ", ".join(f"{e} {n}" for e, n in sorted(exts.items())))
+    for label, items in (("real", real), ("gone", gone), ("missing", on_disk),
+                         ("stale", stale)):
+        for path in items[:args.show]:
+            print(f"  {label}: {path}")
+        if len(items) > args.show:
+            print(f"  {label}: … and {len(items) - args.show} more")
+    return 1 if (stale or missing) else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())

scripts/media-view.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# The SSD-backed metadata view that lets Jellyfin and Plex share one metadata set.
+#
+# Both servers read a Kodi-format sidecar (movie.nfo / tvshow.nfo / episode.nfo)
+# ONLY when it sits next to the media file. The media lives on the RAID6 array at
+# /mnt/entropy — five spinning disks, deliberately mounted read-only for every
+# container, and slow to seek for a thousand tiny XML reads. So neither media
+# server binds the array any more: they bind an OverlayFS merge of it with a
+# writable layer on the NVMe.
+#
+#   lowerdir  /mnt/entropy                RAID6 (ROTA=1) — source of truth, never written
+#   upperdir  /var/lib/media-meta/upper   NVMe — every sidecar and image byte
+#   workdir   /var/lib/media-meta/work    NVMe — kernel bookkeeping
+#   Where     /var/lib/media-meta/view    the merged tree jellyfin and plex bind
+#
+# Everything the view needs — layers, bookkeeping, trash, the merged door — lives
+# under the one directory /var/lib/media-meta, so nothing new appears under /mnt.
+#
+# Consequences worth knowing:
+#   * A sidecar write is a few KB onto the SSD; the media bytes never move and the
+#     array is still never written by anything automated.
+#   * Deleting through the view writes a whiteout into the upper layer instead of
+#     deleting from the array. Nothing should delete through the view: deletions
+#     go to .AGENTTRASH on the RAW path, and `reap` clears the resulting ghosts.
+#   * inotify events on the lower layer do not cross the merge, so a file that
+#     arrives on the raw array is invisible to a file-system watcher in the view:
+#     trigger a library refresh (see the Media Relayout page).
+#
+# Subcommands
+#   plan   [--upper-base D] [--lower D]  print the resolved shape, touch nothing
+#   verify                               prove the live mount IS that shape
+#   install [--upper-base D]             create the layers, install+enable+start the unit
+#   reap   [--apply] [--upper-base D] [--lower D]
+#                                       list upper-layer entries whose media is gone
+#   status                               one line per fact a human wants
+#
+# install must run as root (it writes /etc/systemd/system and mounts); the others
+# are read-only and safe unprivileged.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+LOWER=/mnt/entropy
+UPPER_BASE=/var/lib/media-meta
+VIEW=$UPPER_BASE/view
+# systemd names a mount unit after its ESCAPED path ('/' -> '-', a literal '-'
+# -> '\x2d'), so the unit on the host is var-lib-media\x2dmeta-view.mount. The
+# repo copy keeps a readable name; install writes it under the escaped one.
+UNIT='var-lib-media\x2dmeta-view.mount'
+UNIT_DIR=/etc/systemd/system
+# The rootless containers write as this host uid (the deploy user). The upper
+# layer has to accept those writes, so it is owned by them.
+MEDIA_UID="${MEDIA_VIEW_UID:-1000}"
+MEDIA_GID="${MEDIA_VIEW_GID:-1000}"
+
+REPO_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+UNIT_SRC="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount"
+
+die() {
+    printf 'media-view: %s\n' "$*" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+usage() {
+    printf 'usage: %s plan|verify|install|reap|status [options]\n' "$0" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
+cmd="${1:-}"
+[ -n "$cmd" ] || usage
+shift || true
+
+upper_base="$UPPER_BASE"
+lower="$LOWER"
+apply=0
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --upper-base) [ $# -ge 2 ] || usage; upper_base="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --lower)      [ $# -ge 2 ] || usage; lower="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --apply)      apply=1; shift ;;
+        *) usage ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+upper="$upper_base/upper"
+work="$upper_base/work"
+
+# The device backing a path, and whether the kernel calls it rotational.
+rotational_of() {
+    local src rota
+    src="$(findmnt -no SOURCE --target "$1" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    [ -n "$src" ] || die "cannot find a block device behind $1"
+    rota="$(lsblk -no ROTA "$src" 2>/dev/null | head -1 || true)"
+    [ -n "$rota" ] || die "cannot read the rotational flag of $src"
+    printf '%s %s\n' "$src" "$rota"
+}
+
+require_upper_base() {
+    [ -d "$upper_base" ] \
+        || die "refused: upper base $upper_base does not exist (put it on the SSD first)"
+}
+
+do_plan() {
+    printf 'lowerdir=%s\nupperdir=%s\nworkdir=%s\nmountpoint=%s\nunit=%s/%s\n' \
+        "$lower" "$upper" "$work" "$VIEW" "$UNIT_DIR" "$UNIT"
+}
+
+do_verify() {
+    local fail=0 fst opts src rota
+    if ! mountpoint -q "$VIEW"; then
+        printf 'refused: %s is not a mountpoint — a plain directory here is a\n' "$VIEW" >&2
+        printf '  library that scans itself empty, not a metadata view.\n' >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+    fst="$(findmnt -no FSTYPE --mountpoint "$VIEW" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ "$fst" != overlay ]; then
+        printf 'refused: %s is mounted %s, not overlay\n' "$VIEW" "${fst:-nothing}" >&2
+        fail=1
+    fi
+    opts="$(findmnt -no OPTIONS --mountpoint "$VIEW" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    local want
+    for want in "lowerdir=$LOWER" "upperdir=$UPPER_BASE/upper" "workdir=$UPPER_BASE/work"; do
+        case ",$opts," in
+            *",${want},"*) ;;
+            *) printf 'refused: %s options lack %s (got: %s)\n' "$VIEW" "$want" "$opts" >&2
+               fail=1 ;;
+        esac
+    done
+    read -r src rota <<<"$(rotational_of "$UPPER_BASE")"
+    if [ "$rota" != 0 ]; then
+        printf 'refused: the upper layer sits on %s which is rotational — metadata\n' "$src" >&2
+        printf '  belongs on the SSD, not on the array.\n' >&2
+        fail=1
+    fi
+    if [ ! -w "$UPPER_BASE/upper" ]; then
+        printf 'refused: %s is not writable\n' "$upper" >&2
+        fail=1
+    fi
+    [ "$fail" -eq 0 ] || return 1
+    printf 'view ok: %s <- overlay(%s,%s)\n' "$VIEW" "$LOWER" "$UPPER_BASE/upper"
+}
+
+do_install() {
+    [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] || die "install must run as root (writes $UNIT_DIR and mounts)"
+    require_upper_base
+    mountpoint -q "$LOWER" \
+        || die "refused: $LOWER is not mounted; overlaying an empty directory would present an empty library"
+    local src rota
+    read -r src rota <<<"$(rotational_of "$upper_base")"
+    [ "$rota" = 0 ] || die "refused: $upper_base is on $src, a rotational device — the metadata layer must be on the SSD"
+    [ -f "$UNIT_SRC" ] || die "refused: $UNIT_SRC is missing from $REPO_ROOT"
+    # systemd will not create a mount point; a missing directory fails the start.
+    install -d -m 0755 -o "$MEDIA_UID" -g "$MEDIA_GID" "$upper" "$work" "$VIEW"
+    install -d -m 0700 "$upper_base/.AGENTTRASH"
+    install -m 0644 "$UNIT_SRC" "$UNIT_DIR/$UNIT"
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemctl enable "$UNIT" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    systemctl start "$UNIT"
+    do_verify
+}
+
+# An upper-layer DIRECTORY with no counterpart below is metadata for a media
+# folder that has been moved or renamed on the RAW path — a ghost the media
+# servers would still browse. Files are never candidates on their own: a sidecar
+# (movie.nfo, an .srt) exists ONLY above, by design, and is exactly what the view
+# is for. A copy-up whose lower file was deleted by hand is the one case this
+# leaves in place; the raw path is where deletions belong, so it stays visible.
+do_reap() {
+    [ -d "$upper" ] || die "refused: $upper does not exist (no upper layer at $upper_base)"
+    stamp="$upper_base/.AGENTTRASH/$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"
+    count=0
+    ghosts=0
+    reap_walk ""
+    if [ "$count" -eq 0 ] && [ "$ghosts" -eq 0 ]; then
+        printf 'reap: no ghosts under %s\n' "$upper"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ "$ghosts" -gt 0 ]; then
+        printf 'reap: %d whiteout%s above — someone deleted THROUGH the view.\n' \
+            "$ghosts" "$([ "$ghosts" -eq 1 ] || printf s)" >&2
+        printf '  Leaving them: removing a whiteout un-hides the file it hides.\n' >&2
+        printf '  Deletions belong in .AGENTTRASH on the raw path.\n' >&2
+    fi
+    if [ "$count" -eq 0 ]; then return 0; fi
+    if [ "$apply" -eq 1 ]; then
+        printf 'reap: moved %d entr%s to %s\n' "$count" \
+            "$([ "$count" -eq 1 ] && printf y || printf ies)" "$stamp"
+    else
+        printf 'reap: %d ghost entr%s above; re-run with --apply to move them to %s\n' \
+            "$count" "$([ "$count" -eq 1 ] && printf y || printf ies)" "$stamp"
+    fi
+}
+
+# Descend only where the lower layer still has the directory: a directory that is
+# missing below is itself the ghost, and its whole subtree goes with it.
+reap_walk() {
+    local rel="$1" entries abs r name
+    entries="$(find "$upper${rel:+/$rel}" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -print 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    [ -n "$entries" ] || return 0
+    while IFS= read -r abs; do
+        r="${abs#"$upper"/}"
+        name="${abs##*/}"
+        if [ -c "$abs" ] || printf '%s' "$name" | grep -q '^\.wh\.'; then
+            ghosts=$((ghosts + 1))
+            continue
+        fi
+        if [ -e "$lower/$r" ]; then
+            [ -d "$abs" ] && reap_walk "$r"
+            continue
+        fi
+        [ -d "$abs" ] || continue
+        count=$((count + 1))
+        printf '%s\n' "$r"
+        if [ "$apply" -eq 1 ]; then
+            mkdir -p "$stamp/$(dirname "$r")"
+            mv "$abs" "$stamp/$r"
+        fi
+    done <<<"$entries"
+}
+
+do_status() {
+    if mountpoint -q "$VIEW"; then
+        printf 'view: %s (%s)\n' "$VIEW" "$(findmnt -no OPTIONS --mountpoint "$VIEW")"
+    else
+        printf 'view: %s NOT MOUNTED\n' "$VIEW"
+    fi
+    if [ -d "$upper" ]; then
+        printf 'upper: %s %s files %s\n' "$upper" \
+            "$(find "$upper" -type f 2>/dev/null | wc -l)" "$(du -sh "$upper" 2>/dev/null | cut -f1)"
+    else
+        printf 'upper: %s missing\n' "$upper"
+    fi
+    systemctl is-active "$UNIT" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^/unit: /' || printf 'unit: %s unknown\n' "$UNIT"
+}
+
+case "$cmd" in
+    plan)    do_plan ;;
+    verify)  do_verify ;;
+    install) do_install ;;
+    reap)    do_reap ;;
+    status)  do_status ;;
+    *)       usage ;;
+esac

scripts/test-changed.sh

@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ for path in "${CHANGED[@]}"; do
         dankserver/.env.example|dankclaw/.env.example)
             add_test tests/env_consistency.bats
             ;;
+        # The SSD-backed metadata view: the installer, the host mount unit, and the
+        # two media units that bind the view rather than the raw array.
+        scripts/media-view.sh|dankserver/host/*)
+            add_test tests/media_overlay.bats
+            add_test tests/dankserver_quadlet.bats
+            add_test tests/deployment_scoping.bats
+            ;;
+        dankserver/jellyfin/quadlet/*|dankserver/plex/quadlet/*)
+            add_test tests/media_overlay.bats
+            ;;
         shared/homepage/*)
             add_test tests/homepage_caddy.bats
             add_test tests/homepage_config.bats

serverAppConfigs-docs/Agent/Issue Tracker.md

@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ Use the `Authorization: token` header for everything.
 - **Read an issue**: `curl -s -K "$cfg" $API/issues/<number>` (fields: `number`, `title`, `body`, `labels[].name`, `state`)
 - **List issues**: `curl -s -K "$cfg" "$API/issues?state=open&limit=50"` — add `&labels=<id>` to filter
 - **Comment**: `curl -s -K "$cfg" -X POST -d "$(jq -n --rawfile b "$BODY" '{body:$b}')" $API/issues/<number>/comments`
+- **Comment on a PR**: the conversation thread is `POST $API/issues/<PR-number>/comments`
+  (201, and the answer's `html_url` points at `pulls/<n>`; Gitea's issue index is
+  unified, so the PR's number is the same number). `$API/pulls/<n>/comments` is the
+  **review**-comment store and answers `405` to a plain body.
+- **A body built by `jq --rawfile b /dev/stdin` inside `$(…)` is empty**: the command
+  substitution does not inherit the heredoc, so Gitea receives `{}` and answers 422 —
+  and `jq -r '.id'` on the error prints nothing, which reads as success. Write the
+  body to a file and pass `--rawfile` that file.
 - **Apply labels**: `POST $API/issues/<number>/labels` with `{"labels":[<label-ID numbers>]}` — Gitea wants numeric label **IDs**, not names; resolve them from `GET $API/labels` (see [[Triage Labels]] for which labels exist)
 - **Remove a label**: `DELETE $API/issues/<number>/labels/<label-id>`
 - **Close**: `PATCH $API/issues/<number>` with `{"state":"closed"}`

serverAppConfigs-docs/Architecture/Quadlet Lifecycle.md

@@ -195,8 +195,9 @@ deploy.sh, never a live env poke.
    check every namespace (`sudo podman ps -a`) and native units
    (`systemctl list-units`) before declaring a service absent. Compare
    compose mount sources against the real filesystem — compose files name
-   phantom paths (e.g. `/mnt/media/*` vs the real LUKS array at
-   `/mnt/entropy`). Fix compose through git first, deploy second.
+   phantom paths (the legacy `dankserver/compose.yaml` still names `/opt/jellyfin/*`
+   for a service whose roots moved to `/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin`). Fix
+   compose through git first, deploy second.
 2. **Pre-create bind-mount sources** (`sudo mkdir -p` + `chown 1000:1000`)
    or creation fails `statfs …: no such file or directory`.
 3. **Staged bring-up:** infra first (`up -d mariadb redis`), poll

serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Entropy Volume.md

@@ -1,51 +1,68 @@
 ---
 type: reference
-description: "The Dankserver entropy volume is a RAID-backed LUKS filesystem mounted at"
+description: "Dankserver's /mnt/entropy volume: the LUKS/array chain, the crypttab + fstab boot path, and the containers bound to it"
 tags:
   - dankserver
-timestamp: 2026-08-28
+timestamp: 2026-10-31
 ---
 
 # Entropy Volume
 
-The Dankserver entropy volume is a RAID-backed LUKS filesystem mounted at
-`/mnt/entropy`. The command-line helper reuses the host's desktop-integrated
-`udisks2`, `crypttab`, and `fstab` configuration; it does not store or handle
-the passphrase itself.
+`/mnt/entropy` is the ext4 filesystem on the LUKS container holding `/dev/md0`
+(RAID6, seven disks). The media stack's data lives there, so the mount is a boot
+dependency for those containers rather than a convenience.
 
-## Command-line mount
-
-```bash
-/home/dank/serverAppConfigs/scripts/mount-entropy.sh
-```
-
-Run it as the normal desktop user (`dank`), not from a root shell. `udisksctl`
-will securely prompt for the LUKS passphrase. `sudo mount /mnt/entropy` then
-uses the existing `/etc/fstab` entry, preserving its options:
+## Chain
 
 ```text
-nosuid,nodev
+/dev/md0                     <- mdadm (its mdadm.conf ARRAY is what makes md0 exist at boot)
+  -> LUKS UUID=cd86c728-459e-4f3a-bcc2-41ecf84685ec   keyfile: /etc/entropy
+     -> /dev/mapper/entropy  <- systemd-cryptsetup@entropy.service
+        -> ext4 at /mnt/entropy  <- mnt-entropy.mount, from /etc/fstab
 ```
 
-The existing mountpoint is owned by `dank:dankserver` with mode `0755`; the
-helper deliberately does not run `chmod` or `chown`, so it cannot silently
-change those permissions.
+## Files that own it
 
-## Device path
+| Repo file | Installs to | Produces at boot |
+|---|---|---|
+| `dankserver/host/crypttab` | `/etc/crypttab` | `systemd-cryptsetup@entropy.service` → `/dev/mapper/entropy` |
+| `dankserver/host/fstab` | `/etc/fstab` | `mnt-entropy.mount` (mountpoint `dank:dankserver`, `0755`) |
 
-The current storage chain is:
+Deploy a change by copying the file onto the host, then
+`systemctl daemon-reload && update-initramfs -u`. The initramfs step is not
+optional: the cryptsetup hook bakes `/etc/crypttab` into the initrd, and the
+array is unlocked there, before the real root mounts. `scripts/mount-entropy.sh`
+(`udisksctl unlock` + `mount`) stays as the manual path for a volume that was
+never unlocked; on a correct boot it is redundant.
 
-```text
-/dev/md0 -> LUKS UUID cd86c728-459e-4f3a-bcc2-41ecf84685ec
-         -> ext4 label entropy
-         -> /mnt/entropy
-```
+## Law
 
-The helper checks that `/dev/md0` exists and exits successfully if the volume
-is already mounted. It is intentionally specific to this host and volume:
-that avoids accidentally unlocking or mounting a different disk.
+**`crypttab`'s device field takes the LUKS UUID, never the md array UUID.**
+`blkid` prints both on adjacent lines for a RAID-backed container, and the file
+shipped since 2025 carried the array UUID (`61bd6eaf-…`) where the LUKS container
+is `cd86c728-…`. The generator produced a perfectly valid unit pointing at a
+device that never appears, so the mapper came into existence only through a
+desktop `udisks2` session — the volume looked mounted on every login while every
+boot failed to mount it. The matching `fstab` line named the same wrong UUID
+directly instead of the mapper.
 
-## Related
+**A LUKS keyfile is hashed whole, so a trailing newline is a different
+passphrase.** The shipped `/etc/entropy` was 27 bytes — 26 characters plus `\n` —
+and `cryptsetup` rejected it even after the UUID was corrected. Keyfiles stay
+`0600` with no trailing newline; prove it with
+`cryptsetup open --test-passphrase --key-file /etc/entropy UUID=…` *before*
+relying on it for a boot.
 
-- [[Storage Policy]]
-- [[Dankserver Stack]]
+**Prove a mount fix with the artifacts systemd generates, not with a live
+mount.** The regenerated `systemd-cryptsetup@entropy.service` naming the right
+device, `findmnt /mnt/entropy` sourcing `/dev/mapper/entropy`, and a matching
+checksum between the repo copy and the host copy are the evidence. A mount that
+exists because someone logged in proves nothing about the boot path — that
+exactly describes the year this bug survived.
+
+## Consumers
+
+`jellyfin`, `copyparty`, and `plex` bind paths under `/mnt/entropy`; with the
+volume absent they start `active (healthy)` against empty directories, which is
+how a missing 91 TiB volume hides. See [[Dankserver Stack]] for the stack and
+[[Storage Policy]] for what may be written here.

serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Jellyfin.md

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 type: reference
 title: Jellyfin
-description: "Jellyfin on Dankserver: quadlet unit, entropy-volume data layout, ports, client access, hardware-transcode status."
+description: "Jellyfin on Dankserver: quadlet unit, overlay metadata view, provider keys, ports, access, transcode status."
 tags: [jellyfin, dankserver, media-server]
-timestamp: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z
+timestamp: 2026-10-30T00:00:00Z
 ---
 
 # Jellyfin
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ clients.
 public vhost `jelly.franksdank.cloud` behind the [[Anubis]] guard chain →
 [[Authentik]] outpost (post-auth route proxies `localhost:8096`).
 
-## Facts (verified from the live unit, 2026-09-03)
+## Facts (the repo quadlet; the live unit is still the pre-view generation — see Data layout)
 
 | Item | Value |
 |------|-------|
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public vhost `jelly.franksdank.cloud` behind the [[Anubis]] guard chain →
 | Image | `ghcr.io/jellyfin/jellyfin:latest` |
 | Network | `dankserver_appnet`; publishes 8096/tcp, 8920/tcp, 7359/udp, 1900/udp |
 | Data roots | `/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/config:/config`, `/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/cache:/cache` |
-| Media | `Volume=/mnt/entropy:/data:ro` — the whole [[Entropy Volume]] mounted read-only; nothing automated writes to it |
+| Media | `Volume=/var/lib/media-meta/view:/data` in git — the [[Media Metadata View]] overlay, **writable**, sidecars land on the NVMe and the [[Entropy Volume]] array underneath stays untouched. **The live unit is still pre-view: `/mnt/entropy:/data:ro`** — nothing is written into the library until the view is deployed |
 | GPU | none — no `AddDevice`; CPU decode only (jellyfin-ffmpeg path) |
 | Env quirks | `DOTNET_SYSTEM_IO_DISABLEFILELOCKING=true`, `LD_PRELOAD=libjemalloc.so.2`, `MALLOC_TRIM_THRESHOLD_=131072` kept verbatim from the compose-era container (zero-drift cutover) |
 | Health | `curl -f http://localhost:8096/health` every 30 s |
@@ -36,11 +36,27 @@ public vhost `jelly.franksdank.cloud` behind the [[Anubis]] guard chain →
 ```
 /home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/config   -> /config   (JELLYFIN_DATA_DIR)
 /home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/cache    -> /cache    (JELLYFIN_CACHE_DIR, XDG_CACHE_HOME)
-/mnt/entropy                            -> /data     (read-only media volume)
+/var/lib/media-meta/view                -> /data     (git: the overlay view)
+/mnt/entropy                             -> /data     (live today: the array, read-only)
 ```
 
-Library folders point at `/data` paths; because the mount uses the same
-absolute path as on the host, library paths survive container recreation.
+Library folders point at `/data` paths: stable across container recreation and
+identical to the raw array layout below. Which side of that path the container
+is on is the open question on this host — the installed unit binds the read-only
+array, and `scripts/media-view.sh status` reports `NOT MOUNTED` (2026-10-31).
+
+`Local metadata` — save metadata to media folders — is enabled, and it is the
+reason the view exists: `movie.nfo`, `tvshow.nfo`, `episode.nfo` and artwork
+written once on the NVMe upper layer are files [[Plex]] can read too. While
+`/data` is bound read-only every item update logs the error below and no sidecar
+is written; Jellyfin becomes the fleet's only metadata writer with the deploy
+that raises the view.
+
+**Failure signature:** `System.IO.IOException: Read-only file system :
+'/data/Movies/<film>/movie.nfo'` means the container is binding the raw array
+instead of the view. On Dankserver that is today's expected state — the view has
+never been installed (`scripts/media-view.sh status`). Once it is deployed, the
+same line is a fault: the quadlet drifted or the mount died.
 
 ## Ports & access
 
@@ -105,12 +121,109 @@ where the LDAP plugin runs. Verified 2026-09-25: `alex` authenticates over
 `AuthenticateByName` (HTTP 200; full plugin flow logged — service bind,
 search, `ldapUid`, user bind, token).
 
