PMM is creating duplicate automated TV collections for me | Kometa | Page 1

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 6:54 PM

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Not sure if related to TPDB going down but my PMM is creating duplicate automated TV collections for me each time I run it. Existing PMM automated collections are now showing as empty when opening.

icy vortexBOT Jan 8, 2024, 6:54 PM

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icy vortexBOT Jan 8, 2024, 6:54 PM

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rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 6:56 PM

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📎 meta.log

icy vortexBOT Jan 8, 2024, 6:56 PM

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**User Info**

Author of Linked Message: DrunkenColumbus
Person who Invoked the Command: DrunkenColumbus
File Name: meta.log

Table of Contents:
Page 01: User Info
Page 02: PMM Info
Page 03: PMM Summary Info
Page 04: PMM Config.yml YAML Validation ✅
Page 05: Plex Configuration - Section 1
Page 06: Plex Configuration - Section 2
Page 07: Plex Configuration - Section 3
Page 08: Rec 01 - ❌ [ERROR]
Page 09: Rec 02 - ❌ METADATA ATTRIBUTE ERRORS
Page 10: Rec 03 - ❌ METADATA LOAD ERRORS
Page 11: Rec 04 - ❌ TO BE CONFIGURED ERROR
Page 12: Rec 05 - ⚠️ [WARNING]

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📎 parsed_meta.log_config_DrunkenColumbus.yml

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 6:58 PM

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That's normally some form of Plex database corruption

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 6:58 PM

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not sure if related but the logs show 3 different hulu folders now too

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 6:58 PM

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Plex doesn't let two collections exist with the same name

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I'd try running DBRepair tool or something

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:00 PM

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wintry harness Plex doesn't let two collections exist with the same name

Operations were running fine before? Any tips on running DBRepair tool on Unraid or where to find it?

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shouldn't the PMM be replacing the collections as it runs too? I thought that's what it was doing pretty well up until recently

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I'm really bad/new at Unraid/commands, trying to figure out how to use the DBRepair tool for Unraid right now.

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:38 PM

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I've run a few checks and the databse seems fine

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everything else on plex seems to work fine too. Maybe it's a PMM config error?

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:39 PM

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Unfortunately no

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Plex does not allow two collections to exist with the same name

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If that's happening, there is an issue with Plex

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It should never create that second and third collection

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All PMM does is make API calls, Plex is responsible for saying "Hey, I already have a Hulu collection so I'll update that one"

Instead it's saying "cool let me create a Hulu collection", bypassing the check to see if one already exists

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:42 PM

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ughhhhhhhh

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:43 PM

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you have some issues with files/collections being called twice

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but that's not causing this

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:44 PM

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I tried to manually fix the database but came up with no errors

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https://github.com/ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair

GitHub

GitHub - ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair: Database repair utility for Plex Med...

Database repair utility for Plex Media Server databases - GitHub - ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair: Database repair utility for Plex Media Server databases

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brain too small to figure out how to use this with Unraid

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I can try Optimizing Database?

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:46 PM

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You can try it

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:46 PM

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ran it, duplicate collections are still around

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:47 PM

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It wouldn't automatically delete them

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you'd have to delete them and see if they're recreated

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:48 PM

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alright I'm gonna delete the duplicates > Optimize Database > run PMM

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then we'll see what happens

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no issues for the Movie collections i've had it automate for me either, only the Network related collections

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:51 PM

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wintry harness you'd have to delete them and see if they're recreated

unfortunately, it did not work

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original still shows up as blank, updated one without a poster is created again

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:52 PM

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i think this needs the DBRepair to see if that works

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If that fails, I would look to recreate the library

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:52 PM

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I know it's a lot to ask, but do you think you could help walk me through how to use DBRepair with Unraid?

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:52 PM

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Someone from the team might know how to set up DBRepair in Unraid

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@flat cliff maybe?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:53 PM

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I would definitely appreciate it

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I'm outta my depth here

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:54 PM

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He's a busy guy, might take him a little bit to respond

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:54 PM

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wintry harness It wouldn't automatically delete them

my question is, why is it only for a few Network TV collections and not ALL of them? my IMDB Popular collection is updated but not duplicated

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:54 PM

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Database corruption is a fickle thing 🙂

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:55 PM

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rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:57 PM

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wintry harness Database corruption is a fickle thing 🙂

when I ran this in the console, it came back with an "ok", so idk

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 7:58 PM

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Wazzup

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:58 PM

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Bonjour

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 7:58 PM

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Unraid stuff?

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:58 PM

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Setting up DBRepair within Unraid

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Any ideas?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 7:58 PM

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ezpz

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format everything

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lol

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 7:58 PM

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We have suspected database corruption

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duplicate collections

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rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:59 PM

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flat cliff format everything

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/659833063802535959/1110650641807839353/Tumblr_l_132685752160007.gif

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 7:59 PM

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right... so its so simple that its stupid

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but does take a little time

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 7:59 PM

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kittyHmm

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 7:59 PM

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its 1 file that you need to put into 1 folder

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then run it from within the container

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so where do you wanna start?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:00 PM

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start from the beginning I guess lol

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 8:00 PM

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so I was born in 1992

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:00 PM

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did you download the file?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:00 PM

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say I'm on a windows PC running things

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 8:00 PM

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oh

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that beginning

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:00 PM

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ok, I'll download the file

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w-which file?

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OpenEye

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DBRepair.sh?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:01 PM

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📎 DBRepair.sh

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:01 PM

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ok got it

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:02 PM

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drop that into the following directory

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i presume that you have a plex directory

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:03 PM

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a bit more into the files than yours but it should be here right?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:03 PM

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not there

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put it in the root of Plex-Media-Server

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:04 PM

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ok done

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:04 PM

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perfect...

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you know how to console into a container in unraid?

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In docker tab left-click on plex icon, choose >_Console

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:05 PM

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should I stop Plex while we do this or can it run?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:05 PM

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no. leave it on

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if its off, you cann ot interactively log into the container

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:05 PM

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alright console open

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:05 PM

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ls -al

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show me output

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:05 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:06 PM

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hmmm... cd config

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ls -al

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trying to find the DBRepair.sh

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:07 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:07 PM

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perfect

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chmod 777 DBRepair.sh

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ls -al and share

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:08 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:08 PM

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Perfect!!!
./DBRepair.sh

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and share screencap

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:09 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:09 PM

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case sensitive

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I fixed it above

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:10 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:10 PM

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select 1 and it will stop the PMS process ithint the container

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get a confirmation that it is STOPPED

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then choose 2

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:12 PM

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okay gimme a sec to let someone know that it's gonna stop

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alright stopping

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alright

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it's doing its thing

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:13 PM

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2

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:13 PM

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yeah I did 2, it's running

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:14 PM

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flat cliff 2

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everything looks... okay?

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I did SQLite earlier and got an OK too.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:15 PM

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yup

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7

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to restart pms

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wait for confirmation that PMS is started

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:16 PM

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ok it's Started

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:16 PM

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type exit

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:16 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:16 PM

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and then exit again to exit the console to the PLEX container

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:17 PM

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Y/N?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:17 PM

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Y

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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ok exited

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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back over to you @wintry harness

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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so the database is fine?

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not a database issue?

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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now turn off your computer

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don't turn it back on

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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hahaha

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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problem solved, keep the computer off

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😄

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/857421277664247828/1098688412996870175/image0.gif

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 8:18 PM

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rich widget so the database is fine?

It says it made repairs

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So now delete the collections

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and run PMM a couple times

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see if Plex is still being a little sh*t

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:19 PM

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alright standby

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should I remove the old collections too?

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let it run fresh?

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 8:20 PM

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yes

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:20 PM

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says 21 items but nothing shows up when I open it

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alight, I'll delete all the TV PMM collections

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wtf

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I'm suffering

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:23 PM

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looks normal to me

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check the pms logs

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:23 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:23 PM

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are you getting the Busy DB Sleeping 200ms

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 8:24 PM

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the console in the plex server settings.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:24 PM

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it would also show in the log they shared

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but id also look at the logs in PMS server as other stuff might be posted there

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 8:25 PM

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I've never seen that in the docker logs.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:25 PM

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queue unraid yu scamp image

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 8:25 PM

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Huh.

