tom80H
April 15, 2021, 8:43am
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Beyond that little pre-announcement/teaser (??) from BigWheel…
There’s already a number of feature suggestion addressing this – quite similar with slightly different aspects.
Ability to make “libraries” where its just a saved “filter” of an existing library.
EX: Horror, or TV Shows - Networks(ABC). These are all capable by using the filters, but no way to easily save these. Sometimes using the TV the UI screens are very long and you cant “search” and have to scroll thru hundreds of options at time.
The new filters are great. I would like a way to save frequently used custom filters into the menu.
This suggestion builds on the terrific collections overhaul suggestion made by @truthfulie . His suggestion, however, lacks detail on how the user would get to his collections interface.
I suggest an option within Plex settings to elevate some of what are considered Plex filters, (eg: collections, genres, directors and actors) directly to the main menu such that they could optionally appear along side playlists and libraries. See mockups below. As @beckfield so eloquently summarized in the post …
One of the great things about Plex is the organizations. While there’s lot of ideas about how to best organize your movies, genre’s are a default part of Plex. It would be great if Genre’s appeared as a separate section where you could apply posters to the genres like collections.
Unlike Collections, having movies in their genre’s wouldn’t change how they show in the library or any collections they are a part of.
In a nutshell, if I want to watch a Western I go to the new Genre’s sections an…