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When a server moves

What it is for

Section titled “What it is for”

A server whose address changes — a new router, a new IP — stops answering at the old one. Kaveo keeps every category the server fed; it only needs the new address.

Reconnect for Demo Server: the Server URL field with the address Kaveo has, the sentence saying nothing answers there, the hint to type the new address above, and Try again beside Cancel

How to use it

Section titled “How to use it”
  1. Click Sources in the top bar. The server’s card says No answer.
  2. Click Reconnect. Kaveo tries the old address and says nothing answers there.
  3. Type the new address in Server URL and click Try again. Kaveo checks that it is the same server, and its titles come back.

Connecting it again from Connect a server works too: Kaveo recognises the server, updates its address and keeps its categories.

Good to know

Section titled “Good to know”
  • An address with no scheme and no port gets Jellyfin’s usual ones: 10.0.0.5 becomes http://10.0.0.5:8096.
  • If the server answers only with the other scheme, Kaveo says so and offers that address.
  • A server listed twice, at its old and its new address, becomes one entry as soon as the new one answers: its titles stop appearing twice, and a message says which address Kaveo kept.
  • Checking… on a card means Kaveo is still asking the server; a large library can take a minute.