So was just talking about this Request in another thread & re-read through a few things & realized there’s potential here similar to another suggestion I have to use the .plexmatch file to add custom episode sorting. But it would make sense that it could be use for the Cuts as well.
For those unfamiliar earlier this year Plex has implemented a new way to help match unusually named files for TV Shows. You use a file named .plexmatch & it will let you give Plex overrides for show names, season numbers, IMDB/TVDB/TMDB IDs, etc.
If this Metadata override option is something they are already using, why not use it for Multiple Cuts?
I won’t go too much into my TV Show Suggestion but essentially the way the .plexmatch file works is by having “Hints” for matching. I suggested using the TVdb Episode ID to manually match the episode even if you have it sorted somewhere else. Like when a movie comes after the final season & you’d like it to be the next season with a movie poster instead of Specials Episode 47.
So my idea, which I think is not nearly as good as the ones already suggested, but since Plex doesn’t seem to like those maybe this will be a system they can accept
Here’s an example mock-up of a movie .plexmatch file with multiple cuts
I’ll use an example from comment 453 for Star Wars
- .plexmatch
# Star Wars Editions with multiple versions
# Assuming that Theatrical versions are in a folder named "Theatrical" within the "Star Wars (1977)" folder, & others similarly
cut: Theatrical: /Theatrical/Star Wars (1977) - Theatrical Release - 1080p.mkv
cut: Theatrical: /Theatrical/Star Wars (1977) - Theatrical Release - 720p.mkv
cut: Theatrical: /Theatrical/Star Wars (1977) - Theatrical Release - 480p.mkv
cut: Special Edition: /Special/Star Wars (1977) - Special Edition - 1080p.mkv
cut: Special Edition: /Special/Star Wars (1977) - Special Edition - 720p.mkv
cut: Special Edition: /Special/Star Wars (1977) - Special Edition - 480p.mkv
cut: Disney Release: /Mouse/Star Wars (1977) - Disney Release - 1080p.mkv
cut: Disney Release: /Mouse/Star Wars (1977) - Disney Release - 720p.mkv
cut: Disney Release: /Mouse/Star Wars (1977) - Disney Release - 480p.mkv
This would also make the different versions of a specific Cut grouped together under that cut however Plex may deal with that.
