Help with radarr_tag for Movie Collections File | Kometa | Page 1

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:51 PM

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Trying to add

templates: radarr: radarr_add_missing: true radarr_tag: universes

To the top of a movie file, but seem to be making a rookie mistake somewhere

solemn nebulaBOT Mar 9, 2023, 3:51 PM

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Please complete #938455615741775902 and someone from the community or one of our <@&938443185347244033> members will respond when they're available.

Including the meta.log from the beginning is a huge help use !logs for more information.

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:52 PM

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📎 meta.log

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 3:53 PM

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Config Warning: template: radarr_tag must be a dictionary

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:53 PM

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Yeah

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Just noticed

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At the bottom of this one

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 3:53 PM

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send a copy of this file
config/movies-universes.yml

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:54 PM

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Is the templates bit, happy to send the whole file if needed 🙂

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 3:54 PM

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yeah send the whole thing please

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:54 PM

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Sure thing, one sec

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📎 movies-universes.yml

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 3:55 PM

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so you aren't calling that template against your collections

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:55 PM

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Ok, newbie question... What does that mean 🙂

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Those collections in the file, aren't being told to use that template, right?

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 3:56 PM

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Exactly

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collections:
  Marvel Cinematic Universe:
    sort_title: "!040_MCU"
    letterboxd_list: https://letterboxd.com/lt3dave/list/mcu-in-release-order
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    filters:
      has_edition: false

should be

collections:
  Marvel Cinematic Universe:
    template: {name: radarr}      # HERE
    sort_title: "!040_MCU"
    letterboxd_list: https://letterboxd.com/lt3dave/list/mcu-in-release-order
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    filters:
      has_edition: false

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:57 PM

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Is there any way, to make that top template change, somewhere else, or modify how it's written, so it's applied to the whole file. So I don't have to add that line for each collection?

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If no, that's fine, I'm just wondering about simplicity.

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Because I want it to apply to the whole file, regardless of how many collections there are.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 3:58 PM

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Your only way to do that would be to turn your file into dynamic collections

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But that's a pretty extreme approach to it and would effectively be a rewrite of the entire file

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 3:59 PM

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Ok, let's fast forward, and say I turn them all in to dynamic collections (Because I'm willing to do that depending on the answer). How would I then get it to apply to the whole file?

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:00 PM

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the simplest approach is to add
template: {name: radarr}
to each of your collections

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Dynamic Collections aren't a very great option for this

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:01 PM

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random hill the simplest approach is to add ` template: {name: radarr}` to each of your c...

But I mean, if I'm doing that, I could just add radarr_tag to each collection.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:01 PM

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Sure you could

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:01 PM

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But I'm trying to avoid that if possible 😄

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:01 PM

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You can't really

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PMM does not assume you want a template applied

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:01 PM

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So templates can't apply to whole files, just individual collections?

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:02 PM

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Correct

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:02 PM

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Balls.

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Asking for curiosities sake to learn, not to be antagonistic, is there a reason why?

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:03 PM

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Because often people have multiple templates in one file

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:03 PM

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And call each one as needed.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:03 PM

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Nobody has asked for templates to automatically apply to all collections in the file

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It's one line of code per collection

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you could actually make your life much simpler using templates

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:05 PM

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random hill you could actually make your life much simpler using templates

I actually broke it in to separate files to essentially make them "templates", I sort my collections in to groups, Genre, Charts, Universes, Lists, etc. So that when I'm adding things or tweaking things, I can hash out the other files and shorten the run time.

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That's why this one is called movies-universes

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:06 PM

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templates:
  lt3dave:
    optional:
      - letterboxd_list
    letterboxd_list: https://letterboxd.com/lt3dave/list/<<list>>
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    radarr_add_missing: true
    radarr_tag: universes
    sort_title: "!040_<<collection_name>>"

collections:
  Marvel Cinematic Universe:
    template: {name: lt3dave, list: mcu-in-release-order}
    filters:
      has_edition: false

  Jurassic Park:
    template: {name: lt3dave, list: jurassic-park-world-in-release-order}
    summary: "A cautionary tale about genetic engineering, Jurassic Park presents the collapse of an amusement park showcasing genetically re-created dinosaurs to illustrate the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its real-world implications. The sequels? Not so much."

  Star Wars:
    template: {name: lt3dave, list: star-wars-collection-in-release-order}
  
  Star Trek:
    template: {name: lt3dave, list: star-trek-collection-in-release-order}
    summary: "Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five year mission. To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life, and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before."

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:06 PM

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I had them in one file originally, but then decided to split it up 🙂

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:06 PM

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put as much as possible into the template

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then you only need to specify what is "different"

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:07 PM

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That works.

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So I understand most of the stuff in that template, but mind answering some newbie questions on bits of it?