+## Metadata providers and their keys (2026-10-30)
+
+TMDb, OMDb, StudioImages and MusicBrainz are **core plugins** in Jellyfin 12 —
+no DLL, just a configuration file the running container owns under the data
+root. TVDB is not core (its metadata provider was removed in 10.9), so it is an
+official-catalog plugin.
+
+| Provider | Shape on disk | Key lives in |
+|---|---|---|
+| TMDb | `config/plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml` → `<TmdbApiKey>` | `/home/dank/Containers/jellyfin/provider-keys` → `TMDB_API_KEY=` (mode 600) |
+| TVDB | `config/plugins/thetvdb_24.0.0.0/` + `…Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml` → `<ApiKey>` | the same file → `TVDB_API_KEY=` |
+| OMDb | `…Jellyfin.Plugin.Omdb.xml` | **not configured** — its key is issued by email, 1 000 req/day, and its ToS forbids storing the returned data; ratings stay Jellyfin's own lookup |
+
+**None of it is tracked in git.** Those XML files belong to the container and
+hold credentials, and `tests/jellyfin_providers.bats` fails the suite if one is
+ever committed. The keys themselves sit in the per-service host env file that is
+the fleet's convention for container credentials (grafana, caddy, pihole,
+copyparty, romm, seerr): `provider-keys`, mode 600, beside the data root.
+`scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh` is the only thing that writes the XML:
+
+```
+scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh plan      # what would change; prints no key
+scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh install   # plugin + keys, previous copy to trash
+scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh verify    # plugin + key LENGTHS, never key bytes
+```
+
+- **A key never enters git, argv, or the tool's output.** The installer reads
+  that 600-perm file itself (a value in argv is world-readable through
+  `/proc/<pid>/cmdline`) and refuses it when it is group- or world-readable —
+  an exposed key is an error, not a warning. A key that shows up in a transcript
+  or `ps` output has leaked: rotate it with the provider, rewrite
+  `provider-keys`, re-run `install`.
+- **The TVDB artifact is pinned three ways**: sha256
+  `6302fba3857bdde8d186dd099fac09ca43247041f531a528a2c788add70a5319`, the
+  official plugin guid `a677c0da-fac5-4cde-941a-7134223f14c8`, and version
+  `24.0.0.0` (`targetAbi 12.0.0.0`, which fits the deployed 12.4.0). A sha
+  match alone only proves the bytes are the bytes fetched — the guid check is
+  what says it is the official plugin. Rollback: move `thetvdb_24.0.0.0/` into
+  the trash and revert the pin; a second `thetvdb_*` directory is a refusal,
+  never a quiet second copy.
+- **The homelab TVDB key is a licensed key** (its JWT claims say
+  `community_supported: false`), so it needs **no PIN** — the optional
+  `TVDB_PIN=` line exists only for a subscriber-shaped key.
+- **TVDB is installed and keyed but is not a metadata agent**: TMDb still
+  identifies everything. Enabling TVDB as a provider would re-fetch show
+  metadata across the library, so it is a deliberate, separate change.
+- **The deployer places the keys before it restarts jellyfin**
+  (`ensure_provider_keys` in `scripts/deploy-remote.sh`) and warns instead of
+  failing when `provider-keys` is absent, so a host without it still deploys.
+- **Keys and plugins are read at start-up**: after a manual `install` the
+  change is inert until `./scripts/deploy.sh dankserver --service jellyfin`.
+- TMDb's terms are the reason this stays narrow: attribution required, no
+  caching beyond 6 months, no derivative works. Fine for a personal homelab,
+  and the reason no bulk enrichment pass runs against it.
+
 ## Configuration workflow
 
 1. Create libraries pointing at `/data` folders (movies, shows, audio).
 2. Set metadata/language preferences (`LANG=en_US.UTF-8` pinned in the unit).
 3. Configure clients to use `http://192.168.0.235:8096` or the guarded vhost.
 
+## Triggering a scan
+
+The scan key lives in `~/.config/secrets/jellyfin` (mode 600; the same value is
+`JELLYFIN_API_KEY` in the ignored `dankserver/.env`). It rides a mode-600 curl
+config, never a header argument, in the `MediaBrowser` form: 12.4 authenticates
+only `Authorization: MediaBrowser Token="…"` and refuses a bare `X-Emby-Token`
+for every key, valid or not. Before believing a 401, prove the key against the
+server's own table — `select count(*) from ApiKeys where AccessToken = ?` on
+`jellyfin.db` opened `mode=ro&immutable=1`. The backslashes below matter:
+
+```bash
+umask 077
+{ printf 'header = "Authorization: MediaBrowser Token=\\"%s\\""\n' \
+    "$(cat ~/.config/secrets/jellyfin)"
+  echo 'url = "http://127.0.0.1:8096/Library/Refresh"'
+  echo 'request = "POST"'; } >/tmp/jf.hdr
+curl -s -K /tmp/jf.hdr -o /dev/null -w "jellyfin scan: %{http_code}\n"
+shred -u /tmp/jf.hdr
+```
+
+`204` is acceptance; anything else queued no scan, so re-issue the identical
+request instead of diagnosing. A `401` from a key that answers `200` on a
+hand-typed request is this block's quoting, not the server: bash `printf`
+collapses `\"` to `"`, curl ends the quoted value at that quote, and Jellyfin
+receives `Authorization: MediaBrowser Token=` with nothing after it (`\\"` answers
+204, `\"` answers 401 — both run on this host).
+
+One accepted refresh is the whole procedure. A second one while a scan runs moves
+`Scan Media Library` to `Cancelling`, and once the runner holds `Cancelling` every
+later `204` is accepted and then discarded — the status code stops meaning
+anything. The fix is `systemctl --user restart jellyfin.service` (never
+`deploy.sh`: that runs the never-tested metadata-view cutover), one POST after
+health answers, and then believe `ScheduledTasks` State at 130 % CPU, not the
+response code.
+
+**A scan that must see a new folder has to be recursive.** `POST /Library/Refresh`
+is the incremental pass, and inotify does not cross a rootless podman bind, so
+folders created on the host stay invisible to it. The move is
+`POST /Items/{id}/Refresh?Recursive=true` (204) per library, the id from
+`GET /Library/VirtualFolders` — its field is `ItemId`, not `Id` — and that same
+record's `RefreshStatus` is the progress read.
+
 ## See Also
 
 - [[Plex]] — co-resident media server on the same volume

serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Media Audiobook Relayout.md

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+---
+type: reference
+title: Media Audiobook Relayout
+description: "Re-filing /mnt/entropy/Audiobooks by Plex's chapter rows: narrator shelves, no renumbering, the refusals."
+tags: [dankserver, media-server, plex, media-relayout]
+timestamp: 2026-10-31T00:00:00Z
+---
+
+# Media Audiobook Relayout
+
+`/mnt/entropy/Audiobooks` is the one library here that [[Jellyfin]] does not read
+at all — its music scanner has no audiobook concept — while [[Plex]] indexes all
+of it as Artist → Album → Track: the album is the BOOK, that book's single artist
+is the NARRATOR, both matched out of the files' own tags. Today one book is split
+across `… [Part 1]`, `… [Part 2]` folders three or four deep inside a collection
+pack, so a scan serves three quarters of a novel; `scripts/media-audiobooks.py`
+re-files the tree so the property both servers' book scanners assume is true —
+
+    Audiobooks/<Narrator>/<Book> (<year>)/<the file keeps its own name>
+
+The shared gates, the executor, the journal law and the rollback live in
+[[Media Relayout]]; this page is the audiobook arm only.
+
+```bash
+# 1. The authority: Plex's chapter rows for this root (the DB opens read-only).
+python3 scripts/media-census.py audiobooks --root /mnt/entropy/Audiobooks \
+    --out /tmp/ab_rows.tsv
+# 2. What is on disk (stat only).
+python3 scripts/media-census.py enumerate --root /mnt/entropy/Audiobooks \
+    --out /tmp/ab_enum.tsv
+# 3. The plan.
+python3 scripts/media-audiobooks.py --root /mnt/entropy/Audiobooks \
+    --enum /tmp/ab_enum.tsv --rows /tmp/ab_rows.tsv --out /tmp/ab_plan.tsv \
+    --exceptions /tmp/ab_exceptions.txt
+# 4. Read the exceptions file FIRST. Then the same executor, journal and rollback
+#    as [[Media Relayout]] shows, on its own journal, and refresh the Plex section
+#    as in step 5 of the movie Procedure — from inside the container, never over
+#    the host port.
+scripts/media-apply.py apply --plan /tmp/ab_plan.tsv --root /mnt/entropy \
+    --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-audiobooks.jsonl --apply
+```
+
+The group is the identity Plex asserts in its own database — **(narrator, book,
+year)** — so one book arriving in four part folders becomes one folder, and a
+1965 and a 2020 recording that share a title stay two books.
+
+Two laws are forced by what the rows actually hold:
+
++- **A chapter is never renumbered.** Most books contain chapters whose index Plex
+  does not know, so a number written into a name would be invented — and it would
+  buy nothing, because both servers order playback by the embedded track tag, not
+  by the file name. A wrong number in a name is the number a human later trusts.
+  Fix order in the tags: a Plex scan re-reads tags and never renames a file.
++- **The shelf is the narrator, not the author.** Every book has exactly one artist
+  row and it is the narrator; the author survives only inside some album titles
+  (`Kryptos by Graham McNeill`) and in no column Plex stores, so deriving it would
+  mean parsing titles where a ripper wrote one and inventing it everywhere else.
+  The author stays visible in the folder name Plex itself shows.
+
+What it refuses, the music arm's list with one addition: a video container, audio
+no chapter row names, and a loose file in a folder holding two books all park under
+`_unsorted` with the path they have today — and so does a chapter whose row names
+**no book or no narrator**: a placeholder (`[Unknown Album]`, `[Unknown Artist]`)
+that unrelated books share, or a chapter number mistagged as the artist (`0.4`).
+`Various Artists` is not a placeholder — that is a multi-cast read.
+
+The reviewed plan lives at `/mnt/entropy/media-relayout-audiobooks-plan.tsv`; it
+applies on its own journal, behind the music writer, and then refreshes the Plex
+section. Verify it with `--db-kind plex` — Jellyfin holds no rows here, so a
+Jellyfin pass proves nothing either way.
+
+## See Also
+
+[[Media Relayout]], [[Media Music Relayout]], [[Plex]]

serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Media Metadata View.md

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+---
+type: reference
+title: Media Metadata View
+description: "The SSD-backed overlay the two media servers read and write: shape, guards, commands, laws, rollback."
+tags: [dankserver, media-server, jellyfin, plex, storage]
+timestamp: 2026-10-30T00:00:00Z
+---
+
+# Media Metadata View
+
+`/var/lib/media-meta/view` is an OverlayFS merge of the media library: the RAID6
+array below, a directory on the NVMe above. It exists so [[Jellyfin]] can write
+Kodi-format sidecars (`movie.nfo`, `tvshow.nfo`, `episode.nfo`, artwork) that
+[[Plex]] can read. Sidecar metadata is only useful sitting next to the media
+file, and the array is read-only and slow — so the media bytes stay there and the
+*writes* land on SSD. One tree to both servers, one copy of the media.
+
+The mount point is not a volume and holds nothing while unmounted. It sits inside
+`/var/lib/media-meta` so that layers, kernel bookkeeping, the reap trash and the
+merged door are one directory — and so the mount table grows no new `/mnt` entry
+next to the array.
+
+**Not deployed on Dankserver — verified 2026-10-31.** `scripts/media-view.sh
+status` answers `view: /var/lib/media-meta/view NOT MOUNTED`,
+`/var/lib/media-meta` does not exist, and the installed quadlets under
+`~/.config/containers/systemd/` still carry the pre-view binds — `/mnt/entropy:/data:ro`
+for [[Jellyfin]], `/mnt/entropy:/mnt/entropy:ro` for [[Plex]]. Everything below
+is the shape git describes, not the shape the servers run. The cutover is an
+ordinary deploy: `deploy.sh dankserver --service jellyfin|plex` runs
+`ensure_media_view` (`install` then `verify`) before it restarts the container,
+so it must not be fired through the middle of a library scan. Until that deploy
+lands there is no upper layer, so no relayout can leave ghost metadata and
+`reap` has nothing to do — `media-apply.py` prints that follow-up only when the
+view really is a mountpoint.
+
+## Shape
+
+| Item | Value |
+|---|---|
+| Lower layer | `/mnt/entropy` — the RAID6 array, source of truth, never written |
+| Upper layer | `/var/lib/media-meta/upper` — NVMe; every write lands here |
+| Work dir | `/var/lib/media-meta/work` — overlayfs internals, same filesystem |
+| Mount point | `/var/lib/media-meta/view` — the merged tree both servers bind |
+| Unit (repo) | `dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount` — the source of truth |
+| Unit (host) | `var-lib-media\x2dmeta-view.mount` — systemd names a mount unit after its escaped path (`-` becomes `\x2d`); `media-view.sh install` writes the repo file under that name |
+| Installer | `scripts/media-view.sh` — `plan` / `install` / `verify` / `status` / `reap` |
+| Written by | Jellyfin only (Plex binds read-only); nothing else in the fleet touches it |
+
+Both consumers guard the view with
+`UnitConfigItem=ConditionPathIsMountPoint=/var/lib/media-meta/view`, and
+`scripts/deploy.sh dankserver --service jellyfin|plex` calls `media-view.sh
+install` + `verify` before it restarts either container.
+
+| Consumer | Bind | Mode | Why that path |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| [[Jellyfin]] | `/var/lib/media-meta/view:/data` | rw | It is the metadata writer; its sidecars become SSD bytes |
+| [[Plex]] | `/var/lib/media-meta/view:/mnt/entropy` | ro | Every path in the PMS database was recorded as `/mnt/entropy/...`; only the HOST side of the bind moved, so its database still resolves |
+
+Putting the sidecars inside Plex's reach is not the same as making Plex use them:
+a library parses `.nfo` only with its *Local media information* agent enabled, and
+this change touches no library setting.
+
+## Commands
+
+```bash
+scripts/media-view.sh plan              # print the resolved shape, touch nothing
+sudo scripts/media-view.sh install      # create dirs, install the unit, mount, enable
+scripts/media-view.sh verify            # is the view really the overlay? (deploy gate)
+scripts/media-view.sh status            # mount options + upper-layer size/file count
+scripts/media-view.sh reap              # list ghost metadata (media moved, sidecars left)
+sudo scripts/media-view.sh reap --apply # move ghosts to the SSD trash, never delete
+```
+
+`--upper-base DIR` and `--lower DIR` relocate the layers for `plan` and `reap`;
+the defaults are the host values above.
+
+## Laws
+
+- **The upper layer must sit on non-rotational storage.** `install` and `verify`
+  refuse via `lsblk -dno ROTA` if the upper base lives on the array: an overlay
+  whose upper is the spinners is the original problem with extra steps, and it
+  silently turns every metadata write back into a seek.
+- **Never mount the view over an unmounted lower.** `RequiresMountsFor=/mnt/entropy`
+  plus the container `ConditionPathIsMountPoint` guards: an empty `lowerdir`
+  presents an *empty library* as truth, and a media scan would then clear the
+  database of everything. systemd does not create a mount point, so `install`
+  creates `view` itself; without it the mount simply fails.
+- **Never delete through the view.** A delete writes an overlayfs whiteout
+  (`.wh.<name>`) in the upper layer, which hides the array's copy without
+  removing it — the file reappears the moment the view is unmounted, and the
+  upper layer now carries a landmine. Deletions belong on the raw path
+  (`/mnt/entropy`), which the relayout tool already treats as the only writer.
+  `reap` refuses to remove whiteouts and only warns about them.
+- **A relayout must be followed by `reap`.** Renames happen on the raw path, so
+  sidecars the view already wrote stay at the old coordinates: a ghost folder
+  the servers browse and find nothing in. `reap` lists upper-layer directories
+  with no counterpart below and moves them (with their subtree) into a dated
+  `.AGENTTRASH/` under the SSD base. It is recursive and file-safe: a sidecar
+  that exists only above is normal, so only *directories* are candidates.
+- **File-watcher events do not cross the overlay.** Plex's NFO agent and
+  Jellyfin's real-time monitor see inotify events for writes that land *in the
+  upper layer*, not for changes on the array underneath. After any relayout or
+  externally-written metadata, trigger a library refresh — see
+  [[Media Relayout]] for the refresh procedure.
+
+## Failure signatures
+
+| Symptom | Meaning |
+|---|---|
+| `jellyfin.service` / `plex.service` show `ConditionPathIsMountPoint=... was not met` and stay inactive | The view is not mounted. Do not start them anyway: `scripts/media-view.sh install`, then `verify`. |
+| Jellyfin log: `Read-only file system : '/data/Movies/…/movie.nfo'` | The container is binding the raw array, not the view — the quadlet drifted back or the view is gone. `media-view.sh status`. |
+| A folder appears in a media server with artwork/`.nfo` but no video | Ghost metadata from a relayout. `media-view.sh reap`. |
+| `verify` prints `refused: …/view is not a mountpoint` | A plain directory is sitting where the overlay belongs. That is the fail-closed guard working; `install` on the box. |
+| `systemctl status` finds no such unit | Look under the escaped name, `var-lib-media\x2dmeta-view.mount`, not the repo file name. |
+
+## Rollback
+
+Revert the commit that pointed the two quadlets at the view and re-deploy both
+services — they bind `/mnt/entropy` read-only again, which is the pre-view shape.
+The NVMe upper layer can stay: nothing reads it once the binds are back, and it
+holds no state either server needs. Unmounting alone
+(`systemctl stop 'var-lib-media\x2dmeta-view.mount'`) is safe while no container
+binds it, and the array is never modified by any of this.
+
+## Links
+
+- [[Jellyfin]] — the metadata writer; its data layout section.
+- [[Plex]] — the read-only consumer; in-place bind-mount history.
+- [[Media Relayout]] — the tool that moves media on the raw path and the reason `reap` exists.
+- [[Entropy Volume]] — the array underneath.

serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Media Music Relayout.md

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+---
+type: reference
+title: Media Music Relayout
+description: "Re-filing /mnt/entropy/Music by Jellyfin's tag rows: the census, the album key, the refusals."
+tags: [dankserver, media-server, jellyfin, media-relayout]
+timestamp: 2026-10-31T00:00:00Z
+---
+
+# Media Music Relayout
+
+`/mnt/entropy/Music` is rips and discography packs, and Jellyfin has matched and
+tagged almost all of it. `scripts/media-music.py` re-files it into the shape
+Jellyfin's music scanner reads —
+
+    Music/<album artist>/<Album> (<year>)/NN - <Title>.ext
+
+— and the authority is the tag row of the track, never the name the ripper gave
+the file. The shared gates, the executor, the journal law and the rollback live in
+[[Media Relayout]]; this page is the music arm only.
+
+```bash
+# 1. The authority: Jellyfin's audio rows, one per track, with the album and
+#    artist ids its own database carries (the DB opens read-only).
+python3 scripts/media-census.py music --root /mnt/entropy/Music \
+    --out /tmp/music_rows.tsv
+# 2. What is on disk (stat only).
+python3 scripts/media-census.py enumerate --root /mnt/entropy/Music \
+    --out /tmp/music_enum.tsv
+# 3. The plan.
+python3 scripts/media-music.py --root /mnt/entropy/Music --enum /tmp/music_enum.tsv \
+    --rows /tmp/music_rows.tsv --out /tmp/music_plan.tsv \
+    --exceptions /tmp/music_exceptions.txt
+# 4. Read the exceptions file FIRST — it is the review, not a log. Then the same
+#    executor, journal and rollback as [[Media Relayout]] shows, on its own journal.
+scripts/media-apply.py apply --plan /tmp/music_plan.tsv --root /mnt/entropy \
+    --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-music.jsonl --apply
+```
+
+The group is what the tags assert, not where the files sit: **(album-artist tag,
+album, year)**. One album arrives as three disc folders and as two copies of one
+rip, and one MusicBrainz release group is one album. A compilation is one album
+whose tracks name many performers, so it files once under `Various Artists`:
+keying on the performer would file one album once per artist. Two different
+album-artist tags on one album name are two albums, which is what Jellyfin's two
+album items say.
+
+What it refuses:
+
++- **A sidecar is placed by the audio around it, never by its own name.** A
+  `.lrc`, `.txt` or picture that shares a track's stem follows that track and
+  takes the name the track now has, or Jellyfin cannot find it; anything else
+  goes to the album its own folder was placed in, or to the folder whose discs
+  sit one level below it. A folder whose audio belongs to two albums parks its
+  sidecar rather than guessing.
++- **An image album keeps its name.** A folder holding one audio file and a
+  `.cue` is a whole album in one file; numbering it `01 - …` tells Jellyfin to
+  index it as one track.
++- **A video container parks**, because Jellyfin will not index it as music and a
+  rename to `.m4a` would claim it is; **audio no provider row names parks** too,
+  because unmatched audio is a tagging job, not a renaming job.
+
+ONE writer at a time on this array: two rename passes race, and neither journal
+tells. Verify the run against Jellyfin's own tables — see *Proving the move
+landed* in [[Media Relayout]].
+
+## See Also
+
+[[Media Relayout]], [[Jellyfin]], [[Media Audiobook Relayout]]

serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Media Relayout.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 type: reference
 title: Media Relayout
-description: "Census, plan and apply the movie library into Jellyfin format: the gates to read, and the rollback."
+description: "Census, plan and apply the movie, TV, music and audiobook libraries: the gates, the refusals, the rollback."
 tags: [dankserver, media-server, jellyfin, plex, procedure]
 timestamp: 2026-10-30T00:00:00Z
 ---
@@ -11,17 +11,25 @@ timestamp: 2026-10-30T00:00:00Z
 The movie library on [[Entropy Volume]] arrived as release folders —
 `Some.Movie.2019.1080p.WiKiTaLx.x265-FOO/` with the video inside named after
 the release. [[Jellyfin]] matches a movie by folder and file name, so the
-release noise cost posters, extras and versions. These three scripts turn that
-library into Jellyfin's own shape, and nothing else in the repo moves a media
-file.
+release noise cost posters, extras and versions. These scripts turn that
+library into the shape its media server reads — the movies, the TV packs, the TV
+that turns up in the movie share, the music library, and the audiobooks, whose
+only reader is Plex — and nothing else in the repo touches a media file.
 
 | Script | Touches media? | Output |
 |---|---|---|
-| `scripts/media-census.py` | reads headers only | `enum`, `probed`, `plex` TSVs |
+| `scripts/media-census.py` | reads headers and the servers' own DBs, never writes | `enum`, `probed`, and one authority TSV per library |
 | `scripts/media-plan.py` | no — TSVs in, TSVs out | the plan + the exception report |
 | `scripts/media-apply.py` | **renames, never copies**; sweeps only what a run emptied | the moves, plus a journal |
+| `scripts/media-tv.py` | no — TSV out | a plan that moves TV into the TV library |
+| `scripts/media-shows.py` | no — TSV out | a plan that re-files the TV library itself |
+| `scripts/media-music.py` | no — TSV out | a plan that re-files the music library by its tags |
+| `scripts/media-audiobooks.py` | no — TSV out | a plan that re-files the audiobooks by the book Plex matched |
+| `scripts/media-verify.py` | no — reads the servers' DBs read-only | the verdict that every journaled move landed |
 
-The seam is `tests/media_relayout.bats`; the target contract is quoted from
+The seams are `tests/media_relayout.bats`, `tests/media_shows.bats`,
+`tests/media_music.bats`, `tests/media_audiobooks.bats` and `tests/media_verify.bats`;
+the movie and TV target contracts are quoted from
 [jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies](https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies)
 in `media-plan.py`'s docstring.
 
@@ -39,8 +47,10 @@ $C plex      --root /mnt/entropy/Movies --out /tmp/plex-movies.tsv
 ```
 
 `plex` reads the Plex metadata cache (`--db` defaults to the path the
-[[Plex]] container bind-mounts at `/var/lib/plexmediaserver`) with
-`mode=ro&immutable=1`: a live server is never locked or written.
+[[Plex]] container bind-mounts at `/var/lib/plexmediaserver`) with plain
+`mode=ro`: a live server is never locked or written, and plain ro is also what
+makes a scan's uncheckpointed rows visible. The same rule as
+`scripts/media-verify.py` — see *Proving the move landed*.
 
 Then plan — this reads only the three TSVs, so it costs seconds and can run
 anywhere, including a laptop:
@@ -68,51 +78,275 @@ scripts/media-apply.py rollback --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout.jsonl --ro
 ```
 
 An apply also leaves the release folders it emptied standing where they were —
-the live run left 1675 of them at the library root — which is what `sweep`
-removes, dry-run first, from the same journal.
+hundreds of them at the library root — which is what `sweep` removes, dry-run
+first, from the same journal.
 
