Z-Keeper · the Sync — 1 of 7
The scan only reads. Writes happen when you fix.
One button, three records brought into agreement: your files on disk,
the Zidoo's library, and what Z-Keeper holds — this device's Blueprint
and your Master Catalog. The scan itself is all reads and questions;
the player changes only when you trigger a fix — the matching tools right inside the review,
or Compare afterward.
Filesystem
your video files, scanned fresh from disk
Zidoo
what the player's own library says it holds
Z-Keeper
this device's Blueprint and the Master Catalog
files ↘ device listing ↓ cemented identities ↙ — all read into one comparison
That's why starting a Sync is always safe: the scan can't change your
Zidoo — a difference only becomes a write when you choose a fix.
Five phases, one pass: Scan → Changes → Matched → Unmatched → Blueprint
Z-Keeper · the Sync — 2 of 7
Scan: the device tells its story, title by title
Z-Keeper walks the Zidoo's whole library — every movie, collection, series, season and
episode — and rebuilds its local copy from the answers. This is the slow phase: one device call per title,
and a busy Zidoo answers slowly.
ScanChangesMatchedUnmatchedBlueprint
Zidoo
Home Theater · Z9X Pro
📺
reading…
The guards: first the Sync asks the player which entry holds each file — a player that
renumbered after a reset is caught here, and the Blueprint moves onto the new IDs.
A title missing from the listing is asked about directly before anything is removed: "unlisted" is not "gone".
The Audit log's Sync Timing line shows where the minutes went — it's the device, not the database.
Z-Keeper · the Sync — 3 of 7
Changes: what moved since last time
Before anything else, the Sync shows you the diff — what appeared, what vanished,
what the device altered. Nothing here needs fixing; it needs witnessing.
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New on the Zidoo
- The Long Walk (2025) — you added the file last week
- Predator: Badlands (2025)
Changed
- Alien — the device refreshed its synopsis
- 48 Hrs. Collection — membership shifted
Removed
- Old cut of Dune — you deleted the file; the Zidoo noticed
Nothing changed since your last Sync? Every column reads (none) — glance, and move on.
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Matched: the Master Catalog does the arguing for you
Every file↔entry pairing is checked against your cemented identities.
Agreement is approved automatically; only disagreements and files with no cement yet reach your eyes —
plus one kind of agreement that isn't quite the same.
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Verified matches
0
Zidoo's TMDB ID = your cemented ID — approved automatically
for your review
0
new files with no cement yet, and Incorrect matches your cement rules out
Different source
0
the right episode, numbered by TVDB, not TMDB — move the whole show either way
You review the unapproved — never the ones your cement already settled.
Z-Keeper · the Sync — 5 of 7
Unmatched: what the Zidoo couldn't place — and the tools that fix it
Files the Zidoo couldn't place get their own phase: three buckets, the
matching tools right there in the review — and a fourth for files your ignore rules just caught.
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Unapproved matches
1
the Zidoo guessed; you haven't ruled
Zidoo Unmatched
1
parked on the device's own Unmatched shelf
Not registered
1
the device hasn't indexed the file at all
Newly ignored
4
trailers and samples your rules caught — confirm them, or keep one
BladeRnr-disc2.mkv
→
on the Zidoo's Unmatched shelf
👁
Re-match on the Zidoo
Rename the file
TMDB Matching (Master Catalog)
Your Master Catalog already knows this file is Blade Runner (1982) — one click
tells the Zidoo to re-match it.
This is where a Sync writes — because you asked it to.
Z-Keeper · the Sync — 6 of 7
Blueprint: your approvals become this Zidoo's record
The last phase offers everything the device changed for your approval —
and what you approve becomes the Blueprint: the library this player should have, kept per device.
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This sync's results
new titles · changed fields · removed titles
each one a checkbox
→
Blueprint
what this Zidoo should show
your approved copy, for this device alone
＋ 2 new titles
✎ 2 changed titles
－ 1 removed title
⇢ 3 re-keyed onto new IDs
✓ approved into the Blueprint
A renumbered player's rows are re-keyed first, and the step says what it moved —
this device's choices survive a reset.
Z-Keeper · the Sync — 7 of 7
Green across the board — and the two-speed habit
The dashboard's equalities are the whole story in two lines. Ignored files get a line of their
own — they never make it read ≠.
Filesystem vs ZidooNOT in sync ≠
Zidoo vs BlueprintNOT in sync ≠
Movie files ignored4
Full Sync
The complete re-read: every title verified with the device. Run it after the Zidoo
scans, after big changes — and always after a reset or rebuild.
Fast Sync
The everyday pass: unchanged titles are skipped, so it finishes in seconds.
Run it after adding files for new movies.