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Plex remove collections from library Only about 20 tracks disappeared from t Removes ALL collections from ALL movies. Some salient points: I haven’t been doing anything new or unusual. I enabled delete_unmanaged_collections, as seen in the snip from my config below, but I don't see Server Version#: Version 1. I have about 5000 movies and documentaries that I use in my work. Everytime I delete everything under the Plex Media Server AppData folder and try again, that image keeps showing up. ADMIN MOD Delete artwork from within the Plex UI . Cleaning the bundles from your Plex server is one of the steps in the Plex Dance to reset a library on your server. 19. 22. I've multiple Movie collection but can't browse using the top tab - when I select the 'Collections' tab for Movies, Plex Web just displays Movies as if I'm in the 'Library' tab (including all filter options) Server Version#: 1. I have Skip to content. Now I can't figure out how to get it to regenerate all collections. Members Online • Brianstoiber. I would rather have built it into OS X, but my lack of a metal capable video card prevents me from using the latest version. No matter how many Metadata Refreshes I perform, the duplicates never disappear. It doesn’t show in that collection. Example, I have an “Abbott and Costello” movie collection that I DON’T want to show in the I'm trying to set up an anime library but can't figure out how to stop collections from automatically being created. 2015 Player Version#: When I recently moved my Plex server to a new Mac I moved all the Movies and TV content to the new Mac but left the Music on the old Mac and had Plex refer to it via a network share at the same pathname as before. As a side note, in the library, I have hidden the collection. There you’ll see all of your collections in one place. You have to change library to view any other films for that Director. All the old files remain, it is as if the rescan cannot empty a library. 6. 18. Is there a way I I'm trying to figure out a way to delete the collections but I can't figure it out. You signed out in another tab or window. I like that there is a tab to look at just your collections, but I'd like for the collections to not be littering my library when I'm in the Movie tab. The “recommendations” make no sense. Sign in Product GitHub Copilot. The files exist, they haven’t moved. I confused the DELETE option to EMPTY when I wanted my removed movies off the library i had removed from the folder. I tried upgrading to Plex/Nine in the past and went back to Eight because it seems like you have next to zero control over what the media scanner adds to your library, and how it gets matched. As a musician I like to have songs I’m working on (aka demos) available to me at all times, but I like to have them available as a playlist, meaning I can hit play on one of the songs and it will play the next one, then the next one, etc. My TV shows have not changed. How can I remove all these subtitles from my library to test if the movie still buffers on my TV ? Thanks. There have been other collections doing the same thing too. For me it’s about personal videos, I don’t need to watch them from beginning to end and having them stacking Plex added the new MP4 files but wouldn't remove the MP4 files from the library. There is no "Collections" folder on the disk and I'm stuck. 6999 I added some movies yesterday and they are not showing up in my library. Now you should have a So I finally got 'round to installing Plex Meta Manager to create and maintain some automatic collections, and I'm curious which collections you guys are running (manually or automatically with PMM). I accidentally pressed ‘delete’ rather than remove, and now they are gone. Help It seems when Did you know you can go into your plex library settings and have it auto-generate a collection for all of your series and it will even get a collection poster and description for the series You don't even need a different app Reply reply Server Version#: 1. Members Online • Flyentologist. I've set the library settings to "hide items which are in collections". For example the default default: genre has a page here. The collections are showing up in the library, but so are the individual items. Once you’ve created your first collection, you’ll see a new top-level Collections menu in your library. Please someone have a solution For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. And even when I choose Remember Selected Tab, it often defaults back to Recommended on its own. Controversial. Added a folder to existing library per Plex instructions. This prevents you from scraping that metadata This step is a bit monotonous. Here's a screenshot of my collections. 0. 7. Some like “3D” “Hallmark” “Westerns” etc Problem is that they are sorted by production year. prime example alien movies and predator movies i have as one collection not two. Not sure what is going on. Solved I searched Reddit, I f you set collections to Disabled, it will hide the actual collection from the main library and a new collections tab will appear. Since I edited a lot of metadata manually in the past, especially the tags and most prominently, the collection field, those fields are now locked and when I do a “refresh all metadata”, I can not take advantage of the new scanner abilities (like automatically putting movies into collections). There’s a similar question here about it with a “solution” of disable online services. Members Online • XenorPLxx. Log In / Sign Up; Advertise on [Solved] Hello Fellow Plex Enthusiast! As of late, I have been transcoding several versions of various movies to figure out which file formats and audio formats result in the best picture/sound when played through my network to my media center. 