-After it lands, both servers need a scan or the change is invisible.
+After it lands, both servers need a scan or the change is invisible. [[Plex]] and
+[[Jellyfin]] own the exact requests; two laws hold at this step: `204` is
+acceptance and anything else queued nothing — re-issue the identical request
+rather than diagnosing — and ONE accepted refresh is the whole procedure, because
+a second while a scan runs moves `Scan Media Library` to `Cancelling` and every
+later `204` is accepted and then discarded.
+
+### Proving the move landed
+
+A scan answers `204` whether or not it finds anything, so proof is the journal
+replayed against both servers' own tables: every `move` row has a row at its
+`dst`, and **zero** rows still name its `src`. `scripts/media-verify.py` is that
+replay: it opens each database read-only (there is no `sqlite3` binary on these
+hosts or inside either container) and exits non-zero while a row is stale.
+
+Both libraries live in WAL mode, so the tool opens them plain `mode=ro`:
+`immutable=1` promises sqlite the file never changes, which skips the
+write-ahead log — a scanner's own uncheckpointed rows then read as missing, and
+a read beside a running scan can fail as "database disk image is malformed".
+`immutable` stays only the fallback for a database whose `-shm` cannot be read.
 
 ```bash
-# Run this from the host shell through `podman exec`, never from a neighbour
-# container: Plex's HTTPD closes without a single byte on any request that
-# arrives from another container's netns (10.89.x.x reads as "empty reply", not
-# as a 401). The token rides stdin, never argv, where any process on the host
-# could read it out of /proc/<pid>/cmdline.
-umask 077
-podman exec plex sh -c "sed -n 's/.*PlexOnlineToken=\"\\([^\"]*\\)\".*/\\1/p' \
-  '/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml'" >/tmp/px.tok
-podman exec -i plex sh -c 'read -r T
-  for k in $(curl -s -H "X-Plex-Token: $T" -H "Accept: application/json" \
-      http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/sections | grep -o "\"key\":\"[0-9]*\"" | cut -d\" -f4); do
-    curl -s -o /dev/null -w "plex section $k: %{http_code}\n" -X POST \
-      -H "X-Plex-Token: $T" "http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/sections/$k/refresh"
-  done' </tmp/px.tok
+scripts/media-verify.py --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-music.jsonl \
+    --db-kind jellyfin --ignore-ext jpg,jpeg,png,log,cue,toc,nfo,txt,m3u,accurip
 ```
 
-[[Jellyfin]] has no credential on this box that can trigger a scan: the two keys
-in its database are Seerr's, unused since 2026-09-01, and answer 401 to every
-call. Mint one (*Dashboard → Advanced → API Keys*, Administrator) and store it in
-`~/.config/secrets/jellyfin`, or press *Library → Scan All Libraries* in the web
-UI. A scripted scan passes the key in a mode-600 curl config, never in a header
-argument:
+"No row at the destination" is not one verdict but four. **never indexed**: the
+server indexes no file of that extension (its own extension census says so) — a
+sidecar, not a lost film. **gone**: the file sits at neither src nor dst, because
+a later pass or the server's own extension sweep renamed it. **phantom**: a row
+still naming src while the file has left src. **REAL**: no row at dst *and* the
+file still at src — the only class that is this relayout's own damage. Phantoms
+are normal for both servers (Plex carries thousands that predate any relayout);
+re-scan to clear them and never read them as loss.
+
+`media-verify.py` prints this split itself — `on disk at dst, no row names it`,
+`REAL — file still at src`, `gone — at neither path` — so nobody hand-stats a
+thousand paths to find out whether a film is lost or merely unindexed.
+
+The owning server decides whether a pass can convict anything: Plex's roots are
+its `sections` rows joined to their location rows (`Movies`, `TVShows`, `Music`,
+`Audiobooks`, `LiveRecording`) and Jellyfin holds no audiobook library at all, so
+the audiobook journal verifies with `--db-kind plex` or it proves nothing.
+
+Three doors that look right and are not: `GET /search?query=` matches metadata
+titles, never file paths; `?path=` on `/library/sections/N/all` makes Plex's
+HTTPD close without a single byte; and the same HTTPD drops requests that carry
+no `Accept` and client-identifier header (see the scan block above for the form
+that works).
+
+## TV in the movie library
+
+A box set that arrives in the movie share stays there until someone moves it:
+`media-plan.py` refuses to file TV and parks each series in
+`_TV needs a TV library - <series>`. `scripts/media-tv.py` is the mover. It
+walks the movie library itself (no census needed), groups episode-shaped names
+by series, and writes a plan in the executor's own format:
 
 ```bash
-umask 077; printf 'header = "X-Emby-Token: %s"\n' "$(cat ~/.config/secrets/jellyfin)" >/tmp/jf.hdr
-curl -s -K /tmp/jf.hdr -o /dev/null -w "jellyfin scan: %{http_code}\n" \
-  -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8096/Library/Refresh
+scripts/media-tv.py --root /mnt/entropy/Movies --library /mnt/entropy/TVShows \
+    --out /mnt/entropy/media-tv-plan.tsv
+scripts/media-apply.py apply --plan /mnt/entropy/media-tv-plan.tsv --root /mnt/entropy
+scripts/media-apply.py apply --plan /mnt/entropy/media-tv-plan.tsv --root /mnt/entropy \
+    --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-tv.jsonl --apply
+scripts/media-apply.py sweep --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-tv.jsonl \
+    --root /mnt/entropy --apply
 ```
 
+The shape it writes is the one both matchers read — `Monk (2002)/Season 05/
+Monk - S05E03 - Mr. Monk and the Big Game.mkv` — keeping the file's own name,
+because the publisher's spelling beats a re-derivation, with the year taken
+from the box-set folder. What it refuses it prints and leaves alone:
+
+- fewer than `--min` (5) files under one series name: one file named `Part 2`
+  is a film, not a series;
+- an episode whose name states no season number — no invented `Season 01`;
+- a destination two files both claim: the executor refuses the whole plan
+  before its first rename, and only Frank decides which copy is the keeper.
+- an episode the destination library already holds at the same byte count. The
+  movie share once carried a second copy of a whole box set — same episode list,
+  every byte count identical. The mover leaves such a series in place and says
+  so; a duplicate is deleted or kept by Frank, never copied into one library by
+  a tool.
+
+A sidecar that shares an episode's own name (`.srt`, `.nfo`) moves with it.
+
+Below the threshold the mover prints and leaves, so a lone downloaded episode of
+a real show stays in the movie library on purpose.
+Filing one by hand is the same executor on a hand-written plan and the same
+journal; the trap is the series year. Read it from the file's own name or the
+folder it owns, never from the title whose bonus folder it happens to be parked
+in — `The Cleveland Show S03E07` inside `Die Hard (1988)/extras/` is not a 1988
+show. A name whose marker is `Part 2` is a film and stays put.
+
+## The TV library's own relayout
+
+`/mnt/entropy/TVShows` is scene packs rather than a library, and Jellyfin has
+already matched and numbered most of it. `scripts/media-shows.py` re-files that
+library into the shape Jellyfin reads, with **tvdb as the name authority**:
+
+    <Series> (<year>) [tvdbid-NNNN]/Season NN/
+        <Series> (<year>) - SxxEyy - <Episode Title>.ext
+
+It never guesses: every series name, episode number and title it writes traces to
+an authority, and what has none is parked for a human to read.
+
+```bash
+# 1. The authority: Jellyfin's own matched rows — each carries the series' TMDb
+#    and Tvdb ids and the title the row holds (the DB opens read-only).
+python3 scripts/media-census.py jellyfin --root /mnt/entropy/TVShows \
+    --out /tmp/tv_titles.tsv
+# 2. What is on disk (stat only), and the runtimes the film arm needs.
+python3 scripts/media-census.py enumerate --root /mnt/entropy/TVShows \
+    --out /tmp/tv_enum.tsv
+python3 scripts/media-census.py probe --root /mnt/entropy/TVShows \
+    --enum /tmp/tv_enum.tsv --jobs 6 --out /tmp/tv_probed.tsv
+#    The probe is the slow step: ffprobe reads both ends of every file. So re-use
+#    the last one — a duration belongs to the file, not to its name: re-key the
+#    previous census through that pass's own journal (`src` -> `dst`) instead of
+#    seeking the array again. It is also the only column the film arm reads, and
+#    only for a file with no marker and no provider row (4,794 of 58,551 today,
+#    all of them covered by a re-key that costs seconds, not an hour).
+# 3. The plan. --tmdb needs TMDB_API_KEY — the v3 key in ~/.config/secrets/tmdb,
+#    which travels as the `api_key` query parameter. Only a v4 request token is
+#    accepted as a Bearer header, and the wrong shape answers 401 on EVERY call,
+#    which the summary line flags as NOT provider-complete. --tvdb reads its
+#    `api_key=` line from ~/.config/secrets/tvdb, never argv. Both write the SAME
+#    cache file, so the plan is reproducible offline afterwards: run it once to
+#    fill the cache, and quote the second run.
+#    Paths are only strings to a dry run, so this step can run on the workstation
+#    against scp'd TSVs — which is where the two provider secrets live.
+python3 scripts/media-shows.py --root /mnt/entropy/TVShows --enum /tmp/tv_enum.tsv \
+    --titles /tmp/tv_titles.tsv --probed /tmp/tv_probed.tsv \
+    --tmdb-cache /mnt/entropy/media-tv-names.json --tmdb --tvdb \
+    --park /mnt/entropy/media-park/TVShows \
+    --out /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-shows2-plan.tsv \
+    --exceptions /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-shows2-exceptions.txt
+# 4. Read the exceptions file FIRST — it is the review, not a log. Same executor
+#    as above, but on this arm's OWN journal, NAMED PER PASS: the journal of an
+#    applied pass is its unwind record, so a second pass that reuses the name
+#    destroys the only map back.
+scripts/media-apply.py apply --plan /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-shows2-plan.tsv \
+    --root /mnt/entropy --journal /mnt/entropy/media-relayout-shows2.jsonl --apply
+```
+
+Evidence, strongest first — the order the planner believes things:
+
+- the **episode marker the file's own name states** (`S01E02-E03`, `1x04`); a digit
+  run longer than three at that position is NOT a number — `S03E2019` and
+  `S04E47370355` are one box set's airdate fragment and pack index — so such a file
+  is renumbered by tvdb's title or parks, and is never truncated down to fit;
+- the **`Season NN` folder it sits in and the number its name leads with inside
+  it**: `Season 19/01 Charles Barkley, Nirvana.avi` is S19E01;
+- the **provider row**: which episode the file IS, and the numbering of a file
+  whose own name says nothing;
+- the **row's tvdb id, else its TMDb id carried through TMDb's external ids, else
+  an exact tvdb name search**: that id names the SERIES FOLDER and supplies the
+  episode title, because a name the server read off a folder is not a show name.
+  The folder CARRIES the id: `[tvdbid-NNNN]` is what Jellyfin's Tvdb agent and
+  Plex's scanner both read, so a show whose title is ambiguous resolves by number
+  instead of by a human guessing which folder is which. The id rides the folder
+  only — a file name gets 180 characters and the episode title needs the room.
+- a **bonus folder** anywhere above the file, or Jellyfin's `ExtraType` → the
+  series' canonical extra folder;
+- a runtime over `SHORT_MAX` makes it film-shaped, and it leaves for `--movies` only
+  when the movie provider's title is a run of words the FILE itself states and its
+  year agrees with the file's: the query is only what `title_of` salvaged from a
+  release name, and the first hit for a short one is a near miss — a 1963 Bond film
+  for the word "russia", *Special Edition I* for a file saying *Edition III*. Else it
+  parks.
+
+Four refusals carry the design: what the planner will NOT do is the point of it.
+
+- **Folders resolve a series; they never invent one.** A folder's words may
+  resolve a file to a series a provider has already named — `(CBB) Tengen Toppa
+  Gurren Lagann - The Complete Series (BD 1080p)` names the registered *Tengen
+  Toppa Gurren Lagann* — but a bonus subfolder is not a show. An early run made
+  `…/03. Extra/01. NCOP/NCOP 01.mkv` into a root series called `01 NCOP`.
+- **A scraped row does not outrank the filesystem.** Jellyfin numbers
+  multi-season packs badly: every file under `SNL 16-20/Season 16..19` carries
+  season 16 episode 20, and one Gundam row says season 2004. The folder, then
+  the file's own leading number, win.
+- **A season that is a YEAR is the date matcher, not a season.** Jellyfin files
+  specials by airdate, so a row can arrive saying `season 2002`; that is not a
+  season and it never becomes a folder. The one authority on such a row is tvdb's
+  episode list read backwards: the title the row carries names the (season,
+  episode) tvdb gives it. A title tvdb gives to two episodes names nothing, and
+  the file parks with the reason it always carried. `Season 00` IS a legal
+  season — specials live there — so a row that really says 0 files there instead
+  of parking.
+- **A season tvdb's own list contradicts gets no tvdb title.** An anime pack
+  numbered by its release group books `S05E01` in a season tvdb does not hold, or
+  books more episodes there than tvdb lists: the slot its number points at is a
+  different episode, and dressing it in that episode's title is a confident lie.
+  The file still renames to the standard shape; the title does not ride, and the
+  series is listed under *seasons whose numbering tvdb contradicts* in the
+  exceptions. A season holding FEWER files than tvdb lists stays plausible — a
+  partial pack is the normal shape. Neither reading holds for a list tvdb
+  cut off at its own page limit: the default episode query answers at most
+  500 rows and states no total, and One Piece, Crayon Shin-chan and
+  Detective Conan each answer exactly 500 while holding over a thousand —
+  a page bounds nothing above itself, so it contradicts nothing.
+
+**A provider name is evidence only when an id backs it.** Jellyfin names a Series
+after the folder it scanned, so a library filed by release folders ends up with
+one Series item per box set — `24 (2001) Season 1`, `Modern Family S05` — and
+copying those names verbatim launders folder junk into the contract. The planner
+resolves each series to its tvdb id and writes tvdb's name and year; the merged
+identity is also what turns a box set split across five release folders into ONE
+folder, and what makes two files claiming one episode MEET in the duplicate rule.
+A series no id resolves keeps the provider's words and is listed under *no tvdb
+identity* in the exceptions — that list, not a rename, is the review.
+
+**The review pile lives outside the library.** Files parked inside
+`/mnt/entropy/TVShows` were indexed as one show named `_unsorted`, and that
+show's rows then looked like evidence. So a row whose series is the hidden
+top-level folder the file itself sits in is dropped — and the folder is matched
+with its leading underscore stripped, because the server *displays* `_unsorted` as
+`unsorted`: compare the spelled names and the pile survives the relayout as a
+visible series folder that real files get renamed into. `--park` outside the root
+makes the next plan re-file the pile instead of skipping it. Inside a hidden
+top-level folder a file's own words may MATCH a registered show, never invent one.
+
+**The operator's id map is the door for a name tvdb cannot be searched by.**
+`scripts/media-shows.py` reads `scripts/media-shows-tvdb-ids.tsv` by default: one
+line per pack folder, `folder <TAB> tvdb id <TAB> note`. The file exists because
+tvdb titles a record in the show's own language and the English name rides in
+*aliases* the name search never reads: `ブラッククローバー` (331753) answers to no
+spelling of "Black Clover", and the bare alias `One Piece` belongs to 392276, the
+2023 live action, not to the 1999 record (81797) the pack here is. The map
+outranks a provider id — a box set's provider id is the server's own guess at a
+folder name — and it merges the release folders that are one show. Everything it
+touched is written to the exceptions: every folder it named, every row that
+matched no folder, every disagreement with a provider id, every id tvdb never
+answered. A line whose id is not a number stops the plan, because a typo renames
+a whole pack to the wrong show. Only folders the search CANNOT reach belong in
+it; a row for a folder the search would resolve hides a live lookup behind a
+number nobody re-checks.
+
+`scripts/media-shows-tvdb.py` makes the sheet the map is built from. It reads a
+plan's `mkdir` rows, asks tvdb about every destination folder carrying no
+`[tvdbid-`, and writes one row per folder with the verdict that says how much was
+guessed to get there: `EXACT` (tvdb's own spelling), `PUNCT` (equal only after
+release junk is stripped from the folder's words), `NEAR` (tvdb answered
+something else — the best hit is printed for a human and nothing applies it),
+`NONE`. Acceptance never moved across the passes that built this: a hit counts
+only when tvdb's name equals the query with every non-alphanumeric dropped from
+both sides, and the record's year still has to fall inside any year span the
+folder names. That gate is what caught three confident picks — Fairy Tail's 2024
+sequel (410031), the 2026 Hokuto no Ken remake (465216) and `Mugyutto! Black
+Clover` (378762) offered for Black Clover. It is why the map is approved by hand
+and the sheet is never fed to the planner.
+
+## The music and audiobook arms
+
+Each is a page of its own, because each reads a different authority and refuses
+for a different reason: [[Media Music Relayout]] files by Jellyfin's track tags,
+[[Media Audiobook Relayout]] by Plex's chapter rows. Both share this page's
+executor, the one-journal-per-arm law, the sweep and the rollback.
+
 ## Laws
 
-- **The journal lives beside the library, never in `/tmp`.** The live run's
-  `/mnt/entropy/media-relayout.jsonl` is the only rollback instrument; a journal
-  a reboot clears is not an instrument.
-- **An apply breaks [[Plex]] playback for every moved item until its section is
-  rescanned.** The database keeps the release-folder path, so streams fail
-  `Couldn't find the file to stream` while the scanner works through the section.
-  Trigger the scans in the same window as the apply, and never read a 404 in that
-  window as a lost file — the file is where the journal says it is.
+- **A moved file is a 404 in [[Plex]] until its section is rescanned.** The
+  database keeps the release-folder path, so playback fails `Couldn't find the
+  file to stream` while the scanner works through the section. Never read such a
+  404 as a lost file: the file is where the journal says it is.
 - **Plex's matched title outranks the filename**, and a Plex year of `0` means
   *indexed but never matched* — trusting it named folders `Title (0)`, which is
   a Jellyfin item with no year, no poster and no identity. A year that is not a
@@ -133,6 +367,19 @@ curl -s -K /tmp/jf.hdr -o /dev/null -w "jellyfin scan: %{http_code}\n" \
   folder holding it, and extras drifted into a neighbour. A bare number counts
   only when it could be a release year, so `1080` and `2160` never pose as
   agreement between two names.
+- **Compare two media libraries with the series engine, never a path
+  substring.** Filtering paths for `monk` also returns *Monkey Dust*, and
+  letting whichever file a walk happens to reach first stand for an episode
+  paired two libraries into a fake duplicate — the same sloppiness pointed the
+  other way deletes a file that is unique. The comparison is `media-titles.ep_of`
+  on both sides: series, season, episode, bytes, and a hash before anything is
+  trashed.
+- **A deletion is staged on the item's own filesystem.** The trash rule names
+  `~/.AGENTTRASH`, but `/home` and `/mnt/entropy` are different devices: a 31 GiB
+  stage there is a copy rather than a rename, it has to fit in the 187 GiB of
+  free space, and `rename(2)` refuses it anyway. Trash goes beside the item —
+  `/mnt/entropy/.AGENTTRASH/<date>-<topic>/` — so it costs one inode change and
+  rolls back exactly like the move that made it.
 - **A file whose name carries no words is bonus material, not a folder.**
   `.Extra 1 ( 1H 27min multisub ).mkv` parses to `1`; a movie folder named `1`
   is not a movie. It becomes a review line telling a human to name the file.
@@ -159,6 +406,50 @@ curl -s -K /tmp/jf.hdr -o /dev/null -w "jellyfin scan: %{http_code}\n" \
   inside disqualifies the subtree, because the thing behind a link is not this
   tool's to delete. Every removal is journalled as `rmdir` and `rollback`
   recreates the folder, so the sweep is undone by the same command as the moves.
+  Proof carries downward: inside a folder the journal proves emptied, every
+  empty directory goes with it. A release's `Screens/` or `Sample/` is never a
+  move source itself, so it can hold an emptied parent until the next sweep.
+  A failed `rmdir` is not a removal: only a folder that is really gone leaves
+  scope, so the next sweep finishes what a permission problem stopped.
+- **An episode-shaped name marks a SERIES, not a film — and the series is the
+  name BEFORE the marker.** `Monk - S05E03 - Mr. Monk and the Big Game` is series
+  `Monk`. Keyed on the whole title instead, every episode became a group of one,
+  never reaching the five-episode size that calls something a series — a whole
+  box set filed as one folder per episode. The threshold still earns its keep:
+  a lone film named `Part 2` stays a film. Episodes of a series are parked
+  in `_TV needs a TV library - <series>` for a human to move to a TV source —
+  the movie tool never files TV.
+- **One journal is one undo.** The TV move runs on its own journal, and with
+  `--root` set to the share that holds BOTH libraries: the executor refuses any
+  path outside `--root`, and a journal shared with the movie relayout would
+  undo both runs when only one of them is wanted.
+
+- **Sidecar metadata does not follow a rename, because it lives on another
+  filesystem.** The media servers write `.nfo` and artwork through the
+  [[Media Metadata View]] (NVMe upper layer); this tool moves bytes on the raw
+  array path, so where that view is mounted a sweep or a move must be followed by
+  `scripts/media-view.sh reap --apply` — stranded sidecars become ghost folders
+  that both servers browse and report as content. Whether this host mounts the
+  view at all is stated on that page; `media-apply.py` stays silent when it does not.
+- **Nothing deletes through the metadata view.** A delete there writes an overlayfs
+  whiteout in the upper layer, which hides the array's copy without removing it;
+  the file returns when the view is unmounted. Deletions in this pipeline happen
+  on the raw path only, which is what the journal can undo.
+- **The music album key is case-folded; the folder name is not.** `Master Of
+  Puppets` and `Master of Puppets` are one album to the matcher, so the spelling
+  that reaches the folder is the one most tracks carry. Taking it from whichever
+  row sorted first made the folder name depend on row order, and re-planning an
+  already-filed library renamed albums that were already in place.
+- **An occupied path is never a destination**, not even when its occupant is
+  scheduled to leave: the executor refuses an occupied target, so a plan that
+  aims at one fails after the renames that were supposed to clear it. A file
+  standing where the contract puts it is a keep, and a file already carrying a
+  collision suffix keeps that suffix — otherwise the plan is a shuffle, not a
+  fixed point, and a re-run moves albums that are already right.
+- **`media-census.py music` reads the `BaseItemProviders` table, not the item's
+  JSON.** This Jellyfin build carries an empty `ProviderIds` inside
+  `BaseItems.Data` for albums, so a census that parses the JSON finds no
+  MusicBrainz or Spotify id on any album and reads as "the library is untagged".
 
 ## Rollback
 
@@ -168,9 +459,17 @@ any folder a sweep removed, restores every source path, removes only the folders
 that run created *and that are now empty*, and refuses everything if any moved
 file cannot be accounted for. A rolled-back journal refuses to roll back twice.
 
+**Roll a chain back newest journal first, or the tool refuses.** Each pass
+re-files what an earlier one moved, so a journal is a clean inverse only until
+something downstream touches its files; `ls -l /mnt/entropy/media-relayout*.jsonl`
+is the order. Refusing is the tool working: on 2026-10-31 the movie journal could
+not restore files the later TV passes had re-filed, and the stray journal could
+not restore files Jellyfin's extension sweep had renamed. Roll back what still
+inverts and leave the rest as the current state — never force it.
+
 ## See Also
 
-[[Jellyfin]], [[Plex]], [[Entropy Volume]], [[Testing Policy]], [[Storage Policy]]
+[[Jellyfin]], [[Plex]], [[Media Metadata View]], [[Entropy Volume]], [[Testing Policy]], [[Storage Policy]]
 
 ## Citations
 

serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Plex.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: "Plex Media Server is a **containerized media server on Dankserver*
 tags:
   - dankserver
   - plex
-timestamp: 2026-10-21
+timestamp: 2026-10-30
 ---
 
 # Plex
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ Plex Media Server is a **containerized media server on Dankserver**: a podman
 quadlet (`plex.service`) under the systemd **user** generator, generated from
 `dankserver/plex/quadlet/plex.container`. It shares the host with a second live
 media server, [[Jellyfin]] (`jellyfin.service`, listening on 8096); both serve
-from the same read-only Entropy Volume mount.
+from the same tree — the [[Media Metadata View]] overlay — so the Kodi-format
+sidecars Jellyfin writes are the files Plex reads, with no copy and no sync.
 
 **Host:** Dankserver — **Ports:** 32400/tcp (PMS web + API), 32400 is the
 only port PMS needs for client streaming; LAN clients connect directly,
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public traffic can be fronted by Caddy like every other vhost.
 | Runtime | podman quadlet, `plex.service` (user manager) — migrated from the native `plexmediaserver.service` OS-package unit (2026-09) |
 | Image | `lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:1.43.5.11029-6bf8af3f0-ls329` (pinned; verified == the registry's `latest` manifest digest at pin time: `sha256:8f655bad…e9e2334`) |
 | Data root | `/var/lib/plexmediaserver` bind-mounted **in place** as `/config` (RW) — the migration moved zero bytes |
-| Media | `/mnt/entropy` mounted at the same absolute path **read-only** — every library path in the PMS database stayed valid, zero re-scan |
+| Media | git: `/var/lib/media-meta/view` (the [[Media Metadata View]] overlay) bound at the same absolute path `/mnt/entropy` **read-only**; live today: `/mnt/entropy` itself, read-only — the view has never been installed. Either way every library path in the PMS database stays valid, zero re-scan |
 | Identity | fleet rootless model — container root maps to the `dank` user (1000:1000); the deployer chowns the data root on first cutover |
 | Port | `32400/tcp` published on `0.0.0.0` — zero client reconfiguration |
 | Network | `dankserver_appnet`, alias `plex`; Tautulli reaches it at `http://plex:32400` |
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ public traffic can be fronted by Caddy like every other vhost.
 
