Library Operations¶

There are a variety of Library Operations that can be utilized in a library.

Within each library, operations can be defined by using the operations attribute, as demonstrated below.

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: imdb
    operations:
      mass_critic_rating_update: tmdb
      split_duplicates: true

The available attributes for the operations attribute are as follows

Attribute	Description	Movies	Shows	Music
Assets For All	Search in assets for images for every item in your library.	✅	✅	✅
Delete Collections	Deletes collections based on a set of given attributes.	✅	✅	✅
Mass Genre Update	Updates every item’s genres in the library to the chosen site’s genres.	✅	✅	✅
Mass Content Rating Update	Updates every item’s content rating in the library to the chosen site’s content rating.	✅	✅	❌
Mass Original Title Update	Updates every item’s original title in the library to the chosen site’s original title.	✅	✅	❌
Mass Studio Update	Updates every item’s studio in the library to the chosen site’s studio.	✅	✅	❌
Mass Originally Available Update	Updates every item’s originally available date in the library to the chosen site’s date.	✅	✅	❌
Mass * Rating Update	Updates every item’s audience/critic/user rating in the library to the chosen site’s rating.	✅	✅	❌
Mass Episode * Rating Update	Updates every item’s episode’s audience/critic/user rating in the library to the chosen site’s rating.	❌	✅	❌
Mass Poster Update	Updates every item’s poster to the chosen sites poster. Will fallback to `plex` if the given option fails. Assets will be used over anything else.	✅	✅	❌
Mass Background Update	Updates every item’s background to the chosen sites background. Will fallback to `plex` if the given option fails. Assets will be used over anything else.	✅	✅	❌
Mass IMDb Parental Labels	Updates every item’s labels in the library to match the IMDb Parental Guide.	✅	❌	❌
Mass Collection Mode	Updates every Collection in your library to the specified Collection Mode.	✅	❌	❌
Update Blank Track Titles	Search though every track in a music library and replace any blank track titles with the tracks sort title.	❌	❌	✅
Remove Title Parentheses	Search through every title and remove all ending parentheses in an items title if the title is not locked.	✅	✅	❌
Split Duplicates	Splits all duplicate movies/shows found in this library.	✅	✅	❌
Radarr Add All	Adds every item in the library to Radarr.	✅	❌	❌
Radarr Remove By Tag	Removes every item from Radarr with the Tags given.	✅	❌	❌
Sonarr Add All	Adds every item in the library to Sonarr.	❌	✅	❌
Sonarr Remove By Tag	Removes every item from Sonarr with the Tags given.	❌	✅	❌
Genre Mapper	Allows genres to be changed to other genres or be removed from every item in your library.	✅	✅	❌
Content Rating Mapper	Allows content ratings to be changed to other content ratings or be removed from every item in your library.	✅	✅	❌
Metadata Backup	Creates/Maintains a PMM Metadata File with a full `metadata` mapping based on the library’s items locked attributes.	✅	✅	✅

Assets For All¶

Search in assets for images for every item in your library.

Attribute: assets_for_all

Values: true or false

Delete Collections¶

Deletes collections based on a set of given attributes. The Collection must match all set attributes to be deleted.

Attribute: delete_collections

Values: There are a few different options to determine how the delete_collections works.

Attribute	Description
`managed`	Values: `true`: Collection must be a Managed Collection to be deleted (the collection has the `PMM` label) `false`: Collection must be an Unmanaged Collection to be deleted (the collection does not have the `PMM` label)
`configured`	Values: `true`: Collection must be a Configured Collection to be deleted (collection is in the config file of the specific PMM run) `false`: Collection must be an Unconfigured Collection to be deleted (collection is not in the config file of the specific PMM run). The collection does not need to be scheduled to be considered configured and only needs to be in the config file.
`less`	Collection must contain less then the given number of items to be deleted. Values: Number Greater then 0

Example:

Removes all Managed Collections (Collections with the PMM Label) that are not configured in the Current Run.

library:
  Movies:
    operations:
      delete_collections:
        configured: false
        managed: true

Mass Genre Update¶

Updates every item’s genres in the library to the chosen site’s genres.