6316 For the last month or so a lot of my TV series streaming collection on my Plex Server will show up with a streaming equivalent beside it under “Continue Watching”. What you expected? Plex not to randomly remove collection tags from movies. If th to hide all collections from Library view: Plex Settings/Manage/Libraries/Movies (or whatever the name of your collection is)/Edit Library/Advanced/Hide collections but show their names (all the way down). After you move the video, Plex (and all users For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. ” I create a collection called “Music Videos” in which I put all of the videos that I have collected. Click the Collectionsbox 4. I have 40+ Best of 2019, 40+ Best of 202 Skip to main content. It is in the way. Just an FYI, I find I have to disable this every so often as updates turn it back on sometimes. I didn't realize I had some stale folders in The 'Delete Library' dialog in Plex; Once you delete a library it is removed from the list. I’ve tried changing the naming convention For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. So far, these are the collections I've automated with PMM (click for list): Worked for me as well. I think you should make a Plex account that you log into the TV with, then only share the content you want on that TV with the account. These are the steps that I always did for the past few years that always worked: Delete the file/s from the hard drive Scan Library (plex doesn’t have the option to automatically empty the trash after rescan) Check if all and only the deleted media "Minimum automatic collection size" drop down choose disabled, so check after each update. I have no idea how to remove the image from plex. Edit2: Figured it out. plexignore files to ignore certain episodes and if so, how do I use it? I am having trouble with some media I downloaded where the episodes are stuck together in one file and Plex is recognizing them as different episodes and just playing the one file back to back. Reply reply To Remove any Collection you no longer wish to keep, edit all Movies within the collection so as to remove any Tags that tell Plex to Create the collection. Skip to content . For example: smart collections don't show up in tags; if you go to an item's page and it's part of a standard collection, the collection will be displayed at the bottom of the page - but smart collections don't; the same if you have collections of the same name in different libraries, the I was able to save all of my library drives. While in that section I can look at the tags and remove and add as desired. However, when plex is viewed via Apple TV, the only collection displayed is the one in the current library. The other involves removing the entire collection from the library. Also, for some reason all of my Collections are now showing up in my Library. I don't want to delete these collections because according to the Plex support page: This will not delete the items in the I have set up many collections on my server. When I finished I found out that the Films collections section now contains exactly the same thing as my full library of films. 3252 Player Version#: Can I use . I cant seem to find a way of only deleting them from Plex. I figured I'd share how I was finally able to reduce the number of movies in my Plex library based on how popular a movie is. For example, I have a collection that was auto-generated called “Airplane. Am now seeing the same behaviour as before and after deleting the movie and its folder at the backend, Plex won't This will only prevent collections from getting automatically added to items added to your library in the future. If I only own one movie in a “Collection” or “Series” then I don’t want the Server Version#: 1. - plex_cleanup. 0 Player Version#: unknown (web ui) I noticed that when I have a library with one or more existing files if I add or remove a movie and rescan it, the library updates as expected. When I add them to iCloud, for example, they are available right away, but I need to hit the “Next” button, and that’s why Plex is such a great Tip!: Setting custom access restrictions when granting access to content requires an active Plex Pass subscription for the admin Plex Media Server account. Best. Like the title. The problem is that the database loses the identification information of the movies or documentaries and I have to identify them again, updating the covers and the rest of Hi, I am worried that my TV is forcing the transcode of subtitles causing buffering. 0 Hi. It's a terrible name, but 'Disabled' just means "don't show collections in the library view", not "disable collections completely. I already tried Refreshing all the server metadata, but it seems it doesn't do that automatically (Show collections with movies and Grab collections from TheMovieDb are checked) I don't want to go over 2k+ movies and set to over 200+ collections. 2645 Player Version#: PLEX WEB Version 4. Now every movie in my collection has a "2" on the cover art, one for the new location and one for the old. I agree. 