Collectionless Collection¶

The collectionless Default Metadata File is used to create a Collectionless collection to help Show/Hide Movies/Shows properly in your library.

For this file to work it needs to run last under metadata_path and all other normal collections must use collection_mode: hide_items.

This file works with Movie and Show Libraries.

Collection¶

Collection	Description
`Collectionless`	Collectionless collection to help Show/Hide Movies/Shows properly in your library..

Config¶

The below YAML in your config.yml will create the collections:

libraries:
  Movies:
    template_variables:
      collection_mode: hide_items
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: collectionless
  TV Shows:
    template_variables:
      collection_mode: hide_items
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: collectionless

Template Variables¶

Template Variables can be used to manipulate the file in various ways to slightly change how it works without having to make your own local copy.

Note that the template_variables: section only needs to be used if you do want to actually change how the defaults work. Any value not specified is its default value if it has one if not it’s just ignored.

Shared Collection Variables are NOT available to this default file.

Variable

Description & Values

name_collectionless

Description: Changes the name of the collection.
Values: New Collection Name

summary_collectionless

Description: Changes the summary of the collection.
Values: New Collection Summary

sort_title

Description: Sets the sort title for the collection.
Default: ~_Collectionless
Values: Any String

collection_order

Description: Changes the Collection Order for all collections in this file.
Default: alpha
Values:

`release`	Order Collection by Release Dates
`alpha`	Order Collection Alphabetically
`custom`	Order Collection Via the Builder Order
Any `plex_search` Sort Option	Order Collection by any `plex_search` Sort Option

url_poster

Description: Changes the poster url of thecollection.
Values: URL directly to the Image

exclude

Description: Exclude these Collections from being considered for collectionless.
Values: List of Collections

exclude_prefix

Description: Overrides the default exclude_prefix list. Exclude Collections with one of these prefixes from being considered for collectionless.
Default: default exclude_prefix list
Values: List of Prefixes

The below is an example config.yml extract with some Template Variables added in to change how the file works.

libraries:
  Movies:
    template_variables:
      collection_mode: hide_items
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: collectionless
        template_variables:
          exclude:
            - Marvel Cinematic Universe
          collection_order: release

Default values¶

These are lists provided for reference to show what values will be in use if you do no customization. If you want to customize these values, use the methods described above. These do not show how to change a name or a list.

Default `exclude_prefix`¶