I have videos that aren’t in databases (shorts, home videos, documentaries) and it would be great to have folders leverage metadata in the folder when in folder view
tom80H
October 17, 2025, 4:38pm
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Metadata in folders… such as nfo files?
Natively supporting .NFO files for metadata as part of the Local Media Assets would go a long way for helping people with tons of home movies, alternative versions of films/tv shows, and other difficult to scrape content.
Does that mean that in future all images, backgrounds, and descriptions will be stored in the film folder?
tom80H
October 28, 2025, 11:30am
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I’ve only linked an existing feature suggestion which seems to already address what the OP is asking for.
You can already store local media assets like images and backgrounds alongside your media.https://support.plex.tv/articles/200220677-local-media-assets-movies/
As for descriptions etc., this is supposed to be added when Plex adds support for nfo-files:
Question:
What is I want to know what is the status of the NFO support, last year you said it was already started?
Answer:
We haven’t forgotten about NFO support! The good news is that this is a domino in the same row as the PMS API. Since that first domino has fallen, and we have released the PMS API (Pro Week blog post and PMS API ) we now get to start accelerating on projects like custom agents and NFO support. I am happy to report that we are currently on track to get both of these featu…
