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91e1164090 feat(metadata): local NFO metadata and sidecar artwork (builtin chain provider) (#390)
* feat(metadata): register builtin NFO provider and broaden parsing

Phases A and B of the #216 local-NFO work, implemented test-first.

Registration & hint-first identity (Phase A):
- Migration seeds a reserved kind='builtin' silo.builtin installation
  and an 'nfo' metadata capability (default_enabled=false, priority 1
  for movie/series) with a partial unique index and documented Down.
- In-process builtin provider registry (internal/metadata/builtin.go);
  buildProviders returns the registered provider for builtin rows.
- Guard rails keep the reserved row out of every plugin surface (user
  plugin-settings, installations list, image resolvers, preload,
  auto-update, store Delete, mutation handlers -> 409); silo.builtin is
  a reserved manifest id.
- Startup sync materializes legacy content_level='' chains per level,
  then appends builtin capabilities disabled via
  AppendProviderToAllChains (idempotent); resolveEnabledProvidersBy
  priority now respects default_enabled=false.
- NFO uniqueids seed the trusted-hint machinery via IdentityHintProvider
  with per-mode conflict policy (stored IDs win on scheduled refresh,
  NFO wins on manual refresh, Identify skips NFO); ID-less candidates
  are excluded from provider-priority tie-breaks and nfo never counts
  as corroboration.
- Web chain-editor empty-state gate is now server-derived so builtin
  providers are reachable on plugin-less servers.

Parser breadth & sidecar hardening (Phase B):
- Parser covers the practical Kodi/Jellyfin field set for <movie> and
  <tvshow>: original title, tagline, runtime, dates, content rating,
  genres/studios/countries/tags, multi-source ratings with scale
  normalization, cast with roles/order, director/credits. Empty
  collections stay nil so merge early-returns apply.
- findNFO parses candidates and falls through on read/parse failure or
  root-type mismatch, so a stray movie.nfo cannot shadow tvshow.nfo;
  GetMetadata gains the same ContentType guard Search has.
- New FieldReleaseDates lock gates Year/ReleaseDate/First+LastAirDate
  in merge (Go) and the edit-metadata dialog (web), closing the gap
  where a manual refresh re-applied NFO dates over admin corrections.
- Merge-contract tests pin NFO fill semantics, genres whole-list
  first-provider-wins, and NFO edits propagating on manual refresh only.
- Docs: new admin wiki page (supported fields, merge semantics,
  naming-supplies-structure contract), index bullet, sidecar wording
  revision, v1-scope feature-detection note.

Zero behavior change while the provider is disabled (default); pinned
by CI-mode and DB-gated test suites.

Part of #216

AI-use disclosure: implemented with Claude Code (Fable 5) via
spec-driven TDD and agent-assisted implementation.

* feat(metadata): ingest local sidecar artwork and read series-depth NFO

Phases C and D of the #216 local-NFO work, implemented test-first, plus
the mixed-library use-case pins. Together these deliver the headline
case: a series absent from every remote database (e.g. a fitness
library) scans into a fully presented show -> named seasons -> titled
episodes tree from NFO files and sidecar art alone.

Local sidecar artwork through the S3 image cache (Phase C):
- The NFO provider implements ImageProvider: poster/backdrop/logo
  sidecar discovery with a fixed precedence map, symlink/non-regular
  rejection, an 8 MiB cap, and file:// source URLs at rating 0. Generic
  filenames apply only via the sidecar search paths, so a shared
  folder.jpg in a flat multi-movie directory applies to none.
- file:// becomes a live local source scheme: routed into *_source_path
  (never *_path), accepted by every image enqueue gate, attributed as
  provider "local", excluded from cached-path detection.
- The image-cache processor caches local files with lexical-on-logical
  confinement to the library roots, open-handle reads with re-checks,
  the same variant widths as remote art, and stable (7-day) failure
  classification. Keys land under
  local/{contentType}/{contentID}/{hash8}/{imageType}; superseded
  prefixes are cleaned on re-cache and item deletion.
- applyIfBetter gains a local exemption so rating-0 local art can fill
  matched items without being stickily displaced; ImageRequest carries
  additive sidecar path context.

Series depth (Phase D):
- SeasonsRequest/EpisodesRequest carry additive local path context
  (series roots, per-season directories, per-episode file paths),
  derived from naming at match time and reconstructed on refresh.
- season.nfo supplies season name/plot; NFO season numbers are advisory
  (directory-derived number wins with a Warn - naming owns structure).
  <episodedetails> gains aired/runtime/ratings; <basename>.nfo titles
  episodes and <basename>-thumb.ext supplies thumbs; filename SxxEyy
  wins over NFO numbers.
- Episode NFOs work without a season.nfo (provider seasons unioned with
  on-disk seasons); SynthesizeFallbackEpisodes always runs after persist
  so NFO-less episodes keep synthesized rows. Season/episode file:// art
  rides the Phase C pipeline unchanged.
- Migration adds season:1/episode:1 to the builtin NFO capability's
  default_priority (still default_enabled=false).