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:25 PM

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yeah not getting Busy DB at all

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I can't even open TV Shows in Plex now

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:26 PM

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hmmm

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:26 PM

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situation has gone from bad to worse 😭

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:27 PM

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most of this is not making much sense to be honest

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:27 PM

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playing media works tho

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:27 PM

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how do you currently play media that is in TV Shows?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:27 PM

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from the Home page

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:28 PM

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your previous statements seem contradictory

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:28 PM

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I can switch between Home and Movies with no issue, but get slapped with the Something Went Wrong as soon as I try opening TV Shows

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:28 PM

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you may need to recreate your TV Shows library

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:29 PM

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bunSad2

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 8:29 PM

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Try Creating a TV Shows2 library

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and point to the same folder

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 8:30 PM

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ok

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we're getting there

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it's loading in the shows right now

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would rolling back the database be a solution?

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gonna lose a lot of work if I create the TV Shows library from scratch again

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but yeah @flat cliff, creating TV Shows2 works and TV Shows (original) doesn't

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stopping TV Shows2, taking up a lot of CPU for a troubleshooting step

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UPDATE: Restarting the Plex container fixes it, but it immediately reverts to not being able to load as soon as I try to delete a single one of the misbehaving collections

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Collections that are causing Plex to crash now are identifiable via Mobile btw. They have a square shape instead of the standard poster size

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christ, this is maddening

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Ok. Is there a way to delete this broken collections without doing it from the Plex UI (which crashes every time I attempt it)?

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the only affected collections are ones that PMM manages.

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/857421277664247828/1072620536380796949/image0.gif

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 9:20 PM

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never ever seen this before

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square icons

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phone works but not elsewhere

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delete teh collections by manually selecting them in plex and deleting them

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but if you cannot get to TV SHows, not sure how you can select the collection tab

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to then select the collections to delete

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pmm run with -dc will delete all collections

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ALL

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 9:24 PM

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flat cliff delete teh collections by manually selecting them in plex and deleting them

Opening up the context menu for the corrupted collections immediately crashes the instance

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 9:24 PM

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you can try and restore a backup

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not sure how you ended up here and in this state

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restore seems like the proper course

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or try using pMM to delete those collections

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 9:37 PM

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flat cliff or try using pMM to delete those collections

is there a way to delete ONLY the TV Network collections and not ALL the collections? (Via PMM?)

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 9:38 PM

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Not that I can think of

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How good are you with python?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 9:40 PM

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terrible

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gonna try to restore database

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 9:40 PM

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Maybe this? https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/config/operations/?h=delete#operation-blocks

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But there is nothing that I can think of that says in pmm delete this 1 collection

flat estuary Jan 8, 2024, 9:41 PM

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delete_collections_named

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You can use that attribute

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 9:42 PM

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Others may know

flat estuary Jan 8, 2024, 9:42 PM

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To delete collections

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 9:42 PM

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Oh heck

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1 specific collection

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TIL

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@rich widget

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https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/files/settings/?h=delete_collections_named

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 9:45 PM

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So what I did was restore from a database backup from a few days ago

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and immediately delete all my PMM collections for TV

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this worked immediately

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running PMM again to see if the problem occurs again

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if it does, then it's 100% a PMM issue

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all Network and TMDB collections deleted

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https://tenor.com/view/jack-nicholson-yes-nod-agree-gif-9864414

Tenor

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now running again to see if duplicates pop up

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actually not sure why posters are not popping up for a lot of them

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not just a TPDB issue, it's a "these were the same collections that got corrupted last time" issue

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okay, it's replicable @flat estuary @flat cliff

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it's definitely something in my config that's corrupting the database every time

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 9:58 PM

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How do we know db is not corrupted before you start?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 9:58 PM

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because the only issue are the hyper specific PMM collections and every time I delete everything and run PMM again, they're the same collections that get created and corrupted all over again

icy vortexBOT Jan 8, 2024, 10:00 PM

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The following was shared by @rich widget and was automatically redacted by Luma as it may have contained sensitive information.

If you feel this message should not have been redacted, resend it with !noredact in your message to avoid redaction.

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📎 config.yml

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The following was shared by @rich widget and was automatically redacted by Luma as it may have contained sensitive information.

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:00 PM

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📎 TV.yml

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please review my configs again and see if something is off

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it has to be the issue

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:01 PM

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So if we take your tv.yml and use it in our Plex, corruption will happen?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:02 PM

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"corruption" is a strong word, but it definitely causes an error that makes it difficult to delete collections without a "Something went wrong" error

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every time

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until the culprit is specificly identified, I've restored from an older database and disabled PMM

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:03 PM

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Version of Plex ?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:03 PM

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4.116.1

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:03 PM

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Server version

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Not client

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:07 PM

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flat cliff Server version

1.32.8.7639

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:09 PM

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Perfect I think I am already running that version

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Can you share how you call TV.yml?

midnight basinBOT Jan 8, 2024, 10:10 PM

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rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:13 PM

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flat cliff Can you share how you call TV.yml?

explain

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the file name is already shown above

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:22 PM

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How are you running this file within your config.yml file.

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You gave me the file but I want to replicate how you run it

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Hence my request for a redacted config.yml

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I will just run it as is with my test library

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 10:29 PM

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There's a redacted config above

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:30 PM

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Ahhh k

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Literally the message above and I did not scroll high enough

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:39 PM

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I'll be glad to run PMM again once I/we can figure out what kind of redundancy or error is written into the config files here

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just too frustrating to keep restoring my database over and over again to pinpoint it

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:41 PM

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I'm still running

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Can you share what I should look for once it completes or the repro steps?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:44 PM

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(1) run PMM at least twice or three times in a row

above screenshot shows broken collections for me
(2) See if duplicate collections show up. Try to open collections that show up as square in the screenshot below(they won't be square for you, but these are the ones that gave me issue)
(3) attempt to delete the problematic collections
(4) crash with "Something went wrong" as soon as the context menu opens up for a problematic collection

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luckily I have lots of database backups so I didn't lose much to fix things. But I lost literal hours trying to troubleshoot. For now I'm happy with PMM disabled until the problem can be pinpointed,.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:47 PM

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📎 meta.log

icy vortexBOT Jan 8, 2024, 10:47 PM

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**Plex Configuration** - Section 1

Using Asset Directory: \NZWHS01\appdata\Plex-Meta-Manager\assets
Connected to server NZWHS01 version 1.32.6.7557-1cf77d501
Running on Linux version 6.1.64-Unraid
Plex DB cache setting: 2048 MB
PlexPass: True on Public update channel.
Scheduled maintenance running between 2:00 and 5:00
Connected to library TestTV Shows
Type: Show
Agent: tv.plex.agents.series
Scanner: Plex TV Series
Ratings Source: N/A
TestTV Shows Library Connection Successful

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📎 parsed_meta.log_config_bullmoose.yml

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:48 PM

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collections that got borked for me were: Apple TV+, Disney+, FX, HBO, HULU, NETFLIX, and PRIME

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:48 PM

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I am actually on a slightly earlier version of Plex... just noticed

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:48 PM

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monkaThink pmm

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:49 PM

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Ok. So run 1 is done. Now I need to run it again

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So I understand, can you take a screenshot of what your Plex looks like now after the restore? If it's somewhere in this thread, please link it?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:53 PM

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back to normal

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icons are custom btw

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:54 PM

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As well the message here states to look for duplicates... #1193991180615172348 message. It the image has no duplicates showing, correct?

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rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:54 PM

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have you only run it twice?

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no duplicate collections have appeared?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:54 PM

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It's still running second time

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FYI, what do you mean by custom icons?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:55 PM

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flat cliff FYI, what do you mean by custom icons?

