Plex-Meta-Manager/docs/defaults/both/studio.md

Studio Default Metadata File

The - pmm: studio Metadata File is used to dynamically create collections based on the studios available in your library.

This file also merges similarly named studios (such as "20th Century Fox" and "20th Century Animation") into one ("20th Century Studios")

Example Collections Created:

The below YAML in your config.yml will create the collections:

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: studio

Template Variables

Template Variables can be used to manipulate the file from the default settings which are provided.

Note that the templates_variables: section only needs to be used if you do NOT want to use the default settings.

Below are the available variables which can be used to customize the file.

Variable	Usage	Default Value	Values
sort_by	Controls the sort method for the collections	release.desc	Any sort method in the Sorts Options Table
collection_section	Controls the sort order of these collections against other default collections	07	Any number
collection_mode	Controls the collection mode of these collections	default	default - Library default hide - Hide Collection hide_items- Hide Items in this Collection show_items - Show this Collection and its Items
use_separator	Controls whether a separator is created	true	true or false
sep_style	Sets the theme of the separator	orig	orig, blue, gray, green, purple, red, stb
item_radarr_tag	Radarr Tag for existing items		list of tag(s) to be applied to existing items
item_sonarr_tag	Sonarr Tag for existing items		list of tag(s) to be applied to existing items

The below shows an example config.yml with all the template_variables set away from their defaults:

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: studio
        template_variables:
          sort_by: title.asc
          collection_section: 4
          collection_mode: show_items
          use_separator: false
          sep_style: gray

Dynamic Collections attributes can also be edited to tweak the setup of the collections. The YAML file which creates the studio collections can be found here

An example of this is; to include the "ABC Pictures" studio and map the "ABC News" studio to it, the following template variables can be used:

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: studio
        template_variables:
          include:
            - ABC Pictures
          addons:
            ABC Picture:
              - ABC News

Further information on editing Dynamic Collections using template variables can be found here