 The migration moved zero bytes: the container bind-mounts the native data
 root where it already lived, and the media archive re-mounts at
-`/mnt/entropy` inside the container, so every absolute library path in the
+`/mnt/entropy` inside the container — only the HOST side of that bind has moved
+(the array today; the overlay view in git has never been deployed), so every
+absolute library path in the
 PMS database keeps resolving. The one metadata change: rootless podman
 cannot map the real host uid 997, so the fleet model applies — container
 root runs as the `dank` user, and the deployer adopts the data root with
@@ -84,3 +87,45 @@ root runs as the `dank` user, and the deployer adopts the data root with
    while the HTTP layer finishes loading; the first boot of a years-old
    library took ~10 minutes (2026-09 cutover). The deployer gate now allows
    600 s before failing; later boots are much faster (warm page cache).
+
+## Triggering a scan
+
+A rename on disk is invisible until the section is rescanned, and a moved file is
+a `Couldn't find the file to stream` 404 until that scan passes it. Run this from
+the host shell through `podman exec`, never from a neighbour container: PMS's
+HTTPD closes without a single byte on any request that arrives from another
+container's netns (10.89.x.x reads as "empty reply", not as a 401). The token
+rides stdin, never argv, where any process on the host could read it out of
+`/proc/<pid>/cmdline`; it lives in `Preferences.xml` inside the RW data bind.
+
+```bash
+umask 077
+podman exec plex sh -c "sed -n 's/.*PlexOnlineToken=\"\\([^\"]*\\)\".*/\\1/p' \
+  '/config/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml'" >/tmp/px.tok
+cat >/tmp/pxscan.sh <<'EOS'
+read -r T
+cfg=$(mktemp)
+mk() { { printf 'header = "X-Plex-Token: %s"\nheader = "Accept: application/json"\n' "$T"
+        printf 'url = "%s"\n' "$1"; } > "$cfg"; }
+mk "http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/sections"
+for k in $(curl -s -K "$cfg" | grep -o '"key":"[0-9]*"' | cut -d\" -f4); do
+  mk "http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/sections/$k/refresh"
+  printf 'request = "POST"\n' >> "$cfg"
+  echo "plex section $k: $(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -K "$cfg")"
+done
+shred -u "$cfg"
+EOS
+podman cp /tmp/pxscan.sh plex:/tmp/pxscan.sh
+podman exec -i plex sh /tmp/pxscan.sh </tmp/px.tok
+shred -u /tmp/px.tok
+```
+
+Every section answers `204` — or `200` with a Directory body when
+`Accept: application/json` is sent. Inside the quoted `printf` format a
+backslash-newline is LITERAL, not a continuation, so `mk` writes two `printf`s:
+one glued line and one stray backslash is a config file curl rejects, and the
+failure prints as `option -K: is unknown`, never as a bad config line.
+
+Proof that a rename landed is not a scan response: `scripts/media-verify.py`
+replays the run's journal against the database — the only read that
+distinguishes "not scanned yet" from "gone"; see [[Media Relayout]].

serverAppConfigs-docs/index.md

@@ -48,10 +48,13 @@ is a locator: one row, one clause, no numbers.
 | [[Calibre-Web]] | Calibre-Web is a web application that browses, reads, and downloads eBooks from an existing Calibre library database. |
 | [[Copyparty]] | Copyparty is a lightweight file server and media streamer that runs as a single Python binary. |
 | [[Dankserver Stack]] | Service inventory and routing overview for the media and library host. |
-| [[Entropy Volume]] | The Dankserver entropy volume is a RAID-backed LUKS filesystem mounted at |
-| [[Jellyfin]] | Jellyfin on Dankserver: quadlet unit, entropy-volume data layout, ports, client access, hardware-transcode status. |
+| [[Entropy Volume]] | Dankserver's /mnt/entropy volume: the LUKS/array chain, the crypttab + fstab boot path, and the containers bound to it |
+| [[Jellyfin]] | Jellyfin on Dankserver: quadlet unit, overlay metadata view, provider keys, ports, access, transcode status. |
 | [[mariadb]] | The MariaDB backend for RomM: quadlet unit, network alias, env-file secret handling, and the backup path. |
-| [[Media Relayout]] | Census, plan and apply the movie library into Jellyfin format: the gates to read, and the rollback. |
+| [[Media Audiobook Relayout]] | Re-filing /mnt/entropy/Audiobooks by Plex's chapter rows: narrator shelves, no renumbering, the refusals. |
+| [[Media Metadata View]] | The SSD-backed overlay the two media servers read and write: shape, guards, commands, laws, rollback. |
+| [[Media Music Relayout]] | Re-filing /mnt/entropy/Music by Jellyfin's tag rows: the census, the album key, the refusals. |
+| [[Media Relayout]] | Census, plan and apply the movie, TV, music and audiobook libraries: the gates, the refusals, the rollback. |
 | [[Plex]] | Plex Media Server is a **containerized media server on Dankserver**: a podman |
 | [[redis]] | The Redis cache and task queue for RomM: quadlet unit, network alias topology, and the backup path. |
 | [[RomM]] | RomM (ROM Manager) is a self-hosted ROM library manager and player. |

tests/deployment_scoping.bats

@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ REMOTE_DEPLOY="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-remote.sh"
     [ -z "$output" ]
 }
 
+@test "a compose edit never restarts a Quadlet-owned media server" {
+    # dankserver/compose.yaml is an inventory; the media servers' Quadlets own
+    # their containers. A compose edit that restarted them would cut real viewers
+    # for a change that cannot affect them.
+    run python3 "$PLANNER" --target dankserver --paths dankserver/compose.yaml
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    ! printf '%s\n' "$output" | grep -qx jellyfin
+    ! printf '%s\n' "$output" | grep -qx plex
+}
+
 @test "compose planner narrows a compose edit to the changed service" {
     local base head
     base=$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse HEAD)

tests/jellyfin_providers.bats

@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Seam: scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh — the only mechanism that puts a
+# metadata-provider key into Jellyfin's plugin configuration on Dankserver.
+#
+# Output vocabulary the tests depend on:
+#   "+ <action>"    something this run will change
+#   "= <fact>"      something already true, so nothing changes
+#
+# The contracts, in the order the seam tests them:
+#   1. plan reports every action and never prints a key;
+#   2. a secret file that is not mode 600 is refused by name and nothing is
+#      written — a key readable by other users is an error, not a warning;
+#   3. a downloaded plugin artifact is accepted only on its pinned sha256, its
+#      official guid and its pinned version (a swapped or downgraded artifact
+#      is refused before anything lands in plugins/);
+#   4. the TMDb key is written into the EXISTING config with every other
+#      setting preserved — Jellyfin owns that file, and clobbering it would
+#      silently reset country, language and adult settings;
+#   5. a TVDB config the operator already saved through the UI is kept;
+#   6. install is idempotent: a second run changes no byte;
+#   7. whatever is replaced is copied to the trash first (fleet law: never
+#      overwrite without a recoverable copy);
+#   8. verify answers whether the endpoint is configured, key LENGTH only;
+#   9. no plugin configuration XML is tracked in git, the deployer places the
+#      keys BEFORE it restarts Jellyfin, and the planner routes a change to this
+#      installer to jellyfin.
+
+load helpers
+
+PROV="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh"
+TMDB_KEY="tmdbk3a9Zq7Rtestkey"
+TVDB_KEY="tvdbk8b2Wt4Ptestkey"
+GUID_OFFICIAL="a677c0da-fac5-4cde-941a-7134223f14c8"
+
+# make_plugin <file> <guid> <version> — a zip shaped like the official TheTVDB
+# artifact (meta.json + its two DLLs), so extraction is exercised for real.
+make_plugin() {
+    python3 - "$1" "$2" "$3" <<'PYEOF'
+import json, sys, zipfile
+path, guid, version = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]
+meta = {
+    "category": "MoviesAndShows",
+    "guid": guid,
+    "name": "TheTVDB",
+    "owner": "jellyfin",
+    "targetAbi": "12.0.0.0",
+    "version": version,
+}
+with zipfile.ZipFile(path, "w") as z:
+    z.writestr("meta.json", json.dumps(meta))
+    z.writestr("Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.dll", "dll-bytes")
+    z.writestr("Tvdb.Sdk.dll", "dll-bytes")
+PYEOF
+    sha256sum "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1
+}
+
+setup() {
+    JF="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/jf"
+    TRASH="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/trash"
+    SEC="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/secrets"
+    mkdir -p "$JF/plugins/configurations" "$TRASH" "$SEC"
+    cat >"$JF/plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml" <<XML
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <MetadataCountryCode>US</MetadataCountryCode>
+  <PreferOriginalLanguage />
+  <Language>en</Language>
+  <EnableCinematicForTrailers>false</EnableCinematicForTrailers>
+  <IncludeAdult>false</IncludeAdult>
+  <MaxCastMembers>25</MaxCastMembers>
+  <AddGenresFromKeywords>true</AddGenresFromKeywords>
+  <TmdbApiKey />
+</Configuration>
+XML
+    KEYS="$SEC/provider-keys"
+    printf 'TMDB_API_KEY=%s\nTVDB_API_KEY=%s\n' "$TMDB_KEY" "$TVDB_KEY" >"$KEYS"
+    chmod 600 "$KEYS"
+    ZIP="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/thetvdb.zip"
+    PIN_SHA="$(make_plugin "$ZIP" "$GUID_OFFICIAL" 24.0.0.0)"
+    PROV_ENV=(
+        JF_ROOT="$JF"
+        PROV_KEYS="$KEYS"
+        TRASH_DIR="$TRASH"
+        TVDB_PLUGIN_URL="file://$ZIP"
+        TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256="$PIN_SHA"
+        TVDB_PLUGIN_GUID="$GUID_OFFICIAL"
+        TVDB_PLUGIN_VERSION=24.0.0.0
+    )
+}
+
+prov() { env "${PROV_ENV[@]}" bash "$PROV" "$@"; }
+
+tree_fingerprint() { find "$JF" -type f | sort | xargs -r sha256sum | sha256sum; }
+
+@test "plan names the plugin and both config files, and prints no key" {
+    run prov plan
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -q '^+ install thetvdb_24\.0\.0\.0'
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -q '^+ set TmdbApiKey'
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -q '^+ create Jellyfin\.Plugin\.Tvdb\.xml'
+    # The whole point of running this over a shoulder: a key never appears.
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF "$TMDB_KEY"
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF "$TVDB_KEY"
+}
+
+@test "plan writes nothing" {
+    before="$(tree_fingerprint)"
+    run prov plan
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(tree_fingerprint)" = "$before" ]
+}
+
+@test "an already-configured endpoint reports no pending action" {
+    prov install >/dev/null
+    run prov plan
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -q '^+ '
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -q '= thetvdb_24\.0\.0\.0 already installed'
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -q '= TmdbApiKey already set'
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -q '= Jellyfin\.Plugin\.Tvdb\.xml already has an ApiKey'
+}
+
+@test "a keys file that is not mode 600 is refused and nothing is written" {
+    chmod 644 "$KEYS"
+    before="$(tree_fingerprint)"
+    run prov install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF '600'
+    [ "$(tree_fingerprint)" = "$before" ]
+}
+
+@test "a missing TVDB key is refused by name before anything is fetched" {
+    printf 'TMDB_API_KEY=%s\n' "$TMDB_KEY" >"$KEYS"
+    chmod 600 "$KEYS"
+    run prov install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF 'TVDB_API_KEY'
+    [ ! -d "$JF/plugins/thetvdb_24.0.0.0" ]
+}
+
+@test "a root with no plugin directory is refused instead of fabricated" {
+    # Creating plugins/ inside a wrong path would install a plugin Jellyfin
+    # never loads, and would hide the operator's typo.
+    run env "${PROV_ENV[@]}" JF_ROOT="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/nope" bash "$PROV" install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [ ! -d "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/nope/plugins" ]
+}
+
+@test "an artifact whose sha256 is not the pinned one is refused" {
+    run env "${PROV_ENV[@]}" TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256="$(printf 'f%.0s' {1..64})" \
+        bash "$PROV" install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'sha256'
+    [ ! -d "$JF/plugins/thetvdb_24.0.0.0" ]
+}
+
+@test "an artifact that is not the official TVDB plugin is refused" {
+    # A matching sha proves only that the bytes are the bytes we fetched.
+    EVIL="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/evil.zip"
+    EVIL_SHA="$(make_plugin "$EVIL" "deadbeef-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" 24.0.0.0)"
+    run env "${PROV_ENV[@]}" TVDB_PLUGIN_URL="file://$EVIL" TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256="$EVIL_SHA" \
+        bash "$PROV" install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'guid'
+    [ ! -d "$JF/plugins/thetvdb_24.0.0.0" ]
+}
+
+@test "an artifact that is not the pinned version is refused" {
+    OLD="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/old.zip"
+    OLD_SHA="$(make_plugin "$OLD" "$GUID_OFFICIAL" 22.0.0.0)"
+    run env "${PROV_ENV[@]}" TVDB_PLUGIN_URL="file://$OLD" TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256="$OLD_SHA" \
+        bash "$PROV" install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'version'
+    [ ! -d "$JF/plugins/thetvdb_24.0.0.0" ]
+}
+
+@test "a different plugin version already in plugins/ is refused, not doubled" {
+    # Two thetvdb_* directories means Jellyfin loads one plugin twice; the
+    # operator removes the old one (into the trash) deliberately, not by an
+    # installer quietly adding a second.
+    prov install >/dev/null
+    OLD="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/old.zip"
+    OLD_SHA="$(make_plugin "$OLD" "$GUID_OFFICIAL" 22.0.0.0)"
+    run env "${PROV_ENV[@]}" TVDB_PLUGIN_URL="file://$OLD" TVDB_PLUGIN_SHA256="$OLD_SHA" \
+        TVDB_PLUGIN_VERSION=22.0.0.0 bash "$PROV" install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF 'thetvdb_24.0.0.0'
+    [ ! -d "$JF/plugins/thetvdb_22.0.0.0" ]
+}
+
+@test "install places the plugin, keys TMDb, and preserves every other setting" {
+    run prov install
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF "$TMDB_KEY"
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF "$TVDB_KEY"
+    [ -f "$JF/plugins/thetvdb_24.0.0.0/meta.json" ]
+    [ -f "$JF/plugins/thetvdb_24.0.0.0/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.dll" ]
+    local cfg="$JF/plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml"
+    # Jellyfin owns this file: the settings it wrote must survive the edit.
+    for setting in MetadataCountryCode Language IncludeAdult MaxCastMembers AddGenresFromKeywords; do
+        grep -qF "<$setting>" "$cfg" || {
+            echo "lost $setting"
+            return 1
+        }
+    done
+    grep -qF '<IncludeAdult>false</IncludeAdult>' "$cfg"
+    grep -qF "<TmdbApiKey>$TMDB_KEY</TmdbApiKey>" "$cfg"
+    grep -qF "<ApiKey>$TVDB_KEY</ApiKey>" "$JF/plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml"
+}
+
+@test "a TVDB config the operator saved through the UI is kept" {
+    cat >"$JF/plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml" <<XML
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
+  <ApiKey>ui-saved-key</ApiKey>
+  <EnableSeasonPathMatching>true</EnableSeasonPathMatching>
+</Configuration>
+XML
+    run prov install
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'kept'
+    local cfg="$JF/plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml"
+    grep -qF '<ApiKey>ui-saved-key</ApiKey>' "$cfg"
+    grep -qF '<EnableSeasonPathMatching>true</EnableSeasonPathMatching>' "$cfg"
+}
+
+@test "a pin in the TVDB secret lands in the plugin config" {
+    # A subscriber-shaped key needs the account's PIN beside it; a licensed key
+    # does not, so the element appears only when the secret carries one.
+    printf 'TMDB_API_KEY=%s\nTVDB_API_KEY=%s\nTVDB_PIN=123456\n' "$TMDB_KEY" "$TVDB_KEY" >"$KEYS"
+    chmod 600 "$KEYS"
+    prov install >/dev/null
+    grep -qF '<Pin>123456</Pin>' "$JF/plugins/configurations/Jellyfin.Plugin.Tvdb.xml"
+}
+
+@test "install is idempotent: a second run changes no byte" {
+    prov install >/dev/null
+    before="$(tree_fingerprint)"
+    run prov install
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(tree_fingerprint)" = "$before" ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'no change'
+    # One plugin directory only: two versions in plugins/ means two loads.
+    [ "$(find "$JF/plugins" -maxdepth 1 -type d -name 'thetvdb_*' | wc -l)" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
+@test "what install replaces is copied to the trash first" {
+    prov install >/dev/null
+    # The TMDb config existed before this tool touched it, so the pre-edit copy
+    # must stay recoverable.
+    [ -n "$(find "$TRASH" -name 'Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml*' -print -quit)" ]
+    grep -qF '<TmdbApiKey />' "$(find "$TRASH" -name 'Jellyfin.Plugin.Tmdb.xml*' | head -1)"
+}
+
+@test "verify refuses an unconfigured endpoint and names what is missing" {
+    run prov verify
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'thetvdb'
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'TmdbApiKey'
+}
+
+@test "verify passes once the plugin and both keys are in place" {
+    prov install >/dev/null
+    run prov verify
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF "$TMDB_KEY"
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF "$TVDB_KEY"
+    # Length, not bytes: the operator sees the key loaded without reading it.
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qE 'TmdbApiKey .*[0-9]+ chars'
+}
+
+@test "no plugin configuration XML is tracked in this repo" {
+    # These files hold provider keys and are owned by the running container;
+    # tracking them would put credentials in git and guarantee drift.
+    run git -C "$REPO_ROOT" ls-files
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qF 'plugins/configurations'
+    ! printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qiF 'Plugin.Tvdb.xml'
+}
+
+@test "the planner routes this installer to jellyfin" {
+    run python3 "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-plan.py" --target dankserver \
+        --paths scripts/jellyfin-providers.sh
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$output" = "jellyfin" ]
+}
+
+@test "the deployer places the keys before it restarts jellyfin" {
+    # The plugin and both keys are read at start-up, so a restart that runs
+    # ahead of the placement boots the old, keyless state.
+    body="$(sed -n '/^deploy_jellyfin()/,/^\}/p' "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-remote.sh")"
+    [ -n "$body" ]
+    up="$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -n 'ensure_provider_keys' | head -1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+    restart="$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -n 'systemctl --user restart jellyfin.service' | head -1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+    [ "${up:-999}" -lt "${restart:-0}" ]
+}

