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hide:
- tags
tags:
- tmdb_person
- tmdb_person_offset
- sort_title
- content_rating
- label
- label.remove
- label.sync
- collection_mode
- collection_order
- collection_filtering
- visible_library
- visible_home
- visible_shared
- url_theme
- file_theme
- url_poster
- tmdb_poster
- tmdb_list_poster
- tmdb_profile
- tvdb_poster
- tvdb_list_poster
- file_poster
- url_background
- tmdb_background
- tvdb_background
- file_background
---
# Collection/Playlist Metadata Updates
All the following attributes update various details of the definition's Metadata.
**Only `tmdb_person` works with Playlists.**
| Attribute | Description & Values |
|:-----------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `tmdb_person` | **Description:** Changes summary and poster to a TMDb Person's biography and profile to the first specified person as well as allow the people specified to be used in [Plex Searches](builders/plex.md#plex-search).
**Values:** TMDb Person ID or Actor Name (Will pull the first ID from the TMDb search results) (List or Comma-separated string) |
| `tmdb_person_offset` | **Description:** Offsets which search results are used by `tmdb_person`.
**Values:** Any number greater than 0
**Default:** 0 |
| `sort_title` | **Description:** Changes the sort title.
You can "promote" certain collections to the top of a library by creating a sort title starting with a `+` or "demote" certain collections to the bottom of a library by creating a sort title starting with a `~`.
**Values:** Text to change Sort Title |
| `content_rating` | **Description:** Changes the content rating.
**Values:** Text to change Content Rating |
| `label` | **Description:** Appends new labels.
**Values:** Comma-separated string of labels to append |
| `label.remove` | **Description:** Removes existing labels from the collection.
**Values:** Comma-separated string of labels to remove |
| `label.sync` | **Description:** Matches the labels of the collection to the labels provided (Leave blank to remove all labels)
**Values:** Comma-separated string of labels to sync |
| `collection_mode` | **Description:** Changes the Collection Mode
**Values:**
`default` | Library default |
`hide` | Hide Collection |
`hide_items` | Hide Items in this Collection |
`show_items` | Show this Collection and its Items |
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| `collection_order` | **Description:** Changes the Collection Order
**Normal Collections Only**
When using `custom.asc`/`custom.desc` you can only have a single builder in the collection.
**Values:**`release` | Order Collection by Release Dates |
`alpha` | Order Collection Alphabetically |
`custom.asc`/`custom.desc` | Order Collection Via the Builder Order ascending or descending |
[Any `plex_search` Sort Option](builders/plex.md#sort-options) | Order Collection by any `plex_search` Sort Option |
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| `collection_filtering` | **Description:** Changes the Collection Filtering
**Smart Collections Only**
**Values:**`admin` | Always the server admin user |
`user` | User currently viewing the content |
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| `visible_library` | **Description:** Changes collection visible on Library Recommended Tab (Only works with Plex Pass)
**Values:**`true` | Visible |
`false` | Not Visible |
[Any `schedule` Option](../config/schedule.md) | Visible When Scheduled |
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| `visible_home` | **Description:** Changes collection visible on Home Tab (Only works with Plex Pass)
**Values:**`true` | Visible |
`false` | Not Visible |
[Any `schedule` Option](../config/schedule.md) | Visible When Scheduled |
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| `visible_shared` | **Description:** Changes collection visible on Shared Users' Home Tab (Only works with Plex Pass)
**Values:**`true` | Visible |
`false` | Not Visible |
[Any `schedule` Option](../config/schedule.md) | Visible When Scheduled |
|
| `url_theme` | **Description:** Changes the Collection Theme to the URL provided.
**Values:** URL to mp3 file |
| `file_theme` | **Description:** Changes the Collection Theme to the file location provided.
**Values:** Path to mp3 file |
* Here's an example of how the collections can look on the Home Page.
## Summary Collection/Playlist Metadata Updates
All the following attributes update the summary of the collection/playlist from various sources.
