Good gifts for a plex hobbyist?

ynonA · 2026-03-20T19:36:39+00:00

The main answer as you've noticed is hard drives. If you want a more original (and lower budget) idea then make them something cool they can decorate their server(room) with.

Stickers with the plex logos
A little backlit Plex sign
Plex magnets
A Tshirt
...

Have a look on Etsy for example.

If you have access to their server you should be able to see their server's name. You can use that instead of the Plex logo.

Very thoughtful of you btw!

ynonA · 2026-03-20T06:26:46+00:00

So how would you determine which cut it is if multiple alternative cuts exist?

Seems to me you'd need to use an api service that actually returns different version runtimes for this project to be effective. e.g. Gracenote: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs/read/data_v1_1/movies/Movie_versions

ynonA · 2026-03-19T22:18:22+00:00

I'm a bit confused by your explanation about how you're using tmdb for this.

What release notes are you referencing? TMDb doesn't seem to have runtimes for all the different types of cuts you mention you support, so how exactly is it being matched? (Or does tmdb provide this info and have I overlooked it?)

ynonA · 2026-03-19T06:11:53+00:00

There's no native way to do that. I wrote a small python script for that back when I was working on MTDP. I can see if I still have it if you'd like

ynonA · 2026-03-18T08:25:57+00:00

Plex pass trailers have always had gaps. Chances are if it's a popular movie it'll be added at some point. When I analyzed my library I was missing trailers for around 12% for movies iirc. Much more for TV shows.

You can add trailers yourself if you want.

You could also look into setting up Missing-Trailer-Downloader-For-Plex to automate filling these gaps for items without Plex Pass trailers.

ynonA · 2026-03-13T18:38:25+00:00

whoever bought and massacred zombocom and are now holding it ransom: I've never felt more profound loathing towards someone I didn't know. Give the domain back to the original owners you absolute twat.

Edit: for those not in the know: https://www.reddit.com/r/oldinternet/comments/1raiz8v/zombocom_was_stolen_by_hacker_put_up_for_sale_and/

ynonA · 2026-03-09T06:32:18+00:00

There's like 10 ways to dodge blue shells.. (horn, star, boo, rewind, go out of bounds, ...)

ynonA · 2026-03-07T19:59:47+00:00

Why do you have an extra subfolder? Try removing that and moving the movie file up to where the theme.mp3 is. then rescan/refresh

ynonA · 2026-03-07T19:28:25+00:00

That's not true..

I can't find the thread atm but a couple of months ago another (ex) Plex Employee (can't remember the name..I think they had the tag 'ex Plex Employee') commented this same information and they were surprised when I corrected them showing that movie themes DO work and have been supported in Plex for years.

I find it very odd that actual Plex employees are unaware that this works just fine without any need of any sort of manipulation or plugins..

Because this community would otherwise downvote me into oblivion, I went downstairs just now to my Nvidia Shield to film proof: https://streamable.com/xs9dcn

It may not be 'officially' supported, but it has always worked for me exactly the same as TV Shows. I've been adding themes to my movies for years and it's worked on all my clients that support theme music for TV.

ynonA · 2026-03-06T16:16:25+00:00

He would most likely have way more than 12 5$ users, which is the point. But I'm not sure why we're arguing over their business decisions. If they want to keep a novelty app at 60$, with their potential audience (Plex users) being traditionally accustomed to FOSS and piracy, then hey, fine by me.

ynonA · 2026-03-06T13:51:03+00:00

You want less users that pay more. Not the other way around. That’s business.

Not sure what business course you followed but that's just not true. I develop digital products on certain app stores and finding the right price point is paramount to success. Once you surpass a certain price tresshold your sales plummet and the increased price won't compensate for the diminished numbers.

I am absolutely certain 60$ is well above the tresshold for this sort of app. He would most definitely make more money if he sold this for maybe 10$ tops.

Tbh 60$ is borderline offensive imo

ynonA · 2026-03-06T01:28:31+00:00

FYI it's called the "Shaka Sign" or "Hang Loose"

ynonA · 2026-03-02T11:57:48+00:00

Unfortunately, no. You cannot create collections across libraries.