TPDB

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which means that they won't have icons when you run it on your end

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:55 PM

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rich widget collections that got borked for me were: Apple TV+, Disney+, FX, HBO, HULU, NETF...

these are the collections to expect no posters for

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 10:55 PM

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So all those poster images are coming from tpdb?

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 10:56 PM

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only for the ones I just mentioned

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the rest draw from a github

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:02 PM

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Yup I can repro

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Happened to me

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Square icons

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:03 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/michael-scott-the-office-thank-you-gif-4688221

Tenor

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:04 PM

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flat cliff Square icons

not just square icons tho right? Failure to open/delete certain collections?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:17 PM

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I haven't tried to delete yet

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Was running pmm a 3rd time

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📎 meta.log 📎 meta.log.1

icy vortexBOT Jan 8, 2024, 11:19 PM

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flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:20 PM

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so my last 3 runs

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wanna make sure idocument

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rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:26 PM

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flat cliff

At this rate you’ll have the same number of HBO collections as HBO streaming services attempts in the last 10 years lmao

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:26 PM

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Now phone images

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:27 PM

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Somehow on mobile it KNOWS which ones are broken and they show as square

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:27 PM

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After six runs I have no duplicates.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:27 PM

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Interesting how the web client does not seem to show the square icons

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Chaz, version of Plex for you is 1.29 or are you testing on something else?

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:29 PM

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This server running 1.32.8.7639

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:30 PM

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Ok so same as DrunkenColumbus

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:30 PM

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hove now run a few more times with no problems.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:30 PM

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Gonna try and delete the strange collections via Plex web client

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:31 PM

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First run created these 16 and they have remained.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:33 PM

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Unraid issue maybe?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:33 PM

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Holy cow

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When I delete the collections with 4 pics, delete worked

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:34 PM

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What's the minimum config to reproduce this? I can do a couple quick runs on my end

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:34 PM

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As soon as I clicked on the first Disney one, top left, immediate crash. Plex is ded

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:34 PM

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I just referenced the linked TV.yml into my regular pmm-test-config.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:34 PM

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ty

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:34 PM

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None of my libraries are visible

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All report something went wrong

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:35 PM

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hotio container?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:35 PM

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Yes

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:35 PM

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@rich widget also hotio container?

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I'm using official.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:36 PM

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FYI, my test library already had my kitchen sink config applied.... then I ran DrunkenColumbus tv.yml

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And I already had the collections that then became dupes

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:37 PM

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did a run with -dc, then two without after that, still fine.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:40 PM

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So I'm in no ways trying to skirt around this issue

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But if you aren't doing any Sonarr things, wouldn't it be quicker for you to use smart filters on the network? And they would auto-update as you add new media.

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rather than having to parse network lists from tmdb?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:41 PM

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First run was hell

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Second was a minute

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After cache kicked in

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:42 PM

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boreal arch I'm using official.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:42 PM

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flat cliff Second was a minute

For sure, it just seems wildly inefficient to use tmdb networks

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:42 PM

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rich widget

OK, so not correlated with a specific image.

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:42 PM

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So Plex recovered

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:43 PM

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boreal arch OK, so not correlated with a specific image.

Both users are on unraid? are you?

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:43 PM

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I am not. This is ubuntu.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:43 PM

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So maybe an ubuntu web server issue?

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:43 PM

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I went back, deleted two with the 4 posters images and that worked

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:43 PM

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wintry harness But if you aren't doing any Sonarr things, wouldn't it be quicker for you to use...

Initially/ideally I wanted it for Streaming services, but I couldn't get it to work so I settled on Network instead

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:43 PM

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rich widget Initially/ideally I wanted it for Streaming services, but I couldn't get it to w...

We can come back to this after 🙂

flat cliff Jan 8, 2024, 11:43 PM

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If I click on the select for the other square logo ones... immediate crash

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:44 PM

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Generally speaking square logos are reserved for playlists, so that is wild behaviour

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:44 PM

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I'm not totally upset about it either since by Network seems more reliably categorized

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:44 PM

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We can discuss moving over to smart filters once we iron this out 🙂

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:44 PM

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plus I want the IMDB popular and trending collections too

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:45 PM

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I would actually be interested in seeing if a Smart Filter version of this produces the same crash

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:45 PM

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I actually highly doubt it

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:45 PM

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So do I for some reason

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I'm on HGTV on my first run

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:45 PM

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besides, I'd rather have PMM be the automator of these things than have to do a Smart Collection for every. single. network.

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that's the whole point of PMM

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:46 PM

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rich widget besides, I'd rather have PMM be the automator of these things than have to do a ...

you can choose what networks you want and have PMM make them🙂

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:46 PM

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wintry harness you can choose what networks you want and have PMM make them🙂

after I disabled PMM, they all show as Smart Filters now. Interesting.

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lost my IMDB collection for TV tho

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:47 PM

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The ones that PMM created for me from your YML are all smart collections from the get-go.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:47 PM

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they're Smart Label collections

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:48 PM

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they had a gray gear icon before, now they're purple

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idk if that makes sense

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you can scroll up and compare

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:48 PM

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I see that in your screenshots yeah

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Can't explain that 😄

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:48 PM

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we got 3 moderators in this chat and still scratching our heads lmao

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hayoulol

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:50 PM

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rich widget lost my IMDB collection for TV tho

That file you provided doesn't have an IMDB collection in it, so I'm not sure what this means.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:50 PM

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They have - pmm: imdb

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:51 PM

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OK so that seems totally expected.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:52 PM

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I'm at Prime Video

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God this takes a long time

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:52 PM

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I also don't get the talk about switching to smart labels; the existing TV.yml is all smart labels.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:52 PM

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boreal arch I also don't get the talk about switching to smart labels; the existing `TV.yml`...

I meant switching away from smart labels

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:52 PM

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I have a notably much smaller library than most, and have mine set to ignore any networks for which there are not a minimum of 3 items

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:53 PM

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and doing

smart_filter:
  all:
    network: <<network>>

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so that you don't have to reach out to TMDb at all

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:53 PM

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Ah.

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:53 PM

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avoids all of this parsing malarky

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:53 PM

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wintry harness avoids all of this parsing malarky

if y'all can troubleshoot my configs, maybe you can make that adjustment?

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would be much obliged

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:53 PM

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Yeah we want to work this out first I think

boreal arch Jan 8, 2024, 11:54 PM

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I, for one, can't reproduce any problems.

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:54 PM

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also I really miss TPDB, hope they get their site fixed soon

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:54 PM

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I'm sure they'll find a solution 🙂

rich widget Jan 8, 2024, 11:55 PM

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boreal arch I, for one, can't reproduce any problems.

Maybe it means its an Unraid issue? but yet also not bound by which Plex image is used?

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makes no sense

wintry harness Jan 8, 2024, 11:57 PM

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Both plex images (hotio/plexinc) would use the same/similar underlying "base" image, right?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:05 AM

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perhaps

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:05 AM

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Same tags in docker

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:05 AM

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I really don't know if the image is to blame since the config files reproduced the issue

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but anything's possible I guess

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:06 AM

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The only common denominator right now we're aware of is that both of you are on unraid

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:06 AM

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I have been using the kitchen sink config forever and never saw this until I ran your tv.yml against it

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:07 AM

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there's not even a lot of stuff in the TV.yml either

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maybe it's the config.yml?

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is the Sync Mode right?

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:08 AM

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I don't like being defensive but I don't see any way right now how this can be a PMM issue

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all PMM is doing is making API calls

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If the API call is invalid, Plex would reject it
Plex is accepting those API calls, and something internal to Plex is then causing it to start causing these issues

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That's my take on it anyway

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:09 AM

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Check that out

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It does not crash server

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:10 AM

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wintry harness I don't like being defensive but I don't see any way right now how this can be a...

yeah not attacking PMM in any way, just think I might've made some kind of error in the config files by doing things myself

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:10 AM

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Web client goes dumb dumb until you hit f5 to refresh, log back in and try to delete and it will crash

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:10 AM

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This isn't something you've "done" from what I'm seeing

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You've likely discovered a bug

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The exact reproduction steps right now are unclear

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I would be interested in chopping down that TV.yml to see if it happens if you have say 2 networks

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:12 AM

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I will attempt a run with -dc to try and kill the offending collections

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:13 AM

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first run is done

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:14 AM

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wintry harness first run is done

keep it rolling, run it 3 times to be sure

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:14 AM

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yup

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I'm on the Beta plex FWIW

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:14 AM

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you don't think the TPDB going down affects the way the config is set up do you?