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:08 PM

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of course

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:12 PM

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I think typing it out my question helped me understand, but just to confirm.

using MCU as an example, we're calling the template lt3dave, and then where it's requesting the key <<list>>, under the optional, we're supplying it with the ending of the url so it has the complete list. it's then running all of the other extras under the template for each collection. And under certain collections where we want additions, like has_edition, we're just including them.

Correct?

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:12 PM

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Yes

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You can also override things in the template if you call it out within the collection

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:13 PM

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Ok, and if I include something under the collection...

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:13 PM

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so the template has sync_mode: sync, you can override that at the collection level

collections:
  Marvel Cinematic Universe:
    template: {name: lt3dave, list: mcu-in-release-order}
    sync_mode: append

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:13 PM

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Stop doing that 😛 Like 5 times now you answer my question as I'm typing it dude 😆

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You're too smart.

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I was just about to ask that, in regards to sorting.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:13 PM

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🤣

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letterboxd_list is optional in case you have a collection and it's a Trakt List instead

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collections:
  Marvel Cinematic Universe - TRAKT VERSION:
    template: {name: lt3dave}
    trakt_list: something
    sync_mode: append

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:14 PM

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Rigggghhhhttttt

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:14 PM

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it will still apply the rest of the template, like the radarr stuff

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:15 PM

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We set the optional to be letterboxd so if we choose to use something else, it's not going to be expecting a letterboxd list.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:15 PM

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yes

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:15 PM

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Smart

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I feel like I'm learning so much and then some simple issue pops up and makes me realise I know nothing.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:16 PM

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🤣

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PMM has a lot of branches that people aren't aware of

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There's normally more than one way to achieve the same end-goal

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:17 PM

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Oh for sure, especially when you can start messing with things regarding file names and regex and stuff, I was looking through old help tickets the other day just to get more knowledge and saw one about pulling info from file names and was like Ohhhh, never thought of doing that.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:17 PM

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It's how we do Editions stuff for users who don't have Plex Pass

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:18 PM

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Because I only have a few editions, I just manually labelled them, and then used the label.not filter... But I could have also used the file thing and made it automatically label them as well.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:18 PM

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mhm 🙂

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:19 PM

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Sorry I'm asking so many questions btw, I'm trying to learn the ins and outs of this thing, but it's so... deep.

peak cape Mar 9, 2023, 4:19 PM

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Questions are awesome

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:19 PM

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It's better to know why things work than just have me give you things that work and not know why 😉

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That way if something doesn't work there is a chance you'll maybe understand why

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:20 PM

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I had an issue the other day where I had it set all my episode critic ratings, but then messing around with audience, some episodes didn't have the TMdb icon. Turns out it was because those files hadn't had their metadata refreshed by Plex yet, which it has to run initially to give it that icon by the looks of it.

So I had to go rummaging on the wiki to find the command to unlock the field, so plex could edit it, because even after I removed the data, Plex couldn't edit a locked field.

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That was a fun one.

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:21 PM

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random hill It's better to know why things work than just have me give you things that work ...

Yes, exactly! I know you could just be like "Oh, put this here", But I'm trying to figure out WHY that goes there, and HOW it does what it's doing, so I know for the future where else I can use it. Especially with something as handy as PMM and all it can do.

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:22 PM

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peak cape Questions are awesome

Thanks to you as well for putting up with my stupid Carrot 🙂 I'm trying to learn, honest.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:22 PM

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I use these to force refreshes of items added in the last X days so that casting information etc is updated quicker:
Movies

collections:
  Refresh Metadata:
    plex_search:
      all:
        release: 7
    item_refresh: true
    build_collection: false

Shows

collections:
  Refresh Metadata:
    plex_search:
      all:
        episode_air_date: 7
    item_refresh: true
    build_collection: false

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When new movies get added to Plex, they often don't have the casting information or ratings, so I use the above to try and push it quicker because Plex can be slow AF at updating the metadata for items

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:23 PM

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random hill I use these to force refreshes of items added in the last X days so that casting...

Oh, handy.

I had an issue where Plex basically stopped multi-tasking, so if it was scanning, or updating or refreshing metadata or anything, you couldn't browse a library. If you were playing a file, that was fine, but browsing, nope, it would stall and time out.

So I wiped everything and I'm rebuilding it. PMM has been a godsend for backing up all the metadata changes I made in plex I would have lost otherwise. That's actually why I started using PMM in the first place.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:24 PM

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Ah good old Plex 😄

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FYI Carrot has some useful scripts for rebuilding servers (things like grabbing and reapplying your watch history)

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:25 PM

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I think the original cause, was it getting stuck in intro detection on some weird anime file like, 9 months ago,and since then it got slower and slower.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:25 PM

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https://github.com/chazlarson/Media-Scripts/tree/main/Plex#scripts

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:25 PM

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random hill FYI Carrot has some useful scripts for rebuilding servers (things like grabbing ...

