Plex-Meta-Manager/docs/config/playlist.md

Playlist Files

Overview

As playlists are not tied to one specific library and can combine media from multiple libraries, they require their own special Playlist File to work.

You can define Playlist Files by using playlist_files mapper. They can either be on the local system, online at an url, or directly from the Plex Meta Manager Configs repository.

Path Types

In this example, four playlist_filesattribute path types are defined:

playlist_files:
  - file: config/playlists.yml
  - folder: config/Playlists/
  - git: meisnate12/Playlists
  - url: https://somewhere.com/Playlists.yml

The four path types are outlined as follows:

• - file: refers to a playlist file which is located within the system that PMM is being run from.
• - folder: refers to a directory containing playlist files which is located within the system that PMM is being run from.
• - git: refers to a playlist file which is hosted on GitHub. This file is assumed to be in the Configs Repo unless the user has specified a custom repository with the
• - url: refers to a playlist file which is hosted publicly on the internet.

Within the above example, PMM will:

• First, look within the root of the PMM directory (also known as config/) for a playlist file named Playlists.yml. If this file does not exist, PMM will skip the entry and move to the next one in the list.
• Then, look within the root of the PMM directory (also known as config/) for a directory called Playlists, and then load any playlist files within that directory.
• Then, look at the meisnate12 folder within the GitHub Configs Repo for a file called MovieCharts.yml which it finds here.
• Finally, load the playlist file located at https://somewhere.com/Playlists.yml