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

Filters

Filters allow for you to filter every item added to the collection/playlist from every builder using the filters attribute.

You can have multiple filters but an item must match at least one value from each filter to be added to a collection/playlist. The values for each must match what Plex has including special characters in order to match.

All filter options are listed below. To display items filtered out add show_filtered: true to the collection.

You can use the plex_all: true builder to filter from your entire library.

Filters can be very slow. Try to build or narrow your items using Plex Search if possible.

String Filters

String filters can be used with either no modifier or with .not, .is, .isnot, .begins, .ends, or .regex.

String filters can take multiple values only as a list.

Modifier

String Modifier	Description
No Modifier	Matches every item where the attribute contains the given string
.not	Matches every item where the attribute does not contain the given string
.is	Matches every item where the attribute exactly matches the given string
.isnot	Matches every item where the attribute does not exactly match the given string
.begins	Matches every item where the attribute begins with the given string
.ends	Matches every item where the attribute ends with the given string
.regex	Matches every item where the attribute matches the regex given

Attribute

String Filter	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
title	Uses the title attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
summary	Uses the summary attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
studio	Uses the studio attribute to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
record_label	Uses the record label attribute to match	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
filepath	Uses the item's filepath to match	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	❌	✅
audio_track_title	Uses the audio track titles to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅

Tag Filters

Tag filters can be used with either no modifier or with .not.

Tag filters can take multiple values as a list or a comma-separated string.

Modifier

Tag Modifier	Description
No Modifier	Matches every item where the attribute matches the given string
.not	Matches every item where the attribute does not match the given string
.regex	Matches every item where one value of this attribute matches the regex.
.count_gt	Matches every item where the attribute count is greater then the given number
.count_gte	Matches every item where the attribute count is greater then or equal to the given number
.count_lt	Matches every item where the attribute count is less then the given number
.count_lte	Matches every item where the attribute count is less then the given number

Attribute

Tag Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
actor	Uses the actor tags to match	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
collection	Uses the collection tags to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
content_rating	Uses the content rating tags to match	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
network	Uses the network tags to match	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
country	Uses the country tags to match	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
director	Uses the director tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
genre	Uses the genre tags to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌
label	Uses the label tags to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
producer	Uses the actor tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
year	Uses the year tag to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
writer	Uses the writer tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
resolution	Uses the resolution tag to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
audio_language	Uses the audio language tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
subtitle_language	Uses the subtitle language tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_genre1	Uses the genre from TMDb to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_keyword1	Uses the keyword from TMDb to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
origin_country1	Uses TMDb origin country ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes to match Example: origin_country: us	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

¹ Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr. These Values also cannot use the count modifiers.

Boolean Filters

Boolean Filters have no modifiers.

Attribute

Boolean Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
has_collection	Matches every item that has or does not have a collection	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
has_dolby_vision	Matches every item that has or does not have a dolby vision	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
has_overlay	Matches every item that has or does not have an overlay	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Date Filters

Date filters can be used with either no modifier or with .not, .before, .after, or .regex.

Date filters can NOT take multiple values.

Modifier

Date Modifier	Description	Format
No Modifier	Matches every item where the date attribute is in the last X days	Format: number of days e.g. 30
.not	Matches every item where the date attribute is not in the last X days	Format: number of days e.g. 30
.before	Matches every item where the date attribute is before the given date	Format: MM/DD/YYYY or today for the current day e.g. 01/01/2000
.after	Matches every item where the date attribute is after the given date	Format: MM/DD/YYYY or today for the current day e.g. 01/01/2000
.regex	Matches every item where the attribute matches the regex given	N/A

Attribute

Date Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
release	Uses the release date attribute (originally available) to match	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
added	Uses the date added attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
last_played	Uses the date last played attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
first_episode_aired1	Uses the first episode aired date to match	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
last_episode_aired1	Uses the last episode aired date to match	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

¹ Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr.

Number Filters

Number filters must use .gt, .gte, .lt, or .lte as a modifier.

Number filters can NOT take multiple values.

Modifier

Number Modifier	Description	Format
.gt	Matches every item where the number attribute is greater then the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.gte	Matches every item where the number attribute is greater then or equal to the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.lt	Matches every item where the number attribute is less then the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.lte	Matches every item where the number attribute is less then or equal to the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5

Attribute

Number Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
year	Uses the year attribute to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
tmdb_year1	Uses the year on TMDb to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
critic_rating	Uses the critic rating attribute to match 0.0 - 10.0	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
audience_rating	Uses the audience rating attribute to match 0.0 - 10.0	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
user_rating	Uses the user rating attribute to match 0.0 - 10.0	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
tmdb_vote_count1	Uses the tmdb vote count to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
plays	Uses the plays attribute to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
duration	Uses the duration attribute to match using minutes minimum: 0.0	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅

¹ Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr.

Special Filters

Special Filters each have their own set of rules for how they're used.

Attribute

Special Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
history	Uses the release date attribute (originally available) to match dates throughout history day: Match the Day and Month to Today's Date month: Match the Month to Today's Date 1-30: Match the Day and Month to Today's Date or 1-30 days before Today's Date	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
original_language/original_language.not1	Uses TMDb original language ISO 639-1 codes to match Example: original_language: en, ko	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_status/tmdb_status.not1	Uses TMDb Status to match Values: returning, planned, production, ended, canceled, pilot	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_type/tmdb_type.not1	Uses TMDb Type to match Values: documentary, news, production, miniseries, reality, scripted, talk_show, video	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

¹ Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr.

Collection Filter Examples

A few examples are listed below:

collections:
  1080p Documentaries:
    genre: Documentary
    summary: A collection of 1080p Documentaries
    filters:
      resolution: 1080

collections:
  Daniel Craig only James Bonds:
    imdb_list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls006405458/
    filters:
      actor: Daniel Craig

collections:
  French Romance:
    genre: Romance
    filters:
      audio_language: Français

collections:
  Romantic Comedies:
    genre: Romance
    filters:
      genre: Comedy

collections:
  9.0 Movies:
    plex_all: true
    filters:
      rating.gte: 9

collections:
  Summer 2020 Movies:
    plex_all: true
    filters:
      release.after: 5/1/2020
      release.before: 8/31/2020

collections:
  Movies Released in the Last 180 Days:
    plex_all: true
    filters:
      release: 180

collections:
  Good Adam Sandler Romantic Comedies:
    plex_search:
      genre: Romance
      actor: Adam Sandler
    filters:
      genre: Comedy
      rating.gte: 7

collections:
  Movies with Commentary:
    plex: all
    filters:
      audio_track_title: Commentary