Mixed sports-library use case (tests only, no product change):
- Pins the classification contract for one library holding movie-shaped
  and show-shaped content (WWE PPV events as movies next to a "WWE
  SmackDown" show, NASCAR/F1/FIFA with partial TVDB/TMDB data): naming
  decides movie-vs-series per file before any provider runs; the NFO
  supplies metadata/identity but never flips type (ContentType guard);
  the per-root Type override is the correction path.
- NFO-driven type classification at scan time is recorded as an explicit
  deferred open question.

Part of #216

AI-use disclosure: implemented with Claude Code (Fable 5) via
spec-driven TDD and agent-assisted implementation.

* docs(metadata): document local NFO metadata architecture

Add a single as-built architecture page
(docs/architecture/local-nfo-metadata.md) for the #216 local-NFO
feature: the builtin registration model, hint-first identity semantics,
the file:// -> S3 artwork pipeline and its deployment constraint, series
depth, the mixed-library classification contract, and known limitations.

This replaces the working implementation plan, the per-phase specs, and
the narrow sidecar-artwork note, which were planning drafts and are left
untracked; admin-facing behavior remains in the wiki.

Part of #216

AI-use disclosure: planned, drafted, and consolidated with Claude Code
(Fable 5) using multi-agent exploration and adversarial review.

* fix(metadata): address PR review findings on NFO builtin provider

Fold in the valid, low-risk fixes surfaced by automated review on #390:

- imagecache: extract validateCacheRequest so CacheBytes (the local
  sidecar season/episode path) enforces the same episode-requires-season
  guard as Cache, preventing distinct episodes' art from colliding under
  one S3 key.
- image_cache_processor: close the sidecar symlink-swap window by
  rejecting the opened handle unless os.SameFile matches the Lstat'd
  file, so a leaf swapped to a symlink can't pull an out-of-root target
  into the public cache.
- plugins: guard the reserved builtin installation row in the store's
  Update, matching Delete, so its version/enabled/capabilities can never
  be rewritten even if a mutation slips past the HTTP layer.
- cmd/silo: bound SyncBuiltinProviderChains with a 30s timeout so a stuck
  DB round-trip fails fast at startup instead of hanging.
- metadata: panic instead of silently no-op'ing on an invalid
  RegisterBuiltinProvider call (init-time programmer error).
- docs: correct the media-folder-and-naming NFO paragraph to state
  season/episode NFOs and sidecar artwork are actively read.

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Co-authored-by: Quick104 <31828688+Quick104@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-07-16 17:55:36 -04:00

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Local NFO metadata and sidecar artwork (as built)

Implements #216: Kodi/Jellyfin-style .nfo files and sidecar images (poster.jpg, fanart.jpg, …) next to movies and shows are read by a builtin metadata provider, so curated local libraries work with partial or zero TMDB/TVDB coverage. Admin-facing usage lives in docs/wiki/admin/nfo-local-metadata.md; this page records the architecture for maintainers.

Registration: a builtin provider in the plugin chain

Provider chains are keyed on plugin_installations rows, so builtins are registered as data: a reserved installation (plugin_id='silo.builtin', kind='builtin', sentinel install_path, update_policy='manual') plus a metadata_provider.v1 capability nfo with default_priority 1 for movie/series/season/episode and default_enabled=false (migrations/sql/20260712100125_builtin_host_providers.sql, ...124741_nfo_capability_season_episode_levels.sql).

  • internal/metadata/builtin.go is the in-process registry; providers self-register (internal/metadata/nfo/register.go) and buildProviders (internal/metadata/chain.go) returns the in-process provider for kind='builtin' rows instead of constructing a gRPC plugin.
  • Guard rails keep the reserved row out of every plugin surface (user plugin settings, installations list, image resolvers, preload, auto-update, store delete, mutation handlers); silo.builtin is a reserved manifest id. Generic installation reads must not filter builtins — the chain enabled-check depends on them.
  • On startup, SyncBuiltinProviderChains (internal/metadata/builtin_sync.go) first materializes legacy content_level='' chains per level, then appends builtin capabilities to all existing chains, disabled. New libraries pick the capability up through normal chain seeding. The chain-less fallback respects default_enabled=false.
  • Everything is inert until an admin enables "NFO Files" on a library.