tests/media_audiobooks.bats

@@ -0,0 +1,483 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Seam: the audiobook-library relayout — scripts/media-census.py audiobooks (the
+# export of the rows Plex matched) and scripts/media-audiobooks.py (the plan).
+#
+# The audiobook tree is the one library on this box that Jellyfin does not read
+# at all and Plex reads completely: every chapter here is a Plex Track row under
+# an Album row (the BOOK) under one Artist row (the NARRATOR). That is the
+# authority this seam files by — never the collection folder a release pack made.
+#
+# Two laws here are the opposite of the music tool's, and both come from what the
+# rows actually contain. Files are NEVER renumbered: 7,556 of 10,485 books carry
+# at least one chapter whose index Plex does not know, so a `00 -` invented from
+# a missing index would order a book wrong, and playback order comes from the
+# embedded track tag either way — the name buys nothing and can only lie. And the
+# folder artist is the NARRATOR even though a reader thinks in authors: every
+# book has exactly one artist row, while the author survives only in 10% of the
+# album titles (`Kryptos by Graham McNeill`) and in no column Plex stores, so one
+# rule beats a shelf that is half authors and half narrators.
+#
+# Every test states which authority a file has and asserts where the PLAN files
+# it, never how the planner decided.
+
+load helpers
+
+PLAN="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-audiobooks.py"
+CENSUS="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-census.py"
+APPLY="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-apply.py"
+
+# at PATH SIZE — a file with deterministic content.
+at() { mkdir -p "$(dirname "$1")"; head -c "$2" /dev/zero > "$1"; }
+
+# row FILE NARRATOR BOOK YEAR TRACK CHAPTER
+# One row of the authority export scripts/media-census.py audiobooks writes.
+row() {
+    printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n' \
+        "$1" "$2" "$3" "${4:-}" "${5:-}" "$6" >> "$ROWS"
+}
+
+# dst SRC — the destination the plan gives SRC, or nothing when it does not move.
+dst() {
+    awk -F '\t' -v s="$1" '$1 == "move" && $2 == s {print $3}' "$OUT"
+}
+
+# kind SRC — the kind the plan gave SRC's move row.
+kind() {
+    awk -F '\t' -v s="$1" '$1 == "move" && $2 == s {print $4}' "$OUT"
+}
+
+setup() {
+    AB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks"
+    PARK="$AB/_unsorted"
+    ENUM="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/enum.tsv"
+    ROWS="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/rows.tsv"
+    OUT="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plan.tsv"
+    EXC="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exceptions.txt"
+    # The header is part of the authority export, so the fixture carries it.
+    printf 'file\tnarrator\tbook\tyear\ttrack\tchapter\n' > "$ROWS"
+
+    # One book of one author, split across the two part folders a pack shipped it
+    # in, with a cover above part 1 and a playlist beside the chapters.
+    A="$AB/Stephen King/It (1986)"
+    at "$A [Part 1]/01 - Chapter 1.mp3" 9000
+    at "$A [Part 1]/02 - Chapter 2.mp3" 9000
+    at "$A [Part 1]/cover.jpg" 20
+    at "$A [Part 1]/It.m3u" 30
+    at "$A [Part 2]/03 - Chapter 3.mp3" 9000
+    row "$A [Part 1]/01 - Chapter 1.mp3" "George Guidall" "It" 1986 1 "Chapter 1"
+    row "$A [Part 1]/02 - Chapter 2.mp3" "George Guidall" "It" 1986 2 "Chapter 2"
+    row "$A [Part 2]/03 - Chapter 3.mp3" "George Guidall" "It" 1986 3 "Chapter 3"
+
+    # A book whose album row carries no year at all.
+    B="$AB/Collected/Project Gold"
+    at "$B/01.ogg" 9000
+    row "$B/01.ogg" "Operator X" "Project Gold" "" 1 "Opening"
+
+    # One book title, two narrators: two different books.
+    C="$AB/Shared"
+    at "$C/Dune side a.m4b" 9000
+    at "$C/Dune side b.m4b" 9000
+    at "$C/Dune 2020.m4b" 9000
+    row "$C/Dune side a.m4b" "Scott Brick" "Dune" 1965 1 "Prologue"
+    row "$C/Dune side b.m4b" "Scott Brick" "Dune" 1965 2 "Dune"
+    row "$C/Dune 2020.m4b" "Malcolm Hillgartner" "Dune" 2020 1 "Book One"
+
+    # Two part folders of one book whose chapters share a file name.
+    D="$AB/Pulp"
+    at "$D/Book A/vol1.mp3" 9000
+    at "$D/Book A vol2/vol1.mp3" 9000
+    row "$D/Book A/vol1.mp3" "Nora Pace" "Hard Food" 2001 1 "Vol 1"
+    row "$D/Book A vol2/vol1.mp3" "Nora Pace" "Hard Food" 2001 2 "Vol 1"
+
+    # The same narrator spelled two ways across one book's chapters.
+    E="$AB/Spell"
+    at "$E/kharn 1.mp3" 9000
+    at "$E/kharn 2.mp3" 9000
+    at "$E/kharn 3.mp3" 9000
+    row "$E/kharn 1.mp3" "David Timson" "Kharn" 2013 1 "One"
+    row "$E/kharn 2.mp3" "David timson" "Kharn" 2013 2 "Two"
+    row "$E/kharn 3.mp3" "David Timson" "Kharn" 2013 3 "Three"
+
+    # A folder holding two different books: its loose note has no owner.
+    F="$AB/Mixed"
+    at "$F/book one chapter.mp3" 9000
+    at "$F/book two chapter.mp3" 9000
+    at "$F/notes.txt" 10
+    row "$F/book one chapter.mp3" "Ann Reader" "Book One" 2001 1 "One"
+    row "$F/book two chapter.mp3" "Bob Reader" "Book Two" 2002 1 "Two"
+
+    # A file already parked: the pile is for a human, so a row that would file it
+    # must not pull it back into the tree.
+    at "$PARK/Old/nobody.mp3" 9000
+    row "$PARK/Old/nobody.mp3" "Ann Reader" "Book One" 2001 1 "One"
+
+    # The odd cases: no row, a video container, a name carrying a character Plex
+    # says breaks playback, rows with a blank book and a blank narrator, and a
+    # matched chapter whose file has no extension.
+    G="$AB/Odd"
+    at "$G/loose.mp3" 9000
+    at "$G/concert.mp4" 9000
+    at "$G/Bad: Name/01 chapter.mp3" 9000
+    row "$G/Bad: Name/01 chapter.mp3" "Some Reader" "Trail: Marked" 1999 1 "Marked"
+    at "$G/blank book.mp3" 9000
+    row "$G/blank book.mp3" "Some Reader" "" 2000 1 "No Book"
+    at "$G/blank narrator.mp3" 9000
+    row "$G/blank narrator.mp3" "" "No Artist" 2000 1 "No Artist"
+    at "$G/NoExt/part01" 9000
+    row "$G/NoExt/part01" "Archivist" "Tapes" 1971 1 "Tape One"
+
+    # Tag-scan placeholders. Two unrelated books whose album rows both read
+    # `[Unknown Album]`: the name is shared, so filing on it would merge books
+    # that have nothing to do with each other. A rip timestamp can be glued to
+    # the placeholder, and a multi-cast read says `Various Artists` — which IS a
+    # narrator.
+    H="$AB/Packs"
+    at "$H/Stross/Ship/c1.mp3" 9000
+    at "$H/Leckie/State/c1.mp3" 9000
+    at "$H/Rip/tape.mp3" 9000
+    at "$H/NoWho/Real Book.mp3" 9000
+    at "$H/Multicast/Genesis.mp3" 9000
+    row "$H/Stross/Ship/c1.mp3" "Various Artists" "[Unknown Album]" "" 1 "Part 1"
+    row "$H/Leckie/State/c1.mp3" "Various Artists" "[Unknown Album]" "" 1 "Part 1"
+    row "$H/Rip/tape.mp3" "Ann Reader" "Unknown album (03/03/2015 21:39:55)" "" 1 "One"
+    row "$H/NoWho/Real Book.mp3" "[Unknown Artist]" "A Named Book" 2001 1 "One"
+    row "$H/Multicast/Genesis.mp3" "Various Artists" "The Bible" "" 1 "Genesis"
+    at "$H/Numbered/01 - Grimoire.mp3" 9000
+    at "$H/Digits/1984.mp3" 9000
+    row "$H/Numbered/01 - Grimoire.mp3" "0.4" "Grimoire of the Lamb" "" 1 "One"
+    row "$H/Digits/1984.mp3" "Ann Reader" "1984" 1949 1 "One"
+
+    # The enum TSV is what scripts/media-census.py enumerate writes: bytes, ext,
+    # path, no header.
+    python3 - "$AB" "$ENUM" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+root, out = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+with open(out, "w") as fh:
+    for dirpath, _dirs, files in os.walk(root):
+        for fn in files:
+            p = os.path.join(dirpath, fn)
+            fh.write(f"{os.path.getsize(p)}\t{os.path.splitext(fn)[1].lower()}\t{p}\n")
+PY
+}
+
+plan() {
+    run python3 "$PLAN" --root "$AB" --enum "$ENUM" --rows "$ROWS" \
+        --out "$OUT" --exceptions "$EXC"
+    if [ "$status" -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "planner said: $output"
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# db_with_part DB FILE NARRATOR BOOK YEAR TRACK CHAPTER — one Plex Track row
+# under an Album under an Artist, in the three tables the export joins.
+db_with_part() {
+    local db="$1" file="$2" narrator="$3" book="$4" year="$5" track="$6" chapter="$7"
+    local del="${8:-0}"
+    python3 - "$db" "$file" "$narrator" "$book" "$year" "$track" "$chapter" "$del" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, sys
+db, file, narrator, book, year, track, chapter, deleted = sys.argv[1:9]
+c = sqlite3.connect(db)
+c.execute("create table if not exists media_parts (id integer primary key,"
+          " media_item_id, file, deleted_at)")
+c.execute("create table if not exists media_items (id integer primary key,"
+          " metadata_item_id, deleted_at)")
+c.execute("""create table if not exists metadata_items (id integer primary key,
+           parent_id, metadata_type, title, year, "index", deleted_at)""")
+now = None if deleted == "0" else "2026-01-01"
+ar = c.execute("insert into metadata_items (parent_id, metadata_type, title, year,"
+               " \"index\", deleted_at) VALUES (NULL, 8, ?, NULL, NULL, NULL)",
+               (narrator,)).lastrowid
+al = c.execute("insert into metadata_items (parent_id, metadata_type, title, year,"
+               " \"index\", deleted_at) VALUES (?, 9, ?, ?, NULL, NULL)",
+               (ar, book, int(year) if year else None)).lastrowid
+mi = c.execute("insert into metadata_items (parent_id, metadata_type, title, year,"
+               " \"index\", deleted_at) VALUES (?, 10, ?, NULL, ?, NULL)",
+               (al, chapter, int(track) if track else -1)).lastrowid
+it = c.execute("insert into media_items (metadata_item_id, deleted_at) VALUES (?, NULL)",
+               (mi,)).lastrowid
+c.execute("insert into media_parts (media_item_id, file, deleted_at) VALUES (?,?,?)",
+          (it, file, now))
+c.commit()
+PY
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------ the export
+
+@test "the census exports the narrator, book and chapter Plex matched for a part" {
+    DB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plex.db"
+    db_with_part "$DB" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks/Pack/It part 1/01.mp3" \
+        "George Guidall" "It" 1986 1 "Chapter 1"
+    run python3 "$CENSUS" audiobooks --root "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks" --db "$DB" \
+        --out "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    run head -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "${lines[0]}" = "file	narrator	book	year	track	chapter" ]
+    tail -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv" \
+        | grep -q "^$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks/Pack/It part 1/01\.mp3	George Guidall	It	1986	1	Chapter 1$"
+}
+
+@test "the census exports nothing outside the root, and nothing Plex deleted" {
+    DB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plex.db"
+    db_with_part "$DB" "/mnt/other/Library/01.mp3" "Someone" "Elsewhere" 1990 1 "One"
+    db_with_part "$DB" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks/Gone/01.mp3" "Someone" \
+        "Deleted" 1990 1 "One" 1
+    run python3 "$CENSUS" audiobooks --root "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks" --db "$DB" \
+        --out "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(wc -l < "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv")" -eq 1 ]   # header only
+}
+
+# wal_fresh DB ROOT OUT — a row Plex matched during a scan and committed, but
+# has not checkpointed: the normal state of a library being walked. The holder
+# connection stops the WAL folding into the main file when the writer closes,
+# and the census runs as a real subprocess against those same files.
+wal_fresh() {
+    local db="$1" root="$2" out="$3"
+    python3 - "$db" "$root" "$out" "$CENSUS" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, subprocess, sys
+db, root, out, census = sys.argv[1:5]
+w = sqlite3.connect(db)
+w.execute("pragma journal_mode=wal")
+w.execute("pragma wal_autocheckpoint=0")
+w.commit()
+w.execute("pragma wal_checkpoint(truncate)")     # the rows so far are on disk
+holder = sqlite3.connect(db)                     # last close would checkpoint
+ar = w.execute('insert into metadata_items (parent_id, metadata_type, title,'
+               ' year, "index", deleted_at) VALUES (NULL, 8, ?, NULL, NULL, NULL)',
+               ("Fresh Narrator",)).lastrowid
+al = w.execute('insert into metadata_items (parent_id, metadata_type, title,'
+               ' year, "index", deleted_at) VALUES (?, 9, ?, ?, NULL, NULL)',
+               (ar, "Fresh Book", 2026)).lastrowid
+mi = w.execute('insert into metadata_items (parent_id, metadata_type, title,'
+               ' year, "index", deleted_at) VALUES (?, 10, ?, NULL, ?, NULL)',
+               (al, "Fresh Chapter", 1)).lastrowid
+it = w.execute("insert into media_items (metadata_item_id, deleted_at)"
+               " VALUES (?, NULL)", (mi,)).lastrowid
+w.execute("insert into media_parts (media_item_id, file, deleted_at)"
+          " VALUES (?, ?, NULL)", (it, root + "/Fresh/01.mp3"))
+w.commit()
+sys.exit(subprocess.run([sys.executable, census, "audiobooks", "--root", root,
+                         "--db", db, "--out", out]).returncode)
+PY
+}
+
+@test "the census exports a row the scanner committed but has not checkpointed" {
+    DB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plex.db"
+    db_with_part "$DB" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks/Old/01.mp3" \
+        "Old Narrator" "Old Book" 1990 1 "Old Chapter"
+    run wal_fresh "$DB" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(wc -l < "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv")" -eq 3 ]   # header + both rows
+    tail -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv" \
+        | grep -q "^$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Audiobooks/Fresh/01\.mp3	Fresh Narrator	Fresh Book	2026	1	Fresh Chapter$"
+}
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------- the plan
+
+@test "a matched chapter files under its narrator and its book, name untouched" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$A [Part 1]/01 - Chapter 1.mp3")" = \
+        "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/01 - Chapter 1.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "one book arrives in one folder however many part folders it shipped in" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$A [Part 2]/03 - Chapter 3.mp3")" = \
+        "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/03 - Chapter 3.mp3" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$A [Part 1]/02 - Chapter 2.mp3")" = \
+        "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/02 - Chapter 2.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "a chapter is never renumbered, whether or not Plex knows its index" {
+    # The law this guards: playback order comes from the embedded track tag, and
+    # three quarters of the books have chapters with no index at all, so a
+    # number written into a name would be invented and would lie.
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$B/01.ogg")" = "$AB/Operator X/Project Gold/01.ogg" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$A [Part 1]/01 - Chapter 1.mp3")" = \
+        "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/01 - Chapter 1.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "a book whose album row has no year gets no parentheses" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$B/01.ogg")" = "$AB/Operator X/Project Gold/01.ogg" ]
+}
+
+@test "two chapters claiming one name inside one book are named apart" {
+    plan
+    first="$(dst "$D/Book A/vol1.mp3")"
+    second="$(dst "$D/Book A vol2/vol1.mp3")"
+    [ "$first" != "$second" ]
+    [ -n "$first" ] && [ -n "$second" ]
+    # and the plan still passes the executor's preflight, which refuses a target
+    # two sources claim.
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$AB"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" != *"double-claim"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "a cover follows the book whose folder it lies in" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$A [Part 1]/cover.jpg")" = "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/cover.jpg" ]
+}
+
+@test "a playlist moves with its book and its bytes are never rewritten" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$A [Part 1]/It.m3u")" = "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/It.m3u" ]
+    before=$(md5sum "$A [Part 1]/It.m3u" | cut -d" " -f1)
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$AB" --journal "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/j.jsonl" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(md5sum "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/It.m3u" | cut -d" " -f1)" = "$before" ]
+    # the stored paths inside it still name the old file names, which the tool
+    # leaves alone rather than editing a file the operator owns.
+    [ "$(kind "$A [Part 1]/It.m3u")" != "chapter" ]
+}
+
+@test "a note in a folder holding two books has no owner and parks" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$F/notes.txt")" = "park" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$F/notes.txt")" = "$PARK/Mixed/notes.txt" ]
+}
+
+@test "an audio file no row names parks with the path it has today" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$G/loose.mp3")" = "park" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$G/loose.mp3")" = "$PARK/Odd/loose.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "a video container parks instead of being renamed into audio" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$G/concert.mp4")" = "park" ]
+    run grep -c "concert\.mp4" "$EXC"
+    [ "$output" != "0" ]
+}
+
+@test "a character Plex says breaks playback never reaches a destination" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$G/Bad: Name/01 chapter.mp3")" = \
+        "$AB/Some Reader/Trail Marked (1999)/01 chapter.mp3" ]
+    run cut -f3 "$OUT"
+    [[ "$output" != *":"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "one book title with two narrators stays two books" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$C/Dune side a.m4b")" = "$AB/Scott Brick/Dune (1965)/Dune side a.m4b" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$C/Dune 2020.m4b")" = \
+        "$AB/Malcolm Hillgartner/Dune (2020)/Dune 2020.m4b" ]
+}
+
+@test "the spelling most chapters carry names the folder, and they share one folder" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$E/kharn 1.mp3")" = "$AB/David Timson/Kharn (2013)/kharn 1.mp3" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$E/kharn 2.mp3")" = "$AB/David Timson/Kharn (2013)/kharn 2.mp3" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$E/kharn 3.mp3")" = "$AB/David Timson/Kharn (2013)/kharn 3.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "a row with no book title parks rather than inventing a folder" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$G/blank book.mp3")" = "park" ]
+}
+
+@test "a row with no narrator parks rather than inventing a shelf" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$G/blank narrator.mp3")" = "park" ]
+}
+
+@test "books that share a placeholder album name never share a shelf" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$H/Stross/Ship/c1.mp3")" = "$PARK/Packs/Stross/Ship/c1.mp3" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$H/Leckie/State/c1.mp3")" = "$PARK/Packs/Leckie/State/c1.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "a placeholder with a rip timestamp glued to it is still a placeholder" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$H/Rip/tape.mp3")" = "park" ]
+}
+
+@test "a narrator placeholder parks even when the book is named" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$H/NoWho/Real Book.mp3")" = "park" ]
+}
+
+@test "Various Artists is a multi-cast narrator and files its book" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$H/Multicast/Genesis.mp3")" = \
+        "$AB/Various Artists/The Bible/Genesis.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "a chapter number mistagged as the narrator parks" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$H/Numbered/01 - Grimoire.mp3")" = "park" ]
+}
+
+@test "a book whose title is digits still files, because only a name must have a letter" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$H/Digits/1984.mp3")" = "$AB/Ann Reader/1984 (1949)/1984.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "the row, not the extension, decides what a chapter is" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(kind "$G/NoExt/part01")" = "chapter" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$G/NoExt/part01")" = "$AB/Archivist/Tapes (1971)/part01" ]
+}
+
+@test "the plan replays through the executor with nothing refused" {
+    plan
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$AB" \
+        --journal "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" != *"refusing"* ]]
+    # The refusal this guards is two sources claiming one target: the executor
+    # stops the whole run on it, so the plan must never hand a path out twice.
+    [ -z "$(awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" {print $3}' "$OUT" | sort | uniq -d)" ]
+}
+
+@test "an occupied destination is refused rather than overwritten" {
+    plan
+    mkdir -p "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)"
+    at "$AB/George Guidall/It (1986)/01 - Chapter 1.mp3" 1
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$AB"
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"occupied"* ]]
+    [ -e "$A [Part 1]/01 - Chapter 1.mp3" ]
+}
+
+@test "applying the plan and re-planning moves nothing" {
+    plan
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$AB" \
+        --journal "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/j.jsonl" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    python3 - "$AB" "$ENUM" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+root, out = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+with open(out, "w") as fh:
+    for dirpath, _dirs, files in os.walk(root):
+        for fn in files:
+            p = os.path.join(dirpath, fn)
+            fh.write(f"{os.path.getsize(p)}\t{os.path.splitext(fn)[1].lower()}\t{p}\n")
+PY
+    # The rows still name the paths the chapters were placed at: that is what a
+    # server re-scan of the moved tree reports.
+    python3 - "$OUT" "$ROWS" <<'PY'
+import csv, sys
+out, rows = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+moved = {r[1]: r[2] for r in csv.reader(open(out), delimiter="\t") if r[0] == "move"}
+with open(rows) as fh, open(rows + ".2", "w") as fh2:
+    fh2.write(fh.readline().rstrip("\n") + "\n")
+    for line in fh:
+        f = line.split("\t")[0]
+        fh2.write("\t".join([moved.get(f, f)] + line.rstrip("\n").split("\t")[1:]) + "\n")
+PY
+    run python3 "$PLAN" --root "$AB" --enum "$ENUM" --rows "$ROWS.2" \
+        --out "$OUT.2" --exceptions "$EXC.2"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move"' "$OUT.2" | wc -l)" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "nothing under the park root is planned again" {
+    plan
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" && $2 ~ /_unsorted/' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}

tests/media_music.bats

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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Seam: the music-library relayout — scripts/media-census.py music (the tag and
+# provider authority export) and scripts/media-music.py (the plan).
+#
+# Jellyfin's music rule is the opposite of the movie and TV ones: the embedded
+# tags are the metadata and the file name is only a fallback title, so the
+# authority here is the Audio row Jellyfin already matched (its album-artist,
+# album, year, disc and track columns) and NOT the path a ripper chose. Every
+# test states which authority a file has — row only, row with no album item,
+# sidecar of a file that has a row, nothing at all — and asserts where the PLAN
+# files it, never how the planner decided.
+#
+# The three outcomes that cost a re-run of a 90k-file plan: a track filed under
+# the wrong artist (it splits one album across two artists), a destination that
+# two tracks claim (the executor refuses, and the operator loses the run), and a
+# lyric file that stops matching the basename of the track it belongs to, which
+# silently loses the lyrics. Everything below is written to catch those, plus the
+# gate that matters most: the plan must replay through scripts/media-apply.py,
+# whose preflight is the fleet's only overwrite guard.
+
+load helpers
+
+PLAN="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-music.py"
+CENSUS="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-census.py"
+APPLY="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-apply.py"
+
+# at PATH SIZE — a file with deterministic content.
+at() { mkdir -p "$(dirname "$1")"; head -c "$2" /dev/zero > "$1"; }
+
+# row FILE ARTIST ALBUM YEAR DISC TRACK TITLE [MB] [PERFORMER]
+# One row of the authority export scripts/media-census.py music writes.
+row() {
+    printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n' \
+        "$1" "$2" "$3" "${4:-}" "${5:-}" "${6:-}" "$7" "${8:-}" "${9:-}" >> "$ROWS"
+}
+
+# dst SRC — the destination the plan gives SRC, or nothing when it does not move.
+dst() {
+    awk -F '\t' -v s="$1" '$1 == "move" && $2 == s {print $3}' "$OUT"
+}
+
+setup() {
+    MUSIC="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Music"
+    PARK="$MUSIC/_unsorted"
+    ENUM="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/enum.tsv"
+    ROWS="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/rows.tsv"
+    OUT="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plan.tsv"
+    EXC="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exceptions.txt"
+
+    # A discography pack: the artist's own albums buried under "01. Albums",
+    # with a lyric, a cover, an EAC log and a playlist beside the tracks.
+    A="$MUSIC/Artist One - Discography [FLAC]/01. Albums/Album X"
+    at "$A/01. First.flac" 9000
+    at "$A/02. Second.flac" 9000
+    at "$A/01. First.lrc" 10
+    at "$A/cover.jpg" 20
+    at "$A/rip.log" 10
+    at "$A/Album X.m3u" 10
+
+    # A multi-disc compilation: one album (the album artist is the compilation
+    # tag), two discs, and a different performer on each track.
+    B="$MUSIC/Box (2019)"
+    at "$B/Disc 1/01 Track A.flac" 9000
+    at "$B/Disc 2/01 Track B.flac" 9000
+
+# The box cover lies above the two disc folders: the discs below it own it.
+at "$B/box.jpg" 10
+
+    # One image plus its cuesheet: a whole album in one file.
+    C="$MUSIC/Image Cue"
+    at "$C/Image.flac" 9000
+    at "$C/Image.cue" 10
+
+    # The hard cases: no row at all, a video container, two tracks claiming one
+    # number and one title, a track with no number, and a track whose album
+    # artist tag is empty so only the performer names it.
+    D="$MUSIC/Odd"
+    at "$D/loose.flac" 9000
+    at "$D/concert.mkv" 9000
+    at "$D/dup1.flac" 9000
+    at "$D/dup2.flac" 9000
+    at "$D/unnumbered.flac" 9000
+    at "$D/lone.flac" 9000
+
+    # A sidecar in a folder that holds two different albums.
+    E="$MUSIC/Mixed"
+    at "$E/one.flac" 9000
+    at "$E/two.flac" 9000
+    at "$E/notes.pdf" 10
+
+    # An album title carrying a character Jellyfin says breaks playback.
+    F="$MUSIC/Question Mark"
+    at "$F/01. Bang.flac" 9000
+
+    # An album whose tags name no album artist at all, and two different
+    # performers; and one album title carried by two different album artists.
+    G="$MUSIC/Tagless"
+    at "$G/one.flac" 9000
+    at "$G/two.flac" 9000
+    H="$MUSIC/Same Title"
+    at "$H/a.flac" 9000
+    at "$H/b.flac" 9000
+
+    # One album whose tracks disagree on the spelling of its name; the minority
+    # spelling sorts first, so it must not win the folder.
+    I="$MUSIC/Puppets"
+    at "$I/one.flac" 9000
+    at "$I/two.flac" 9000
+    at "$I/three.flac" 9000
+
+    # The authority export carries a header; the planner reads it by column name.
+    printf 'file\tartist\talbum\tyear\tdisc\ttrack\ttitle\tmb\tperformer\n' > "$ROWS"
+    row "$A/01. First.flac" "Artist One" "Album X" 2015 1 1 "First Song"
+    row "$A/02. Second.flac" "Artist One" "Album X" 2015 1 2 "Second Song: Reprise"
+    row "$B/Disc 1/01 Track A.flac" "Various Artists" "Best Of" 2019 1 1 "Track A" \
+        "" "Aaa Singer"
+    row "$B/Disc 2/01 Track B.flac" "Various Artists" "Best Of" 2019 2 1 "Track B" \
+        "" "Bbb Singer"
+    row "$C/Image.flac" "Solo" "Single Album" 2001 1 1 "Single Album"
+    row "$D/dup1.flac" "Dup Artist" "Dupes" "" "" 1 "Same"
+    row "$D/dup2.flac" "Dup Artist" "Dupes" "" "" 1 "Same"
+    row "$D/unnumbered.flac" "No Number" "No Number Album" "" "" "" "Untitled"
+    row "$D/lone.flac" "" "Session Works" "" "" 1 "Lone" "" "Session Singer"
+    row "$E/one.flac" "Mix Artist" "First Set" 2000 "" 1 "One"
+    row "$E/two.flac" "Mix Artist" "Second Set" 2001 "" 1 "Two"
+    row "$F/01. Bang.flac" "Billie" "WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?" \
+        2019 "" 1 "!!!!!!"
+    row "$G/one.flac" "" "Two Seasons" 2005 "" 1 "One" "" "Alpha Band"
+    row "$G/two.flac" "" "Two Seasons" 2005 "" 2 "Two" "" "Beta Band"
+    row "$H/a.flac" "Aaa Singer" "Same Title" 2011 "" 1 "A Song"
+    row "$H/b.flac" "Bbb Singer" "Same Title" 2011 "" 1 "B Song"
+    row "$I/one.flac" "Metallica" "Master Of Puppets" 2015 "" 1 "One"
+    row "$I/two.flac" "Metallica" "Master of Puppets" 2015 "" 2 "Two"
+    row "$I/three.flac" "Metallica" "Master of Puppets" 2015 "" 3 "Three"
+
+    # The enum TSV is what scripts/media-census.py enumerate writes: bytes, ext,
+    # path, no header.
+    python3 - "$MUSIC" "$ENUM" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+root, out = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+with open(out, "w") as fh:
+    for dirpath, _dirs, files in os.walk(root):
+        for fn in files:
+            p = os.path.join(dirpath, fn)
+            fh.write(f"{os.path.getsize(p)}\t{os.path.splitext(fn)[1].lower()}\t{p}\n")
+PY
+}
+
+plan() {
+    run python3 "$PLAN" --root "$MUSIC" --enum "$ENUM" --rows "$ROWS" \
+        --out "$OUT" --exceptions "$EXC"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ] || echo "planner said: $output"
+}
+
+@test "the census exports the tag and provider row Jellyfin matched for a track" {
+    DB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/jellyfin.db"
+    python3 - "$DB" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, sys, uuid
+c = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1])
+c.execute("""create table BaseItems (Id, ParentId, Type, Name, Path, IndexNumber,
+                                      ParentIndexNumber, ProductionYear, Album,
+                                      AlbumArtists, Artists, Data)""")
+c.execute("""create table BaseItemProviders (ItemId, ProviderId, ProviderValue)""")
+AU = "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.Audio"
+AL = "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.MusicAlbum"
+aid, trk = str(uuid.uuid4()), "/data/Music/Pack/Album X/01. First.flac"
+c.execute("insert into BaseItems values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+          (aid, None, AL, "Album X", "/data/Music/Pack/Album X", None, None, 2015,
+           None, "Artist One", None, '{}'))
+c.execute("insert into BaseItemProviders values (?,?,?)",
+          (aid, "MusicBrainzReleaseGroup", "rg-1234"))
+c.execute("insert into BaseItems values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+          (str(uuid.uuid4()), aid, AU, "First Song", trk, 1, 1, 2015,
+           "album x (the tag)", "Artist One", "Artist One", '{}'))
+c.commit()
+PY
+    run python3 "$CENSUS" music --root "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Music" --db "$DB" \
+        --out "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    run head -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "${lines[0]}" = "file	artist	album	year	disc	track	title	mb	performer" ]
+    tail -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv" \
+        | grep -q "^$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Music/Pack/Album X/01\. First\.flac	Artist One	Album X	2015	1	1	First Song	rg-1234	Artist One$"
+}
+
+@test "a track whose folder is no album item still exports from its own tags" {
+    DB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/jellyfin.db"
+    python3 - "$DB" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, sys, uuid
+c = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1])
+c.execute("""create table BaseItems (Id, ParentId, Type, Name, Path, IndexNumber,
+                                      ParentIndexNumber, ProductionYear, Album,
+                                      AlbumArtists, Artists, Data)""")
+c.execute("""create table BaseItemProviders (ItemId, ProviderId, ProviderValue)""")
+c.execute("insert into BaseItems values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+          (str(uuid.uuid4()), None, "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.Audio",
+           "Lone", "/data/Music/Pack/lone.flac", 1, None, None,
+           "Session Works", None, "Session Singer", '{}'))
+c.commit()
+PY
+    run python3 "$CENSUS" music --root "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Music" --db "$DB" \
+        --out "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    tail -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv" \
+        | grep -q "^$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Music/Pack/lone\.flac	Session Singer	Session Works			1	Lone		Session Singer$"
+}
+
+@test "a tagged track files under artist, album and year with a numbered title" {
+    plan
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(dst "$A/01. First.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Artist One/Album X (2015)/01 - First Song.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "the tag title wins over the name the ripper gave the file" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$A/02. Second.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Artist One/Album X (2015)/02 - Second Song Reprise.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "a character Jellyfin says breaks playback never reaches a destination" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$F/01. Bang.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Billie/WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO (2019)/01 - !!!!!!.flac" ]
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" && $3 ~ /[<>:"|?*]/ {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
+@test "every disc of a multi-disc album lands in one folder, numbered apart" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$B/Disc 1/01 Track A.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Various Artists/Best Of (2019)/1.01 - Track A.flac" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$B/Disc 2/01 Track B.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Various Artists/Best Of (2019)/2.01 - Track B.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "an album whose tracks name several artists files under Various Artists" {
+    plan
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" && $3 ~ /\/Best Of \(2019\)\/.*\.flac$/ {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 2 ]
+    [[ "${lines[0]}" == "$MUSIC/Various Artists/"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "an album with no album artist and two performers is a compilation" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$G/one.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Various Artists/Two Seasons (2005)/01 - One.flac" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$G/two.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Various Artists/Two Seasons (2005)/02 - Two.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "the same album title under two album artists is two albums" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$H/a.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Aaa Singer/Same Title (2011)/01 - A Song.flac" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$H/b.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Bbb Singer/Same Title (2011)/01 - B Song.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "the folder carries the album spelling most tracks carry" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$I/one.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Metallica/Master of Puppets (2015)/01 - One.flac" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$I/two.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Metallica/Master of Puppets (2015)/02 - Two.flac" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$I/three.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Metallica/Master of Puppets (2015)/03 - Three.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "a lyric file is renamed to match the track it belongs to" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$A/01. First.lrc")" = "$MUSIC/Artist One/Album X (2015)/01 - First Song.lrc" ]
+}
+
+@test "the album image, the rip log and the playlist follow the album folder" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$A/cover.jpg")" = "$MUSIC/Artist One/Album X (2015)/cover.jpg" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$A/rip.log")" = "$MUSIC/Artist One/Album X (2015)/rip.log" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$A/Album X.m3u")" = "$MUSIC/Artist One/Album X (2015)/Album X.m3u" ]
+}
+
+@test "a cover above the disc folders of one album follows that album" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$B/box.jpg")" = "$MUSIC/Various Artists/Best Of (2019)/box.jpg" ]
+}
+
+@test "an image carrying a whole album keeps its own name beside its cuesheet" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$C/Image.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Solo/Single Album (2001)/Image.flac" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$C/Image.cue")" = "$MUSIC/Solo/Single Album (2001)/Image.cue" ]
+}
+
+@test "an audio file no provider row names is parked, not filed under an artist" {
+    plan
+    [[ "$(dst "$D/loose.flac")" == "$PARK/Odd/loose.flac" ]]
+}
+
+@test "a video container in the music library is parked, never renamed to an audio one" {
+    plan
+    [[ "$(dst "$D/concert.mkv")" == "$PARK/Odd/concert.mkv" ]]
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" && $3 ~ /\.mka$|\.m4a$/ {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
+@test "two tracks claiming one number and one title get two destinations" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$D/dup1.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Dup Artist/Dupes/01 - Same.flac" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$D/dup2.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Dup Artist/Dupes/01 - Same (2).flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "an album with no year is named without one, a track with no number likewise" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$D/unnumbered.flac")" = "$MUSIC/No Number/No Number Album/Untitled.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "a track naming only a performer files under that performer" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$D/lone.flac")" = "$MUSIC/Session Singer/Session Works/01 - Lone.flac" ]
+}
+
+@test "a sidecar in a folder holding two albums parks instead of guessing" {
+    plan
+    [[ "$(dst "$E/notes.pdf")" == "$PARK/Mixed/notes.pdf" ]]
+}
+
+@test "the plan creates every folder before the move that needs it" {
+    plan
+    python3 - "$OUT" "$MUSIC" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+made = set()
+for line in open(sys.argv[1]).read().splitlines()[1:]:
+    action, _src, dest, _kind = line.split("\t")
+    if action == "mkdir":
+        made.add(dest)
+    elif action == "move":
+        parent = os.path.dirname(dest)
+        while parent and parent != sys.argv[2]:
+            assert parent in made, f"{dest} needs {parent}, which is never made"
+            parent = os.path.dirname(parent)
+PY
+}
+
+@test "no move lands outside the music library" {
+    plan
+    run awk -F '\t' -v l="$MUSIC" \
+        '$1 == "move" && $3 !~ "^" l "/" {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
+@test "the executor preflights the plan and no target is claimed twice" {
+    plan
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR" \
+        --journal "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    dup=$(awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" {print $3}' "$OUT" | sort | uniq -d)
+    [ -z "$dup" ]
+}
+
+@test "re-planning a library the plan already satisfies moves nothing" {
+    plan
+    # Applying the plan and re-censusing is what the operator does next: both
+    # authority files are keyed by path, so both are replayed through the plan
+    # the way a fresh census of the moved tree would see them. (The enum has no
+    # header; the rows export does, and its header row is not a path.)
+    python3 - "$OUT" "$ENUM" "$ROWS" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+plan = sys.argv[1]
+moves = {}
+for line in open(plan).read().splitlines()[1:]:
+    action, src, dest, _kind = line.split("\t")
+    if action == "move":
+        moves[src] = dest
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest), exist_ok=True)
+        os.rename(src, dest)
+for path, col in ((sys.argv[2], 2), (sys.argv[3], 0)):
+    rows = [line.rstrip("\n").split("\t") for line in open(path)]
+    with open(path, "w") as fh:
+        for f in rows:
+            f[col] = moves.get(f[col], f[col])
+            fh.write("\t".join(f) + "\n")
+PY
+    plan
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" {print $2 " -> " $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ] || { echo "moved again: $output"; false; }
+}

