Hey guys,
I didn't see anyone else post about this and I just figured it out today so I thought I'd share.
I've always wanted to have a "Kids" Library in Plex, much like Netflix does, but didn't want to move or copy my files to do it. (kind of ■■■■ about my library structure)
Sooooo.... check out how to create a custom library collection using symlinks in my video here ->
https://youtu.be/uBeOcqSi30o
Once a new library is created like this you can share only this library to your kids using Plex Home or just help them easily navigate your collection with their own library.
The best part is, it doesn't effect your current media library structure and doesn't require copying or moving any files.
Hope this helps someone like it helped me.
-Chanse
I have separate libraries like you have suggested in this great tutorial, however the sharing restriction doesn't seem to be working. Both of my daughters have their own account on my Plex server. On their user settings I have only their Library checked. However when I go to their computer they can view all libraries, not just the 1 I have checked. All updates have been performed on server and client side. I've even gone as far as to deleting their account and adding it back on the Plex server, then doing the permissions again. But it still shows all libraries. There are videos in a library that my wife and I have that I do not want my girls to have access to because of language and war scenes, etc. Any ideas? Thanks.
I have separate libraries like you have suggested in this great tutorial, however the sharing restriction doesn't seem to be working. Both of my daughters have their own account on my Plex server. On their user settings I have only their Library checked. However when I go to their computer they can view all libraries, not just the 1 I have checked. All updates have been performed on server and client side. I've even gone as far as to deleting their account and adding it back on the Plex server, then doing the permissions again. But it still shows all libraries. There are videos in a library that my wife and I have that I do not want my girls to have access to because of language and war scenes, etc. Any ideas? Thanks.
So I went back through the motions of signing out and signing back in on the clients and apparently after this last update it decided to properly show the restrictions. Thanks again for the tutorial. I seem to be good now.
Great! Glad you got it sorted!
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Super useful!
With this method, however, the movies still show up in the general library. Is there a way to make them show up here, but not in the "general" library? (without moving the original files from their nice, orderly place in the filesystem)
Create the same thing, but not kids, and point Plex to that folder
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Create the same thing, but not kids, and point Plex to that folder
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With plex home it is possible to give a label (for example 'kids') the video files you want to be visible for your kids. Then you can set up an account for your kids and give them permission to view only the movies labeled kids in your library.
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Thanks for this. Been wondering how to set this up.
A couple of changes since posting…
I couldn’t play your video from the forum, so here’s a direct link:
Windows 10 doesn’t require the pre-requisite package.
And once installed, I had to choose hardlink to make it work.
Good idea, never thought about this method.
Is there any reason you didn’t just create a user for them and limit the ratings they have available?
I know the scanners, in my case at least, weren’t always great about putting an actual rating in so there was manual clean up to be done. Another issue is that, as an example, some of the Harry Potter movies are PG13 and some are not. I had PG as the upper limit for the kiddos, so they only had part of the series available. Other than that it works really well.
