Plex-Meta-Manager/docs/metadata/details/metadata.md

Metadata Details

Collection/Playlist Details

All the following attributes update various details of the collection/playlist'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 as well as allow the people specified to be used in Plex Searches. Values: TMDb Person ID (List or Comma-separated string)
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 Normal Collections Only Values: default Library default hide Hide Collection hide_items Hide Items in this Collection show_items Show this Collection and its Items
collection_order	Description: Changes the Collection Order Normal Collections Only When using custom you can only have a single builder in the collection. Values: release Order Collection by Release Dates alpha Order Collection Alphabetically custom Order Collection Via the Builder Order Any plex_search Sort Option Order Collection by any plex_search Sort Option
collection_filtering	Description: Changes the Collection Filtering Smart Collections Only Values: admin Always the server admin user user User currently viewing the content
collection_level	Description: Make season, episode, album or track collections from plex_all, plex_search, trakt_list, or imdb_list Builders and Filters Values: season Collection contains seasons episode Collection contains episodes album Collection contains albums track Collection contains tracks
visible_library	Description: Changes collection visible on Library (Only works with Plex Pass) Values: true Visible false Not Visible Any schedule Option Visible When Scheduled
visible_home	Description: Changes collection visible on Home (Only works with Plex Pass) Values: true Visible false Not Visible Any schedule Option Visible When Scheduled
visible_shared	Description: Changes collection visible on Shared Users' Home (Only works with Plex Pass) Values: true Visible false Not Visible Any schedule Option 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.

Pinned Collections Example

Item Metadata Details

All the following attributes update various details of the metadata for every item in the collection.

None of these details work with Playlists.

Attribute	Description & Values
item_label	Description: Appends new labels to every movie/show in the collection Values: Comma-separated string of labels to append
item_label.remove	Description: Removes existing labels from every movie/show in the collection Values: Comma-separated string of labels to remove
item_label.sync	Description: Matches the labels of every movie/show in the collection to the labels provided (Leave blank to remove all labels) Values: Comma-separated string of labels to sync
non_item_remove_label	Description: Matches every movie/show that has the given label and is not in the collection and removes the label Values: Comma-separated string of labels to remove
item_lock_poster	Description: Locks/Unlocks the poster of every movie/show in the collection Default: None Values: true Lock false Unlock
item_lock_background	Description: Locks/Unlocks the background of every movie/show in the collection Default: None Values: true Lock false Unlock
item_lock_title	Description: Locks/Unlocks the title of every movie/show in the collection Default: None Values: true Lock false Unlock
item_overlay	Description: Adds and overlay image to the poster of every movie/show in the collection see Overlay Details for more information. Values: Name of overlay to be applied
item_assets	Description: Checks your assets folders for assets of every movie/show in the collection Default: false Values: true or false
item_refresh	Description: Refreshes the metadata of every movie/show in the collection Default: false Values: true or false
item_refresh_delay	Description: Amount of time to wait between each item_refresh of every movie/show in the collection Default: 0 Values: Number greater then 0
item_tmdb_season_titles	Description: Changes the season titles of every show in the collection to match TMDb Default: false Values: true or false
item_episode_sorting1	Description: Changes the episode sorting of every show in the collection Values: default Library default oldest Oldest first newest Newest first
item_keep_episodes1	Description: Changes the keep episodes of every show in the collection Values: all All episodes 5_latest 5 latest episodes 3_latest 3 latest episodes latest Latest episodes past_3 Episodes added in the past 3 days past_7 Episodes added in the past 7 days past_30 Episodes added in the past 30 days
item_delete_episodes1	Description: Changes the delete episodes of every show in the collection Values: never Never day After a day week After a week refresh On next refresh
item_season_display1	Description: Changes the season display of every show in the collection Values: default Library default show Show hide Hide
item_episode_ordering1	Description: Changes the episode ordering of every show in the collection Values: default Library default tmdb_aired The Movie Database (Aired) tvdb_aired TheTVDb (Aired) tvdb_dvd TheTVDb (DVD) tvdb_absolute TheTVDb (Absolute)
item_metadata_language2	Description: Changes the metadata language of every movie/show in the collection Values: default, ar-SA, ca-ES, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, es-ES, es-MX, et-EE, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-CA, fr-FR, he-IL, hi-IN, hu-HU, id-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, lt-LT, lv-LV, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, uk-UA, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-HK, zh-TW
item_use_original_title2	Description: Changes the use original title of every movie/show in the collection Values: default Library default no No yes Yes

¹ Only works with TV Show Libraries

² Must be using the New Plex Movie Agent or the New Plex TV Agent

Summary Details

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 Details

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 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
file_poster	Description: Changes poster to the image in the file system Values: Path to image in the file system

Background Details

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 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