Started working on the parser step - still a bit rough in my head.

API/DTOs/Internal/Scanner/ParsedFile.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using API.Data.Metadata;
+using API.Services.Tasks.Scanner.Parser;
+
+namespace API.DTOs.Internal.Scanner;
+#nullable enable
+
+public sealed record ParsedFile
+{
+    public int Pages { get; set; }
+    public ComicInfo? Metadata { get; set; }
+    public ParserInfo? ParsedInformation { get; set; }
+}

API/DTOs/Internal/Scanner/ScannedDirectory.cs

@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ public sealed record ScannedDirectory
     public required string DirectoryPath { get => _directoryPath; set => _directoryPath = Parser.NormalizePath(value); }
     private string _directoryPath;
 
-    public required DateTime LastModifiedUtc { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Root where the directory resides
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>Library Root</remarks>
+    public required string FolderRoot { get => _folderRoot; set => _folderRoot = Parser.NormalizePath(value); }
+    private string _folderRoot;
 
-    public List<ScannedFile> Files { get; set; } = [];
+    public required DateTime LastModifiedUtc { get; init; }
+
+    public List<ScannedFile> Files { get; init; } = [];
 }

API/DTOs/Internal/Scanner/ScannedFile.cs

@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ public sealed record ScannedFile
     private string _filePath;
 
     public required DateTime LastModifiedUtc { get; set; }
+    public required string FolderRoot { get; set; }
     public required MangaFormat Format { get; set; }
 }

API/DTOs/Internal/Scanner/ScannerOption.cs

@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ public sealed record ScannerOption
     /// Skip LastModified checks
     /// </summary>
     public bool ForceScan { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Allow use of Filename Parsing
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool UseFilenameParsing { get; set; }
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Allow use of Internal Metadata
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool UseInternalMetadataParsing { get; set; }
 }