I have a Dolby Atmos blu ray that I have ripped onto my computer. I want to identify each of the tracks but have them grouped together on Plex server as one movie. Ideally, I would like to identify the name of the disc, then a chapter and then the name of the chapter. How do I format this?
youāll need to give some more meat to the boneā¦ your post is not as self-explaining to the rest of us as it might be for you 
what kind of movie/content are we talking about? is this an actual movie?
when you say you have āgrouped them togetherāā¦ what exactly did you do?
if you have identified the movie file within your bd rip, this file usually comes with chaptersā¦ you can change/edit those ā if you have a mkv file, MKVToolNix is the way to goā¦ other apps exist for MP4/M4V containers. However I donāt think thatās what youāre looking forā¦
Thanks. I already have MKVToolNix. This is a blu ray disc of multiple, separate chapters, each of which is a different demo. I want to have them shown on my Plex server as one movie but (1) be able to access any of the individual chapters; (2) be able to identify them in a way other than āpt1ā etc., such as with some brief description in the chapter file format so that I can identify each.
hmmā¦ shouldnāt you be able to do that with MKVToolNixā chapter editor?
especially if theyāre already organized in chaptersā¦ all you need to do is to re-name the chapters according to your liking.
But will they show up on Plex server as one movie, rather than a bunch of separate files? I tried merging the files as one movie but canāt figure out how to access each seperate chapter on Plex server.
I guess I donāt know how to use MKVToolNix chapter editor to achieve the desired result. Can you guide me in the right direction? Thanks.
I misread your earlier postā¦ I thought you already got them all in 1 file.
The most thorough approach is to merge the different videos using MKVToolNix.
- open MKVToolNix and switch to
Mergeview (Multiplexer) - drag&drop the first file into
Source files - right-click that 1st file and select
Append files - select the subsequent files ā order doesnāt matter, if needed you can fix the sequence afterwards in the source files list
- go to the
Outputtab - in the
Chapterssection, setGenerating chapterstoOne chapter for each appended file - click
Start Multiplexing(optionally re-name the output file nameā¦ by default MKVToolNix will append a " (1)" to the original file name
Important: for this to work properly, all files should have the same number and type of streams (e.g. 1 video and 2 audio streams ā where each stream is the same codec and language as in the files to be appended)
When doneā¦
- return to MKVToolNix and switch to
Chapter editorview - drag&drop the new file
- re-name the chapters according to your preferences
Thanks. Seems like a brilliant solution! Giving it a try now. How do I access these different chapters on Plex server?
Well, I did that, but all it seems to have done is combine the chapters into one movie. I figure out how I can access a specific chapter in Plex server. Any ideas?
Never mind. I figured it out. Thanks!
This seems like a great approach, but does Plex have a naming standard for Concert Videos? I suspect not as I donāt see anything. Presumably it goes into Movies. It would be Nice to have this so maybe a request.
There is no separate metadata source for concert recordings. The only usable for Plex anyway is TheMoviedatabase, which lists concerts as regular āmovieā releases. So there is no sense in using a different notation than for movies.
So you will have to use a āMoviesā-type library. (which is not the worst choice)
It doesnāt have to be the same library where you store your regular movies in. Plex allows the creation of more than one library of each type (unless you are using one of the Android-based WD NASās).
You can use Collections to tie your concert āmoviesā to your music artists or albums in your music library.
And since a Movies library also allows bonus content to be included, you can also add the bonus videos from your concert DVD or Bluray.
Can you share what you figured out for those of us with the same query? 
Is there a particular part of the approach youāre looking for?
Plex will look in your files for available chapter information and make those available through the Player. In Plex Web, the chapter selection can be accessed through the 
button in the player. The same icon is available in most of the other clients.
On some of the TV clients youāll need to swipe/click up or down to access the chapter selection (e.g. Apple TV).
Or is this about a different question / detail from this thread?
Iām looking to rip a dvd/blu ray with individual chapters so that I can āskipā chapters to the next easily.
When I ripped them separately, each chapter (file) shows up as a different movie in the library which isnāt what I want. I want the whole movie to show there, but be able to skip by chapter.
If there is an easier way to achieve this I am open to any suggestions.
Use makemkv. It preserves the chapters.
You can use MKVtoolnixGUI to give the chapters proper titles.
a properly ripped disk will already include chapters within a single file.
sounds like you may need to check the website/forums/documentation for whatever you are using to rip with, to make sure you have any needed settings configured to support chapters in the ripped file.
or else use makemkv.
in normal scenarios, there is never any reason to rip chapters to separate files.
even on a demo disk, you should be able to retain a single file with multiple chapters.
on the other hand, it can be advantageous to rip a demo disk to separate files, and place them in a āmiscā video library, then you can organize them however you want within the file system.
a misc library does not pull any online metadata, so you wonāt get anything from tvdb/moviedb.
finally, if what you are ripping is a TV series, then each episode is generally ripped into separate files.
of course then you will need a tv library layout, with proper season and episode numbering.
Sure. See Tom80Hās instructions above. The worked like a charm!
Still I think thereās some truth to the statements of Otto and TeknoJunkyā¦ if you can create a single-file rip in the first place, thatās certainly preferable to stitching it up afterwards
Apologies, I meant a disc with multiple titles, not chapters.
Think concert recordings, adult DVDs/BRs, etc.
How would one rip the whole disk and have it show up as a single movie but treat the titles (and chapters) like chapters?
