Filter Library by "Indexes" State ie: Indexes sd

[jfreiman]

Server Version#: 1.24.6.5145
Player Version#: Plex Web 4.79.4

I would like to go through my Collections (Libraries) and find videos that have not been indexed with thumbnails for FF and REW.

I have instructed Plex to (re)Analyze my libraries to create thumbnails for every video. However, some videos show they are being analyzed but never have the Index generated. Each time I Analyze the collection those same files are analyzed again and again.

There are too many to watch and list so I was wondering HOW do I filter my libraries to only show videos which do not have the “Index sd” created?

I have searched for a solution, but haven’t even found any topic that covers this issue.

[anon18523487]

There is no such filter for that.

[Volts]

WebTools-NG or ExportTools can display this:

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When thumbnail extraction fails it might indicate a corrupt file.

Or it might just mean the file is structured weird, and the optimized method Plex uses to extract thumbnails doesn’t work. In that case you might be able to successfully generate thumbnails by temporarily changing a very hidden Plex setting:

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