20. I don't know if In order to hide items that are in collections from the main list, you need to: - Add these items to a collection - Select "Hide items which are in collections" from the advanced tab in the collection settings - View the list in "Library" view, selecting: ALL, TV SHOW, BY TITLE. All movies effectively now show as duplicate (available in both the old and new location). THANK YOU! Reply reply PowerTowerPro • Wow, I have been searching for a fix for this for a long time. This will also automatically remove the tag from everything tagged as part of that collection. and it only affects this one library. Would be nice if they added one for recently added. Server Version#:1. I've removed the movies from the collections but even though there are zero movies in the collection, they're still stuck in my library. Maybe we can all pick up some good ideas from each-other. And on the windows 10 app, I can't see any options to remove items from the home screen anymore. Under SETTINGS | SERVER | AGENTS I’ve disabled the ‘Use Collection Info’ options in each of the Plex Movie and The Movie Database ‘Movie’ agents. Under SETTINGS | SERVER | LIBRARY Sort of. 4. I then did a Scan Library Files on my Music library. Failing that, try the Plex Dance with just that 1 file. Can anyone I opened up Plex this morning and discovered that about half of my Movies have disappeared from the Plex Movies library. Does anyone know if I can get them back? I just want the ability to remove a file from the Plex Library without deleting it from my hard drive you know like every other media program for the last 30 years. Find and fix vulnerabilities Actions. Solved Not sure if I Well, I'm stumped. to 'Music') and click back, it takes me again to the 'Recommended' tab. Members Online • Gwizman. BUT, no such option exists for my Live TV via my HDHomerun i just launched plex media server to update my collections and finally tag each movie, however i was pleasantly surprised that plex had already added movies to collections TILL i realized that the collections plex set up were nothing like what i have. I figured i'd delete the actual new movies from the library, then refresh to bring them back to the top of recently added. If I use Plex web interface, I have the setting enabled, and I select 'Library' say in the 'Movies' database, the moment I click out of that database (e. Related Page: Sign in to Your Plex Account. Create a new collection, I titled mine always display and edit it so that collection mode is set to Hide collection. 133. 3 Player Version#: 1. However, ifI go to a newly added piece of content and try and add it to a As I go through and review my collections, I notice that random movies are no longer included as the collection tag no longer exists on them. Add other items to a collection by giving them the same collection tag. It should create the collection and pull all movies in once it detects the newly added movie, so long as your library is setup to automatically create collections. You can set it to Disabled if you you can create a second PMM Library pointing to the same plex library and run only the other operation libraries : Filme : metadata_path : - file : config/mm-Filme-watchlist-only. You do this from the library item’s Edit Details screen. New. Granting Access For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. This will only prevent collections from getting automatically added to items added to your library in the future. I use a Plugin in Emby Called Movie Theme Videos which basically puts short mp4 videos in the same folder as the movie / show and this video plays back when opening the page to the video before starting the video similar to what Netflix does. ADMIN MOD I want to hide SOME movies from a specific collection, but NOT all I noticed Plex now has a “Remove from Continue Watching” option in the web UI. I did click on the Cancel button when I Plex did a really annoying thing of suddenly acting like half my library was now 'recently added'. I’m sure I am not advanced as many on here but have previously been using collections for both movies and TV shows. I would like to see an option to sort the collections by other methods. Thinning out my Or better yet "remove" a collection but keep the movies files within it. " You can also override the default by changing the Collection Mode under the Tried deleting the library and recreating it. Remove all affected movies from your plex library. Members Online • federicocappellotto. This page is community-driven and not run by or How do we get the programmers to remove the Recommended tab?? It is so pointless. ” They With this option enabled, when an item’s file is deleted from the drive, it will be removed from the Plex library on the next scan. I really like this idea, but I’m finding the auto-creation of them to be all over the place. It is definitely a Plex account settings issue as it is not browser specific and happens on Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Instead, the item will be marked as “soft deleted” so This is the official thread for ExportTools NOTICE: ExportTools is getting near EOL ! As such, we’ll still support users of ET, but all enhancements and fixed will if possible be made in it’s replacement tool instead, that you can find here: WebTools-NG About What this little app/channel can do, is simply to export your library sections into csv or xlsx files, allowing you Hi Reddit! I have a pretty huge Plex library but feels that I lack a lot of great movies. ADMIN MOD Remove from Recently Added . 21. Instead of collection I did this for "rating" and it worked. Sometimes I go into the collection and it shows All marvel movies except Hulk 2003. A utility for cleaning Plex collections and identifying orphaned media. I also deleted: C For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Drives me crazy. You shouldn't have to remove all movies. 140. It must be embedded somewhere, but where? For content already in your Library, refreshing the metadata will remove the extras. So I had 34 Hitchcock movies, so I made a Hitchcock collection, today there were only 2 movies in the collection. 6364 Player Version#: 4. 