DVD Order Agent

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@bhagerty said:
For anyone new to this issue and using Windows, I want to spell out how to use these plugins:

  1. Get DVDOrderAgent.bundle here: GitHub - HuggableSquare/DVDOrderAgent.bundle: plex metadata agent for putting shows in dvd order from thetvdb (use “clone or download” button).
    —If you get the .zip file, there will be one superfluous containing folder. Remove “-master” from the end of the deepest “DVDOrderAgentbundle-master” folder, then copy that folder into the plugins directory. On Windows, the plugins directory is here: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Plex Media Server\Plug-ins\ (as explained here)
  2. Get PlexThemeMusic.bundle here: GitHub - HuggableSquare/PlexThemeMusic.bundle: modified version of PlexThemeMusic.bundle for use with TheTVDBdvdorder (again, use “clone or download” button).
    —This zip file also includes a superfluous containing folder, and you must remove “-master” from the unzipped folder, then rename the folder (per Dbent’s comment in this thread) to something like PlexThemeMusicDVDOrder.bundle. Install it in the same plugins directory as before.
  3. Restart Plex Media Server: “exit” using system tray icon, then run application again
  4. Navigate to the show you want to fix. Use the … menu on the left side to select “fix incorrect match.”
  5. Do not use auto-match. It just fails silently. (It looks like it should work, because you can select TVDBdvdorder from the drop-down, but that is misleading.)
  6. Instead, click Search Options. In the dialog box you get, set “Agent” to TVDBDVDorder, and set Show Name to the TVDB show number (per tlockyer above). Then hit “search.” This worked for me.

Thanks for this @bhagerty! Very helpful to have a relatively up-do-date explanation for a thread that is over 5 years old.

As with most everyone else, I came here because of Firefly. I’ve wanted a solution for this for years without knowing it had been here all along. I downloaded the bundle on page 14 (not the one above - wasn’t sure if they were the same). As of Nov 24, 2016, with @bhagerty’s instructions I got it to work ( I don’t care about theme music as I have that turned off - very annoying to me).

Would mention to newbies just finding this that they have to ensure that their media is numbered as per the DVD order for this to work. It won’t magically take media numbered via the air-date order and transmorgaphy them to the proper DVD order. A bit of a pain that we actually have to get the TVDB ID number to make this work, but still relatively easy.

NOW I have a ton of kids DVDs that I have never had ordered correctly and going to try to get them to FINALLY be properly indexed too!!! Yay!!!

My only fear is that this will somehow be undone in a future Plex update. I guess we’ll see.

…Dale