# Custom collection posters **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-nvidia-shield\ **Created:** [May 3, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614 "2021-05-03T06:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/1 "2021-05-03T06:32:05Z")
Server Version#:1.22.2.4282 Server#: Nvidia Shield TV Pro Player Version#: 4.56.4 Hi, I am sorry if this topic has already been addressed however I was not able to find it. I would like to assign custom posters for several of my Collections. Both for the automatically created (i.e.: Hellboy Collection) as well as manual ones (i.e.: MCU). Is there a way how to do this on Shield TV? I have those posters stored locally in the first movie (by date of release) of each collection but the web player interface does not display them in the menu. I am using Plex Movie scanner and Plex Movie agent for the library, Local assets and Local metadate settings are both enabled. Any advice will be greatly appreaciated. ---
**Author:** ![DaveBinM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/davebinm/32/9984_2.png) [@DaveBinM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DaveBinM)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/2 "2021-05-03T07:03:29Z")
All curation of media has to be done via the web client ([https://app.plex.tv/desktop](https://app.plex.tv/desktop)), which will allow you to select posters for your collections. ---
**Author:** ![CostaHT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/costaht/32/193414_2.png) [@CostaHT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CostaHT)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/3 "2021-05-03T07:14:32Z")
And here’s a website where you can great collection posters (free account) [https://theposterdb.com/](https://theposterdb.com/) ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/4 "2021-05-04T16:33:45Z")
Hi, Thank you both for the answers. I am aware I have to perform the changes in web client. I have changed several posters for individual movies. However when I browse the same menu for any of my Collections I do not see the custom posters I have saved locally. I am not sure where exactly I should I save the Collection wallpapers in my media drive. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![DaveBinM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/davebinm/32/9984_2.png) [@DaveBinM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DaveBinM)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/5 "2021-05-04T16:59:17Z")
Collection posters have to be manually uploaded via app.plex.tv/desktop, there is no place to put them in the directory structure for them to be selected ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/6 "2021-05-05T19:30:48Z")
Hi, Thank you very much. Make sense I got confused because I have one collection with a single movie and for that movie I have a locally stored custom poster which I can see in the collection poster menu. And once I upload local collection poster it is saved somewhere in server data? Anyway, I side question. Is there a simple way to temporarily turn off all online poster sources? So that I can see which custom poster I have assigned across my whole library? Preferably without removing all other online metadata. ---
**Author:** ![DaveBinM](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/davebinm/32/9984_2.png) [@DaveBinM](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DaveBinM)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/7 "2021-05-05T21:37:39Z")
No, that isn’t possible, I’m afraid ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/8 "2021-05-06T19:03:41Z")
I see, so there is no way to discern which poster is pulled online and which is from local storage when I am in poster selection menu? And the user assigned collection posters are stored within the server configuration? Can I backup them together with the rest of the settings easily? And one last question regarding collections. Is there a list of all existing ones? For example I was expecing a collection of Marvel Cinematic Universe to be created automatically but it was not. I can create it but such approach requires me to pull all other info manually which I would rather avoid. ---
**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/9 "2021-05-06T23:09:18Z")
I don’t recall the specific folder where posters are stored, but if you are backing up everything under the main plex folder, custom posters will be backed up as well. Plex, unless the support docs are out of date, get their list of collections from themoviedb see: [https://support.plex.tv/articles/201273953-collections/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201273953-collections/) Also, if you have started using **Smart Collections** you can generate the **MCE** with one filter ![shot_210506_153902](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/9/2923aa2e396fdd0657a42f840334d0b153b75231.jpeg) Which will give you - ![shot_210506_155939](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/f/2f37b08d51cad4b60b52149d76f4fb218e0fcc48.jpeg) _Minus the custom sort order_ ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/10 "2021-05-07T07:22:46Z")
Smart collections?! Wow, havent heard about this feature before it seems splendid. Now I just need to wait for 1.23 update for my Shield Pro. Thanks a lot for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/11 "2021-05-14T05:10:44Z")
@hthighway I have just found an update for Plex Server on Google Play and I created a MCU smart colletion right away as you adviced me. However I end up with collection without any description (please see attached screenshot). ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/4/5/45874136314eee9a49f9c93e8cf21ad1c74a202e.jpeg) Do you have any suggestion? Filter setup is following. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/7/b/7b893668d3e9dda85a67729f3eee329f897e2a48.jpeg) Thanks anyone in advance for any hints. ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/12 "2021-05-14T05:40:35Z")
if you want a description on a collection you made click the edit button and add one. if you want the server to automatically create collections for you based on online data with descriptions and such then enable that in the libraries settings ![Plex](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/b/2/b236fde7b9afe8e66b1efd83fcd6137f3084b414.png) ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/13 "2021-05-14T16:10:35Z")
Hi, Thank you for response. I know I can fill in descriptions manually however the automatization is the main reason I pay for Plex. The minimum treshold for automatic Collection is set to 1 and I have multiple automatically created collections. However the MCU collection is never created automatically. Therefore I followed the steps from @hthighway in hope that Smart collections feature will help. Are there any other settings I should pay attention? ---
**Author:** ![BigWheel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/bigwheel/32/78783_2.png) [@BigWheel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BigWheel)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/14 "2021-05-14T16:18:52Z")
> [@martin\_cz](#): > > However the MCU collection is never created automatically Because TMDB where auto collections come from only treat sequels as collections as per their rules. [Overview - Collection Bible — The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/bible/collection#59f751209251416e71000057) ---
**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/15 "2021-05-14T18:29:18Z")
and the description I used for MCU came from theposterdb, and it was manually pasted into the Smart Collection > **[Marvel Cinematic Universe Posters | TPDb](https://theposterdb.com/posters/1993)** > > A page displaying all posters related to Marvel Cinematic Universe ---
**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/16 "2021-05-14T18:43:45Z")
… and soon, perhaps, our guests will be able to see what’s in a TV Show Smart Collection… I’ve manually created hundreds of Vanilla Collections and could really use some Smart Ones - if ya know what I mean…lol ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/17 "2021-05-15T17:36:31Z")
Hi, Thank you, I actually read those some time ago but never realized the implications for MCU or DCEU or Monsterverse universe. Any details about Universe feature the article mentions? And its possible implementation in Plex? ---
**Author:** ![martin\_cz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/54ee81/32.png) [@martin\_cz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/martin_cz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/18 "2021-05-15T17:37:10Z")
I see, I thought the Smart collection should load those automatically. Now I understand. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/custom-collection-posters/713614/19 "2021-08-13T17:37:47Z")
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