# \[Feature Request?\] One Library for My Server + Friend's Server

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 27, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492 "2016-04-27T17:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![mt.plex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mt.plex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mt.plex)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/1 "2016-04-27T17:56:16Z")

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This may be a feature request as I couldn’t find anything on the topic.

Is there a way, or could there be a way, to have the content of both my server and my friend’s server in one place?

As in, when I login via the web app or via Plex on Pi, I see one content library that is the combination of my content and my friend’s content. Duplicates removed.

When I hit play, it streams from either server, depending on who has the content. If we both have the content, it streams from the local server first.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![blackdawn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/blackdawn/32/14584_2.png) [@blackdawn](https://forums.plex.tv/u/blackdawn)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/2 "2016-10-06T10:56:46Z")

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Personally I’m starting to wonder why we need explicit servers in the first place when playing content. It’s perfectly fine for when telling Plex where we store our media but otherwise it should be essentially hidden from us.

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**Author:** ![Tifred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Tifred](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Tifred)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/3 "2017-05-17T08:58:34Z")

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Hey all  
this could be very fine  
Instead of seeing the server list, it could be a unique (sort of “virtual” server) list of all libraries. (a parameter could be proposed to have the current behavior or this new feature)

This could be more helpful and more WAF while somebody does not know in which server is located its favorite libraries.

Thanks for all  
F.

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**Author:** ![shastada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@shastada](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shastada)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/4 "2017-07-09T01:45:25Z")

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> @Tifred said:  
> Hey all  
> this could be very fine  
> Instead of seeing the server list, it could be a unique (sort of “virtual” server) list of all libraries. (a parameter could be proposed to have the current behavior or this new feature)
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> This could be more helpful and more WAF while somebody does not know in which server is located its favorite libraries.
> 
> Thanks for all  
> F.

Not only list all the libraries but allow you to group similar libraries together. If I have a Plex Cloud server and a local server both with TV shows and Movies, then I should be able to group the Plex Cloud and local movies together into one library and the Plex cloud and local tv shows together in another library.

Then you can prioritize in case both libraries have duplicates that it prefers local over cloud or if you have half a dozen friends group together you can prioritize all of them.

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**Author:** ![shastada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@shastada](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shastada)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/5 "2017-07-14T00:04:08Z")

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I would have thought this topic would get a lot more love. Do not many people have multiple servers and/or friends servers? I would think anyone with Plex Cloud would love for it to integrate nicely with their other plex server (if they have one) at least.

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**Author:** ![Tifred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Tifred](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Tifred)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/6 "2018-03-14T13:44:20Z")

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Any chance to have\> @shastada said:

> Not only list all the libraries but allow you to group similar libraries together. If I have a Plex Cloud server and a local server both with TV shows and Movies, then I should be able to group the Plex Cloud and local movies together into one library and the Plex cloud and local tv shows together in another library.
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> Then you can prioritize in case both libraries have duplicates that it prefers local over cloud or if you have half a dozen friends group together you can prioritize all of them.

Any chance to have this feature done one day, it would be so user friendly  
best regards

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/7 "2018-03-14T17:29:07Z")

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duplicate feature request

> **[Group Multiple Plex Servers](http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/123919/group-multiple-plex-servers/p1#top)**
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> Hi   Just an idea, but I think it would be nice if you could group/display similar content regardless of where it is stored.   Example: I have Server1 and Server2 both with a TV Shows section. Rather than Server1\\TV Shows  & Server2\\TV...

closing

Please respect the rules for this subforum

- **Search** first if the request has already been posted before. The goal is to collect the votes for a particular feature in one thread - not to scatter them around.
- Please only [one feature per post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "one feature per post")

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-one-library-for-my-server-friends-server/143492/8 "2018-08-03T09:53:55Z")

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