7557 Player Version#: Any I have set up some album and artist collections and noticed that over time artists were disappearing from the artist collections (nothing disappearing from album collections). You switched accounts on another tab or window. 110. It seems this problem/bug has been around for some years, and there was a hint that this was related to metadata refresh, and this Hello all. It doesnt touch the Plex database, and it doesnt touch your media files. Reply reply jamauai • I guess my case is a This will only prevent collections from getting automatically added to items added to your library in the future. I use the OpenSubtitles agent to get subtitles for my movies. Also, I added a new library with just one music album in Some great suggestions posted in reply to you, but it's worth noting, and I found this out the hard way, that if you have your Plex setup to auto-categorize movies into collections using TMDB data, it is best to either tweak or avoid meta-manager collections that duplicate that, since otherwise you'll end up with a library full of repeat collections that contain the same movies. Related Page: Plex Web App. When I try to modify the collections or create a new collection within only For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. I then deleted the old movies folder. The next section explains the steps involved in cleaning bundles on your Plex server. Reply reply paulrharvey3 • Welcome. But I'm setting up Plex on different hard drive and I keep seeing this image selected for all my TV shows posters. They can also control the home screen rows when a shared user has the library pinned in the sidebar. The Details: I'm adding a TV show ("Good Eats") to my repository. I tried Refreshing All Metadata, Scan Library Files, Empty Trash, Analyze, Optimize Database and Clean Bundles but Plex just kept the files and labeled it as "Unavailable". When I add files, sometimes Plex creates a kind of ‘collection’ or ‘relationship’ with various (sometimes five or six) totally unrelated files in In Plex settings, under Manage > Libraries, when you hover over a library, and click "Edit Library", you will see the folder(s) that comprise the library. Cheers Before you can organize your Plex library, you need to enable Plex collections for each individual library on your Plex server. I have been using collections for a while now and have never come across this issue before. Among other uses, with Plex I manage my personal movie collection. I rebuilt my server into a Mac Pro 5,1 running windows 10 enterprise LTSC 22H2 in Bootcamp. 7621 I’m in the process of scrubbing my media files to correct tags, etc. To hide each individual movie in the Library view, edit your library (Manage library > Edit) and click on Advanced. You can refresh individual items to update only that movie. Under Edit Library > Edit > Advanced, I set T--M 'collections' to None and set Collections to disabled and yet it is still creating collections for every show automatically. How do I prevent the recreation of collections for the ones I Server Version#: Player Version#: Hello, I have been really taking care of my Plex media library, with playlists, collections I had to reinstall my PMS. Open the Edit details screen for the item 2. Skip to content. Delete the collection, then remove just one movie and re-add it (make sure you empty the plex library trash before re-adding). You can set it to Disabled if you For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. For this I have a separate library called “Concerts and Music Videos. Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home. The smart collections post inspired me to start re-configuring my home screen. Are my options really to either have ad-laden crap randomly appear instead of my plextraktsync clear-collections --keep-plex. I don’t own a copy of the movie Airplane anywhere in my library, and even Is there any easy way of clearing out all old posters from Plex? I've just changed over all the collection and genre posters on Plex to matching sets, but this has left several unwanted posters attached to each collection. ” But the poster art is for a 70’s B Movie called The Big Bus. I would love to have the ability to exclude Collections from a user’s view, specifically the homescreen / library recommend pinning. Expand user menu Open settings menu. And what I'd also like is for smart collections to work more like standard collections. Or taken out of VIEW order. yml I have settings: # Can be individually specified per library as well delete_unmanaged_collections: true to remove every collection, which don't have a PMM label. Do this even if you have a collection for things you want visible. So I started using collections recently. Help I want to remove a library from the This is really weird. 1. Nothing would cause those deleted files to disappear. Members Online • McFeely_Smackup. Not wanting to delete the file from my NAS, I did not proceed and clicked cancel. Now, it sounds like you want the auto collections back. Edit each collection and confirm it is set to the library default for the collection mode setting in the advanced tab. Generate video preview thumbnails Server Version#: 1. Log In / Sign Up; Advertise on Reddit; Shop Collectible Avatars; What this script does is remove only those unused posters. I can’t find the app plexeditor from eagle any help?? This will only prevent collections from getting automatically added to items added to your library in the future. I did not lose any of the collections when i search for them, but these automatic collections no longer appears by themselves in the proper I rather have the single item display on itself. Members Online • skyscraperburritos. . For example, I only own the first Rocky movie but yet it was still tagged in its own collection. 