How to export movie list as CSV?

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I just want to see which movies that are less than 1080p, sadly I cannot search for “not equal to resolution 1080P” this search argument is not allowed. And when I try to simply select SD or 480p or 576p I get 1080p movies returned in the search because sometimes I ripped the HD version but did not delete a high quality rip from a DVD. So I figured that I would dump out a copy of all movies via tab-delimited or CSV text and sort this out in a spreadsheet but it seems there is no way to export my movie list with a resolution column for each movie. Any thoughts about how to resolve this issue? Thanks!

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I think you can use a sqlite browser or create a script using Media Info cli.

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Here you go

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Thanks Tom, I saw that from 2017 and I thought they were stopping development since Plex was doing away with Plugins or some such… Too bad there is not a native way to export a list.

Thanks again.

R

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ExportTools is currently the best way to get the info you want.

The developers of it, are working on a new solution to replace it, but it’s still in a very early Alpha stage though

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Hi Robert,
Here’s steps by which can export your collection to a text or CSV file:

  1. Click: File > Export to > Text
  2. In the Export to Text screen, you can select the Sort Order or use the Main Screen setting. You can also select the movies you want to export.
  3. Name your file and give it a location using the Browse button.
  4. Click the Export button to export
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@adamsmith230 thanks for your response, but “Plex Media Player” on the Mac does not show a File menu. Also, the web client opened on the PMS machine (Safari in this case) also fails to show a File menu related to Plex.

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The solution was to use ExportTools, thanks Tom & Dane.

R

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