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this issue is shockingly very recent

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:14 AM

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No, I don't see that having any involvement

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PMM will just say "I can't find that image"

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run 2 complete

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:15 AM

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seeing these collections with 1 item in them, I see you're trying it without the config.yml

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:16 AM

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None of your collections have 0 items

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:16 AM

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I have a small test library

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run 3

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:16 AM

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Same with Chaz

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:16 AM

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that's looking mighty finger pointy at the config.yml

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TV.yml should be OK

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:17 AM

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Yeah... until you end up with collections with 0 items, I don't think the repro happens

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:17 AM

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I think that's part of the problem - you're not "meant" to have 0 item collections

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:18 AM

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when you say "collections with 0 items" could you elaborate?

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the only collection 0 items I have is this one and it's a "divider" or something as part of the config

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:19 AM

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Look at the square icons in my photos and yours... how many items in them?

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:19 AM

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I've run separator_award to force 0 items

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ran it 3 times

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no issues

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I can't open the award separator because it has 0 items in it

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but it doesn't cause any other issues

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:20 AM

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Try to navigate to other pages without hitting F5

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:20 AM

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no issues

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I can open movies

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go back to collections

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:20 AM

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the Network Collections separator didn't seem to give me an issues when I was experiencing things

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I was able to freely switch between Home and Movies though

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:21 AM

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Again... did you see my images and yours... the square icons have 0 items

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:21 AM

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so

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odd behaviour

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:21 AM

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Btw, ram with -dc and collections were deleted

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Rerunning now

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:21 AM

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was that with or without the config file? just the TV.yml?

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:21 AM

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if I open the 0 items collection via the Plex Web client:

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if I open it via my server URL:

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:22 AM

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rich widget was that with or without the config file? just the TV.yml?

You cannot run PMM without a config file

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:22 AM

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wintry harness if I open it via my server URL:

on the server URL, does it crash when you click the 3 dots?

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:22 AM

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I don't think it's related but yeah

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:22 AM

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rich widget on the server URL, does it crash when you click the 3 dots?

no

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:22 AM

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flat cliff You cannot run PMM without a config file

not saying he ran it entirely without one, just whether it was the one I provided

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 12:23 AM

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rich widget not saying he ran it entirely without one, just whether it was the one I provide...

No

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I used my own config.yml

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:23 AM

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monkaThink

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:23 AM

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That's after two runs.

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Now that I deleted all collections and reran, I cannot repro

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And those have items in them so I was able to delete in Plex web client

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:25 AM

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flat cliff Now that I deleted all collections and reran, I cannot repro

I think having duplicates to begin with was part of what made it crash when trying to delete

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without the duplicates might be a different behvaior

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:25 AM

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rich widget not saying he ran it entirely without one, just whether it was the one I provide...

I used mine and cannot repro again... trying to repro after I ran with -dc

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:26 AM

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rich widget I think having duplicates to begin with was part of what made it crash when tryi...

A web client crash is not the same as a server crash

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I have not seen the server crash

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:26 AM

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wintry harness I used my own config.yml

that might be why it's not repro for you

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:26 AM

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My uptime is good on the container

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:26 AM

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flat cliff I have not seen the server crash

my web client always crashed, I don't think my server crashed either tbh

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:27 AM

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Ok. So this is not the same type of critical issue that I thought

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I am on my third run

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:27 AM

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flat cliff Ok. So this is not the same type of critical issue that I thought

replacing the database file with an older backup always fixed it for me too. Whether that's directly related or not idk

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 12:28 AM

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I will them make my config look a little more like yours to try and repro

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I did not have to restore any db

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I simply deleted the collections and let pmm finish what it did and that's what you saw above in my second video

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So after three runs, I cannot repro from a fresh -dc run

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I will now add what you have in your config to mine and test again

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 12:30 AM

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also

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please try to open the collections to verify the shows are actually inside

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had the Netflix one say it had 22 items but opening it was a blank box

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tho that was again an instance where it had a duplicate made

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 1:07 AM

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I need to repro the issue again...

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I'm running with similar configuration to yours

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    - file: config/metadata/TV.yml
    - pmm: network
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 1:35 AM

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I cannot repro

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Notice how duplicates won't get created...

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Gonna. Or try to repro with my full config and your tv.yml

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Against my test library

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 1:39 AM

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flat cliff I'm running with similar configuration to yours

You keep referring to a "similar" config, did you copy all the settings too?

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rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 1:40 AM

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after Music and before Webhooks*

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 1:43 AM

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No. I already repro'd it once. Trying again.

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With my config

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 3:00 AM

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still cant repro again

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how many collections do you have in the tv shows?

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 3:21 AM

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I still cant repro it again

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 3:23 AM

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20 managed by PMM

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9 made by me

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 4:20 AM

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Can you offload those 9 or make them PMM managed so that you can perform a -dc on TV Shows and fix this issue for you?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:30 AM

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flat cliff Can you offload those 9 or make them PMM managed so that you can perform a -dc o...

What’s the best way to “offload” 9 collections?

midnight basinBOT Jan 9, 2024, 5:32 AM

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Chazlarson GitHub Repo

Need some cool scripts? Check out chazlarson's repo at: https://github.com/chazlarson/Media-Scripts

See the repo for current offerings, which may vary from this list.

Plex scripts:
:one: user-emails.py - extract user emails from your shares
:two: reset-posters-tmdb.py - reset all artwork in a library to TMDB default
:three: reset-posters-plex.py - reset all artwork in a library to Plex default
:four: grab-all-posters.py - grab some or all of the artwork for a library from plex
:five: grab-all-status.py - grab watch status for all users all libraries from plex
:six: apply-all-status.py - apply watch status for all users all libraries to plex from the file emitted by the previous script
:seven: show-all-playlists.py - Show contents of all user playlists
:eight: delete-collections.py - delete most or all collections from one or more libraries
:nine: refresh-metadata.py - Refresh metadata individually on items in a library

Plex-Meta Manager scripts
:one: extract_collections.py - extract collections from a library
:two: pmm_trakt_auth.py - generate trakt auth block for PMM config.yml
:three: pmm_mal_auth.py - generate mal auth block for PMM config.yml

TMDB scripts
:one: tmdb-people.py - retrieve TMDB images for a list of people

It's only typing... :tm: chazlarson

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:33 AM

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He has lots of stuff that might help

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 2:56 PM

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Ah shit, I’m bad with python. I’m not sure how to install the scripts

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 2:57 PM

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the readme gives a step by step.

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 3:16 PM

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modified my config to match yours [except for radarr and sonarr since they aren't being used, and I didn't add the two libraries that aren't being used]. Will see if that has any effect.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 3:42 PM

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clone repo
Install requirements with pip install -r requirements.txt [I'd suggest doing this in a virtual environment]
cd to desired directory
Copy .env.example to .env
Edit .env to suit

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These are instructions for someone who fully understands how to use python

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What does -dc do again?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 3:59 PM

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it deletes all collections at the start of the run. ALL collections, not just PMM-created collections. Every last one.

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What platform are you on?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 3:59 PM

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Unraid

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 4:00 PM

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Oh, that's right. I could give you instructions for any other platform but unraid makes simple things like "run a python script" way more painful. Can you run it on another computer?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 4:52 PM

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boreal arch Oh, that's right. I could give you instructions for any other platform but unra...

Let me ask you, does exporting the collections export their poster images too or only the names of the shows that belong in each collection?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:02 PM

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rich widget Let me ask you, does exporting the collections export their poster images too or...

Covered in the readme:
https://github.com/chazlarson/Media-Scripts/tree/main/Plex-Meta-Manager#extract_collectionspy

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:04 PM

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Yes or no?