132. It appeared to work at first as i was seeing that when i removed a movie it would refresh in a couple of seconds and disappear out of Plex, however that was a couple of hours ago. how do i remove these blank movies/collections in my library? they appeared after i changed the collections settings in plex Skip to main content Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home I’ve just switched over from Plex/Eight to modern Plex, so I’m using something supported and can use the iOS app, etc. Now I’d like to see more controls over how this happens. I asked them if they use the library view very often, and they said, “No, it takes too much time to scroll through and decide on something. I had a folder that no longer existed being monitored. I am trying to do, what I thought, was something very simple but doesn’t seem to workhide a specific collection from showing in the “Library” section. You can access this under Settings > Manage Libary Library Access. 3. It will not remove collections from existing library items. (For some reason Plex's web interface doesn't allow you to unlock the rating field. In addition to the defined template_variables almost all default Metadata files have access I was able to get things set up and configured but when I comment out or remove collections from the configs they remain in Plex. However, exclude movies does not seem to exclude movie collections if it is pinned to the Click on Save Collection or Update Collection yellow button (if editing). 🤷♂️ Currently it seems that every media category shows "RECCOMENDED" as default view, new users that I share my plex server with don't know that I have 132 Tv shows available for them so most of those shows remain completely unnoticed. It can also do a dry-run before doing anything, showing you how much space it could free up. Personally, I would like them done I'm kicking myself. Eve Hulk 2003. You can Refresh All the entire Library to remove the extras for everything. but Plex seems to be “stuck” and won’t allow me to delete my “old” library. Top. The main library will show all the movies, and a new collections tab will appear Deleting a Library removes all information for that Library irretrievably. Members Online • Zombeehuntr. and set collection as “Marvel Comics”. I'll be looking in my collections and see one I know I did not create. When I do a library scan, it spins the wheel for about 5 seconds and then stops, but the new stuff doesn’t show up anywhere. Thus, many sub collections are broken up by other movies. Hi, I recently upgraded my movie library to the new scanner. The collections are in there along with all the movies. I’m having a problem with “Scan Library Files” removing movies from the database and then adding them back on the next scan. The were removed from the collection. To be fair, the "hide from recently added" option is the "hide library from homepage" option, for those items you definitely wouldn't watch with a parental unit or offspring. You will have to go back in and remove the already created collections. If you want to remove a collection entirely, remove the tag from all of the items that include it. 103. Once all movies are removed Select the 3 Dots at the bottom right of the image for the collection in the library's main view (see your Shaun of the Dead example, where you got those images Let’s face it, having your users scrolling through a large library of alphabetized titles just isn’t fun. The main reason is that I create large collections and prefer not to have other users see them untill they are complete. I have no idea how to get rid of the old, "unavailable" entries - I tried a Turbo Scan, Deep Scan, tried the Analyze Media, Empty Trash, and Force Refresh, but none Under manage library>advanced I have what appears to be the relevant setting (and according to Plex support page) as "hide items which are in collections". Is there a way I can have them only display on the collections tab where they belong? Related Topics Plex Software Information & communications technology Technology comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Greetings, I have been using Plex for a long time and I love it. 3 I have, lets say, 30 different collections made. This worked—kind of—but is problematic because changes in the Music library are not noticed by When I try to delete either a media or collection in Emby, it warns "Deleting this item will delete it from both the file system and your media library". 29. So I deleted my Movie library in the Plex Media Server. This page is community-driven and not run by or affiliated with Plex, Inc. Whenever I attempt to do so in settings, the library just pops right back in after a moment (screenshot attached). Depending on the items in the library, it could take a few minutes to delete. Admittedly, it's not obvious at first, but once this is set up, it actually works pretty well. movie_collection, trakt. If I immediately rescan the library, the files will be added back as new movies, I’ve got multiple instances of single movies appearing my my movie library. 8994 Hi all, I’m trying to delete a tv show from plex but this time i’m unable to delete just one episode. I I use both Plex and Emby since recently getting PlexPass. The drive folder hasn’t changed. My Collections are so messed up. " My question is, say I delete unwanted collections but still want tags to be added for future movie additions. Related Page: Emptying Library Trash. r/PleX A chip A close button. And done. This is how I have mine setup. I am trying to For those items that have been deleted, Plex won't automatically remove the associated poster images and other metadata files from the server. 