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Item Metadata Updates

All the following attributes update various details of the metadata for every item in the collection.

None of these updates work with Playlists or Overlays.

Attribute Description & Values
item_label Description: Appends new labels to every movie/show in the collection
Values: Comma-separated string of labels to append
item_label.remove Description: Removes existing labels from every movie/show in the collection
Values: Comma-separated string of labels to remove
item_label.sync Description: Matches the labels of every movie/show in the collection to the labels provided (Leave blank to remove all labels)
Values: Comma-separated string of labels to sync
item_genre Description: Appends new genres to every movie/show in the collection
Values: Comma-separated string of genres to append
item_genre.remove Description: Removes existing genres from every movie/show in the collection
Values: Comma-separated string of genres to remove
item_genre.sync Description: Matches the genres of every movie/show in the collection to the genres provided (Leave blank to remove all genres)
Values: Comma-separated string of genres to sync
item_edition Description: Replaced the edition of every movie in the collection
Values: Edition Name
non_item_remove_label Description: Matches every movie/show that has the given label and is not in the collection and removes the label
Values: Comma-separated string of labels to remove
item_lock_poster Description: Locks/Unlocks the poster of every movie/show in the collection
Default: None
Values:
trueLock
falseUnlock
item_lock_background Description: Locks/Unlocks the background of every movie/show in the collection
Default: None
Values:
trueLock
falseUnlock
item_lock_title Description: Locks/Unlocks the title of every movie/show in the collection
Default: None
Values:
trueLock
falseUnlock
item_assets Description: Checks your assets folders for assets of every movie/show in the collection
Default: false
Values: true or false
item_refresh Description: Refreshes the metadata of every movie/show in the collection
Default: false
Values: true or false
item_refresh_delay Description: Amount of time to wait between each item_refresh of every movie/show in the collection
Default: 0
Values: Number greater than 0
item_tmdb_season_titles Description: Changes the season titles of every show in the collection to match TMDb
Default: false
Values: true or false
item_episode_sorting1 Description: Changes the episode sorting of every show in the collection
Values:
defaultLibrary default
oldestOldest first
newestNewest first
item_keep_episodes1 Description: Changes the keep episodes of every show in the collection
Values:
allAll episodes
5_latest5 latest episodes
3_latest3 latest episodes
latestLatest episodes
past_3Episodes added in the past 3 days
past_7Episodes added in the past 7 days
past_30Episodes added in the past 30 days
item_delete_episodes1 Description: Changes the delete episodes of every show in the collection
Values:
neverNever
dayAfter a day
weekAfter a week
monthAfter a month
refreshOn next refresh
item_season_display1 Description: Changes the season display of every show in the collection
Values:
defaultLibrary default
showShow
hideHide
item_episode_ordering1 Description: Changes the episode ordering of every show in the collection
Values:
defaultLibrary default
tmdb_airedThe Movie Database (Aired)
tvdb_airedTheTVDb (Aired)
tvdb_dvdTheTVDb (DVD)
tvdb_absoluteTheTVDb (Absolute)
item_metadata_language2 Description: Changes the metadata language of every movie/show in the collection
Values: default, ar-SA, ca-ES, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, es-ES, es-MX, et-EE, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-CA, fr-FR, he-IL, hi-IN, hu-HU, id-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, lt-LT, lv-LV, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, uk-UA, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-HK, zh-TW
item_use_original_title2 Description: Changes the use original title of every movie/show in the collection
Values:
defaultLibrary default
noNo
yesYes
item_credits_detection2 Description: Changes the enable credits detection of every movie/show in the collection
Values:
defaultLibrary default
disabledDisabled
item_audio_language2 Description: Changes the preferred audio language of every movie/show in the collection
Values: default, en, ar-SA, ca-ES, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, es-ES, es-MX, et-EE, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-CA, fr-FR, he-IL, hi-IN, hu-HU, id-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, lt-LT, lv-LV, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, uk-UA, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-HK, zh-TW
item_subtitle_language2 Description: Changes the preferred subtitle language of every movie/show in the collection
Values: default, en, ar-SA, ca-ES, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, en-AU, en-CA, en-GB, en-US, es-ES, es-MX, et-EE, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-CA, fr-FR, he-IL, hi-IN, hu-HU, id-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, lt-LT, lv-LV, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, uk-UA, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-HK, zh-TW
item_subtitle_mode2 Description: Changes the auto-select subtitle mode of every movie/show in the collection
Values:
defaultAccount default
manualManually selected
foreignShown with foreign audio
alwaysAlways enabled

1 Only works with TV Show Libraries

2 Must be using the New Plex Movie Agent or the New Plex TV Agent