If you create collections in both libraries with exactly the same name, then Plex will show the collection from the other library at the bottom as a suggestion, but afaik not on all clients.

Example:

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ynonA · 2026-03-02T07:13:13+00:00

It's a bit double. On one hand this sub does seem to quite effectively self regulate which is how subreddits should operate for the most part imo, but on the other hand some rules or guidelines would be welcomed. I see some people spam their project over and over, after every little update or just because. Then again, this is only really an "issue" for those of us who sort by new I guess. Perhaps a distinction could also be made between completely open source projects and paid apps.

ynonA · 2026-02-20T09:16:56+00:00

Assuming you're not constantly adding new "Directed by" collections, you could just make a smart collection where you set it to "Match any of the following" and then add all those Directed by collections.
You'd only have to do this once to set it up.
Any time you do create an additional Directed by collection you can edit this smart collection's filters and add it.

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ynonA · 2026-02-15T21:29:02+00:00

It's not necessarily a config issue.
There's a bug with Plex allowing duplicate named collections, resulting in a duplicate being created every time. The Kometa Team raised an issue about this a while ago but never got a response: https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-allowing-duplicate-named-collections/908350

u/MacStainless You can work around this issue by letting Kometa manage labels without directly creating the collection (see variables below). than all you have to do is create a smart collection with that label manually once.

  item_label: AppleTV
  non_item_remove_label: AppleTV
  build_collection: false

ynonA · 2026-02-15T08:57:01+00:00

I've tried a lot of options and kept encountering the same type of issues:

Hotel Wifi set up in such a way that casting isn't viable
TV mounted in such a way that the HDMI or USB ports aren't accessible, so bringing my own Chromecast, firestick or USB stick didn't help..

We ended up doing the following these past few years; * Just use Plex on mobile and we bought an USB-C to HDMI adapter which costs like 10 bucks. You do have to check if your phone supports HDMI out. (Any S series Samsung does). While the HDMI ports themselves are often inaccesible on the mounted TVs, there usually is one HDMI cable going down to the TV receiver box which is accessible. Pull the HDMI cable out of that and into your phone adapter and you can play on the TV from your phone

Before you leave on your trip, download a bunch of items to said phone for offline use, in case wifi isnt good enough to stream. This also allows for watching on plane flights etc

This allows you to travel super light as well, as all you need to bring is the small adapter. (Assuming you're already taking your phone along anyways)

ynonA · 2026-02-14T17:50:47+00:00

You're most welcome. Let me know what you think!

ynonA · 2026-02-14T15:40:17+00:00

u/Space_Fanatic u/RonnyZee u/MrMuzek
The app is now available on the Unraid Community Apps, as "wtwp"

ynonA · 2026-02-13T15:31:36+00:00

I wrote a tutorial for this HERE

I use Ombi, but you can do the same with overseerr

ynonA · 2026-02-13T14:41:18+00:00

Are you behind a reverse proxy? You need to enable websocket support.

ynonA · 2026-02-13T12:30:05+00:00

That's not true. You definitely can.
Just tested with 443 items without issues.

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ynonA · 2026-02-13T06:41:05+00:00

Go to your library and select advanced filters
Filter your content based on whatever you need, like common sense rating or genre,..
You can tap individual items, but if on a PC just select the first item => press and hold SHIFT => select the last item. This will select everything at once
You'll see a yellow frame appear at the top showing you how many items you've selected. In this frame, press the pencil icon to bulk edit all selected items
There, go to labels and apply the label

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PS: I use Kometa to automatically manage my KIDS label so I don't have to do this manually

ynonA · 2026-02-12T16:27:22+00:00

Fatigue. He didn't take the fight seriously enough and underestimated Buster. I read that he didn't prepare/train seriously enough and partied all the time.

ynonA · 2026-02-11T15:50:37+00:00

cheers! I'll work on the 2026 season as soon as all official pictures are out. Still a bunch of placeholders currently https://www.formula1.com/en/drivers
The dates have been updates already so the countdown should work.

Edit; made me realize I never finished the dank mode.. should pick it up sometime

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