Identity: hint-first, never candidate-first

NFO <uniqueid> values (tmdb/imdb/tvdb) are trusted identity hints seeded before remote search (IdentityHintProvider, applied in internal/metadata/service.go), unlocking full remote enrichment even when search-by-title fails. Conflict policy by mode:

  • initial match / scheduled refresh: NFO hints beat folder-name hints; stored durable IDs beat NFO hints (no background identity flips);
  • manual refresh: NFO hints beat stored IDs — the recovery path for a corrected NFO. The item's content_id re-anchors too (not just its stored provider IDs): a provider-anchored item whose fixed <uniqueid> now derives a different anchor is renamed to it, or merged onto the existing item already holding that id;
  • manual Identify: the user's choice wins; the NFO provider is skipped for the whole operation.

The NFO search candidate exists only for the title-only case and is defanged: ID-less candidates lose provider-priority tie-breaks to ID-bearing group members, nfo never counts as corroboration, and Phase-2 NFO results cannot inject provider-id keys. A title-only NFO yields a matched item under a path-deterministic local: content id; adding a <uniqueid> later promotes it to that provider anchor on the next refresh (this promotion from an unanchored id runs on scheduled refresh too — only an already-anchored identity is held stable in the background). NFO field edits propagate on manual refresh only (scheduled refresh is fill-empty by design).

Sidecar artwork: copy into the S3 image cache

Sidecar images (poster/folder/cover, fanart/backdrop/background, logo/clearlogo, and <basename>-poster/-fanart/-logo variants; extensions .jpg/.jpeg/.png/.webp, 8 MiB cap, symlinked leaves rejected) are discovered by the provider's GetImages (internal/metadata/nfo/images.go). Clients — including jellycompat — always receive the normal presigned poster_url/backdrop_url/logo_url; library files are never served directly, and API nodes never need filesystem access to libraries.

  • Sources are recorded as file://<absolute-logical-path> in *_source_path columns and cached by the metadata image-cache processor under local/{contentType}/{contentID}/{hash8}/{imageType}/... (hash8 = content hash; the discriminator sits before the imageType segment because variant clamping reads the parent directory). Editing the file and refreshing rotates the key; the stale hashed prefix is deleted after a successful re-cache, and item deletion trims local paths to the content prefix.
  • The processor confines each read to the owning library's media_folders roots: a lexical check on the logical path, then a symlink-resolving re-check (both path and roots are resolved, so a legitimately symlinked root stays valid while an intermediate directory symlink escaping a root is rejected). Missing/unreadable/out-of-root and structurally-unusable (non-regular, over-cap) paths are stable failures with a long retry deferral; recovery is refresh-driven — the provider-artwork backfill sweep deliberately skips file:// sources.
  • Generic filenames attach only when the directory holds a single content group; a shared folder.jpg in a flat multi-movie folder applies to none. <basename>-poster.jpg style names always attach to their file.
  • applyBestImages' final write has a local exemption so rating-0 local art can fill already-matched items and cannot be stickily displaced by remote art; the localization pass skips language-neutral local candidates.

Deployment constraint: the host running the metadata image-cache processor must mount the media libraries at the same paths as the scanner/metadata worker, otherwise local artwork jobs fail until the mount is present.

Series depth and mixed libraries

SeasonsRequest/EpisodesRequest carry local path context; season.nfo supplies season name/plot, <basename>.nfo + <basename>-thumb.ext supply episode metadata/thumbs (internal/metadata/nfo/series_depth.go). Naming supplies structure; NFOs supply metadata: NFO season/episode numbers are advisory — directory/filename-derived numbers win with a warning. Episode NFOs work without a season.nfo; SynthesizeFallbackEpisodes still covers NFO-less episodes.

In mixed libraries, movie-vs-series is decided per file by naming before any provider runs (internal/naming/filename.go); the NFO provider is seeded into all levels and behaves as in dedicated libraries. The provider's root-element type guard means a tvshow.nfo next to a movie-classified file is ignored, never applied; the per-root Type override is the correction path. This is the contract for sports/mixed libraries (events as movies, weekly shows as series).

Known limitations

  • The admin image picker does not surface local art (automatic chain path only).
  • Multi-part movies: a basename-mismatched NFO in a folder holding multiple content groups is not found (directory candidates are suppressed there).
  • No NFO writing, no music/audiobook/ebook NFO (those ecosystems use OPF/metadata.json — future builtin providers via the same registry).
  • Feature detection: the nfo capability's presence in GET /api/v1/libraries/provider-defaults (see docs/architecture/v1-scope.md).