Errors Running config

[silver ice]

I am trying to customize my PMM config but couldnt figure out the errors.. can you help me read the error or how to identify which line is the cause

[loud ravine]

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[twin marten]

You're missing overlay_path: just above the highlighted line

Little further down, this collections section [the 13 lines starting with the highlighted line] doesn't go here:

Same thing down in the TV section:

And TV on second plex:

[silver ice]

Thank you very much!

so where do collections go in the movies.yml? or can i add it in the config?

[twin marten]

collection definitions go in metadata files like movies.yml.

[silver ice]

What about YML files like these? https://github.com/meisnate12/Plex-Meta-Manager-Configs/tree/master/Frexe/Movies/Metadata/Collections

[twin marten]

Sure, those define collections, and you'd refer to them in your config.yml.

[silver ice]

so i add a -git line in the config.yml?

sorry I'm a newbie to this

[twin marten]

Yes, you'd refer to that as:

   - git: Frexe/Movies/Metadata/Collections/300

But if you're new to this I would strongly recommend getting started with the built-in defaults rather than random files from the configs repo.

[silver ice]

can I add the whole directory or list each one?

[twin marten]

I think git is file-by-file.

But again, those files are maintained or not by their authors and may not work at all.

[silver ice]

i setup my first run and got a feel over the thinks i want to change

[twin marten]

Just trying to save you some frustration.

[silver ice]

understood

much appreciated

[silver ice]

I tried fixing but i keep getting errors..

[flat cloud]

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[gleaming tiger]

you have bad indentation

[twin marten]

Among other problems.

The error points you to two lines:

         in "//config/config.yml", line 64, column 5
       expected <block end>, but found '<block sequence start>'
         in "//config/config.yml", line 103, column 7

[twin marten]

The config is fine up to line 64, column 5:

  Movies On Second Plex:
    library_name: Movies
    ^

And then the next line it refers to is line 103.

Here's lines 88 to 117. A lot wrong here:

    overlay_path:
      - remove_overlays: false
      - reapply_overlay: true
    # - reset_overlays: tmdb
      - pmm: audio_codec
    #- pmm: language_count
    #- pmm: commonsense
      - pmm: flixpatrol

This template_variables on line 96 should be four more spaces to the right, and the two lines below it two more spaces to the right.

    template_variables:
        position: left
        time_window: this_year
    #- pmm: languages
    #- pmm: languages
    #  template_variables:
    #    use_subtitles: true

and now line 103. Since template_variables above is outdented too far, this list element isn't recognized, so the error gets tripped at line 103 column 7:

      - pmm: mediastinger
      ^

Then a couple lines later the same problem with outdenting the template_variables on line 105-115:

      - pmm: ratings
    template_variables:
      rating1: user
      rating1_image: rt_tomato

      rating2: critic
      rating2_image: imdb

      rating3: audience
      rating3_image: tmdb

      horizontal_position: right

      - pmm: resolution

The same problems exist in both the TV libraries, along with these that don't go here in lines 143-145:

    sync_mode: sync
    summary: Popular TV on Plex+
    collection_order: alpha

Those probably won't cause errors, but they don't belong there and no one will be looking for them, so whatever you're trying to do won't happen.

[silver ice]

Fixed

Thank you very much everybody !

I need to learn how to correct my spacings

[twin marten]

Use a yaml-aware editor as a first step.

[silver ice]

I was using vs code but I fixed it manually on nano… the errors aren’t clear on vs code

[loud ravine]

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[twin marten]

VSCode for me:

Perhaps you need to install a YAML extension for that.

[silver ice]

I get everything but the wiggly lines

The colors pop up when I choose yaml from the bottom, right

[twin marten]

might be this extension:

[silver ice]

Thank you very much 🙏🏼

[silver ice]

Now it is working. Much appreciated.!!!