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I really really don't want to delete my collections (i.e. lose all their custom posters) to fix an issue that only occurs with PMM, especially with TPDB being down indefinitely

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:11 PM

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It will generate something like this for each collection:

collections:
  ABC:
    sort_title: +++_ABC
    url_poster: ./config/TV Shows - 4K-artwork/ABC.png
    summary: A collection of ABC content
    collection_order: release
    plex_search:
      any:
        title:
          - Twin Peaks
          - Strange World
          - Designated Survivor
          - The Good Doctor

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:13 PM

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rich widget Yes or no?

There is other information in the docs that you may find valuable which is why I'm pointing to it.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:17 PM

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boreal arch Oh, that's right. I could give you instructions for any other platform but unra...

Run what on another computer, the Collection extraction?

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I maybe could?

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I access my server via my windows PC

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:17 PM

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on windows:
Install Python
Install git

Those two steps are covered in the PMM local walkthrough

then, using Powershell:

clone repo

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/chazlarson/Media-Scripts.git
cd Media-Scripts

Install requirements with pip install -r requirements.txt [I'd suggest doing this in a virtual environment]
Create the virtual environment:

python -m venv pmm-venv

Install requirements:

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

cd to desired directory

cd Plex-Meta-Manager

Copy .env.example to .env

copy .env.example .env

Edit .env to suit

notepad .env

Refer to the readme for required settings.

For this script, all that should matter are:

PLEX_URL=https://plex.domain.tld             # URL for Plex; can be a domain or IP:PORT
PLEX_TOKEN=PLEX-TOKEN

Save the file, then

python extract_collections.py

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:18 PM

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I gotta install python on windows right?

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wait who was our Unraid expert? was it @flat cliff

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:24 PM

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install on windows as Chaz mentions

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this is not an Unraid thing

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:24 PM

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gotcha, installing Python and GIT now

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:24 PM

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and Chaz has scripts that will pull selected posters for ALL of your libraries so you have a copy of those.

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i was never able to repro the issue again last night or this morning. I must have run pmm 40 times

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:28 PM

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First run with your config [or as close as I can come]:

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:32 PM

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yup... no dupes and no 0 item collections other than the separators

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since my -dc run last night, i was unable to repro and get the same as you

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which is why the recommendation is to export out his collections (non-PMM created at a minimum) and then do a -dc run

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:34 PM

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second run no change

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:36 PM

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boreal arch on windows: Install Python Install git Those two steps are covered in the PMM l...

how do I know if it worked after python extract_collections.py

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:37 PM

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It should have created a bunch of new files and downloaded a bunch of images.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:37 PM

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not sure if that last part is right

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ModuleNOtFoundError: No module named 'helpers'

midnight basinBOT Jan 9, 2024, 5:39 PM

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Have you installed all your python requirements?
Did you remember to do that with your python virtual environment if applicable?
If you followed our walkthough guides, then its within your pmm-venv.

Generally the following works after you activate your python venv:
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Alternatively, if you see this:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

You will also likely need to perform the following command under the activated python venv:
python -m pip install setuptools

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:39 PM

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Oh, whoops.

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copy ..\Plex\helpers.py .

then try it again.

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Or

git pull

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:41 PM

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ok it got further

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boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:42 PM

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The script is making a request to download the image based on information that Plex gave it; Plex is responding "Don't have one of those"

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Try leaving the slash off the end of your Plex URL

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:44 PM

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boreal arch Try leaving the slash off the end of your Plex URL

https://tenor.com/view/its-working-anakin-skywalker-starwars-gif-4777331

Tenor

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:46 PM

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give it some time.... 😉

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once you have it... you will be pleased... 😉

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:46 PM

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no I think it's stuck

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something not found

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:50 PM

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That's another flavor of the same thing.

script: "Hey Plex, what's the URL to the image for this collection?"
Plex: "It's /whatever/whatever/1234"
script: "OK can I have /whatever/whatever/1234 please?"
Plex: "I don't have such a thing."

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:51 PM

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WhatNow

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not sure what to edit in the notepad here

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:52 PM

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There's nothing you can do to address it.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:52 PM

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WhatNow WhatNow WhatNow

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:52 PM

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What would be reasonable/expected in this case in your opinion?

Should the script just continue without an image?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:52 PM

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there has to be something

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utils.py not found?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:53 PM

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I don't understand what you mean by that.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:53 PM

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it's in the screenshot

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:53 PM

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That error is not saying that utils.py is not found.

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It's saying that on line 440 of utils.py, the server returned a "not found" response to a request.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:55 PM

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why did it work for Movies but not TV Shows?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:56 PM

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rich widget why did it work for Movies but not TV Shows?

You'd have to ask the Plex Server. The script is just asking Plex for a thing.

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Does the relevant collection in Plex have a poster?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:57 PM

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that might be it

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:57 PM

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i think that script should continue CHaz

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:57 PM

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IMDB Popular collection lost its poster when I disabled PMM

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:58 PM

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log the error and continue as there culd be others that are valid

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:58 PM

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Then that's the source of the error.

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Should it export the YAML without the image? or skip the collection entirely?

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 5:58 PM

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btw, is grab_all_posters.py a better option here? I forget if you do collections in GAP.py

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 5:59 PM

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we got 4% further!

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 5:59 PM

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flat cliff btw, is grab_all_posters.py a better option here? I forget if you do collections...

It will grab the art but not the collection definition.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:00 PM

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just gonna delete all these Network collections, I think them not having actual poster files is breaking the thing

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:00 PM

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That's exactly what's breaking it.

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As a dumb analogy:
"Hey, mom, do you have a measuring cup?"
"yes, it's in the first cupboard"
"Can I have the measuring cup from the first cupboard?"
"There's no measuring cup in the first cupboard"

You can't ask any differently to get that measuring cup.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:00 PM

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That did it

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:00 PM

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The script doesn't deal with that currently.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:00 PM

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100% x2

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bcaThumbsUpYes

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 6:01 PM

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i forgot that he was looking for yml defs

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:01 PM

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alright so everything is done, what's the next move?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:01 PM

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Have you taken a look to verify that what fell out is what you expect?

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before you delete anything from plex?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:03 PM

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what fell out? you mean the collections that were causing issues?

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yeah, deleting all the Network collections i.e. 99% of the PMM's TV collections fixed the extraction process

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we're 100% 100%

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:04 PM

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I mean the yaml files and images that were produced by that script.

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Do you have a library named "Movies 4K"? If not, that's what's happening there.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:07 PM

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ok let me delete that from the pad and try again

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Ok it's all done with no errors

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rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:10 PM

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boreal arch I mean the yaml files and images that were produced by that script.

dumb question but how do I see these?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:12 PM

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rich widget dumb question but how do I see these?

The script creates a config directory next to itself that contains them.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:13 PM

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err, how do I find that

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jk found it

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:16 PM

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boreal arch Have you taken a look to verify that what fell out is what you expect?

Everything is as expected

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maybe one or two like this

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:20 PM

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Are those referenced in the relevante YAML?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:20 PM

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yea

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:21 PM

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where? Trying to sort out where these no-extension files are coming from.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:22 PM

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boreal arch where? Trying to sort out where these no-extension files are coming from.

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:22 PM

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Ah, I have to escape special characters.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:23 PM

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you mean I should delete all colons and run the extraction again?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:24 PM

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I should deal with it in the script, but that would be one way.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:28 PM

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it worked for about 99% of everything

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just one poster that isn't cooperating but I can live with that

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Let's move past it

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ok adding a fresh poster to that collection fixed it

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we're good

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How do I run the -dc command and finish out this fix attempt?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:44 PM

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add -dc to the end of the command you're using to run PMM.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:45 PM

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python plex_meta_manager.py -r -dc look alright?

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ok running

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running again and again, no dupes so far! @boreal arch

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how do I restore the extracted collections from earlier?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:53 PM

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You'd add those generated file[s] to your config.