tests/media_overlay.bats

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Seam: the SSD-backed metadata view (OverlayFS) that lets Jellyfin write
+# Kodi-format sidecars for Plex to read, without ever writing to the spindle
+# array and without letting either media server start against a missing view.
+#
+# The contracts, in the order the seam tests them:
+#   1. the plan puts the writable layer on the SSD and the media layer below it;
+#   2. bad input is refused by name instead of mounting something surprising;
+#   3. verify refuses a view that is not mounted (so nothing trusts a directory);
+#   4. both media units bind the VIEW and refuse to start without it;
+#   5. only those two units touch the view — the LLM and library tenants keep the
+#      raw volume, so the blast radius is two containers;
+#   6. the deployer brings the view up BEFORE it restarts either server;
+#   7. the planner routes a change to these files to both media services.
+
+load helpers
+
+VIEW="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-view.sh"
+JELLY="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/jellyfin/quadlet/jellyfin.container"
+PLEX="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/plex/quadlet/plex.container"
+MOUNT=/var/lib/media-meta/view
+UNIT="$REPO_ROOT/dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount"
+
+@test "the plan names an overlay with the spindle below and the SSD above" {
+    run bash "$VIEW" plan
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    # Lower = the array; upper/work = the NVMe. A user asked for metadata to be
+    # SSD-resident, so a spindle upper layer would defeat the whole mechanism.
+    [ "${lines[0]}" = "lowerdir=/mnt/entropy" ]
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qx 'upperdir=/var/lib/media-meta/upper'
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -qx 'workdir=/var/lib/media-meta/work'
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -Fqx "mountpoint=$MOUNT"
+    # systemd names a mount unit after its escaped path, backslash and all.
+    printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" | grep -Fqx \
+        'unit=/etc/systemd/system/var-lib-media\x2dmeta-view.mount'
+}
+
+@test "install refuses a caller who cannot write the unit directory or mount" {
+    # Half an install is worse than none: the unit would exist without the
+    # directories behind it. Refuse by name before anything is created.
+    if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
+        skip "this seam is running as root"
+    fi
+    run bash "$VIEW" install
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"root"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "verify refuses a view that is not mounted" {
+    # Every consumer trusts the mount point to BE the library. On a host where it
+    # is a plain empty directory, verify must fail loudly: that is the difference
+    # between a scan that finds nothing and a scan that empties a library DB.
+    if mountpoint -q "$MOUNT"; then
+        skip "$MOUNT is a real mountpoint on this host"
+    fi
+    run bash "$VIEW" verify
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"$MOUNT"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "both media servers bind the view and refuse to start without it" {
+    for unit in "$JELLY" "$PLEX"; do
+        grep -q "^Volume=$MOUNT:" "$unit" || return 1
+        grep -q "^UnitConfigItem=ConditionPathIsMountPoint=$MOUNT$" "$unit" || return 1
+        # The raw array must no longer be a container source: that bind is what
+        # made sidecar sharing impossible (read-only) and metadata slow (seeks).
+        ! grep -q '^Volume=/mnt/entropy' "$unit"
+    done
+    # Jellyfin is the writer, so it needs the view writable; Plex only reads the
+    # sidecars, and keeping its bind read-only costs nothing.
+    grep -q "^Volume=$MOUNT:/data$" "$JELLY"
+    grep -q "^Volume=$MOUNT:/mnt/entropy:ro$" "$PLEX"
+}
+
+@test "only the two media units reference the view" {
+    run grep -rl --include='*.container' "$MOUNT" "$REPO_ROOT"/dankserver \
+        "$REPO_ROOT"/dankclaw "$REPO_ROOT"/frankbook-pro 2>/dev/null
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$output" | wc -l)" -eq 2 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "$output" | grep -q 'jellyfin/quadlet/jellyfin.container'
+    printf '%s\n' "$output" | grep -q 'plex/quadlet/plex.container'
+}
+
+@test "the mount unit is an overlay whose upper layer lives on the SSD" {
+    [ -f "$UNIT" ]
+    run grep -E '^Options=lowerdir=/mnt/entropy,upperdir=/var/lib/media-meta/upper,workdir=/var/lib/media-meta/work' "$UNIT"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    # The unit must mount exactly where the two containers bind, or the guard and
+    # the bind disagree and a media server browses an empty directory.
+    run grep -Fqx "Where=$MOUNT" "$UNIT"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    # It must wait for the array to be unlocked: mounting an overlay whose lower
+    # dir is an empty /mnt/entropy would present an empty library, not an error.
+    run grep -E '^RequiresMountsFor=/mnt/entropy$' "$UNIT"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "the deployer raises the view before it restarts either media server" {
+    for svc in jellyfin plex; do
+        body="$(sed -n "/^deploy_${svc}()/,/^\}/p" "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-remote.sh")"
+        [ -n "$body" ]
+        up="$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -n 'ensure_media_view' | head -1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+        up_line="${up:-999}"
+        restart="$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | grep -n "systemctl --user restart $svc.service" | head -1 | cut -d: -f1)"
+        restart_line="${restart:-0}"
+        [ "$up_line" -lt "$restart_line" ]
+    done
+}
+
+@test "the planner routes the view files to both media services" {
+    run python3 "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-plan.py" --target dankserver --paths \
+        scripts/media-view.sh dankserver/host/systemd/media-meta-view.mount
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$output" = "jellyfin
+plex" ]
+}
+
+@test "a docs-only change still plans nothing for the view" {
+    run python3 "$REPO_ROOT/scripts/deploy-plan.py" --target dankserver --paths \
+        "serverAppConfigs-docs/Dankserver/Media Metadata View.md"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
+@test "reap names the metadata whose media has moved and touches nothing" {
+    # A relayout moves media on the RAW path; the sidecars the view already wrote
+    # stay behind at the old coordinates. Left alone they become folders a media
+    # server browses and finds nothing in.
+    tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+    mkdir -p "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Ghost (2020)" "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Keeper (2020)" \
+        "$tmp/meta/upper/TVShows/Big Little Lies/Season 01" "$tmp/meta/work" \
+        "$tmp/array/Movies/Keeper (2020)" "$tmp/array/TVShows"
+    : > "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Ghost (2020)/movie.nfo"
+    : > "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Keeper (2020)/movie.nfo"
+    : > "$tmp/meta/upper/TVShows/Big Little Lies/Season 01/show.nfo"
+    : > "$tmp/array/Movies/Keeper (2020)/Keeper (2020).mkv"
+
+    run bash "$VIEW" reap --upper-base "$tmp/meta" --lower "$tmp/array"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "$output" | grep -qxF 'Movies/Ghost (2020)'
+    # The series folder is still below, so the ghost is the season inside it — and
+    # it is reported at the level that is actually missing, not deeper.
+    printf '%s\n' "$output" | grep -qxF 'TVShows/Big Little Lies'
+    ! printf '%s\n' "$output" | grep -q 'Keeper'
+    [ -f "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Ghost (2020)/movie.nfo" ]
+}
+
+@test "reap --apply moves ghosts to the SSD trash and keeps live metadata" {
+    tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+    mkdir -p "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Ghost (2020)" "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Keeper (2020)" \
+        "$tmp/array/Movies/Keeper (2020)"
+    : > "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Ghost (2020)/movie.nfo"
+    : > "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Keeper (2020)/movie.nfo"
+
+    run bash "$VIEW" reap --apply --upper-base "$tmp/meta" --lower "$tmp/array"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ ! -e "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Ghost (2020)" ]
+    [ -f "$tmp/meta/upper/Movies/Keeper (2020)/movie.nfo" ]
+    # Recoverable, not deleted: the item lands in a dated trash under the SSD base.
+    [ "$(find "$tmp/meta/.AGENTTRASH" -name movie.nfo | wc -l)" -eq 1 ]
+}

tests/media_relayout.bats

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ load helpers
 PLAN="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-plan.py"
 CENSUS="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-census.py"
 APPLY="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-apply.py"
+TV="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-tv.py"
 
 # probe_row FILE DUR [RES] [AUDIO] [SUBS] — one probed-TSV row: the twelve
 # columns media-census.py probe writes (bytes, path, dur, vcodec, res, fps,
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ setup() {
     PLEX="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plex.tsv"
     OUT="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plan.tsv"
     EXC="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exceptions.txt"
+    TVLIB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/TVShows"
+    TVPLAN="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tv.tsv"
+    TVJ="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tv.jsonl"
     : > "$PROBED"
     printf 'file\tleaf_title\tleaf_year\n' > "$PLEX"
 
@@ -71,6 +75,20 @@ setup() {
     at "$LIB/Alien (1979)/._Alien.1979.1080p.BluRay.x265.10bit.mkv" 220
     # A bonus file whose name is a number: never a movie folder named "1".
     at "$LIB/Bruce Lee Collection 1971-1981/.Extra 1.mkv" 2700000
+    # A TV box set sitting in the movie library. This one names each file
+    # "Show - SxxEyy - Episode Title", so the episode title comes AFTER the
+    # marker; that convention is what made 124 episodes of one series look like
+    # 124 different films, each under its own threshold.
+    for e in 01 02 03 04 05; do
+        at "$LIB/Monk 2002 Seasons 1 to 8/Season 1/Monk - S01E$e - Mr Monk and the Rival.mkv" 3000000
+    done
+    # The same trouble named the other way round, with no episode title at all.
+    for e in 01 02 03 04 05; do
+        at "$LIB/Big Little Lies Season 1/Big Little Lies S01E$e.mp4" 3000000
+    done
+    # A film whose own name carries a bare "Part 2": one episode-shaped token is
+    # not a series, and it must not be dragged into the TV pile.
+    at "$LIB/The Godfather Part 2 (1974)/The.Godfather.Part.2.1974.1080p.BluRay.mkv" 9000000
 
     probe_row "$LIB/Alien (1979)/Alien.1979.1080p.BluRay.x265.10bit.mkv" 4700
     probe_row "$LIB/Alien (1979)/Featurettes/A Bug And A Bite - Making Alien.mkv" 2700
@@ -82,11 +100,18 @@ setup() {
     probe_row "$LIB/VHS 2 (2013)/VHS.2.2013.1080p.BluRay.x265.mkv" 5700
     probe_row "$LIB/AMERICAN POP/AMERICAN.POP.2023.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" 6300
     probe_row "$LIB/Bruce Lee Collection 1971-1981/.Extra 1.mkv" 5220
+    for e in 01 02 03 04 05; do
+        probe_row "$LIB/Monk 2002 Seasons 1 to 8/Season 1/Monk - S01E$e - Mr Monk and the Rival.mkv" 2600
+        probe_row "$LIB/Big Little Lies Season 1/Big Little Lies S01E$e.mp4" 3300
+    done
+    probe_row "$LIB/The Godfather Part 2 (1974)/The.Godfather.Part.2.1974.1080p.BluRay.mkv" 6200
     plex_row "$LIB/Alien (1979)/Alien.1979.1080p.BluRay.x265.10bit.mkv" "Alien" "1979"
     plex_row "$LIB/Marnie (1964)/Marnie.1964.1080p.BluRay.x265.mkv" "Marnie" "1964"
     plex_row "$LIB/VHS 2 (2013)/VHS.2.2013.1080p.BluRay.x265.mkv" "V/H/S/2" "2013"
     # An unmatched Plex row: the leaf title echoes the file and the year is 0.
     plex_row "$LIB/AMERICAN POP/AMERICAN.POP.2023.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" "AMERICAN POP" "0"
+    plex_row "$LIB/The Godfather Part 2 (1974)/The.Godfather.Part.2.1974.1080p.BluRay.mkv" \
+        "The Godfather Part 2" "1974"
 
     export MEDIA_ROOT="$LIB"
     run python3 "$CENSUS" enumerate --root "$LIB" --out "$ENUM"
@@ -115,6 +140,33 @@ for line in open(sys.argv[1]):
 ' "$OUT" "$1"
 }
 
+# tv_plan — the TV mover over the fixture library; its stdout is the operator's
+# census of what it called a series and what it refused to touch.
+tv_plan() {
+    run python3 "$TV" --root "$LIB" --library "$TVLIB" --out "$TVPLAN"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    printf '%s\n' "$output" > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tv.out"
+}
+
+# tv_apply — that plan through the same executor. The destination is a sibling
+# share, so the plan is applied at the root that holds both libraries.
+tv_apply() {
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$TVPLAN" --root "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR" \
+        --journal "$TVJ" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+# tv_dst_of SRC — the destination the TV plan gives one file, empty if none.
+tv_dst_of() {
+    python3 -c '
+import sys
+for line in open(sys.argv[1]):
+    f = line.rstrip("\n").split("\t")
+    if len(f) > 2 and f[1] == sys.argv[2]:
+        print(f[2]); break
+' "$TVPLAN" "$1"
+}
+
 @test "a film lands in Title (year)/Title (year).mkv, named by Plex" {
     plan
     [ "$(dst_of "$LIB/Alien (1979)/Alien.1979.1080p.BluRay.x265.10bit.mkv")" \
@@ -191,6 +243,112 @@ for line in open(sys.argv[1]):
     grep -q "UNNAMED" "$EXC"
 }
 
+@test "a box set in the movie library is quarantined, not filed as movies" {
+    plan
+    local d
+    d="$(dst_of "$LIB/Monk 2002 Seasons 1 to 8/Season 1/Monk - S01E01 - Mr Monk and the Rival.mkv")"
+    [[ "$d" == "$LIB"/_TV\ needs\ a\ TV\ library\ -\ monk* ]]
+    d="$(dst_of "$LIB/Big Little Lies Season 1/Big Little Lies S01E01.mp4")"
+    [[ "$d" == "$LIB"/_TV\ needs\ a\ TV\ library\ -\ big\ little\ lies* ]]
+    # one series is one pile, whatever its episodes are called
+    run python3 -c '
+import re, sys
+pile = {}
+for line in open(sys.argv[1]):
+    f = line.rstrip("\n").split("\t")
+    if len(f) > 2 and f[0] == "move":
+        m = re.search(r"/_TV needs a TV library - ([^/]*)/", f[2] + "/")
+        if m:
+            pile[m.group(1)] = pile.get(m.group(1), 0) + 1
+for k in sorted(pile):
+    print(f"{k}={pile[k]}")
+' "$OUT"
+    [ "${#lines[@]}" -eq 2 ]
+    [[ "${lines[0]}" == big\ little\ lies*=5 ]]
+    [[ "${lines[1]}" == monk*=5 ]]
+}
+
+@test "a film named Part 2 is not called a series" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst_of "$LIB/The Godfather Part 2 (1974)/The.Godfather.Part.2.1974.1080p.BluRay.mkv")" \
+        = "$LIB/The Godfather Part 2 (1974)/The Godfather Part 2 (1974).mkv" ]
+}
+
+@test "the TV mover files a box set into the TV library in Jellyfin shape" {
+    tv_plan
+    tv_apply
+    [ -e "$TVLIB/Monk (2002)/Season 01/Monk - S01E01 - Mr Monk and the Rival.mkv" ]
+    [ -e "$TVLIB/Big Little Lies/Season 01/Big Little Lies S01E01.mp4" ]
+    [ ! -e "$LIB/Monk 2002 Seasons 1 to 8/Season 1/Monk - S01E01 - Mr Monk and the Rival.mkv" ]
+    # films are not the TV mover's business
+    [ -e "$LIB/Alien (1979)/Alien.1979.1080p.BluRay.x265.10bit.mkv" ]
+}
+
+@test "the TV mover leaves a film whose name only looks like an episode" {
+    tv_plan
+    tv_apply
+    local gf="$LIB/The Godfather Part 2 (1974)/The.Godfather.Part.2.1974.1080p.BluRay.mkv"
+    [ "$(tv_dst_of "$gf")" = "" ]
+    [ -e "$gf" ]
+    grep -q "Godfather.*not a series" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tv.out"
+}
+
+@test "the TV mover keeps an episode's own subtitle with the episode" {
+    at "$LIB/Monk 2002 Seasons 1 to 8/Season 1/Monk - S01E01 - Mr Monk and the Rival.srt" 40000
+    tv_plan
+    tv_apply
+    [ -e "$TVLIB/Monk (2002)/Season 01/Monk - S01E01 - Mr Monk and the Rival.srt" ]
+}
+
+@test "a second TV move finds nothing left to move" {
+    tv_plan
+    tv_apply
+    tv_plan
+    grep -q "0 moves" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tv.out"
+}
+
+@test "a show whose own name carries the year is not given it twice" {
+    local d="$LIB/Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath (2016)/Season 1"
+    for e in 01 02 03 04 05; do
+        at "$d/Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath (2016) - S01E$e - Episode.mkv" 3000000
+    done
+    tv_plan
+    tv_apply
+    [ -e "$TVLIB/Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath (2016)/Season 01/Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath (2016) - S01E01 - Episode.mkv" ]
+    [ ! -e "$TVLIB/Leah Remini Scientology and the Aftermath (2016) (2016)" ]
+}
+
+@test "an all-lowercase series name is written the way the library writes names" {
+    for e in 01 02 03 04 05; do
+        at "$LIB/downton abbey 2010/Season 1/downton abbey - s01e$e - episode title.mkv" 3000000
+    done
+    tv_plan
+    tv_apply
+    # the FOLDER is titled; the file keeps the name the library already holds
+    [ -e "$TVLIB/Downton Abbey (2010)/Season 01/downton abbey - s01e01 - episode title.mkv" ]
+}
+
+@test "the mover leaves an episode the TV library already holds" {
+    local src="$LIB/Monk 2002 Seasons 1 to 8/Season 1/Monk - S01E01 - Mr Monk and the Rival.mkv"
+    for e in 01 02 03 04 05; do
+        at "$TVLIB/Monk (2002)/Season 01/Monk - S01E$e - Mr Monk and the Rival.mkv" 3000000
+    done
+    tv_plan
+    [ -z "$(tv_dst_of "$src")" ]
+    [ -e "$src" ]
+    grep -q "Monk.*already in" "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tv.out"
+}
+
+@test "an episode the TV library holds in another encode is still moved" {
+    for e in 01 02 03 04 05; do
+        at "$TVLIB/Big Little Lies/Season 01/Big Little Lies S01E$e 1080p.mp4" 4000000
+    done
+    tv_plan
+    tv_apply
+    [ -e "$TVLIB/Big Little Lies/Season 01/Big Little Lies S01E01.mp4" ]
+    [ -e "$TVLIB/Big Little Lies/Season 01/Big Little Lies S01E01 1080p.mp4" ]
+}
+
 @test "every file in the census is placed or kept — nothing is dropped" {
     plan
     python3 - "$ENUM" "$OUT" <<'PY'
@@ -216,7 +374,10 @@ PY
 # apply_plan — plan, then apply for real; the journal goes in the tmpdir.
 apply_plan() {
     JOURNAL="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
-    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$LIB" --journal "$JOURNAL" --apply
+    # `/` is always a mountpoint, so the overlay note behaves as it does on a
+    # host that runs the metadata view.
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$LIB" \
+        --journal "$JOURNAL" --metadata-view / --apply
 }
 
