Guides

Step-by-step guides for common setups and workflows. Each guide covers a specific content type or feature from start to finish.

Watch Folder New in v1.3.0

Drop a file in your Inbox and MediaForge matches, renames, downloads artwork and queues it ready to sync. One click triggers NFO generation, genre-based routing and a server refresh.

Background monitoring Genre routing macOS notifications Auto library refresh

Anime Libraries New in v1.3.1

Handle Japanese titles, absolute episode numbering and multi-season series. MediaForge detects non-English titles automatically and routes anime to a dedicated library folder.

Japanese title detection Absolute numbering Anime genre routing NFO with displayepisode

Sports & Wrestling

Organise wrestling, MMA and sports programming using date-based filenames. MediaForge detects the date pattern automatically, matches by air date on TVDB and routes to a dedicated sports folder.

Date-based detection TVDB air date matching Sport genre routing Watch Folder support

Multiple & Nested Libraries New in v1.4.0

Add several library paths, including ones nested inside your main Media folder, and pin a different metadata source to each. MediaForge resolves every file against the most specific path, so overrides for Anime or Sports never get overridden by the parent.

Nested library paths Per-library TMDB/TVDB override Most-specific-path resolution Library Manager browsing