Define what should Play Next or show as Related, in metadata

Feature Suggestions
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When editing an item’s metadata, allow us to specify any other item from any library on the server as the next item to be played.

And/or allow us to specify a list of related items in the metadata, which appear as options when viewing the main item.

This would be particularly useful in cases where:

  • A movie acts as the starting-off point for a TV-show that follows it
  • A TV show that concludes with a movie
  • A series of movies that work best when viewed in a particular order
  • A TV show that offers specials that ideally should be watched in-between certain episodes
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As posted in your other suggestion… Plex will already place specials into your queue / continue watching section based on their air dates – this is particularly helpful with special episodes / linked movies that are organized as specials that link to certain regular episodes.

There’s an existing feature suggestion discussing an option to actually show those specials inline with the regular episodes on the respective season pages?

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I think the suggested feature is a better ask as “Play Next” doesn’t need to be changed when the order is already correct.

And my series often have specials that only release on the Blu-ray; therefore, it would play the season, then play the specials out of watch-order.

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Created a new discussion by mistake (didn’t find this one, used the wrong keywords so my bad). This is exactly what I need to ensure autoplay plays shows in the correct order. Allowing movies to play next too sounds like a great add if possible.

I’ve seen suggestions about adjusting air dates so the on deck displays it correctly. But this doesn’t help binge watching. Absolute order can help, but only if tvdb actually has it setup correctly. Often it’s not, resulting in many episodes losing metadata as a result.

Adding in metadata that explicitly states what to play next (to override the default air date logic), and selecting content from your library is a great way to mitigate this problem. As we cannot solely rely on air date alone to fix this.