# Extra Category Called Documentary **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915 "2017-03-17T09:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![usenet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/usenet/32/23179_2.png) [@usenet](https://forums.plex.tv/u/usenet)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/1 "2017-03-17T09:20:12Z")
I like to request for another category called Documentary so I can separate it out from TV show when I just want to watch my Doco ---
**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/2 "2017-03-17T15:44:12Z")
You can just create an additional TV Show library and point it to your documentaries. The online databases that store TV show metadata also include TV documentaries in many cases. If that isn’t adequate, then you need to provide more information about what you are requesting. ---
**Author:** ![WilhelmStroker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/wilhelmstroker/32/85549_2.png) [@WilhelmStroker](https://forums.plex.tv/u/WilhelmStroker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/3 "2017-03-17T16:17:36Z")
I have a library called Documentaries that’s set up as a movie library for documentaries that are movie style. Any multi episode documentaries are in my TV show library as that is the only way I could have metadata for them. ---
**Author:** ![koshyg15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/koshyg15/32/101352_2.png) [@koshyg15](https://forums.plex.tv/u/koshyg15)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/4 "2017-03-17T16:36:00Z")
Here is a video that shows you just how to do it ---
**Author:** ![PlexK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5e925/32.png) [@PlexK](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexK)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/5 "2017-03-17T21:53:39Z")
We have one library set up for “Documentaries” (Movies) and one for “Documentary Series” (TV Shows) ---
**Author:** ![BrianAz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/brianaz/32/8156_2.png) [@BrianAz](https://forums.plex.tv/u/BrianAz)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/6 "2017-03-17T22:29:27Z")
Why does filtering by Genre - “Documentary” not work? ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/7 "2021-01-29T22:23:44Z")
Closed on January 29, 2021, 10:23pm UTC Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Provide a new Documentaries category in addition to TV and Movies](https://forums.plex.tv/t/provide-a-new-documentaries-category-in-addition-to-tv-and-movies/146794): > > Please consider ADDING “Documentaries” as a media type in addition to Film and TV. As has been discussed, sometimes documentaries are a TV series, sometimes they are in a movie database, and sometimes they are simply not listed. As an initial implementation, add a new DOCUMENTARIES category in addition to TV and Film that would (a) check TV database; (b) then check film database if not found in TV; and © include a home video entry if neither a TV or film match was found. The would maximize the… ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/extra-category-called-documentary/184915/8 "2021-06-10T00:43:47Z")
Archived on June 10, 2021, 12:43am UTC