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Copy the contents of config over to your PMM config dir, then add:

libraries:
  Movies:
    collection_files:
      - file: config/Movies-existing.yml
...

and run PMM.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:55 PM

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also is there a reason why the last half of those collections aren't alphabetical with the rest of them?

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I didn't notice before but they seem to have their own organization label that's different

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM

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Last half of what collections?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM

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boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM

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my screenshot?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:56 PM

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Apple TV+ was traditionally to the right after Adult Swim

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:57 PM

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The collections that the defaults create have a sort-title pattern that puts them in that order.
The ones below aren't using that same pattern, and so are sorting elsewhere.

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You may find this useful, which demonstrates the concepts:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lv5wjmPoM7g5HIo2oXnb04-D-7S_dJB6GSUZppX8sC4/edit?usp=drive_link

Google Docs

Collection Ordering in Plex Meta Manager

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 6:58 PM

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rich widget Apple TV+ was traditionally to the right after Adult Swim

Comparing the sort_titles on those two will reveal what's going on.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 6:58 PM

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rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:00 PM

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boreal arch Copy the contents of `config` over to your PMM config dir, then add: ``` librari...

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:00 PM

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There you go. ABC is showing the PMM defaults pattern; if you want to insert your own into that you'll need to follwo that pattern.

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:01 PM

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rich widget

can't offer anything based on that. What's in your config?

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Can you provide the log?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:01 PM

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is this how you wanted me to add collection_files?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:02 PM

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those three dots were supposed to indicate "and so on for the rest of the files the script created"

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they don't go in your config.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:03 PM

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LOL whoops I didn't see I copied those over

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:03 PM

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If you haven't switched to collection_files then just put the file references under metadata_path

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I can't edit it for you since you've provided a screenshot and not the log.

icy vortexBOT Jan 9, 2024, 7:04 PM

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The following was shared by @rich widget and was automatically redacted by Luma as it may have contained sensitive information.

If you feel this message should not have been redacted, resend it with !noredact in your message to avoid redaction.

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📎 config.yml

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The following was shared by @rich widget and was automatically redacted by Luma as it may have contained sensitive information.

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:06 PM

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libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
    - file: config/Movies.yml
    - file: config/Movies-existing.yml
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        item_radarr_tag_popular: popular
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
  TV Shows:
    metadata_path:
    - file: config/TV.yml
    - file: config/TV Shows-existing.yml
    - pmm: network
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:08 PM

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got it, made the modifications and running PMM now

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:08 PM

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boreal arch There you go. ABC is showing the PMM defaults pattern; if you want to insert yo...

how do I change that in the config?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:09 PM

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You'd set it in the collection definition or template.

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details are in that article I linked to, with a bunch of examples.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:13 PM

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this was suggested yesterday too

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:15 PM

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That's got nothing to do with the sorting.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:16 PM

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You are correct

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it's a separate suggestion

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UPDATE: PMM is taking a very long time for each collection but getting an Unknown Error after each single collection

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boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:17 PM

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Oh, that appears to be a problem with the script, which obviously you are one of the first people to use.

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Open those YAML files in an editor and change all url_poster to file_poster

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:18 PM

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exhaustedpepe

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ok

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:19 PM

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Or git pull and run v0.0.5

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:20 PM

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replaced url_poster with file_poster

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:20 PM

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That should address it

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:21 PM

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ok running

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Good News: the collections have returned!
Bad News: It can't find the poster image files

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:23 PM

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Ah, dang slashes

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:23 PM

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boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:24 PM

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I should rewrite that to use assets.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:32 PM

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boreal arch Ah, dang slashes

I don't suppose there's anything I can do to fix that other than go in manually poster-by-poster?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:33 PM

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rich widget I don't suppose there's anything I can do to fix that other than go in manually ...

It's probably two search-replaces.

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find ./config\Movies-Artwork\ replace with config/Movies-Artwork/
The again for the TV one.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:35 PM

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in which file?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:36 PM

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the two YAML files the script produced.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:36 PM

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got it

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:41 PM

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boreal arch It's probably two search-replaces.

it did not work

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FIXED: The config looks for the path Movies-Artwork when the default folder names spit out by the extractor are Movies-artwork. The uppercase/lowercase makes all the difference.

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also for some reason, it searches Movie Collections all over again while running the TV Collections YAML

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it seems like all the Movie collection data is copied into TV Shows-existing.yml too

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:51 PM

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Thanks, will address those.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:51 PM

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running the existing-movies all over again while running existing-shows makes PMM take twice as long

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If I remove the -existing metadata path for Movies and TV shows to make PMM run faster, will it remove the Collections I brought back?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 7:53 PM

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PMM does not remove anything unless told to specifically, so no.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 7:58 PM

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perfect

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You did it

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you helped fixed this entire case

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I've run PMM multiple multiple times now and no dupes

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Huge thank you to all the Mods who hopped into here and helped me with my issue

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this is looking like one of the lengthiest posts in #1006644783743258635

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rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 8:12 PM

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wintry harness and doing ``` smart_filter: all: network: <<network>> ```

Can you show me how to implement this part that you mentioned yesterday?

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just the top of TV.yml?

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https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/show/network.html

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the wiki is unavailable for the Network page

wintry harness Jan 9, 2024, 8:23 PM

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rich widget https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/show/network.html

remove .html

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 8:24 PM

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wintry harness remove .html

gotcha, still can't see anything mention of smart collections on that page

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 8:25 PM

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It won't; that's the page describing the default network collections.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 8:26 PM

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trying to circle back to this

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 8:26 PM

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Smart collection builders found here:
https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/files/builders/smart/

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 8:27 PM

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📎 TV.yml

icy vortexBOT Jan 9, 2024, 8:27 PM

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YAML checked and is NOT valid. Error message:

while scanning a tag
in "<unicode string>", line 9, column 17:
sort_title: !050_<<collection_name>>
^
expected ' ', but found '<'
in "<unicode string>", line 9, column 22:
sort_title: !050_<<collection_name>>
^

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 8:28 PM

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and then like this?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 8:30 PM

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templates:
  network:
    sort_title: "!050_<<collection_name>>"
    sync_mode: sync
    smart_filter:
      all:
        network: <<network_list>>

collections:
  HBO:
    template: { name: network, network_list: "HBO, HBO Family, HBO Max" }
  Cinemax:
    template: { name: network, network_list: "Cinemax" }
...

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something like that

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Seems like these would be covered by the default network collections, though.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 8:35 PM

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Also

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So we know -dc seems to fix the problem, but we have no idea how the whole creating duplicate TV collection issue started?

icy vortexBOT Jan 9, 2024, 8:51 PM

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The following was shared by @rich widget and was automatically redacted by Luma as it may have contained sensitive information.

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📎 config.yml

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can't seem to figure out why Country collection isn't working for TV but I can get it working for Movies no problem

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 8:51 PM

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You will want to stop sharing your config only as the answers lie in the meta.lig. 😉

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 8:53 PM

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That config seems fine, so the reason for failure will be in the log.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 8:55 PM

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believe it or not, the answer was that for Movies you use the full name of the country, for TV Shows you use the two letter abbreviation

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:04 PM

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Which is in the wiki

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😉

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:07 PM

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shoutout to the wiki for explaining things well

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except for how to order the Country before the Networks in TV Shows collections

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I've been stabbing at it and it's not taking

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:08 PM

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What do you mean?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:08 PM

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IMDB = 020
Networks = 050
Country = 30

Renaming country to 030 in the config is not working so it's always listing after Networks

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sort titles*

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:09 PM

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Logs showing that please

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:09 PM

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How are you trying to do that?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:09 PM

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is there a log file other than the config.yml?

