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Purely out of curiosity: why isn't metadata available? Is it that you aren't naming/organizing your libraries correctly, or is it that you are consuming obscure
by elbrian 9y ago
Purely out of curiosity: why isn't metadata available? Is it that you aren't naming/organizing your libraries correctly, or is it that you are consuming obscure media that isn't cataloged on any of the sites that power Plex's metadata functionality?
Either way, you could either:
a. Take the time to organize your library, like anyone who successfully uses Plex has.
or
b. Provide metadata to the open databases that Plex uses, to help both yourself and the next person who needs it.
The important thing to remember is that Plex is not made by wizards... it's software, and for it to catalog your library you need to name your files in a way that it can comprehend.
- wcummings 9y agoYou can use filebot to name your files correctly for you, if thats an issue. I have it run as a postprocess hook in rtorrent.
- mistermann 9y agoHome movies is one example, random clips from the internet that aren't proper movies. The notion of being able to find and play a file that isn't a formal mainstream movie doesn't seem all that obscure to me, and doing a search on filename isn't exactly what I'd classify as wizardry or difficult to implement. At the very least it doesn't seem like a crazy idea.