1 This morning I deleted almost 500 mp3 files from my hard drive. I don’t know why I have a collection tag for each movie, because I don’t create them. 40. Only on I am looking for a way to set the default view of every media category to "LIBRARY" it's werid I cant seem to get it that way. 1 Player Version#:114. (Not to be confused with any How can I add it again on plex ? When I synch my movie collection, it’s not added again 😕 Thanks a lot for your help 😊 Share Sort by: Best. 9057 Player Version#: Windows 11 Nothing to do with current version, as this has been happening for a long time under numerous server and player versions. Help Is there any way to Server Version#: 4. Scan the library. From here, there are some other things you can do to customize them and clean up your library even That update kind of makes it worse, IMO. There does not appear to be a pattern to which movies lose their collection tag, nor which collections are affected. 2 (Plex Web) I was having issues with smart collections not being created from the new actor pages, so I posted about it on Reddit here: The response was to remove the &pageType=list which I did, I created a smart collection from that, but apparently that collection created some sort of issue which I can’t As part of Plex Media Server library management, server admins can manage which recommendation rows will show up on their player app home screens when the source is pinned in the sidebar, as well as the Recommended tab for each individual library. I have over 200 old sci-fi & horror under the tag "Old horror movies" but would I recently moved my entire movie collection to a new drive. Is there a way to delete all collections and just start over? I also understand there used to be a program called plex editor that would allow you to directly edit Add an extra library option for Collections // mod: hide collection and its items from library view You can remove content from a library in two main ways: Remove the item from where you store your content and then update the library; Delete the item using a Plex app (requires the ability to delete to be enabled) If you want to remove an item from a particular collection, delete the tag from the item. Restart and look at that same collection and it only shows Hulk 2003 and nothing else. To make it Then I proceeded to Movies > Collections and all of them have zero movies. ADMIN MOD Movies being removed from collection . But this is only happening to the one library I used ibracorp’s Plex setup video and basically it seems like my library is living on the cache drive/Ram and with the restart, they clear out and so did my entire library since that’s where it is stored. An example, last years academy Skip to main content. yml operations : mass_collection_mode : hide delete_collections : less : 2 Filme (delete) : library_name : Filme operations : delete_collections : managed : false Server Version#: 1. Automate any I'm having an odd issue - I have a number of collections put together for my primary movies library. The Collections work when I'm using Plex via my TV or the mobile app, but when I try to access it via PlexWeb, it opens the entire library instead. but now realise that this only removes it from the library view, however when clicking on the collections tab users will still see this. 2 (latest Firefox and Edge, Windows 11 OS) It seems there are many topics already for this, but none of the suggested work-arounds have been succesful for me. If I add a movie to my movies library and then scan, the new movie will be added and sometimes between 1 and 10 existing movies may be removed from the library. 042 but attempting to I know i can edit the name of a Collection by clicking the Collection poster (pencil on poster), but the actual Tag is unchanged. All users can make use of basic server/library access with Every time i add new movies or just update my library, it puts movies in collection groups which sometimes make it look like i have doubles of some Skip to main content. I hadn’t watched any, moved any. Managing other Plex accounts that can access your server is done under the Manage Library Access area in Plex Web App or mobile apps. In addition to this, the script could also cleanup the Plex Photo Transcoder Cache. Don't know why this isn't just an option somewhere to hide watched. You can set it to Disabled if you Hello friends. show_collection, create set() take plex movie collection, plex show collection, create set() do intersect of trakt - plex; remove items from trakt that are in the remaining set; the same described here: Feature request: Remove deleted items from Trakt collection Hello, folks! I’m finally starting to explore the Collections options in Plex. I've a Plex instance with multiple Movie libraries (regular movies and stand-up shows) and multiple TV collections, split by genre. 8679 Player Version#: Plex Web, Version 4. 41. No biggie, just would be useful. You switched accounts on another tab or in the server metadata agent settings for the “Plex Movie” and “The Movie Database” metadata agents. 117. just got the demonic toys movies This would remove the library from the Home Screen, but what if he still wants (like me) to have the library visible in the Home Screen but not the partially played stuff from that library on top in the "continue watching" section. I need any tool for edit the database. You should see the activity monitor in Plex become active as the For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. I also had been using a Server Version#: 4. Some collections seem to empty by themselves, meaning movies will be removed from the collections but not by me. Add the movies back. I know I know, there was a warning telling me that it couldn't be undone, but I read it as I already clicked on the OK button. 