Attribute: mass_genre_update

Values:

Value	Description
`tmdb`	Use TMDb for Genres
`tvdb`	Use TVDb for Genres
`imdb`	Use IMDb for Genres
`omdb`	Use IMDb through OMDb for Genres
`anidb`	Use AniDB Main Tags for Genres
`anidb_3_0`	Use AniDB Main Tags and All 3 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_2_5`	Use AniDB Main Tags and All 2.5 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_2_0`	Use AniDB Main Tags and All 2 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_1_5`	Use AniDB Main Tags and All 1.5 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_1_0`	Use AniDB Main Tags and All 1 Star Tags and above for Genres
`anidb_0_5`	Use AniDB Main Tags and All 0.5 Star Tags and above for Genres
`mal`	Use MyAnimeList for Genres
`lock`	Lock Genre Field
`unlock`	Unlock Genre Field
`remove`	Remove all Genres and Lock Field
`reset`	Remove all Genres and Unlock Field

Mass Content Rating Update¶

Updates every item’s content rating in the library to the chosen site’s content rating.

Attribute: mass_content_rating_update

Values:

Value	Description
`mdb`	Use MdbList for Content Ratings
`mdb_commonsense`	Use Commonsense Rating through MDbList for Content Ratings
`mdb_commonsense0`	Use Commonsense Rating with Zero Padding through MDbList for Content Ratings
`omdb`	Use IMDb through OMDb for Content Ratings
`mal`	Use MyAnimeList for Content Ratings
`lock`	Lock Content Rating Field
`unlock`	Unlock Content Rating Field
`remove`	Remove Content Rating and Lock Field
`reset`	Remove Content Rating and Unlock Field

Mass Original Title Update¶

Updates every item’s original title in the library to the chosen site’s original title.

Attribute: mass_original_title_update

Values:

Value	Description
`anidb`	Use AniDB Main Title for Original Titles
`anidb_official`	Use AniDB Official Title based on the language attribute in the config file for Original Titles
`mal`	Use MyAnimeList Main Title for Original Titles
`mal_english`	Use MyAnimeList English Title for Original Titles
`mal_japanese`	Use MyAnimeList Japanese Title for Original Titles
`lock`	Lock Original Title Field
`unlock`	Unlock Original Title Field
`remove`	Remove Original Title and Lock Field
`reset`	Remove Original Title and Unlock Field

Mass Studio Update¶

Updates every item’s studio in the library to the chosen site’s studio.

Attribute: mass_studio_update

Values:

Value	Description
`anidb`	Use AniDB Animation Work for Studio
`mal`	Use MyAnimeList Studio for Studio
`tmdb`	Use TMDb Studio for Studio
`lock`	Lock Original Title Field
`unlock`	Unlock Original Title Field
`remove`	Remove Original Title and Lock Field
`reset`	Remove Original Title and Unlock Field

Mass Originally Available Update¶

Updates every item’s originally available date in the library to the chosen site’s date.

Attribute: mass_originally_available_update

Values:

Value	Description
`tmdb`	Use TMDb Release Date
`tvdb`	Use TVDb Release Date
`omdb`	Use IMDb Release Date through OMDb
`mdb`	Use MdbList Release Date
`anidb`	Use AniDB Release Date
`mal`	Use MyAnimeList Release Date
`lock`	Lock Originally Available Field
`unlock`	Unlock Originally Available Field
`remove`	Remove Originally Available and Lock Field
`reset`	Remove Originally Available and Unlock Field

Mass * Rating Update¶

Updates every item’s audience/critic/user rating in the library to the chosen site’s rating.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This does not affect the icons displayed in the Plex UI. This will place the number of your choice in the relevant field in the Plex database. In other words, if Plex is configured to use Rotten Tomatoes ratings, then no matter what happens with this mass rating update operation, the icons in the Plex UI will remain Rotten Tomatoes. The human who decided to put TMDB ratings in the critic slot and Letterboxd ratings in the audience slot is the only party who knows that the ratings are no longer Rotten Tomatoes. One primary use of this feature is to put ratings overlays on posters. More information on what PMM can do with these ratings can be found here.