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:10 PM

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!ligs

midnight basinBOT Jan 9, 2024, 9:10 PM

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Providing Log Files

1: Go to your config folder

2: Go into the logs folder

3: Look for meta.log (not meta.1.log etc)

4: Drag it in the Discord thread - the whole thing, DO NOT EDIT IT

5: Still confused? ¯\(ツ)/¯

Log file too big? USE PASTEBIN or ZIP THE FILE

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:10 PM

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    metadata_path:
    - file: config/TV.yml
    - pmm: network
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 050
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 020
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
    collection_files:
      - pmm: country
        template_variables:
          collection_section: 030
          use_other: false 
          use_separator: false 
          style: white 
          include:
            - cn
            - jp
            - kr
          sort_by: release.desc

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📎 meta.log

icy vortexBOT Jan 9, 2024, 9:10 PM

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📝 If you want to review this again, drunkencolumbus:
:one: Right-click (or long press with phone) on the message that contains the log
:two: Select: Copy Message Link
:three: Use the command: /logscan <message_link> or !logscan <message_link> and paste the value copied from the previous step where you see <message_link> 📝

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**User Info**

Author of Linked Message: Drunken
Person who Invoked the Command: bullmoose
File Name: meta.log

Table of Contents:
Page 01: User Info
Page 02: PMM Info
Page 03: PMM Summary Info
Page 04: PMM Config.yml YAML Validation ✅
Page 05: Plex Configuration - Section 1
Page 06: Plex Configuration - Section 2
Page 07: Plex Configuration - Section 3
Page 08: Rec 01 - ❌ [ERROR]
Page 09: Rec 02 - ❌ METADATA ATTRIBUTE ERRORS
Page 10: Rec 03 - ❌ METADATA LOAD ERRORS
Page 11: Rec 04 - ⚠️ [WARNING]

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:10 PM

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Why do you have both metadata_path: and collection_files:? Pick one or the other.

icy vortexBOT Jan 9, 2024, 9:10 PM

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📎 parsed_meta.log_config_Drunken.yml

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:11 PM

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boreal arch Why do you have both metadata_path: and collection_files:? Pick one or the othe...

I didn't know they were the same thing

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if I remove them it breaks

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:12 PM

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They aren't

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:12 PM

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In that log, you don't have collection_section specfied in the movie library, and it's in correct in the TV library.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:13 PM

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boreal arch In that log, you don't have collection_section specfied in the movie library, an...

That's because I'm okay with the defaults in the Movie library, but I added the collection_section manually in the TV library in an attempt to move Country before Network

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(it did not work)

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:14 PM

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You have:

libraries:              # Library mappings must have a colon (:) placed after them
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
    - file: config/Movies.yml
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        item_radarr_tag_popular: popular
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
    collection_files:
      - pmm: country
        template_variables:
          use_other: false
          use_separator: false
          style: color
          include:
            - China
            - Japan
            - South Korea
          sort_by: release.desc
  TV Shows:
    metadata_path:
    - file: config/TV.yml
    - pmm: network
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 050
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 020
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
    collection_files:
      - pmm: country
        template_variables:
          collection_section: 030_ # Why the underscore
          use_other: false
          use_separator: false
          style: white
          include:
            - cn
            - jp
            - kr
          sort_by: release.desc

#

This should be:

libraries:              # Library mappings must have a colon (:) placed after them
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
    - file: config/Movies.yml
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        item_radarr_tag_popular: popular
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
    - pmm: country
      template_variables:
        use_other: false
        use_separator: false
        style: color
        include:
          - China
          - Japan
          - South Korea
        sort_by: release.desc
  TV Shows:
    metadata_path:
    - file: config/TV.yml
    - pmm: network
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 050
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 020
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
    - pmm: country
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 030 # note that it matches the one just above
        use_other: false
        use_separator: false
        style: white
        include:
          - cn
          - jp
          - kr
        sort_by: release.desc

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:15 PM

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boreal arch This should be: ```yaml libraries: # Library mappings must have a c...

note that changing it from 030_ to 030 does not fix it

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the underscore was another attempt to trick the system

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:16 PM

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try:

collection_section: "030"

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Are the other two doing what you want?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:16 PM

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again, I did

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wait, with the quotation marks too?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:17 PM

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I am afraid my mind-reader is broken. I have no idea what you've tried if you do not tell us.

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Note the remark about leading zeros.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:18 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/drake-gif-21355539

Tenor

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:19 PM

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Yes... it's in the wiki...

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:20 PM

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listen in my defense, it's not on this page

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https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/collections/?h=order#customizing-configs

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:21 PM

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Can't cover every detail on every page.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:22 PM

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What page of the wiki is that on? I'll read it

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:27 PM

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The shared template variable page, which is linked from every default collection page.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:28 PM

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Thank you, I'm learning.

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:31 PM

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When using PMM defaults. You are best to go to the defaults pages. they are very thorough

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https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/files/?h=defaults

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This is a good jump point

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:36 PM

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on the path vs files thing.

Either:

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:  # pre 1.20
    - file: config/Movies.yml
    - pmm: imdb

or

libraries:
  Movies:
    collection_files:  # 1.20
    - file: config/Movies.yml
    - pmm: imdb

are fine, but pick one. the wiki examples will contain the latter.

DON'T DO THIS:

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:  # pre 1.20
    - file: config/Movies.yml
    collection_files:  # 1.20
    - pmm: imdb

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:38 PM

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gooooot it thank you, I had no idea

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A lot of configs shared use path instead of files so I didn't know they were mutually exclusive variables

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:41 PM

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This was just release with 1.20 which happened a couple of days ago

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So there is a lot of catching up for everyone

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:48 PM

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say I want to add the golden globes to my library, how do I exclude Best Directors and/or Best Picture Winners?

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https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/award/golden/#template-variables

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not by year, but overall Best Picture Winners + Best Director Winners

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:52 PM

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Generally speaking,

use_<<key>>: false

where hte <<key>> is from the table on the page.

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:52 PM

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Under the shared template variable is something called use_<<key>>

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 9:53 PM

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In this specific case:

libraries:
  Movies:
    collection_files:
      - pmm: golden
        template_variables:
          use_best_picture: false
          use_best_director: false

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Nearly all the defaults use this same mechanism

flat cliff Jan 9, 2024, 9:53 PM

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rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 9:54 PM

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thanks again guys, I gotta brush up on the Variable Lists

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:03 PM

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Those are generally specific to the defaults; you can't use them with random collections of your own.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:04 PM

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@flat cliff Can you share elements of your config for connecting PMM to Radarr/Sonarr? That's one last element I haven't been able to get on my own

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Root folder path and radarr_path, I'm surely putting in the wrong pathway but not sure of the right one

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Also it'd be really cool to have the Golden Globes one temporarily show up every year for a month around this time, and have PMM talk to Radarr to have the winners automatically downloaded.

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that's extra tho, not necessary

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:07 PM

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there's a picture in the wiki showing where the first one comes from.

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:07 PM

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rich widget Also it'd be really cool to have the Golden Globes one temporarily show up every...

These things are both simple with template variables.

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rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:08 PM

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I think I have it setup for Holiday collections but yeah I'll get to that part later

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:08 PM

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plex_path and radarr_path are only used for add_existing, which you probably aren't doing so you can leave them blank.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:09 PM

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boreal arch

so for root folder it would just be /media/ ?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:09 PM

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Yes.

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Where does Plex see your media, what path?

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:10 PM

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top screenshot is what Plex sees, the bottom screenshot is the container settings

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:12 PM

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In your case:

plex_path: /data/MOVIES # since Plex sees /data/MOVIES/Rebel Moon
radarr_path: /media     # since Radarr sees /media/Rebel Moon

BUT AGAIN if you are not adding things that are ALREADY IN PLEX to Radarr these are not used for anything.

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This nonsense is why on my setups these are always the same path. Everybody looks at /mnt/unionfs/Media or whatever.

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No translation between plex sees it here and radarr sees it there and on the host its this other place

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:14 PM

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it's a riffraff for sure

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I was able to change the root_folder_path to the aforementioned and it definitely helped. I don't get that error anymore

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I guess no PMM run is without Errors, but it looks better

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:16 PM

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where are those 49, 359, etc coming from?