1 I was in the process of creating a new regular collection in my Films section. We’ll explain The first option will prevent items that you've added to collections from showing in the main library; only the collection itself will show as a single item. Scroll to the very bottom and next to Collections, select Hide items which are in collections from the dropdown. I have zero items in collections. However, if I remove all the files regardless if only one exists and rescan, the library doesn’t update. Cannot get screenshots at the moment (away from computer), but basically, until I remove the old folder everything is duplicated, played/unplayed and collections are correct (only collections for the old folder, no collections for new folder). Log In / Sign Up; Advertise on Reddit; Shop It seems a bit fiddly as I just updated today to the latest Plex version for my Synology. The request: Don't remove "Collections" from the "Tags" section of TV Show episodes. ADMIN MOD How to find what is missing from Plex libraries, but is Hello, In my config. So, I have no ability to update metadata or images. My current and only beef with the system is that when I first imported my library it “tagged” movies that I only had one title for in a particular series. ADMIN MOD How to remove 'Tis the season' from Home screen. All gists Back to GitHub Sign in Sign up Sign in Sign up You signed in with another tab or window. Each collection you make "belongs" to 1 library, but if you make one on multiple libraries and name them the same (Star Trek for example, one on your movie library and one on your TV show library), then when you go to the Star Trek collection on whichever library, if you scroll down a bit, there'll be another section which will show the other. py. You should be very careful when deleting Libraries! Before you delete a Library, we recommend taking the opportunity to back up your Plex Anything that no longer fits the criteria of that collection will be removed. ??? Go to library and use the “create Server Version#:4. So, over the years I have acquired more movies than I will ever be able to watch. From within the "Manage Library" section, I can manage what appears for my TV and Movies. For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. Now that I have figured out which content I want to keep, I deleted all of the files that were no longer desirable as I did not So, I have some time on my hands and I decided I would go through my collection and edit some movies. I don’t see any way to change this. in the log file, I successfully delete collection 498482 at 09:24:05. Related Page: Scanning vs Refreshing a Library Server Version#: Version 1. fiqky • I think the only way is to make a new library and delete the old one. Write better code with AI Security. Plex has to scan which means it has to build a list of some type can’t y’all just give the option to Hide/Remove an entry without deleting it from the disk/directory? Maybe implement an exception list to be used For questions and comments about the Plex Media Server. Item -> Edit There are two ways to remove media from Plex without deleting the actual files. Any series of movies like Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Skip to main content. Since I have collected about 150 to this point, I want to hide them so the library is not cluttered with all of Server Version#: 1. 6999 Player Version#: 1. Deleted the old original folder, went back to Plex and tried to remove the old location but Plex gives me a 'Your changes could not be saved' when trying to do so. 9314 Player Version#:N/A I have been working on a music video collection. g. Log In / Sign Up; Advertise on Is there a way to remove the collection section completely from the plex server? I have disabled collection from library - > edit --> advanced, but i still see the collection section. Still appears in Collections, but at Go to the collection and delete it. ADMIN MOD Collections tab shows entire library . In my case, I wanted to have Collections pinned to the homescreen for each of my family memebers with their favorite videos on it. It is so maddening. These Videos are showing up in my library as “Backdrops” When I go to collections on iPad, collections under a film Director are displayed from various libraries eg: movies, international movies, bafta winners etc. This is problematic because I am still in the play around and lean phase and would like my collections to sync with the configs. It was probably a mistake deleting them all because now I think Plex thinks I don't want any of those collections - really I just wanted to reset them to before I made When I add files, sometimes Plex crea Server Version#: 1. ADMIN MOD How to manage (Remove) Libraries . So I know you can set collections to hide movies in your library that are within all collections but is there a way to hide movies in just a specific Skip to main content. If I go to TV Shows and over to the collection tab I can see the collections I created as expected. On mobile in the apps settings. I was noticing that my users were mostly using the default “Recently Added” section on the home page to find content to watch. Having a strange issue with collections. Locate the list of your Plex libraries on the left-hand side of the window. All the new folder content is showing unplayed. ☹☹ NO, nothing, it started to create the collections from scratch! So all my personal settings were Thank you for this. To do this: 1. Customizing Plex Collections. This does not happen if I switch to another account like my family home theater account or if I view it on my Shield Pro. Q&A. Now cannot edit and delete that field. To remove all collections entirely, simply remove it under the "library" tab in the admin settings. 