I'd love to have a possibility to add "dummy" entries to my Plex database so that I can add all movies I have on BluRay/DVD (and not on HDD) and let them appear in the Plex library. Plex should maybe even show, in which place I have too look. This way I could have ALL my movies listed in one place.

Why? Plex players can't start you blueray player /T

If you are just looking to use Plex like a database you could always create a library called something like "Physical Media" and put folders and small dummy clips named just as if they were the real movie. You could even make the dummy clip play something that indicated where to find the movie. I po…

It's a feature that those of us who have used MyMovies in Windows Media Center have had for years. Some of us find it very useful. The workaround posted by wboweiii is a reasonable alternative, and is already used by some MediaBrowser3 users.

Just because a feature is in a different piece of software does not mean Plex should have it, too. If you really want this, create a small video file that does nothing but tell you to go fetch the Blu-Ray off the shelf. This would still let you pull all the metadata, etc. You'd have to create a f…

Thank you! That will work for me. I only have some 40-50ish BluRays so it's not that much work.

I second the idea (posted the same thing before being directed to this one) however unless people find this post and vote for it unlikely we’ll see it added. To me it makes perfect sense for this app to double as a complete media library - it’s perfect for it in fact - better than any other database…

+1 here also, would be very useful to do. no Chance i am going to rip all 400 of my blue rays, much prefer movie stubbs in library.

I don’t really have a need for this feature but I liked it because it makes sense.

[image] New Feature Request: "Coming Soon" Header? @rossinior said: Oh, and just in case somebody tells me that only media files can be matched. Yes. ATM. Plex can be fooled: Take a text editor. type for instance this into it: Manchester by the Sea (2016) save the file and then renam…

[Feature Request] Dummy entries for physical media

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[Feature Request] Dummy entries for physical media

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