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I bet you didn't change them in your network file.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:19 PM

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I don't think I have a Network.yml file actually lol

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📎 TV.yml

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this is my TV.yml

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:20 PM

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This:

templates:
  network:
    optional:
      - network
    tmdb_network: <<network>>
    sort_title: +2_<<collection_name>>
    sync_mode: sync
    smart_label: episode_added.desc
collections:
  HBO:
    template: { name: network, network: "49, 2593, 3186, 3308" }
  Cinemax:
    template: { name: network, network: 359 }
...

needs to become:

templates:
  network:
    sort_title: "!050_<<collection_name>>"
    sync_mode: sync
    smart_filter:
      all:
        network: <<network_list>>

collections:
  HBO:
    template: { name: network, network_list: "HBO, HBO Family, HBO Max" }
  Cinemax:
    template: { name: network, network_list: "Cinemax" }
...

Note that the TMDB IDs have been changed to the names of the networks as Plex knows them.

As I showed above.

Plex has no idea what "network 49" is.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:22 PM

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this is what I've setup for Golden Globes, hopefully it checks out

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:22 PM

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this:

    tmdb_network: <<network>>

is "hey TMDB give me shows on the networks with these TMDB IDs"

this:

    smart_filter:
      all:
        network: <<network_list>>

is "Hey Plex give me everything where the network is set to one of these values"

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:23 PM

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rich widget this is what I've setup for Golden Globes, hopefully it checks out

you don't need that exclude.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:23 PM

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boreal arch you don't need that exclude.

whoops, leftover

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:23 PM

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boreal arch this: ``` tmdb_network: <<network>> ``` is "hey TMDB give me shows on the ne...

if I delete everything below the smart_filter section (i.e. all in the screenshot) will it still work as intended?

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or do I have to adjust the names

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:25 PM

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If you want to use this:

    smart_filter:
      all:
        network: <<network_list>>

You will have to convert all those numbers to names.

If you want to keep using the numbers, you have to go back to this:

templates:
  network:
    optional:
      - network
    tmdb_network: <<network>>
    sort_title: !050_<<collection_name>>
    sync_mode: sync
    smart_label: episode_added.desc

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You can't mix and match or delete random stuff.

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You may want to try the default network/streaming collections to see if they meet your needs with a single line in the config.

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https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/show/network/
https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/both/streaming/

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:26 PM

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boreal arch You may want to try the default network/streaming collections to see if they mee...

is that possible to just have the default and just exclude whatever I don't like that pops up? Without this long list of collections?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:27 PM

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rich widget is that possible to just have the default and just exclude whatever I don't like...

of course.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:28 PM

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what would the TV.yml look like then? delete the bulk majority of stuff in the file?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:28 PM

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there's an example on the page:

libraries:
  Movies:
    collection_files:
      - pmm: network
        template_variables:
          style: white
          append_exclude:
            - BBC 
          sort_by: title.asc
          collection_mode: show_items 
          sep_style: gray

This example gets rid of BBC

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:28 PM

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rich widget what would the TV.yml look like then? delete the bulk majority of stuff in the f...

TV.yml would go away.

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You would add a reference to the network and/or streaming defaults to your config.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:29 PM

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like so?

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 10:30 PM

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Wait, you have it there already:

libraries:
  TV Shows:
    metadata_path:
    - pmm: network   ## right here
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 050
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 020
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
    - pmm: country
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 030
        use_other: false
        use_separator: false
        style: white
        include:
          - cn
          - jp
          - kr
        sort_by: release.desc

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Maybe what you want to add is streaming:

libraries:
  TV Shows:
    metadata_path:
    - pmm: network
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 050
    - pmm: imdb
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 020
        name_popular: Popular
        order_popular: 0
        summary_popular: ''
        use_popular: true
        use_top: false
        use_lowest: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
    - pmm: country
      template_variables:
        collection_section: 030
        use_other: false
        use_separator: false
        style: white
        include:
          - cn
          - jp
          - kr
        sort_by: release.desc
    - pmm: streaming       ## here
      template_variables:
        sep_style: amethyst 
        visible_library_disney: true 
        visible_home_disney: true 
        visible_shared_disney: true 
        sonarr_add_missing_hulu: true 
        radarr_add_missing_amazon: true 
        sort_by: random

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with whatever template variables you want or need.

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thjere's also studio
https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/defaults/both/studio/

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 10:58 PM

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I'll give streaming a chance, studio definitely wasn't what I was looking for (mostly)

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adding schedule: range(01/01-02/31) to Golden Globes only added the 2020 Winners, so i'll have to try something different I guess

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:02 PM

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That has nothing to do with what ends up in the collection.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 11:03 PM

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idk why that popped up then

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      template_variables:
        radarr_add_missing: true
        use_best_picture: false
        use_best_director: false
        visible_home_popular: true
        visible_library: true
        visible_shared_popular: true
        schedule: range(01/01-02/31)```

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:04 PM

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Would need to see the log.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 11:04 PM

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📎 meta.log

icy vortexBOT Jan 9, 2024, 11:04 PM

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📝 If you want to review this again, drunkencolumbus:
:one: Right-click (or long press with phone) on the message that contains the log
:two: Select: Copy Message Link
:three: Use the command: /logscan <message_link> or !logscan <message_link> and paste the value copied from the previous step where you see <message_link> 📝

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:04 PM

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The years are controlled by the data template variable.

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And I think the default is the last 5 years.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 11:05 PM

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starting to regret adding Streaming as it checks for eveeeeery single show on the streaming services

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:05 PM

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There's no other way it could work.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 11:06 PM

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yeesh, alright. I'll let it continue to do its thing and see if the results look OK when its done

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:10 PM

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This log shows PMM trying to create 5 golden globes collections:

| Keys (Title):
|   - 2024
|   - 2023
|   - 2022
|   - 2021
|   - 2020

Touches 2024:

|============================== Adding to Golden Globe 2024 Collection ==============================|
|
| 1/3 | Golden Globe 2024 Collection | = | Oppenheimer (2023)
| 2/3 | Golden Globe 2024 Collection | = | Barbie (2023)
| 3/3 | Golden Globe 2024 Collection | = | Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

You don't have enough of the movies from 2023-2021 to create a collection:

| Collection Minimum: 3 not met for Golden Globe 2023 Collection
| Collection Minimum: 3 not met for Golden Globe 2022 Collection
| Collection Minimum: 3 not met for Golden Globe 2021 Collection

then touches 2020:

|============================== Adding to Golden Globe 2020 Collection ==============================|
|
| 1/3 | Golden Globe 2020 Collection | = | 1917 (2020)
| 2/3 | Golden Globe 2020 Collection | = | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
| 3/3 | Golden Globe 2020 Collection | = | Parasite (2019)

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Seems to be doing what you have told it to do.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 11:10 PM

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ahhh that makes sense

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so would I want it to look more like this?

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      template_variables:
        radarr_add_missing: true
        use_best_picture: false
        use_best_director: false
        data: 
          starting: latest-1
          ending: latest

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:12 PM

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to what end?

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yes, if what you want is for it to create collections for the last two years instead of the last 5

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If you want just the latest year, make them both latest

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You've also removed all the schedule stuff you had before. If you want that to happen, then yes.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 11:16 PM

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      template_variables:
        radarr_add_missing: true
        use_best_picture: false
        use_best_director: false
        data: 
          starting: latest
          ending: latest
        schedule: range(01/01-02/31)```

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how's that?

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yeah, really wishing there was a way to skip PMM from listing all Missing Shows from Library

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:17 PM

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rich widget yeah, really wishing there was a way to skip PMM from listing all `Missing Shows...

there is.

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:19 PM

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rich widget how's that?

shows only the latest GG winners, only visible for the first two months of the year, send missing stuff to radarr. Prior to January 10 or whatever, it will show the previous year's winners, I think.
If that's what you want, carry on.

I don't know if the imaginary end date will cause problems.

rich widget Jan 9, 2024, 11:19 PM

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boreal arch there is.

please share

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agonizing to watch this list go on and on and on

boreal arch Jan 9, 2024, 11:21 PM

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https://metamanager.wiki/en/latest/config/settings/?h=#attributes