beginner questions from a new user, especially for physical media

[Robby Stephenson]

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the email.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM <unlit-stony-marina at duck.com> wrote:

> One of my big questions at the start is whether I should have separate
> collections for each media format or try keep them all in one video
> collection.  There are a number of things about other media formats that
> don't apply to UHD releases, and more importantly there are a number of
> things about UHD releases that wouldn't apply to any previous physical
> format.  Keeping them in the same collection seems like it would be
> limiting for the newer format.  How are other multi-format collectors
> handling this?
>

I'd recommend the same collection particularly if you want to be able to
see combined groups, like for actors or studios and so on. In the view with
each releases data, fields with no values (like your UHD example) wouldn't
show up. The editor would be the only place where everything is in one
place. SO no, I don't think it would be limiting.


> How do you handle "complete collections" and multi-disc releases?  For
> example, "Andor: Season 1" is 3 discs, but "Game of Thrones: The Complete
> Collection" is upwards of 30.  Do you do anything to track or inventory
> individual discs?
>

That's an area that Tellico frankly doesn't handle well.  My suggestion if
you want to enter information about what episodes or videos are on each
disc, to create a table. The audio collection takes that approach for the
track lists for multi-disc albums. I welcome feedback perhaps on how
Tellico could handle the data differently.


> Similarly, UHD movie releases often come with a copy of the release on
> regular blu-ray too, and/or a digital code for streaming the release.  Do
> you do anything to track either of these "add-ons"?
>

You could change the format field to allow multiple values.


> What about extras / special features?  This applies to other formats too,
> but do you do anything to track what extras (interviews, making of, voice
> over commentary, etc) are included with a release?
>

If you did want to keep track of the extras, a table would give you full
freedom to enter whatever you wanted


> I appreciate anyone that's willing to share any insight they have on these
> questions, and I specially appreciate Robby for making Tellico and sharing
> it.  I spent a lot of time looking for a good self-hosted media library
> application and I was very happy to find Tellico.
>

Thanks! Yes, there are some very good web-based packages out there. Tellico
definitely has its limitations. I'm happy to answer any other questions you
have along the way.

Robby
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