This is the tool originally asked for — DISTINCT from the Library Scan (where
SoulSync reads the server into video.db). Server Scan tells Plex/Jellyfin to
rescan its OWN folders so newly-downloaded files get indexed, then a Library Scan
pulls them in. It's the manual twin of the post-download 'Scan Video Server'
automation, and targets Movies / TV / both like the Library Scan.
- POST /api/video/scan/server {media_type} -> refresh_video_server_sections (trigger)
- GET /api/video/scan/server/status?media_type -> {scanning:true|false|null} (live poll)
- new Server Scan card on the video Tools page + video-server-scan.js controller,
mirroring the music live-status UX (phase + working bar); resumes if the page
opens mid-scan. Server scans have no % (Plex doesn't report one) so the bar is a
working indicator. Both backend functions already existed + are media-type aware.
Seam tests: trigger threads media_type (movie / default all), status reports the
scanning flag (True / null passthrough), and the blueprint exposes both routes.
The video Library Scan tool only scanned 'all' — but movies and TV are
independent libraries (unlike music's single library). The scanner backend
already supported media_type='movie'|'show'|'all'; this just wires it up:
- /api/video/scan/request now reads media_type and threads it to request_scan
- the Tools card gains a target selector (All / Movies Only / TV Shows Only)
alongside the existing mode dropdown, matching the music scan's UX
- the live status detail reflects the target (no confusing '0 shows' on a
movies-only scan)
Seam test: the endpoint passes both mode and media_type through (default all/full,
explicit movie/deep, TV-only). Existing scanner media-type/scope tests unchanged.
The scan tool now behaves like music's, not just looks like it:
- Card matches: help '?' button, 'Last Scan' line, and the Movies/Shows/
Episodes/Size stats grid (populated from /api/video/dashboard on show + after
a scan). Same .tool-card-stats markup.
- Real progress bar: scanner fetches item totals up front (Plex section.
totalSize / Jellyfin TotalRecordCount) and reports a true percent as it
processes; the bar actually moves (movies → shows) instead of sitting at 100%.
- Cancel: the Scan button toggles to 'Cancel' mid-scan and POSTs
/api/video/scan/stop; the scanner checks a cancel flag between items and ends
in a 'cancelled' state. Mirrors music's stop affordance.
Tests: percent reported, cancel stops midway + saves only processed items, stop
route registered, tool-card structure. 117 video/integrity tests green.
Mirrors the music model (full_refresh vs smart incremental, plus deep_scan):
- incremental: only recently-added items from the server (Plex addedAt:desc /
Jellyfin DateCreated, capped); upsert; no prune.
- full: every item; upsert all (refresh metadata + add new); no prune.
- deep: every item; upsert; prune what the server no longer has (empty-scan
safety preserved).
scanner.request_scan/scan_sync take mode; /api/video/scan/request reads
{mode} from the body (default full); adapters take incremental=. Tests cover
deep-prunes / full-doesn't / empty-deep-safety / incremental-requests-recent.
Reads the active media server and mirrors it into video.db, adapting the music
scan pattern (ask the server, upsert, prune what's gone) — isolated from music.
- core/video/scanner.py: server-agnostic VideoLibraryScanner. Consumes a media
source (duck-typed) yielding normalized dicts; upserts movies + show trees,
prunes removed items, reports progress/state. Skips pruning when a scan
returns nothing (transient-failure safety). Background thread + scan_sync.
- core/video/sources.py: Plex + Jellyfin adapters that REUSE the shared
connected clients (MediaServerEngine) but own all video-section logic; produce
normalized dicts. (Validated against a live server by design; scanner itself
is fully unit-tested with a fake source.)
- api/video/scan.py: POST /api/video/scan/request, GET /api/video/scan/status.
- .gitignore: video_library.db + sidecars (mirrors music); tests inject a
tmp DB so none is ever created in the repo.
Tests: scan populate/prune/empty-safety/no-source-error, isolation guard
(core/video imports nothing from music), scan routes registered. 101 green.
