Feature Request - Query Plex Database

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stevef9432203
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Feature Request - Query Plex Database

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Option to Query Plex Database and Add MetaInfo hard coded into the MP4 file. Would make migrations to new hardware or media servers much easier.
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Re: Feature Request - Query Plex Database

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Direct access to Plex / Kodi / Emby / Jellyfin / etc is not planned, and probably not feasible in the first place. That said one could use Plain File Mode and then talk to Plex / Kodi / Emby / Jellyfin / etc via a Custom Format Server. That would have to be a community project though.


:arrow: That said, your use case is already thoroughly covered via xattr metadata if you are using FileBot. You'll want to use xattr metadata so that you can instantly re-process previously processed files in the future regardless which media center software and version you happens to use at the time.


:idea: Organizing files with the {plex.id} format as per How do I organize files for Plex? is always a good idea because xattr metadata do get lost easily because they're not typically visible to users.




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Smart Mode: Attributes primarily reads xattr metadata but does resort to MP4 iTunes style atom tags if necessary and available.
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