32. I did this for my daughter on her I recently deleted all my movie collections because I wanted Plex to remove all my manually edited collections and automatically create them all again. Moved my Movie library to a new HD, added the new folder in Plex. Unfortunately this deleted them from the hard drive. Server Version#:4. The Plex Media Server is smart software that makes playing Movies, TV Shows and other media on your computer simple. DemonKyoto • Rescan the library. Help Is there any quick fix to Using Plex server Version 1. So I thought I could use my backup and all my settings (including playlists, artwork, collections) would be copied as well. Manage Library Access. These DVDs do not come by season--they come by topic, so for example, the first disc has a show from season 2 and 2 shows from season 3, the next disc has 1 show from each of seasons 1-3, etc. Building a collection is fun, however, a large batch of these movies will not only never be watched, but they will also never even be considered for watching. You must go into the collection and click the three dot menu then pick "remove from collection". When using the current “Plex Movie” scanner/agent combo, you’ve set the Minimum automatic collection size preference for a library. Thanks! Reply reply [deleted] • After a year of frustration this finally solved it. Log In / Sign Up; Advertise on Plex-meta-manager went a bit crazy a while ago and it created multiple collections of each topic ( e. Old. Navigation Menu Toggle navigation. Server Version#: 1. Open comment sort options. I’ve been adding files at basically the You can choose to hide collections from the library view by default under Manage Library > Edit > Advanced > Collections > Disabled. Empty the trash. ) The issue I had was that I was using Plex Meta Manager which modifies tags such as collections/ratings and subsequently locks them. I hate having all my collections above my library. You can share by library or even use tags to share part of the library. take trakt. 2737 Player Version#: Plex Web 4. Get app Get the Reddit app Log In Log in to Reddit. Especially since a couple of them are getting done automatically with only one movie. I’m having the same problem now, here’s a particular Each file has a page on the wiki showing the available template_variables for each file. Removed that from the library, ran a scan & emptied the trash and violaall good. The second option will show both the collection and each individual item I cannot delete some of the collections, others I can. Navigate to the Tags tab on the left 3. The problem description: When I use my web browser to load Plex, and then navigate to “Collections” in my Movies folder, I can see Currently the Library advanced options for Collections are: Disabled Hide items which are in collections Show items and their collections And the Collection advanced options for Collection mode are: Library default Hide items in this collection Show this collection and its items Hide collection Choosing Disabled in the library options means none of the collection options This was happening to me with Playlists and has now spread to Collections clicking on either tab shows a duplicate of my Library tab. This is an old discussion, but I would like to point out that to this day the option to remember the selected tab does work. Reload to refresh your session. I genuinely haven’t changed anything recently, so I have no idea what caused it. Share Sort by: Best. The first method involved deleting the specific item in the Plex app. to actually delete collections you don’t want, you need to enable Settings > Server > Library > Allow Media Deletion (advanced setting) and disable Edit > Advanced > Use collection information from The Movie Database in your library settings (this will prevent the collections You can manually create a collection by adding a Collectionstag to an item. If someone could help me to go over my By default, when your Plex Media Server updates a Library and an item is no longer available at the specified location, the Server will not just remove the item from your library. Add a Comment. 2. Any have any tool to remove all collection( tags) in the plex database. Can I remove collections from the top of the library tab and have them only in collections. There is no way to "hide" any particular show or movie, except to move into a folder that is not listed as a folder in any of those libraries. Still in the library. 4014. I've heard that there is a way to do it by editing the XML files, but that's a little over my head and I'm wary of messing Yes, this was asked before: and the solution at the time: However if I shutdown Emby and then delete the "Collections" folder as suggested, on restarting the App, Collections re-appear. In Plex, there's an option that allows for removal without deletion. Follow these steps to get started: Open the Plex Media Server app (you cannot enable collections from a Plex Media Player app). I have many movies and many collections. Disabling this option keeps the item in the library with an indicator superimposed over the item’s poster when the item is removed. I am using Hama and Absolute Series Scanner. I originally thought the ''hide collection'' option did this,. I have tried scanning the library, no change They are smart collections if it makes a difference. crzfea nmw svoolgc bnnhr brewr vhbpm hibelkz sgldf bkpcbs abmpno