Server Version#: 1.41.3.9314
Player Version#: Latest plex windows app, latest plex nvidia shield app
How do we disable this “add to watchlist” popup on my nvidia shield and windows app? I’m watching a trailer that is stored on my server. Why would I ever even want to be reminded that watchlist exists?
This is what it looks like on the windows app - on the shield is is a popup like “skip intro”:
Following up on this - Where is the setting to disable this “add to watchlist” popup on nvidia shield or advertisement button on TRAILERS I HAVE THAT PHYSICALLY LIVE ON MY SERVER.
I could understand plex,inc wanting to advertise to me this function on the trailers that are streamed from somewhere else (I’d call this fair), but I’m not the class of paying customer who will ever use watchlist, discovery, or whatever social media project Keith is trying to turn plex into.
Edit: this bug happens in both TV shows and Movie libraries.
Bumping again. How do I remove the “add to watchlist” popup on trailers that are on my local server?
I never consented to this advertisement.
You might disable the watchlist feature, but short of that, you won’t be able to remove the button.
Not sure which part you consider an ad? It’s a shortcut to remember the movie for which you’re watching a trailer by adding it to the watchlist.
Is this possible? I have tried so hard to remove all traces of watchlist, discovery, anything ad supported, anything social. Perhaps I missed where I can completely remove watchlist?
Do you think I have a library of only trailers that I’m brainrot-scrolling like a tiktok user 
nonono.
I think you misunderstand how I am watching a trailer. I have a local saved trailer from a bluray I own in the folder of a film. I navigate to that film on my shield, again locally on my server, then press down to Extras and play the trailer. I have no need for a reminder because I selected that trailer from the movie I actively chose .25 seconds earlier.
What value does plex think it brings to forcing a watchlist popup? I know what movie the trailer is for because I think I have the brain capacity to remember .25 seconds in the past.
It’s for people who choose to watch automatic trailers in front of another movie. Just like in the cinema. If you disable external trailers, and tell it to use trailers from your own libraries, you will only see trailers from your own stuff.
In this situation, you can use this button to create a reminder in your personal watch list, that this is a movie that you’d like to (re-)watch some time.
It’s also not uncommon that people go through a library and watch several trailers in a row. They might stumble upon a movie that looks interesting, but might not fit into the programming of today’s watching session.
That’s what the watch list is intended for. It has nothing to do with advertising. All items in it are there because the user has added them consciously.
Should I submit a bug ticket? I will never have automatic trailers play before I choose content on my own server. I only manually choose trailers from the extras. Every single trailer that I play FROM CONTENT THAT LIVES ON MY SERVER is greeted with a “add to watchlist” popup that I never, ever consented to? I can turn off popups for skip intro/credits, why can’t a paying customer turn off popups for a advertising feature?
lol, no. This isn’t true. Users 100% do not go around to their movie library, select a movie, scroll down to a trailer, watch it, go back up a level and repeat. This doesn’t happen because that is absurd with the current UI/UX. Why am I being punished with a forced “add to watchlist” even for the 4 people who do this?
Watchlist is 100% an advertisement. Wishlist’s entire purpose in life is to get a user into discover and into ad supported media. We all know this. I will never be convinced otherwise.
To followup, do I need to make a formal bug report? Do I need to provide any additional information?
Is there a bug, or am I just being punished?
I might be a bit thick… what about offering an option to watchlist an item while watching its trailer is „advertising“?
Even beyond Otto’s use case… all it does is giving you an option to mark the movie to watch it later, e.g. if you check out the trailer and figure you don’t want to watch the movie right away. It’s still your trailer and your local media… no advertisement for any online media sources, 3rd parties or the likes. Then again, maybe I’m missing something.
An option to turn off the popup watchlist advertisement would be AMAZING. There is simply a watchlist popup that I never consented to on my server, watching my content, when I watch my local trailers that I ripped and put into the correct folder using the plex approved naming method.
The universe will die of entropy before I ever want to be reminded to watch a movie from a trailer that I manually watched .37 seconds earlier.
You are missing something: Watchlist is an advertisement to get me into discover and further ad supported content. Plex,inc will never, ever change my mind.
I would feel differently if this was the “find trailers and extras automatically” or Cinema Trailers as part of plex pass - those class of people use plex far differently than I do.
Back to the original question: Shall we open up a formal bug ticket, or is watchlist popup on local trailers expected behavior? I don’t understand where this resistance is coming from towards getting an answer.
Edit: far too wordy.
No resistance… just not getting your point /how you perceive this to be an advertisement. But I’m not here to convince you otherwise.
It appears I’ve found two users who have a somewhat similar idea and suggested to disable this some years ago
That suggestion you reference is actually nuking watchlist as a whole (which I obviously support), but that suggestion is far too broad for this single bug:
What can we do to open that formal bug report?
Was just forced onto the new app. This bug remains: Add to watchlist pops up when I’m playing a LOCAL TRAILER THAT LIVES ON MY LOCAL SERVER.
I never consented to this advertisement. Where is the ticket number for this?
Following up again. Why am I being punished with the watchlist popup while watching my local trailers?
And following up again. Why am I being punished with a watchlist advertising popup on my local trailers on my own devices?
Maybe it’s the hyperbole…
Following up, Plex,inc FTEs:
Where are we at with removing the “add to watchlist” advertising popup when I play local trailers?
Following up again to see why I’m getting an “add to watchlist” advertisement when playing LOCAL TRAILERS on MY CONTENT
Following up again - why am I still seeing add to watchlist advertising popup ON MY OWN LOCAL TRAILERS?? I’m obviously not on Discover, because I’m not of the class of user who would ever even think about using Discover (or watchlist).
Even your own documentation shows this is a bug:
Why does plex,inc not even acknowledge this is a bug? Where is my support ticket number?
Maybe they just don’t consider this teeny tiny inconsequential thing is a problem? And have better things to be doing with their development resources?
Or maybe they’ve all taken bets to see how long you’ll keep moaning about it?