 @test "a run without --apply says what it would do and touches nothing" {
@@ -244,10 +405,39 @@ apply_plan() {
     moved=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys
 print(sum(1 for l in open(sys.argv[1]) if json.loads(l).get("op") == "move"))' "$JOURNAL")
     [ "$moved" -eq "$planned" ]
+    # The media servers' sidecars live in the metadata overlay and did not follow
+    # these moves, so the run names that cleanup at the moment it is needed.
+    [[ "$output" == *"media-view.sh reap"* ]]
     run python3 "$APPLY" verify --plan "$OUT" --root "$LIB" --journal "$JOURNAL"
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
 
+# The overlay note is only true where the metadata view is really mounted. On a
+# host whose media servers bind the array directly (dankserver today: both
+# quadlets mount /mnt/entropy, /var/lib/media-meta does not exist) the sidecars
+# moved with the media, and "next: run reap" is an order that cannot be carried
+# out. --metadata-view is how the caller names that path; the default is the
+# host's view path, and the note rides only when it is a mountpoint.
+@test "an apply with no mounted metadata view does not order a reap" {
+    plan
+    JOURNAL="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$LIB" --journal "$JOURNAL" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"moved"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"media-view.sh reap"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "a rollback with no mounted metadata view does not order a reap" {
+    plan
+    JOURNAL="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$LIB" --journal "$JOURNAL" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    run python3 "$APPLY" rollback --journal "$JOURNAL" --root "$LIB" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"rolled back"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"media-view.sh reap"* ]]
+}
+
 @test "a target already holding a different file stops the whole run" {
     plan
     JOURNAL="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
@@ -356,6 +546,33 @@ PY
     [ -d "$LIB/A Empty Placeholder" ]
 }
 
+@test "a swept folder carries the empty junk folders inside it" {
+    mkdir -p "$LIB/AMERICAN POP/Screens"   # screenshots, never a move source
+    plan
+    apply_plan
+    run python3 "$APPLY" sweep --root "$LIB" --journal "$JOURNAL" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"0 left in place"* ]]
+    [ ! -e "$LIB/AMERICAN POP/Screens" ]
+    [ ! -e "$LIB/AMERICAN POP" ]
+}
+
+@test "a sweep whose rmdir failed tries those folders again" {
+    plan
+    apply_plan
+    mkdir -p "$LIB/AMERICAN POP/Screens"
+    chmod 500 "$LIB/AMERICAN POP"          # readable, but nothing can be removed
+    run python3 "$APPLY" sweep --root "$LIB" --journal "$JOURNAL" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"left in place"* ]]
+    [ -e "$LIB/AMERICAN POP/Screens" ]
+    chmod 700 "$LIB/AMERICAN POP"          # the operator cleared the blocker
+    run python3 "$APPLY" sweep --root "$LIB" --journal "$JOURNAL" --apply
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" != *"left in place: "* ]]
+    [ ! -e "$LIB/AMERICAN POP" ]
+}
+
 @test "sweep without --apply reports the husks and changes nothing" {
     plan
     apply_plan

tests/media_shows.bats

@@ -0,0 +1,751 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Seam: the TV-library relayout — scripts/media-census.py jellyfin (the metadata
+# authority export) and scripts/media-shows.py (the plan).
+#
+# The TV library is 52k files written in five different release layouts, and the
+# one thing that makes a rename of that size survivable is that the plan is
+# derived from what a metadata provider already matched, not from a guess at the
+# file name. So every test here states which authority a file had — name only,
+# provider only, both, neither — and asserts where the PLAN files it, never how
+# the planner decided. A fixture Jellyfin database stands in for the live one and
+# the name caches are input files, so no test touches the network.
+#
+# The target contract is tvdb-grade naming:
+#   <Series> (<year>) [tvdbid-NNNN]/Season NN/<Series> (<year>) - SxxEyy - <Title>.<ext>
+# The id rides the FOLDER only: it is what both matchers read the series by, and a
+# 180-character ceiling on a file name is not the place to spend it. Season 00
+# holds specials; a provider row whose "season" is a YEAR is renumbered by the
+# episode title tvdb states for the series' id, never by a guess.
+# tvdb is the IDENTITY authority: a provider name a server derived from a folder
+# is not a series name, so a polluted name is undone through the series' tvdb id.
+# The review pile parks OUTSIDE the library — a parked folder inside it indexes
+# as one junk show, and that show's rows are then mistaken for evidence.
+#
+# The two outcomes that cost a re-run of a 50k-file plan are a file filed as an
+# episode that is not one (it steals an episode number from its real owner) and a
+# move that lands on an existing file. Everything below is written to catch
+# exactly those, plus the gate that matters most: the plan must be replayable by
+# scripts/media-apply.py, whose preflight is the fleet's only overwrite guard.
+
+load helpers
+
+PLAN="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-shows.py"
+CENSUS="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-census.py"
+APPLY="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-apply.py"
+
+# at PATH SIZE — a file with deterministic content.
+at() { mkdir -p "$(dirname "$1")"; head -c "$2" /dev/zero > "$1"; }
+
+# title_row FILE SERIES YEAR SEASON EPISODE [EXTRA] [TMDB] [TITLE] [TVDB]
+# — one row of the authority export scripts/media-census.py jellyfin writes.
+title_row() {
+    printf '%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n' "$1" "$2" "$3" "${4:-}" \
+        "${5:-}" "${6:-}" "${7:-}" "${8:-}" "${9:-}" >> "$TITLES"
+}
+
+# file PATH SIZE — `at` plus the row the enum census would have carried had the
+# file existed when setup walked the tree. A test that needs a shape the fixture
+# does not ship adds it here, or the planner never sees it.
+file() {
+    at "$1" "$2"
+    local b="${1##*/}"
+    printf '%s\t.%s\t%s\n' "$2" "${b##*.}" "$1" >> "$ENUM"
+}
+
+# dst SRC — the destination the plan gives SRC, or nothing when it does not move.
+dst() {
+    awk -F '\t' -v s="$1" '$1 == "move" && $2 == s {print $3}' "$OUT"
+}
+
+setup() {
+    LIB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/TVShows"
+    PARK="$LIB/_unsorted"
+    OUTSIDE="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/park"
+    MOVIES="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/Movies"
+    ENUM="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/enum.tsv"
+    PROBED="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/probed.tsv"
+    TITLES="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/titles.tsv"
+    CACHE="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/tmdb.json"
+    OUT="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plan.tsv"
+    EXC="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exceptions.txt"
+    : > "$PROBED"
+
+    SEASON="$LIB/The Examples (2010) Season 1 S01 (1080p BluRay x265 Silence)"
+    # An episode its own name states, with a subtitle, a season image and a
+    # trailer: four things that have to end up in four different places.
+    at "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.mkv" 9000
+    at "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.en.srt" 200
+    at "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.mkv.forced.srt" 250
+    # A scene pack buries its subtitles two levels down, in Subs/<release-name>/.
+    at "$SEASON/Subs/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.jpn.srt" 220
+    at "$SEASON/folder.jpg" 300
+    at "$SEASON/Trailers/teaser.mkv" 1000
+    at "$SEASON/tvshow.nfo" 400
+    # An anime pack: no episode marker anywhere in its name, numbered by the
+    # provider only. Its year is the one thing no authority states.
+    ANIME="$LIB/Anime Pack [grp] (1080p HEVC)"
+    at "$ANIME/[grp] Anime Pack - 05.mkv" 5000
+    # Two releases claiming one episode, and a file holding two episodes.
+    at "$LIB/Dupes/Show Two S01E01.mkv" 4000
+    at "$LIB/Dupes/Show.Two.S01E01.720p.other.mkv" 7000
+    at "$LIB/Dupes/Show.Two.S01E02-E03.720p.mkv" 7000
+    # A file no authority numbers, and a long file the movie provider knows.
+    at "$LIB/Orphan Tapes/clip001.mp4" 3000
+    at "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv" 8000
+    # A bonus folder inside a release pack whose own name is not the show's. The
+    # pack's rows name the show; the bonus folder may never invent a series.
+    at "$ANIME/01. Extras/NCOP 01.mkv" 1200
+    # A season folder whose rows are stale: the database numbers every file of this
+    # pack season 16 episode 20, four seasons' worth of them.
+    at "$LIB/SNL Pack/Season 19/01 Charles Barkley, Nirvana.avi" 6000
+    at "$LIB/Loose.Show.S02E03.720p.WEB-DL.mkv" 4000
+    # A box-set folder whose Series item the server named AFTER THE FOLDER: the
+    # row's own name is junk, and only a provider id can undo it.
+    BOX="$LIB/Show Box (2016) Season 1 S01 (1080p WEB-DL)"
+    at "$BOX/Show.Box.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" 6000
+    # The park inside the library: the server indexed the whole pile as ONE show
+    # named after the folder, so its rows state a series that is not a show.
+    at "$PARK/Park Show S01E01.mkv" 5000
+    at "$PARK/Twisted.Metal.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" 5200
+
+    # The enum census lists every file; the planner reads that instead of walking
+    # the tree, so the fixture writes the same three columns.
+    python3 - "$LIB" "$ENUM" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+root, out = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+with open(out, "w") as fh:
+    for d, _, fs in os.walk(root):
+        for f in fs:
+            p = os.path.join(d, f)
+            fh.write(f"{os.stat(p).st_size}\t{os.path.splitext(f)[1]}\t{p}\n")
+PY
+
+    printf 'file\tseries\tyear\tseason\tepisode\textra\ttmdb\ttitle\ttvdb\n' > "$TITLES"
+    printf '{}\n' > "$CACHE"
+    title_row "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.mkv" \
+        "The Examples" 2010 1 1 "" "" "Pilot"
+    title_row "$ANIME/[grp] Anime Pack - 05.mkv" "Anime Pack" "" 1 5
+    title_row "$LIB/Dupes/Show Two S01E01.mkv" "Show Two" 2016 1 1 "" "" "Two Pilots"
+    title_row "$LIB/Dupes/Show.Two.S01E01.720p.other.mkv" "Show Two" 2016 1 1 "" "" "Two Pilots"
+    title_row "$LIB/Dupes/Show.Two.S01E02-E03.720p.mkv" "Show Two" 2016 1 2 "" "" "Double Trouble"
+    title_row "$LIB/Loose.Show.S02E03.720p.WEB-DL.mkv" "Loose Show" 2019 2 3 "" "" "Loose Ends"
+    title_row "$LIB/SNL Pack/Season 19/01 Charles Barkley, Nirvana.avi" \
+        "SNL Pack" "" 16 20
+    title_row "$BOX/Show.Box.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" \
+        "Show Box (2016) Season 1" 2016 1 1 "" "2334" "Pilot" "78850"
+    # The row the server wrote for a parked file: the series is the PARK FOLDER.
+    title_row "$PARK/Park Show S01E01.mkv" "_unsorted" "" 1 1
+}
+
+plan() {
+    run python3 "$PLAN" --root "$LIB" --enum "$ENUM" --titles "$TITLES" \
+        --probed "$PROBED" --tmdb-cache "$CACHE" --movies "$MOVIES" \
+        --out "$OUT" --exceptions "$EXC"
+}
+
+plan_park() {                                  # the review pile outside the library
+    run python3 "$PLAN" --root "$LIB" --enum "$ENUM" --titles "$TITLES" \
+        --probed "$PROBED" --tmdb-cache "$CACHE" --movies "$MOVIES" \
+        --park "$OUTSIDE" --out "$OUT" --exceptions "$EXC"
+}
+
+@test "--tmdb with no key is reported as an unfinished plan, not a finished one" {
+    # A dead provider is invisible where it happens: every 401 is one line on
+    # stderr, and a terminal that scrolled past them shows a plan that reads as
+    # complete while every folder still carries the metadata provider's junk. The
+    # plan is still written — the answers that DID arrive are worth their rename —
+    # so the state has to ride in the summary line and in the review file.
+    # env -u keeps this offline no matter what the developer's shell exports.
+    run env -u TMDB_API_KEY python3 "$PLAN" --root "$LIB" --enum "$ENUM" \
+        --titles "$TITLES" --probed "$PROBED" --tmdb-cache "$CACHE" \
+        --movies "$MOVIES" --tmdb --out "$OUT" --exceptions "$EXC"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    grep -q 'tmdb NOT ASKED (TMDB_API_KEY unset): NOT provider-complete' <<<"$output"
+    grep -q 'WARNING: tmdb NOT ASKED (TMDB_API_KEY unset) — NOT provider-complete' "$EXC"
+    grep -qE '^plan: [1-9][0-9]* moves' <<<"$output"
+}
+
+@test "the census exports the provider's episode numbering as a TSV" {
+    DB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/jellyfin.db"
+    python3 - "$DB" "$SEASON" <<'PY'
+import os, sqlite3, sys, uuid
+db, season = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+c = sqlite3.connect(db)
+pre = "/data/TVShows/" + os.path.basename(season)
+c.execute("""create table BaseItems (Id, ParentId, Type, Name, Path, IndexNumber,
+                                      ParentIndexNumber, ProductionYear, ExtraType,
+                                      IsVirtualItem, Data)""")
+sid = str(uuid.uuid4())
+c.execute("insert into BaseItems values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+          (sid, None, "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV.Series", "The Examples",
+           pre, None, None, 2010, None, 0,
+           '{"ProviderIds":{"Tmdb":"1234","Tvdb":"78850"}}'))
+c.execute("insert into BaseItems values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+          (str(uuid.uuid4()), sid, "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV.Episode",
+           "Pilot", pre + "/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.mkv", 1, 1,
+           None, None, 0, '{}'))
+c.commit()
+PY
+    run python3 "$CENSUS" jellyfin --root "$LIB" --db "$DB" \
+        --out "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    run head -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv"
+    [ "${lines[0]}" = "file	series	year	season	episode	extra	tmdb	title	tvdb" ]
+    tail -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp.tsv" \
+        | grep -q "^$SEASON/The\.Examples\.S01E01\.Pilot\.1080p\.x265\.mkv	The Examples	2010	1	1		1234	Pilot	78850$"
+}
+
+@test "the census reads provider ids from the table newer Jellyfin keeps" {
+    DB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/jellyfin12.db"
+    python3 - "$DB" "$SEASON" <<'PY'
+import os, sqlite3, sys, uuid
+db, season = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+c = sqlite3.connect(db)
+pre = "/data/TVShows/" + os.path.basename(season)
+c.execute("""create table BaseItems (Id, ParentId, Type, Name, Path, IndexNumber,
+                                      ParentIndexNumber, ProductionYear, ExtraType,
+                                      IsVirtualItem, Data)""")
+# Jellyfin 12 moved the ids out of the Data blob and into their own table.
+c.execute("create table BaseItemProviders (ItemId, ProviderId, ProviderValue)")
+sid = str(uuid.uuid4())
+eid = str(uuid.uuid4())
+c.execute("insert into BaseItems values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+          (sid, None, "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV.Series", "The Examples",
+           pre, None, None, 2010, None, 0, '{}'))
+c.execute("insert into BaseItems values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?)",
+          (eid, sid, "MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV.Episode",
+           "Pilot", pre + "/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.mkv", 1, 1,
+           None, None, 0, '{}'))
+c.execute("insert into BaseItemProviders values (?,?,?)", (sid, "Tvdb", "9999"))
+c.commit()
+PY
+    run python3 "$CENSUS" jellyfin --root "$LIB" --db "$DB" \
+        --out "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp12.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    tail -1 "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/exp12.tsv" \
+        | grep -q "	Pilot	9999$"
+}
+
+@test "an episode its own name states files as the titled standard name" {
+    plan
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "$(dst "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.mkv")" \
+        = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/Season 01/The Examples (2010) - S01E01 - Pilot.mkv" ]
+}
+
+@test "the tvdb identity names the series folder, id and all, not the folder's echo" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:78850": {"name": "Show Box", "year": "2016"}}\n' > "$CACHE"
+    plan
+    want="$LIB/Show Box (2016) [tvdbid-78850]/Season 01"
+    want+="/Show Box (2016) - S01E01 - Pilot.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$BOX/Show.Box.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+}
+
+@test "a provider name that already carries the year is not given it twice" {
+    # TVDb answers the reboot as `Acapulco (2021)`. The folder contract is ONE year,
+    # and `Acapulco (2021) (2021)` is a folder neither matcher nor human reuses.
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:78850": {"name": "Show Box (2016)", "year": "2016"}}\n' > "$CACHE"
+    plan
+    want="$LIB/Show Box (2016) [tvdbid-78850]/Season 01"
+    want+="/Show Box (2016) - S01E01 - Pilot.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$BOX/Show.Box.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+    run grep -F '(2016) (2016)' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
+@test "a series no authority resolves keeps the provider's name and is reported" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/SNL Pack/Season 19/01 Charles Barkley, Nirvana.avi")" \
+        = "$LIB/SNL Pack/Season 19/SNL Pack - S19E01.avi" ]
+    grep -A9 -i "no tvdb" "$EXC" | grep -q "SNL Pack"
+}
+
+@test "a row whose series is the park folder is not evidence of a show" {
+    plan_park
+    run awk -F '\t' -v p="$PARK/" '$1 == "move" && index($3, p) == 1 {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" && $2 ~ /Park Show S01E01/ {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [[ "$output" == "$OUTSIDE/"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "the pile's sanitized display name is still the pile, not a series" {
+    # Jellyfin drops the leading underscore when it shows the hidden folder, so the
+    # row says the series is "unsorted" while the file sits in `_unsorted`. Match
+    # only the underscored spelling and the plan renames real files into a visible
+    # folder named after the review pile — which is how 617 of them got there.
+    title_row "$PARK/Twisted.Metal.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" "unsorted" "" 1 1 \
+        "" "" "Twisted Metal"
+    plan_park
+    run awk -F '\t' -v l="$LIB" \
+        '$1 == "move" && index($3, l "/unsorted/") == 1 {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+    run awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" && $2 ~ /Twisted\.Metal\.S01E01/ {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [[ "$output" == "$OUTSIDE/"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "a subtitle follows its episode and keeps its language flag" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.en.srt")" \
+        = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/Season 01/The Examples (2010) - S01E01 - Pilot.en.srt" ]
+}
+
+@test "a subtitle two folders down inside Subs/<release-name>/ still follows its episode" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$SEASON/Subs/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.jpn.srt")" \
+        = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/Season 01/The Examples (2010) - S01E01 - Pilot.jpn.srt" ]
+}
+
+@test "a subtitle that carries the container's word in its own name still follows the episode" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$SEASON/The.Examples.S01E01.Pilot.1080p.x265.mkv.forced.srt")" \
+        = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/Season 01/The Examples (2010) - S01E01 - Pilot.forced.srt" ]
+}
+
+@test "a season image keeps its own name; a series nfo keeps the series folder" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$SEASON/folder.jpg")" = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/Season 01/folder.jpg" ]
+    [ "$(dst "$SEASON/tvshow.nfo")" = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/tvshow.nfo" ]
+}
+
+@test "bonus material files as an extra, never as an episode" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$SEASON/Trailers/teaser.mkv")" = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/trailers/teaser.mkv" ]
+    [ -z "$(awk -F '\t' '$3 ~ /Season .*teaser/ {print $3}' "$OUT")" ]
+}
+
+@test "a file only the provider numbers files at the episode it is matched to, title or no title" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$ANIME/[grp] Anime Pack - 05.mkv")" \
+        = "$LIB/Anime Pack/Season 01/Anime Pack - S01E05.mkv" ]
+}
+
+@test "a bonus folder inside a release pack belongs to the pack's show, not to its own name" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$ANIME/01. Extras/NCOP 01.mkv")" = "$LIB/Anime Pack/extras/NCOP 01.mkv" ]
+    [ -z "$(awk -F '\t' '$3 ~ /\/01\. Extras\// {print $3}' "$OUT")" ]
+}
+
+@test "a Season folder outvotes the stale row its files carry" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/SNL Pack/Season 19/01 Charles Barkley, Nirvana.avi")" \
+        = "$LIB/SNL Pack/Season 19/SNL Pack - S19E01.avi" ]
+}
+
+
+@test "one file holding two episodes keeps both numbers in its name" {
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Dupes/Show.Two.S01E02-E03.720p.mkv")" \
+        = "$LIB/Show Two (2016)/Season 01/Show Two (2016) - S01E02-E03 - Double Trouble.mkv" ]
+}
+
+@test "two files claiming one episode: one keeps the name, the other parks" {
+    plan
+    n=$(grep -c "	$LIB/Show Two (2016)/Season 01/Show Two (2016) - S01E01 - Two Pilots.mkv	" "$OUT")
+    [ "$n" -eq 1 ]
+    run dst "$LIB/Dupes/Show Two S01E01.mkv"
+    [[ "$output" == "$PARK/"* ]]
+    run dst "$LIB/Dupes/Show.Two.S01E01.720p.other.mkv"
+    [[ "$output" == "$LIB/Show Two (2016)/Season 01/"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "a file no authority numbers is parked, never renamed into the library" {
+    plan
+    run dst "$LIB/Orphan Tapes/clip001.mp4"
+    [[ "$output" == "$PARK/Orphan Tapes/clip001.mp4" ]]
+    grep -q "clip001.mp4" "$EXC"
+}
+
+@test "a long file the movie provider knows leaves the TV library for the movie one" {
+    printf '8000\t%s\t7200\thevc\t1920x1080\t23.976\t4000000\tyuv420p10le\taac:eng\t0\t0\tmatroska,webm\n' \
+        "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv" > "$PROBED"
+    python3 -c 'import json, sys
+json.dump({"movie:some documentary":
+           {"name": "Some Documentary Special", "year": 2015, "id": 55}},
+          open(sys.argv[1], "w"))' "$CACHE"
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv")" \
+        = "$MOVIES/Some Documentary Special (2015)/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv" ]
+}
+
+@test "a long file no movie provider knows is parked, not moved into Movies" {
+    printf '8000\t%s\t7200\thevc\t1920x1080\t23.976\t4000000\tyuv420p10le\taac:eng\t0\t0\tmatroska,webm\n' \
+        "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv" > "$PROBED"
+    plan
+    run dst "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv"
+    [[ "$output" == "$PARK/"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "a movie answer the file does not itself name stays in the review pile" {
+    # TMDb's top hit for a truncated query is a NEAR miss, not an answer: "mobile
+    # suit gundam 00" comes back as Special Edition I while the file is Special
+    # Edition III, and a one-word query "russia" comes back as a 1963 Bond film. A
+    # file leaves the TV library only when it states the title the provider names.
+    printf '8000\t%s\t7200\thevc\t1920x1080\t23.976\t4000000\tyuv420p10le\taac:eng\t0\t0\tmatroska,webm\n' \
+        "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv" > "$PROBED"
+    python3 -c 'import json, sys
+json.dump({"movie:some documentary":
+           {"name": "Some Documentary Special Part Two", "year": "2015", "id": 55}},
+          open(sys.argv[1], "w"))' "$CACHE"
+    plan
+    run dst "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv"
+    [[ "$output" == "$PARK/"* ]]
+    run awk -F '\t' -v m="$MOVIES/" '$1 == "move" && index($3, m) == 1 {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
+@test "a movie answer from another year is not that film" {
+    # The year the file states outranks a provider's eagerness: the 2015 special is
+    # not the 1999 one, however alike their names are.
+    printf '8000\t%s\t7200\thevc\t1920x1080\t23.976\t4000000\tyuv420p10le\taac:eng\t0\t0\tmatroska,webm\n' \
+        "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv" > "$PROBED"
+    python3 -c 'import json, sys
+json.dump({"movie:some documentary":
+           {"name": "Some Documentary Special", "year": "1999", "id": 55}},
+          open(sys.argv[1], "w"))' "$CACHE"
+    plan
+    run dst "$LIB/Longform/Some Documentary Special (2015).mkv"
+    [[ "$output" == "$PARK/"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "the plan creates every folder before the move that needs it" {
+    plan
+    python3 - "$OUT" "$LIB" "$MOVIES" "$PARK" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+plan, known = sys.argv[1], set(sys.argv[2:])
+made, bad = set(), []
+for line in open(plan).read().splitlines()[1:]:
+    action, _src, dest, _kind = line.split("\t")
+    if action == "mkdir":
+        made.add(dest)
+    elif action == "move":
+        d = os.path.dirname(dest)
+        while d not in known and d != os.path.dirname(d):
+            if d not in made:
+                bad.append(f"{dest}: {d} was never made")
+            d = os.path.dirname(d)
+print("\n".join(bad[:5]))
+sys.exit(1 if bad else 0)
+PY
+}
+
+@test "no move lands outside the library or the movie library" {
+    plan
+    run awk -F '\t' -v l="$LIB" -v m="$MOVIES" \
+        '$1 == "move" && $3 !~ "^" l "/" && $3 !~ "^" m "/" {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [ -z "$output" ]
+}
+
+@test "the executor preflights the plan and no target is claimed twice" {
+    plan
+    run python3 "$APPLY" apply --plan "$OUT" --root "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR" \
+        --journal "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    dup=$(awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" {print $3}' "$OUT" | sort | uniq -d)
+    [ -z "$dup" ]
+}
+
+@test "re-planning a library the plan already satisfies moves nothing" {
+    plan
+    # Applying the plan and re-censusing is exactly what the operator does next:
+    # every authority file is keyed by path, so all three are replayed through the
+    # plan the way a fresh census would see them. (The enum has no header; the
+    # titles export does, and its header row is not a path so it survives.)
+    python3 - "$OUT" "$ENUM" "$TITLES" "$PROBED" <<'PY'
+import os, sys
+plan = sys.argv[1]
+moves = {}
+for line in open(plan).read().splitlines()[1:]:
+    action, src, dest, _kind = line.split("\t")
+    if action == "move":
+        moves[src] = dest
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest), exist_ok=True)
+        os.rename(src, dest)
+for path, col in ((sys.argv[2], 2), (sys.argv[3], 0), (sys.argv[4], 1)):
+    if not os.path.getsize(path):
+        continue
+    rows = [line.rstrip("\n").split("\t") for line in open(path)]
+    with open(path, "w") as fh:
+        for f in rows:
+            f[col] = moves.get(f[col], f[col])
+            fh.write("\t".join(f) + "\n")
+PY
+    plan
+    [ -z "$(awk -F '\t' '$1 == "move" {print $2}' "$OUT")" ]
+}
+
+# Specials and the year-shaped season. Jellyfin's contract puts specials in
+# Season 00, and its date matcher hands back rows whose "season" is the AIRDATE
+# YEAR. Both used to park — 1,412 and 1,033 files of one 52k plan — although one
+# is a legal season and the other is renumberable from the title tvdb states.
+@test "a provider's season 0 is a special, so it files under Season 00" {
+    file "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv" "The Examples" 2010 0 2
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv")" \
+        = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/Season 00/The Examples (2010) - S00E02.mkv" ]
+}
+
+# These three tests carry a tvdb id of their own. The fixture's box set is 78850 and
+# ONE id means ONE show: reusing it here would merge these files into that series and
+# the duplicate rule would park them before any numbering question is asked.
+@test "a row whose season is a year is renumbered by the title tvdb states" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:4242": %s, "tvdb:episodes:4242": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "The Examples", "year": "2010"}' \
+        '{"1/7": "Best Of"}' > "$CACHE"
+    file "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv" \
+        "The Examples" 2010 2010 11 "" "" "Best Of" "4242"
+    plan
+    want="$LIB/The Examples (2010) [tvdbid-4242]/Season 01"
+    want+="/The Examples (2010) - S01E07 - Best Of.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+}
+
+@test "a title tvdb gives twice never renumbers an episode" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:4242": %s, "tvdb:episodes:4242": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "The Examples", "year": "2010"}' \
+        '{"1/7": "Best Of", "2/3": "Best Of"}' > "$CACHE"
+    file "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Show Bumps/Best Of The Examples.mkv" \
+        "The Examples" 2010 2010 11 "" "" "Best Of" "4242"
+    plan_park
+    run awk -F '\t' -v p="$OUTSIDE/" '$1 == "move" && index($3, p) == 1 {print $3}' "$OUT"
+    [[ "$output" == *"Best Of The Examples.mkv"* ]]
+}
+
+
+# A release pack can carry a number that is not an episode at all: two files of
+# the Attack on Titan box set on the array are named S03E2019 and S04E47370355,
+# and the provider rows the server recorded for them say the same junk. Reading
+# either as "the first three digits" files the box set under E201 and E473 and
+# steals those episode slots from their real owners, so a run too long to be an
+# episode is no marker and no number: the file is renumbered from tvdb's title
+# when the series' id answers it, and parks when nothing answers.
+@test "an episode number longer than three digits never files as an episode" {
+    file "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Attack Pack S03E2019.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Attack Pack S03E2019.mkv" "Attack Pack" 2013 3 2019
+    plan_park
+    run grep -c -- "- S03E201 -" "$OUT"
+    [ "$output" = "0" ]
+    [[ "$(dst "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Attack Pack S03E2019.mkv")" == "$OUTSIDE/"* ]]
+    grep -q "a provider row of season 3 episode 2019" "$EXC"
+}
+
+@test "a provider episode too long to be one is renumbered by the title tvdb states" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:4242": %s, "tvdb:episodes:4242": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "Attack Pack", "year": "2013"}' \
+        '{"3/7": "A Title tvdb Holds"}' > "$CACHE"
+    file "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Attack Pack S03E2019.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Attack Pack S03E2019.mkv" \
+        "Attack Pack" 2013 3 2019 "" "" "A Title tvdb Holds" "4242"
+    plan
+    want="$LIB/Attack Pack (2013) [tvdbid-4242]/Season 03"
+    want+="/Attack Pack (2013) - S03E07 - A Title tvdb Holds.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Attack Pack S03E2019.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+}
+
+@test "a resolution glued to the marker still reads as one episode" {
+    file "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Glued Mark S01E02-1080p.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Glued Mark S01E02-1080p.mkv" \
+        "The Examples" 2010 1 2 "" "" "Second Look"
+    plan
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Junk Numbers/Glued Mark S01E02-1080p.mkv")" \
+        = "$LIB/The Examples (2010)/Season 01/The Examples (2010) - S01E02 - Second Look.mkv" ]
+}
+
+# Anime numbering is the one place a tvdb title can be confidently wrong: a pack
+# numbered by its release group still names S05E01, and tvdb answers that slot with
+# a different episode. A season the authority does not hold, or holds fewer of than
+# the pack books, is CONTRADICTED: the rename still happens, the title does not.
+@test "a season tvdb contradicts keeps the rename but never its titles" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:4242": %s, "tvdb:episodes:4242": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "Anime Gate", "year": "2010"}' \
+        '{"1/1": "Pilot"}' > "$CACHE"
+    file "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 01/one S01E01.mkv" 5000
+    file "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 05/two S05E01.mkv" 5000
+    file "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 05/three S05E02.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 01/one S01E01.mkv" \
+        "Anime Gate" 2010 1 1 "" "" "" "4242"
+    title_row "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 05/two S05E01.mkv" \
+        "Anime Gate" 2010 5 1 "" "" "" "4242"
+    title_row "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 05/three S05E02.mkv" \
+        "Anime Gate" 2010 5 2 "" "" "" "4242"
+    plan
+    want="$LIB/Anime Gate (2010) [tvdbid-4242]/Season 01"
+    want+="/Anime Gate (2010) - S01E01 - Pilot.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 01/one S01E01.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+    want="$LIB/Anime Gate (2010) [tvdbid-4242]/Season 05"
+    want+="/Anime Gate (2010) - S05E01.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Gate Pack/Season 05/two S05E01.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+    grep -A6 -i "numbering tvdb contradicts" "$EXC" | grep -q "Anime Gate"
+}
+
+# Tvdb's default episode query answers at most 500 rows and states no total, so a
+# list that long is a PAGE, not a list: One Piece (1999), Crayon Shin-chan (1992)
+# and Detective Conan (1996) each answer exactly 500 while holding over a thousand.
+# Read as the whole truth, that page contradicts every long-running show's pack
+# and strips the tvdb title from all of it.
+@test "an episode list the authority paginates never contradicts the pack" {
+    python3 - "$CACHE" <<'PY'
+import json, sys
+json.dump({"tvdb:series:4242": {"name": "Long Run", "year": "1999"},
+           "tvdb:episodes:4242": {f"1/{n}": f"Episode {n}"
+                                  for n in range(1, 501)}},
+          open(sys.argv[1], "w"))
+PY
+    for n in $(seq 1 501); do
+        ep=$(printf '%02d' "$n")
+        file "$LIB/Long Pack/Season 01/long $ep.mkv" 1000
+        title_row "$LIB/Long Pack/Season 01/long $ep.mkv" \
+            "Long Run" 1999 1 "$n" "" "" "" "4242"
+    done
+    plan
+    want="$LIB/Long Run (1999) [tvdbid-4242]/Season 01"
+    want+="/Long Run (1999) - S01E01 - Episode 1.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Long Pack/Season 01/long 01.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+    run grep -i "numbering tvdb contradicts" "$EXC"
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+}
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------- the operator map
+# Most of this library carries no tvdb id anywhere: the authority titles anime by
+# its own record — in the show's language — and the English name rides in aliases
+# the planner's name search never reads, so a search that demands tvdb's own
+# spelling cannot reach it. The operator's map is the other door: one line per
+# folder, `folder <TAB> tvdb id <TAB> note`, each id checked by hand against the
+# record it names. It outranks a provider id, it merges the release folders that
+# are one show, and every folder it touched is named in the exceptions: one wrong
+# row there is 1,268 renames to the wrong show, so nothing about it is silent.
+
+plan_map() {                          # the plan, with the operator's map in hand
+    run python3 "$PLAN" --root "$LIB" --enum "$ENUM" --titles "$TITLES" \
+        --probed "$PROBED" --tmdb-cache "$CACHE" --movies "$MOVIES" \
+        --tvdb-ids "$1" --out "$OUT" --exceptions "$EXC"
+}
+
+@test "a folder the operator mapped to a tvdb id renames to that record" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:331753": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "Black Clover", "year": "2017"}' > "$CACHE"
+    {
+        printf '# the note column carries why the name search cannot reach it\n'
+        printf 'Black Clover 001\t331753\tthe record holds no alias\n'
+    } > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    file "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv" \
+        "Black Clover 001" "" 1 1
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    want="$LIB/Black Clover (2017) [tvdbid-331753]/Season 01"
+    want+="/Black Clover (2017) - S01E01.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+}
+
+@test "release folders one id maps are ONE series folder" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:81797": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "One Piece", "year": "1999"}' > "$CACHE"
+    {
+        printf '[Anime Time] One Piece (0001-1071)\t81797\tbare "One Piece" is the 2023 live action\n'
+        printf 'One Piece Ship Collection\t81797\tthe same record, split by release\n'
+    } > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    file "$LIB/[Anime Time] One Piece (0001-1071)/One.Piece.0001.mkv" 5000
+    file "$LIB/One Piece Ship Collection/One.Piece.0002.mkv" 6000
+    title_row "$LIB/[Anime Time] One Piece (0001-1071)/One.Piece.0001.mkv" \
+        "One Piece" 1999 1 1
+    title_row "$LIB/One Piece Ship Collection/One.Piece.0002.mkv" \
+        "One Piece Ship Collection" "" 1 2
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    want="$LIB/One Piece (1999) [tvdbid-81797]/Season 01"
+    want+="/One Piece (1999) - S01E01.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/[Anime Time] One Piece (0001-1071)/One.Piece.0001.mkv")" \
+        = "$want" ]
+    want="$LIB/One Piece (1999) [tvdbid-81797]/Season 01"
+    want+="/One Piece (1999) - S01E02.mkv"
+    [ "$(dst "$LIB/One Piece Ship Collection/One.Piece.0002.mkv")" = "$want" ]
+}
+
+@test "the map outranks a provider id and says which two disagreed" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:4242": %s, "tvdb:series:78850": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "Real Ship", "year": "1999"}' \
+        '{"name": "Box Junk", "year": "2016"}' > "$CACHE"
+    printf '%s\t4242\thand-verified against the record\n' \
+        "Show Box (2016) Season 1 S01 (1080p WEB-DL)" > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    dst "$BOX/Show.Box.S01E01.1080p.WEB-DL.mkv" \
+        | grep -q "^$LIB/Real Ship (1999) \[tvdbid-4242\]/Season 01/"
+    run grep -E '78850.*4242|4242.*78850' "$EXC"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "a map id the authority never answered keeps the provider's name and is named" {
+    printf 'Black Clover 001\t331753\ttvdb never answered\n' \
+        > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    file "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv" \
+        "Black Clover 001" "" 1 1
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    dst "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv" \
+        | grep -q "^$LIB/Black Clover 001 \[tvdbid-331753\]/Season 01/"
+    run grep -q "331753" "$EXC"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "a map row for a folder the array no longer holds is reported" {
+    printf 'Gone Pack\t4242\tmoved away\n' > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    run grep "Gone Pack" "$EXC"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "a map row whose folder is on the array but never became a series says so" {
+    # The array holds three folders exactly like this one: a credits/extras pack
+    # the operator mapped to a record, whose every file is bonus material with no
+    # series to own it. The folder IS on the array, and telling the operator the
+    # pack moved sends them hunting for a folder that never left.
+    printf 'Credit Pack\t114801\tthe record tvdb names\n' > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    file "$LIB/Credit Pack/01. Extras/NCOP 01.mkv" 1200
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    grep -q "bonus material with no series to own it" "$EXC"
+    grep -q "never became a series" "$EXC"
+    run grep "no folder on the array" "$EXC"
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+}
+
+@test "a map line whose id is not a number stops the plan" {
+    printf 'Black Clover 001\tnotanid\ttypo\n' > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    file "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Black Clover 001/Season 01/Black.Clover.001.mkv" \
+        "Black Clover 001" "" 1 1
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"notanid"* ]]
+}
+
+# The map the fleet ships is scripts/media-shows-tvdb-ids.tsv, and the planner
+# reads it by default: an unusable line there stops every plan the operator runs
+# from the checkout, so the seam validates the real file, not a fixture copy.
+@test "the shipped operator map parses and never stops a plan" {
+    MAPS="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-shows-tvdb-ids.tsv"
+    run awk -F '\t' '!/^#/ && NF {
+        if (NF < 2 || $2 !~ /^[0-9]+$/) { print "unusable row: " $0; bad = 1 }
+    } END { exit bad }' "$MAPS"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    dup=$(awk -F '\t' '!/^#/ && NF {print $1}' "$MAPS" | sort | uniq -d)
+    [ -z "$dup" ]
+    plan_map "$MAPS"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    grep -qi "operator's map" "$EXC"
+}
+
+@test "a map that names one folder twice stops the plan" {
+    printf '{"tvdb:series:78850": %s}\n' \
+        '{"name": "Naruto", "year": "2002"}' > "$CACHE"
+    {
+        printf 'Naruto Complete Series\t78850\tthe dub pack\n'
+        printf 'Naruto Complete Series\t331753\ta paste of another row\n'
+    } > "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    file "$LIB/Naruto Complete Series/Season 01/naruto 01.mkv" 5000
+    title_row "$LIB/Naruto Complete Series/Season 01/naruto 01.mkv" \
+        "Naruto Complete Series" "" 1 1
+    plan_map "$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/ids.tsv"
+    [ "$status" -eq 2 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"named twice"* ]]
+}

