Filters

Filters allow for you to filter every item added to the collection/overlay/playlist from every builder using the filters attribute.

Using Filters

Filters cannot do anything alone they require the use of at least one Builder to function.

You can have multiple filters in each set but an item must match at least one value from each filter to not be ignored. The values for each must match what Plex has including special characters in order to match.

filters:
  genre: Action
  country: Germany

Anything that doesn’t have both the Genre Action and the Country Germany will be ignored.

Multiple Filter Sets can be given as a list. With multiple sets only one of the sets must pass for the item to not be ignored.

filters:
  - genre: Action
    country: Germany
  - genre: Comedy
    country: France

Anything that doesn’t have either both the Genre Action and the Country Germany or the Genre Comedy and the Country France will be ignored.

All filter options are listed below. To display items filtered out add show_filtered: true to the definition.

You can use the plex_all: true builder to filter from your entire library.

Filters can be very slow. Try to build or narrow your items using Plex Search or another Builder if possible.

String Filters

String filters can be used with either no modifier or with .not, .is, .isnot, .begins, .ends, or .regex.

String filters can take multiple values only as a list.

Modifier

String Modifier	Description
No Modifier	Matches every item where the attribute contains the given string
.not	Matches every item where the attribute does not contain the given string
.is	Matches every item where the attribute exactly matches the given string
.isnot	Matches every item where the attribute does not exactly match the given string
.begins	Matches every item where the attribute begins with the given string
.ends	Matches every item where the attribute ends with the given string
.regex	Matches every item where the attribute matches the regex given

Attribute

String Filter	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
title	Uses the title attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
tmdb_title2	Uses the title from TMDb to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
summary	Uses the summary attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
studio	Uses the studio attribute to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
edition	Uses the edition attribute to match	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
record_label	Uses the record label attribute to match	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
folder	Uses the item’s folder to match	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
filepath	Uses the item’s filepath to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	✅1	✅1	✅
audio_track_title	Uses the audio track titles to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	✅1	✅1	✅
video_codec	Uses the video codec tags to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
video_profile	Uses the video profile tags to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
audio_codec	Uses the audio codec tags to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
audio_profile	Uses the audio profile tags to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌

¹ Filters using the special episodes/tracks filter with the default percent.

² Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr. These Values also cannot use the count modifiers.

Tag Filters

Tag filters can be used with either no modifier or with .not.

Tag filters can take multiple values as a list or a comma-separated string.

Modifier

Tag Modifier	Description
No Modifier	Matches every item where the attribute matches the given string
.not	Matches every item where the attribute does not match the given string
.regex	Matches every item where one value of this attribute matches the regex.
.count_lt	Matches every item where the attribute count is less than the given number
.count_lte	Matches every item where the attribute count is less than the given number
.count_gt	Matches every item where the attribute count is greater than the given number
.count_gte	Matches every item where the attribute count is greater than or equal to the given number

Attribute

Tag Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
actor	Uses the actor tags to match	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
collection	Uses the collection tags to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
content_rating	Uses the content rating tags to match	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
network	Uses the network tags to match	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
country	Uses the country tags to match	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
director	Uses the director tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
genre	Uses the genre tags to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌
label	Uses the label tags to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
producer	Uses the actor tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
year3	Uses the year tag to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
writer	Uses the writer tags to match	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
resolution	Uses the resolution tag to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
audio_language	Uses the audio language tags to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
subtitle_language	Uses the subtitle language tags to match	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_genre2	Uses the genre from TMDb to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_keyword2	Uses the keyword from TMDb to match	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
origin_country2	Uses TMDb origin country ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes to match Example: origin_country: us	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

¹ Filters using the special episodes filter with the default percent.

² Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr. These Values also cannot use the count modifiers.

³ You can use current_year to have PMM use the current years value. This can be combined with a -# at the end to subtract that number of years. i.e. current-2

Boolean Filters

Boolean Filters have no modifiers.

Attribute

Boolean Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
has_collection	Matches every item that has or does not have a collection	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
has_dolby_vision	Matches every item that has or does not have a dolby vision	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
has_overlay	Matches every item that has or does not have an overlay	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌

¹ Filters using the special episodes filter with the default percent.

Date Filters

Date filters can be used with either no modifier or with .not, .before, .after, or .regex.

Date filters can NOT take multiple values.

Modifier

Date Modifier	Description	Format
No Modifier	Matches every item where the date attribute is in the last X days	Format: number of days e.g. 30
.not	Matches every item where the date attribute is not in the last X days	Format: number of days e.g. 30
.before	Matches every item where the date attribute is before the given date	Format: MM/DD/YYYY or today for the current day e.g. 01/01/2000
.after	Matches every item where the date attribute is after the given date	Format: MM/DD/YYYY or today for the current day e.g. 01/01/2000
.regex	Matches every item where the attribute matches the regex given	N/A

Attribute

Date Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
release	Uses the release date attribute (originally available) to match	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
added	Uses the date added attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
last_played	Uses the date last played attribute to match	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
first_episode_aired1	Uses the first episode aired date to match	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
last_episode_aired1	Uses the last episode aired date to match	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
last_episode_aired_or_never1	Similar to last_episode_aired but also includes those that haven’t aired yet	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

¹ Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr.

