Before I expanded to a server that could transcode my full sized BD rips, I kept two versions in different libraries (full sized and reduced to 3-5mbps). I have all of these movies and tv shows just sitting on a couple drives in cold storage. Is it possible to attach these as optimized versions to save effort?
Perhaps just editing some bit of the database? Thoughts?
Philip
The Plex article Multi-Version Movies explains exactly this.
Basically you just add them to your library, re-scan and Plex should group them together for you. Then your movies will have a 2 in the corner.
But will it also track them as optimized versions? Meaning if i have watched an optimized and synced version of a TV show, will it automatically delete the optimized version as it currently does?
@Vswraith said:
But will it also track them as optimized versions? Meaning if i have watched an optimized and synced version of a TV show, will it automatically delete the optimized version as it currently does?
No, Plex never deletes user created/imported files. Plex will simply mark them both (shown as 1 item in your library ) as watched.
@Vswraith said:
But will it also track them as optimized versions? Meaning if i have watched an optimized and synced version of a TV show, will it automatically delete the optimized version as it currently does?
It automatically deletes optimized versions. By the way you said it, it seems this is only for TV shows. But what if I have multiple friends? It gets deleted after the first person watches it?
@skubiszm said:
The Plex article Multi-Version Movies explains exactly this.Basically you just add them to your library, re-scan and Plex should group them together for you. Then your movies will have a 2 in the corner.
But this does not work automatically, for what I understand. On some clients you will be presented with a choice, but only by resolution. I have full sized 1080p rips and 1080p 4-5Mbps encodes. How would on tell the difference? Also, another flaw in this, I think, is some friends might not be as gifted to actually understand what this means (read parents).
Why not just add as another library, call it “Optimized TV” or something along those lines? Keeps it simple.
@hatflix said:
@Vswraith said:
But will it also track them as optimized versions? Meaning if i have watched an optimized and synced version of a TV show, will it automatically delete the optimized version as it currently does?It automatically deletes optimized versions. By the way you said it, it seems this is only for TV shows. But what if I have multiple friends? It gets deleted after the first person watches it?
@skubiszm said:
The Plex article Multi-Version Movies explains exactly this.Basically you just add them to your library, re-scan and Plex should group them together for you. Then your movies will have a 2 in the corner.
But this does not work automatically, for what I understand. On some clients you will be presented with a choice, but only by resolution. I have full sized 1080p rips and 1080p 4-5Mbps encodes. How would on tell the difference? Also, another flaw in this, I think, is some friends might not be as gifted to actually understand what this means (read parents).
No, it’s done automatically I’d you follow the file naming conventions Plex uses (available in support files).
If for some reason it doesn’t, it means one of the files was linked to a different movie/tv series using tvdb/moviedb/freebase… just “rematch” the files using the web interface to the correct/same movie/tvseries.
@swordsandtequila said:
Why not just add as another library, call it “Optimized TV” or something along those lines? Keeps it simple.
Just to keep things tidy and in one place was all.
I think a separate library labeled something like mobile for “slow connection” might be easiest.
