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Images & Galleries

When a watched root has Images enabled, the scanner groups image files by folder: loose files at the root stay standalone, and folders of images become galleries.

Supported image extensions​

Still images:

.jpg  .jpeg  .png  .gif  .webp  .bmp  .tiff  .tif  .heic  .avif  .svg  .ico  .tga  .psd

Galleries may also contain web-style animated clips, which are treated as gallery items rather than standalone videos:

.webm  .mp4  .m4v  .mkv  .mov  .avi  .wmv  .flv

Animated items play inline in the gallery feed and in the lightbox.

Loose images vs galleries​

  • An image directly at the root stays a standalone Image.
  • A folder of images becomes a Gallery containing those images.
  • Folders nest: a gallery inside a gallery folder becomes a child gallery.

Folder layout → entity​

/media/images/
├── sunset.jpg                       → Image  (loose at root)
├── skyline.png                      → Image  (loose at root)
│
├── Iceland 2023/
│   ├── 001.jpg                      → Gallery "Iceland 2023" › image
│   ├── 002.jpg                      → Gallery "Iceland 2023" › image
│   ├── clip.mp4                     → Gallery "Iceland 2023" › animated item
│   └── Day Two/
│       ├── 010.jpg                  → child Gallery "Day Two" › image
│       └── 011.jpg                  → child Gallery "Day Two" › image
│
└── One Off/
    └── single.jpg                   → Image (loose) — the folder is collapsed

Single-image folders are collapsed​

If a folder holds just one image and nothing else, Prismedia does not create a one-item gallery. Instead the image is shown directly under the nearest parent gallery, or as a loose image when there is no parent. This avoids the single-image "gallery" artifact some downloaders produce. Existing libraries clean themselves up on the next scan.

Browsing​

Galleries and images browse as Grid, List, or Feed (a single full-width column where each item shows at its real shape and animated items play inline). Tapping an item opens the universal lightbox. See Browsing the Library and Playback & Reading.

Metadata​

Images and galleries carry ratings, tags, people, studios, links, and artwork that you set in the app or apply through Identify. There is no image sidecar format; metadata comes from your edits and providers.