**All of these details work with Playlists.**
| Attribute | Description & Values |
|:-------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `summary` | **Description:** Changes summary to the Text Provided
**Values:** Text to change Summary |
| `tmdb_summary` | **Description:** Changes summary to the TMDb Movie/Collection summary for a movie library or the TMDb Show summary for a show library
**Values:** TMDb Movie/Show/Collection ID |
| `tmdb_description` | **Description:** Changes summary to the TMDb List Description
**Values:** TMDb List ID |
| `tmdb_biography` | **Description:** Changes summary to the TMDb Person's biography
**Values:** TMDb Person ID |
| `tvdb_summary` | **Description:** Changes summary to the TVDb Movie summary for a movie library or the TVDb Show summary for a show library
**Values:** TVDb Movie/Show ID or URL |
| `tvdb_description` | **Description:** Changes summary to the TVDb List Description
**Values:** TVDb List URL |
| `trakt_description` | **Description:** Changes summary to the Trakt List Description
**Values:** Trakt List URL |
| `letterboxd_description` | **Description:** Changes summary to the Letterboxd List Description
**Values:** Letterboxd List URL |
## Poster Collection/Playlist Metadata Updates
All the following attributes update the poster of the collection/playlist from various sources.
**All of these details work with Playlists.**
If no poster is specified the script will look in the library's [Image Asset Directories](../kometa/guides/assets.md) for a
folder named either the collection/playlist name or the `name_mapping` if specified and look for a `poster.ext` file in
that folder (replacing .ext with the image extension).
| Attribute | Description & Values |
|:-------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `url_poster` | **Description:** Changes poster to the URL
**Values:** URL of image publicly available on the internet |
| `tmdb_poster` | **Description:** Changes poster to the TMDb Movie/Collection poster for a movie library or the TMDb Show poster for a show library
**Values:** TMDb Movie/Show/Collection ID |
| `tmdb_list_poster` | **Description:** Changes poster to the TMDb List poster
**Values:** TMDb List ID |
| `tmdb_profile` | **Description:** Changes poster to the TMDb Person's profile
**Values:** TMDb Person ID |
| `tvdb_poster` | **Description:** Changes poster to the TVDb Movie poster for a movie library or the TVDb Show poster for a show library
**Values:** TVDb Movie/Show ID or URL |
| `tvdb_list_poster` | **Description:** Changes poster to the TVDb List poster
**Values:** TVDb List URL |
| `file_poster` | **Description:** Changes poster to the image in the file system
**Values:** Path to image in the file system |
Standard priority is as follows [lower numbers take precedence]:
1. url_poster
2. file_poster
3. tmdb_poster
4. tvdb_poster
5. asset_directory
6. tmdb_person
7. tmdb_collection_details
8+. all other _details methods
You can use the `prioritize_assets` setting to push the asset_directory to the top of this priority list.
## Background Collection/Playlist Metadata Updates
All the following attributes update the background of the collection/playlist from various sources.
**All of these details work with Playlists.**
If no background is specified the script will look in the library's [Image Asset Directories](../kometa/guides/assets.md)
for a folder named either the collection/playlist name or the `name_mapping` if specified and look for a
`background.ext` file in that folder (replacing .ext with the image extension).
| Attribute | Description & Values |
|:------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `url_background` | **Description:** Changes background to the URL
**Values:** URL of image publicly available on the internet |
| `tmdb_background` | **Description:** Changes background to the TMDb Movie/Collection background for a movie library or the TMDb Show background for a show library
**Values:** TMDb Movie/Show/Collection ID |
| `tvdb_background` | **Description:** Changes background to the TVDb Movie background for a movie library or the TVDb Show background for a show library
**Values:** TVDb Movie/Show ID or URL |
| `file_background` | **Description:** Changes background to the image in the file system
**Values:** Path to image in the file system |
Standard priority is as follows [lower numbers take precedence]:
1. url_background
2. file_background
3. tmdb_background
4. tvdb_background
5. asset_directory
You can use the `prioritize_assets` setting to push the asset_directory to the top of this priority list.