Number Filters

Number filters must use .gt, .gte, .lt, or .lte as a modifier.

Number filters can NOT take multiple values.

Modifier

Number Modifier	Description	Format
No Modifier	Matches every item where the number attribute is equal to the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.not	Matches every item where the number attribute is not equal to the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.gt	Matches every item where the number attribute is greater than the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.gte	Matches every item where the number attribute is greater than or equal to the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.lt	Matches every item where the number attribute is less than the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5
.lte	Matches every item where the number attribute is less than or equal to the given number	Format: number e.g. 30, 1995, or 7.5

Attribute

Number Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
year3	Uses the year attribute to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
tmdb_year23	Uses the year on TMDb to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
critic_rating	Uses the critic rating attribute to match 0.0 - 10.0	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
audience_rating	Uses the audience rating attribute to match 0.0 - 10.0	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌
user_rating	Uses the user rating attribute to match 0.0 - 10.0	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
tmdb_vote_count2	Uses the tmdb vote count to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
plays	Uses the plays attribute to match minimum: 1	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
duration	Uses the duration attribute to match using minutes minimum: 0.0	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅
channels	Uses the audio channels attribute to match minimum: 0	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
height	Uses the height attribute to match minimum: 0	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
width	Uses the width attribute to match minimum: 0	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
aspect	Uses the aspect attribute to match minimum: 0.0	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	❌	❌	❌
versions	Uses the number of versions found to match minimum: 0	✅	✅1	✅1	✅	✅1	✅1	✅

¹ Filters using the special episodes filter with the default percent.

² Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr.

³ You can use current_year to have PMM use the current years value. This can be combined with a -# at the end to subtract that number of years. i.e. current-2

Special Filters

Special Filters each have their own set of rules for how they’re used.

Attribute

Special Filters	Description	Movies	Shows	Seasons	Episodes	Artists	Albums	Track
history	Uses the release date attribute (originally available) to match dates throughout history day: Match the Day and Month to Today’s Date month: Match the Month to Today’s Date 1-30: Match the Day and Month to Today’s Date or 1-30 days before Today’s Date	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌
episodes	Uses the item’s episodes attributes to match Use the percentage attribute given a number between 0-100 to determine the percentage of an items episodes that must match the sub-filter.	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
seasons	Uses the item’s seasons attributes to match Use the percentage attribute given a number between 0-100 to determine the percentage of an items seasons that must match the sub-filter.	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
tracks	Uses the item’s tracks attributes to match Use the percentage attribute given a number between 0-100 to determine the percentage of an items tracks that must match the sub-filter.	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌
albums	Uses the item’s albums attributes to match Use the percentage attribute given a number between 0-100 to determine the percentage of an items albums that must match the sub-filter.	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌
original_language1 original_language.not1	Uses TMDb original language ISO 639-1 codes to match Example: original_language: en, ko	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_status1 tmdb_status.not1	Uses TMDb Status to match Values: returning, planned, production, ended, canceled, pilot	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
tmdb_type1 tmdb_type.not1	Uses TMDb Type to match Values: documentary, news, production, miniseries, reality, scripted, talk_show, video	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

¹ Also filters out missing movies/shows from being added to Radarr/Sonarr.

Collection Filter Examples

A few examples are listed below:

collections:
  1080p Documentaries:
    plex_search:
      all:
        genre: Documentary
    summary: A collection of 1080p Documentaries
    filters:
      resolution: 1080

collections:
  Daniel Craig only James Bonds:
    imdb_list: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls006405458/
    filters:
      actor: Daniel Craig

collections:
  French Romance:
    plex_search:
      all:
        genre: Romance
    filters:
      audio_language: Français

collections:
  Romantic Comedies:
    plex_search:
      all:
        genre: Romance
    filters:
      genre: Comedy

collections:
  9.0 Movies:
    plex_all: true
    filters:
      rating.gte: 9

collections:
  Summer 2020 Movies:
    plex_all: true
    filters:
      release.after: 5/1/2020
      release.before: 8/31/2020

collections:
  Movies Released in the Last 180 Days:
    plex_all: true
    filters:
      release: 180

collections:
  Good Adam Sandler Romantic Comedies:
    plex_search:
      all:
        genre: Romance
        actor: Adam Sandler
    filters:
      genre: Comedy
      rating.gte: 7

collections:
  Movies with Commentary:
    plex_all: true
    filters:
      audio_track_title: Commentary