Oh does he, I know all about Carrots scripts 😄 I pulled all my posters using them.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:25 PM

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🤣 😄

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:25 PM

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I had to learn how to use some python because of Carrot.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:25 PM

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Carrot enforcing wisdom upon the masses!

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:27 PM

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I'm now at a point where I have a PMM Config file I'll run every week/month, that backs up all the metadata on Plex, and Carrots script to store a backup of all the posters. And I'm setting up these PMM files so that all the collections are built, and have asset folders. So if Plex has any issues in the future, I can kill the whole thing, and then just, Boop Beep Boop, and everything is back.

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:27 PM

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Take as much power away from Plex as possible, the only way to win!

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:27 PM

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I miss Kodi 😦

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:27 PM

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Let PMM and Media Scripts do everything 😄

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 4:28 PM

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random hill Let PMM and Media Scripts do everything 😄

Before, I was like, all my changes in Plex, are fine, because I always have the database file... Yeah, not when Plex shits itself. 😆

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Because I do things like, clean up the genre tags, and (because I can't edit networks manually in Plex) clean up the networks entry and put it in Studio.

boreal parrot Mar 9, 2023, 4:38 PM

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random hill ```yml templates: lt3dave: optional: - letterboxd_list letterbox...

for sort_title instead of <<collection_name>> use <<collection_sort>> and itll sort correctly ie ignores The and A

random hill Mar 9, 2023, 4:45 PM

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TIL

boreal parrot Mar 9, 2023, 4:47 PM

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always learning something new with PMM lol

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 5:16 PM

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boreal parrot for `sort_title` instead of `<<collection_name>>` use `<<collection_sort>>` and ...

So sort_title: "!040_<<collection_sort>>"?

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Handy to know 🙂

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For the lists in template, does it matter if I leave the / on the end?

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template: {name: lt3dave, list: star-wars-in-release-order} Vs template: {name: lt3dave, list: star-wars-in-release-order/}

boreal parrot Mar 9, 2023, 5:41 PM

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Shouldn’t matter as it’s the end of the url

remote meteor Mar 9, 2023, 6:10 PM

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Cool, thanks 🙂

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leaden dagger Mar 12, 2023, 5:01 AM

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remote meteor I'm now at a point where I have a PMM Config file I'll run every week/month, tha...

How do you go about restoring all your posters to the new Plex server?

remote meteor Mar 12, 2023, 10:56 AM

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leaden dagger How do you go about restoring all your posters to the new Plex server?

(Hilariously I'm doing this right now, but have lost the backup, so this is the plan)

I used one of Mr. Carrots fantastic scripts to pull all the posters from Plex, they are then stored in a folder structure that is exactly the same as my movies.

Then when it comes time to restore them, ATM I would do it manually, because it's just a simple case of drag and drop a single folder, and it puts all the posters in the correct place as they are in the correct sub-folders. The step after this would be to create a bat file and leave it with the movies, so I can run that and it'll just dump a copy where the movies are.

leaden dagger Mar 12, 2023, 11:42 AM

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remote meteor (Hilariously I'm doing this right now, but have lost the backup, so this is the ...

alright, possible to share that script? I might have more questions later on if that's okay.

remote meteor Mar 12, 2023, 11:44 AM

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leaden dagger alright, possible to share that script? I might have more questions later on if ...

Carrots Scripts are available from: https://github.com/chazlarson/Media-Scripts

GitHub

GitHub - chazlarson/Media-Scripts

Contribute to chazlarson/Media-Scripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Fairly easy to use, I had zero knowledge of Python when I used them, the readme and knowledge of PMM gave me enough to know how to set the things I needed to set, and learning how to run python was easy enough as it required me to do 2 lines of stuff, the first to update requirements, and then the second was just running the script.

leaden dagger Mar 12, 2023, 11:51 AM

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remote meteor Fairly easy to use, I had zero knowledge of Python when I used them, the readme ...

Thank you! You make it sound so easy, I will give it a shot!

remote meteor Mar 12, 2023, 11:53 AM

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leaden dagger Thank you! You make it sound so easy, I will give it a shot!

It can be intimidating, but don't stress. It doesn't require you to learn a whole new language, and like I said, commands it wants you to run are easy.

Just make sure you set things correctly. If you're unsure, remember it's best to create a small test library first, and run it on that and see if it behaves how you want it to, so you don't accidentally break something 🙂

leaden dagger Mar 12, 2023, 12:00 PM

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remote meteor It can be intimidating, but don't stress. It doesn't require you to learn a whol...

Will do, thanks again!👍

#Help with radarr_tag for Movie Collections File