Attribute: mass_audience_rating_update/mass_critic_rating_update/mass_user_rating_update

Values:

Value	Description
`tmdb`	Use TMDb Rating
`imdb`	Use IMDb Rating
`trakt_user`	Use Trakt User’s Personal Rating
`omdb`	Use IMDbRating through OMDb
`mdb`	Use MdbList Score
`mdb_average`	Use MdbList Average Score
`mdb_imdb`	Use IMDb Rating through MDbList
`mdb_metacritic`	Use Metacritic Rating through MDbList
`mdb_metacriticuser`	Use Metacritic User Rating through MDbList
`mdb_trakt`	Use Trakt Rating through MDbList
`mdb_tomatoes`	Use Rotten Tomatoes Rating through MDbList
`mdb_tomatoesaudience`	Use Rotten Tomatoes Audience Rating through MDbList
`mdb_tmdb`	Use TMDb Rating through MDbList
`mdb_letterboxd`	Use Letterboxd Rating through MDbList
`mdb_myanimelist`	Use MyAnimeList Rating through MDbList
`anidb_rating`	Use AniDB Rating
`anidb_average`	Use AniDB Average
`anidb_score`	Use AniDB Review Score
`mal`	Use MyAnimeList Score
`lock`	Lock Rating Field
`unlock`	Unlock Rating Field
`remove`	Remove Rating and Lock Field
`reset`	Remove Rating and Unlock Field

Mass Episode * Rating Update¶

Updates every item’s episode’s audience/critic/user rating in the library to the chosen site’s rating.

Attribute: mass_episode_audience_rating_update/mass_episode_critic_rating_update/mass_episode_user_rating_update

Values:

Value	Description
`tmdb`	Use TMDb Rating
`imdb`	Use IMDb Rating
`lock`	Lock Rating Field
`unlock`	Unlock Rating Field
`remove`	Remove Rating and Lock Field
`reset`	Remove Rating and Unlock Field

Mass Poster Update¶

Updates every item’s poster to the chosen sites poster. Will fallback to plex if the given option fails. Assets will be used over anything else.

Attribute: mass_poster_update

Values: There are a few different options to determine how the mass_poster_update works.

Attribute	Description
`source`	Source of the poster update Values: `tmdb`, `plex`, `lock`, or `unlock`
`seasons`	Update season posters while updating shows Default: `true` Values: `true` or `false`
`episodes`	Update episode posters while updating shows Default: `true` Values: `true` or `false`

Example:

library:
  TV Shows:
    operations:
      mass_poster_update:
        source: tmdb
        seasons: false
        episodes: false

Mass Background Update¶

Updates every item’s background to the chosen sites background. Will fallback to plex if the given option fails. Assets will be used over anything else.

Attribute: mass_background_update

Values: There are a few different options to determine how the mass_background_update works.

Attribute	Description
`source`	Source of the background update Values: `tmdb`, `plex`, `lock`, or `unlock`
`seasons`	Update season backgrounds while updating shows Default: `true` Values: `true` or `false`
`episodes`	Update episode backgrounds while updating shows Default: `true` Values: `true` or `false`

Example:

library:
  TV Shows:
    operations:
      mass_background_update:
        source: tmdb
        seasons: false
        episodes: false

Mass IMDb Parental Labels¶

Updates every item’s labels in the library to match the IMDb Parental Guide.

Attribute: mass_imdb_parental_labels

Values:

Value	Description
`none`	Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `None`, `Mild`, `Moderate`, or `Severe`
`mild`	Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `Mild`, `Moderate`, or `Severe`
`moderate`	Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `Moderate` or `Severe`
`severe`	Apply all Parental Labels with a value of `Severe`

Mass Collection Mode¶

Updates every Collection in your library to the specified Collection Mode.

Attribute: mass_collection_mode

Values:

Value	Description
`default`	Library default
`hide`	Hide Collection
`hide_items`	Hide Items in this Collection
`show_items`	Show this Collection and its Items

Update Blank Track Titles¶

Search though every track in a music library and replace any blank track titles with the tracks sort title.

