Genre Collections¶
The genre
Default Metadata File is used to dynamically create collections based on the genres available in your library.
This file also merges similarly named genres (such as “Sci-Fi”, “SciFi” and “Sci-Fi & Fantasy”) into one (“Science Fiction”)
Requirements & Recommendations¶
Supported Library Types: Movie, Show
Collections Section 060¶
Collection |
Key |
Description |
---|---|---|
|
|
Separator Collection to denote the Section of Collections. |
|
|
Collection of Movies/Shows that have this Genre. |
Config¶
The below YAML in your config.yml will create the collections:
libraries:
Movies:
metadata_path:
- pmm: genre
TV Shows:
metadata_path:
- pmm: genre
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.
All Shared Collection Variables are available as well as the additional Variables below which can be used to customize the file.
This file contains a Separator so all Shared Separator Variables are available as well.
Variable |
Description & Values |
---|---|
|
Description: Changes the Builder Limit for all collections in a Defaults file. |
|
Description: Changes the Builder Limit of the specified key’s collection. |
|
Description: Changes the Smart Filter Sort for all collections in a Defaults file. |
|
Description: Changes the Smart Filter Sort of the specified key’s collection. |
|
Description: Exclude these Genres from creating a Dynamic Collection. |
|
Description: Overrides the default addons dictionary. Defines how multiple keys can be combined under a parent key. The parent key doesn’t have to already exist in Plex |
|
Description: Appends to the default addons dictionary. |
|
Description: Removes from the default addons dictionary. |
|
Description: Changes the title format of the Dynamic Collections. |
|
Description: Changes the summary format of the Dynamic Collections. |
Each default collection has a
key
that when calling to effect a specific collection you must replace<<key>>
with when calling.
The below is an example config.yml extract with some Template Variables added in to change how the file works.
libraries:
Movies:
metadata_path:
- pmm: genre
template_variables:
use_separator: false
sep_style: red
exclude:
- Politics
- News
append_addons:
Horror:
- Thriller # Adds all thriller items to the Horror collection
sort_by: title.asc
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 addons
¶
addons:
Action:
- Action/Adventure
- Action/adventure
- Action & Adventure
- Action & adventure
- Action and Adventure
- Action and adventure
Adventure:
- Action/Adventure
- Action/adventure
- Action & Adventure
- Action & adventure
- Action and Adventure
- Action and adventure
Biopic:
- Biography
Family:
- Kids & Family
Fantasy:
- SciFi & Fantasy
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science-Fiction & Fantasy
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Film Noir:
Film-Noir
Politics:
- War & Politics
Science Fiction:
- SciFi
- Sci-Fi
- Science-Fiction
- SciFi & Fantasy
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Talk Show:
- Talk
War:
- War & Politics