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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# Seam: scripts/media-verify.py — the replay of a relayout journal against a
+# media server's OWN database, which is the documented proof that a rename
+# landed (a scan answers 204 whether or not it finds anything).
+#
+# Every test states what the database holds and asserts what the command prints
+# and returns; nothing here reaches into the script's internals. The fixtures are
+# minimal sqlite files with the columns the two servers really use, so the seam
+# fails if the tool ever reads the wrong table, forgets Plex's `deleted_at`
+# filter, or forgets that Jellyfin stores the container-side path (/data/…) while
+# Plex stores the host path verbatim.
+
+load helpers
+
+VERIFY="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/media-verify.py"
+
+# jf_mk <db> — the Jellyfin shape: one BaseItems table, Path is the column.
+jf_mk() {
+    python3 - "$1" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, sys
+con = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1])
+con.execute("create table BaseItems (Id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, Path TEXT, Type TEXT,"
+            " ParentId INTEGER, Name TEXT)")
+con.commit()
+PY
+}
+
+# jf_row <db> <path> — one item the server believes it has.
+jf_row() {
+    python3 - "$1" "$2" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, sys
+con = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1])
+con.execute("insert into BaseItems (Path, Type) values (?, 'x')", (sys.argv[2],))
+con.commit()
+PY
+}
+
+# px_mk <db> — the Plex shape: media_parts joined up to metadata_items.
+px_mk() {
+    python3 - "$1" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, sys
+con = sqlite3.connect(sys.argv[1])
+con.execute("create table metadata_items (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, title TEXT,"
+            " deleted_at TEXT)")
+con.execute("create table media_items (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, metadata_item_id"
+            " INTEGER, container TEXT)")
+con.execute("create table media_parts (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, media_item_id"
+            " INTEGER, file TEXT, deleted_at TEXT)")
+con.commit()
+PY
+}
+
+# px_row <db> <path> [DELETED_AT] — one part; a non-empty DELETED_AT is a row a
+# deleted scan left behind, which must never count as proof.
+px_row() {
+    python3 - "$1" "$2" "${3:-}" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, sys
+db, path, gone = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3] or None
+con = sqlite3.connect(db)
+cur = con.execute("insert into metadata_items (title, deleted_at) values ('t', ?)",
+                  (gone,))
+mi = cur.lastrowid
+cur = con.execute("insert into media_items (metadata_item_id, container)"
+                  " values (?, 'mkv')", (mi,))
+con.execute("insert into media_parts (media_item_id, file, deleted_at)"
+            " values (?, ?, NULL)", (cur.lastrowid, path))
+con.commit()
+PY
+}
+
+# move_row <src> <dst> — one move in the journal.
+move_row() {
+    printf '{"op": "move", "src": "%s", "dst": "%s"}\n' "$1" "$2" >> "$JOURNAL"
+}
+
+setup() {
+    SHARE="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/mnt/entropy"
+    JFDB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/jellyfin.db"
+    PXDB="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/plex.db"
+    JOURNAL="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/journal.jsonl"
+    : > "$JOURNAL"
+    jf_mk "$JFDB"
+    px_mk "$PXDB"
+}
+
+@test "every move that the database holds at its destination is reported landed" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Old Name (1999).mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Old Name (1999)/Old Name (1999).mkv"
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Two.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Two/Two.mkv"
+    # Jellyfin stores the container-side path: /data stands for the share.
+    jf_row "$JFDB" "/data/Movies/Old Name (1999)/Old Name (1999).mkv"
+    jf_row "$JFDB" "/data/Movies/Two/Two.mkv"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${lines[0]}" = "jellyfin: 2 moves checked" ]
+    [ "${lines[1]}" = "landed: 2" ]
+    [ "${lines[2]}" = "still at src: 0" ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 0" ]
+}
+
+@test "a database that has not rescanned yet is refused, naming the stale rows" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"
+    jf_row "$JFDB" "/data/Movies/Old.mkv"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [ "${lines[1]}" = "landed: 0" ]
+    [ "${lines[2]}" = "still at src: 1" ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "a moved file no row of the database names is reported missing" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 1" ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"$SHARE/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "Plex stores the host path verbatim, so a row at the destination lands" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/TVShows/Show/Season 01/Show S01E01.mkv" \
+             "$SHARE/TVShows/Show (2002)/Season 01/Show (2002) S01E01.mkv"
+    px_row "$PXDB" "$SHARE/TVShows/Show (2002)/Season 01/Show (2002) S01E01.mkv"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind plex --db "$PXDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${lines[0]}" = "plex: 1 moves checked" ]
+    [ "${lines[1]}" = "landed: 1" ]
+}
+
+@test "a Plex row a deleted scan left behind is not proof a move landed" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/TVShows/Old S01E01.mkv" "$SHARE/TVShows/Show/Old S01E01.mkv"
+    px_row "$PXDB" "$SHARE/TVShows/Show/Old S01E01.mkv" "2026-10-30 00:00:00"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind plex --db "$PXDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE"
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [ "${lines[1]}" = "landed: 0" ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 1" ]
+}
+
+@test "a database without the columns that kind needs is an error, not a zero" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$PXDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 2 ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"$PXDB"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" == *"BaseItems"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "only move rows are counted, so folder operations cannot inflate the tally" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"
+    jf_row "$JFDB" "/data/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"
+    printf '{"op": "mkdir", "dst": "%s/Movies/Old"}\n' "$SHARE" >> "$JOURNAL"
+    printf '{"op": "rmdir", "path": "%s/Movies/Empty"}\n' "$SHARE" >> "$JOURNAL"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${lines[0]}" = "jellyfin: 1 moves checked" ]
+}
+
+@test "a journal with no moves is clean, not a failure" {
+    printf '{"op": "mkdir", "dst": "%s/Movies/Old"}\n' "$SHARE" >> "$JOURNAL"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${lines[1]}" = "landed: 0" ]
+}
+
+@test "the offender list stops at --show so a stale library stays readable" {
+    for n in 1 2 3 4; do
+        move_row "$SHARE/Movies/F$n.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/F$n/F$n.mkv"
+    done
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data --show 2
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 4" ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"$SHARE/Movies/F1/F1.mkv"* ]]
+    [[ "$output" != *"$SHARE/Movies/F4/F4.mkv"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "the missing rows are counted by extension, so a sidecar is not mistaken for a lost film" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Music/Album/Mandatory Fun.log" "$SHARE/Music/Weird Al/Mandatory Fun (2014)/Mandatory Fun.log"
+    move_row "$SHARE/Music/Album/Film.mkv" "$SHARE/Music/Weird Al/Mandatory Fun (2014)/Film.mkv"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 2" ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"missing by extension: .log 1, .mkv 1"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "--ignore-ext keeps a file the server never indexes out of the verdict" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Music/Album/Song.flac" "$SHARE/Music/Weird Al/Mandatory Fun (2014)/Song.flac"
+    jf_row "$JFDB" "/data/Music/Weird Al/Mandatory Fun (2014)/Song.flac"
+    move_row "$SHARE/Music/Album/Mandatory Fun.cue" "$SHARE/Music/Weird Al/Mandatory Fun (2014)/Mandatory Fun.cue"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data --ignore-ext log,cue
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${lines[1]}" = "landed: 1" ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 0" ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"not indexed (extension ignored): 1"* ]]
+}
+
+# wal_case <db> — a Jellyfin database whose NEW row lives only in the
+# write-ahead log: the server has committed the rename but not checkpointed it,
+# which is the normal state of a library a scan is writing. The holder
+# connection keeps the WAL from folding into the main file, and the verifier
+# runs as a real subprocess so it faces the same files Plex and Jellyfin leave.
+wal_case() {
+    python3 - "$JFDB" "$JOURNAL" "$SHARE" "$VERIFY" <<'PY'
+import sqlite3, subprocess, sys
+db, journal, share, verify = sys.argv[1:5]
+w = sqlite3.connect(db)
+w.execute("pragma journal_mode=wal")
+w.execute("pragma wal_autocheckpoint=0")
+w.execute("insert into BaseItems (Path, Type) values ('/data/Movies/Old.mkv', 'x')")
+w.commit()
+w.execute("pragma wal_checkpoint(truncate)")
+holder = sqlite3.connect(db)  # last-connection close would checkpoint
+w.execute("update BaseItems set Path='/data/Movies/Old/Old.mkv'")
+w.commit()
+r = subprocess.run([sys.executable, verify, "--journal", journal,
+                    "--db-kind", "jellyfin", "--db", db,
+                    "--share", share, "--container", "/data"],
+                   capture_output=True, text=True)
+print(r.stdout, end="")
+sys.exit(r.returncode)
+PY
+}
+
+@test "a row the server committed but has not checkpointed is proof, not a miss" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"
+    run wal_case
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    [ "${lines[1]}" = "landed: 1" ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 0" ]
+}
+
+# The DB alone cannot tell a lost file from a sidecar: both are "no row at the
+# destination". The tool therefore stats the two paths and separates the classes
+# the runbook names, so an operator never reads a `.pdf` as a lost film or,
+# worse, reads a real loss as a sidecar.
+@test "a file the database does not name that still sits at src is the pass's own damage" {
+    mkdir -p "$SHARE/Movies"
+    echo film > "$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv"
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Old/Old.mkv"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 1" ]
+    [ "${lines[4]}" = "  on disk at dst, no row names it: 0" ]
+    [ "${lines[5]}" = "  REAL — file still at src: 1" ]
+    [ "${lines[6]}" = "  gone — at neither path: 0" ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"real: $SHARE/Movies/Old.mkv"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "a file at neither path is gone, and a file at dst the server ignores is not a loss" {
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Gone.mkv" "$SHARE/Movies/Gone/Gone.mkv"
+    mkdir -p "$SHARE/Movies/Sidecar"
+    echo cover > "$SHARE/Movies/Sidecar/cover.jpg"
+    move_row "$SHARE/Movies/Album/cover.jpg" "$SHARE/Movies/Sidecar/cover.jpg"
+
+    run python3 "$VERIFY" --journal "$JOURNAL" --db-kind jellyfin --db "$JFDB" \
+        --share "$SHARE" --container /data
+    [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+    [ "${lines[3]}" = "missing from the DB: 2" ]
+    [ "${lines[4]}" = "  on disk at dst, no row names it: 1" ]
+    [ "${lines[5]}" = "  REAL — file still at src: 0" ]
+    [ "${lines[6]}" = "  gone — at neither path: 1" ]
+    [[ "$output" == *"gone: $SHARE/Movies/Gone/Gone.mkv"* ]]
+}