Attribute: update_blank_track_titles

Values: true or false

Remove Title Parentheses¶

Search through every title and remove all ending parentheses in an items title if the title is not locked.

Attribute: remove_title_parentheses

Values: true or false

Split Duplicates¶

Splits all duplicate movies/shows found in this library.

Attribute: split_duplicates

Values: true or false

Radarr Add All¶

Adds every item in the library to Radarr. The existing paths in plex will be used as the root folder of each item, if the paths in Plex are not the same as your Radarr paths you can use the plex_path and radarr_path Radarr details to convert the paths.

Attribute: radarr_add_all

Values: true or false

Radarr Remove By Tag¶

Removes every item from Radarr with the Tags given.

Attribute: radarr_remove_by_tag

Values: List or comma separated string of tags

Sonarr Add All¶

Adds every item in the library to Sonarr. The existing paths in plex will be used as the root folder of each item, if the paths in Plex are not the same as your Sonarr paths you can use the plex_path and sonarr_path Sonarr details to convert the paths.

Attribute: sonarr_add_all

Values: true or false

Sonarr Remove By Tag¶

Removes every item from Sonarr with the Tags given.

Attribute: sonarr_remove_by_tag

Values: List or comma separated string of tags

Genre Mapper¶

Maps genres in your library to be changed to other genres.

Attribute: genre_mapper

Values: Each attribute under genre_mapper is a separate mapping and has two parts.

The key (Action/Adventure, Action & Adventure in the example below) is what genres you want mapped to the value.
The value (Action in the example below) is what the genres will end up as.

So this example will change go through every item in your library and change the genre Action/Adventure or Action & Adventure to Action and Romantic Comedy to Comedy.

library:
  Movies:
    operations:
      genre_mapper:
        "Action/Adventure": Action 
        "Action & Adventure": Action
        Romantic Comedy: Comedy

To just Remove a Genre without replacing it just set the Genre to nothing like this.

library:
  Movies:
    operations:
      genre_mapper:
        "Action/Adventure": Action 
        "Action & Adventure": Action
        Romantic Comedy:

This example will change go through every item in your library and change the genre Action/Adventure or Action & Adventure to Action and remove every instance of the Genre Romantic Comedy.

Content Rating Mapper¶

Maps content ratings in your library to be changed to other content ratings.

Attribute: content_rating_mapper

Values: Each attribute under content_rating_mapper is a separate mapping and has two parts.

The key (PG, PG-13 in the example below) is what content ratings you want mapped to the value.
The value (Y-10 in the example below) is what the content ratings will end up as.

So this example will change go through every item in your library and change the content rating PG or PG-13 to Y-10 and R to Y-17.

library:
  Movies:
    operations:
      content_rating_mapper:
        PG: Y-10 
        "PG-13": Y-10
        R: Y-17

To just Remove a content rating without replacing it just set the content rating to nothing like this.

library:
  Movies:
    operations:
      content_rating_mapper:
        PG: Y-10 
        "PG-13": Y-10
        R:

This example will change go through every item in your library and change the content rating PG or PG-13 to Y-10 and remove every instance of the content rating R.

Metadata Backup¶

Creates/Maintains a Plex Meta Manager Metadata File with a full metadata mapping based on the library’s items locked attributes.

If you point to an existing Metadata File then PMM will Sync the changes to the file, so you won’t lose non plex changes in the file.

Attribute: metadata_backup

Values: There are a few different options to determine how the metadata_backup works.

Attribute	Description
`path`	Path to where the metadata will be saved/maintained Default: <<library_name>>_Metadata_Backup.yml in your config folder Values: Path to Metadata File
`exclude`	Exclude all listed attributes from being saved in the metadata file Values: Comma-separated string or list of attributes
`sync_tags`	All Tag Attributes will have the `.sync` option and blank attribute will be added to sync to as well Default: `false` Values: `true` or `false`
`add_blank_entries`	Will add a line for entries that have no metadata changes Default: `true` Values: `true` or `false`

Example:

library:
  Movies:
    operations:
      metadata_backup:
        path: config/Movie_Backup.yml
        sync_tags: true
        add_blank_entries: false