# Including items from Plex servers in watchlist **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** watchlist\ **Created:** [April 5, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292 "2022-04-05T23:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quasar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Quasar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/1 "2022-04-05T23:03:08Z")
Dunno if this is a bug, but playing around with the discovery and watchlist feature I noticed if I add items from plex servers to the watchlist they aren’t appearing for me in ‘available from your watchlist’. Now if I go into the watchlist they are there so it’s not like they aren’t being saved to the watchlist. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/2 "2022-04-05T23:12:06Z")
Seems the hub is only showing a limited subset of your watchlist. Though from what I see in my setup, the `Available from your watchlist` hub does show items from my own / shared servers. If there’s a bug, I cannot reproduce it. ---
**Author:** ![Quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quasar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Quasar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/3 "2022-04-05T23:51:51Z")
It’s weird. Playing further it seems really specific. Only does it with certain items from my server. Even within a single library some items put in the watchlist don’t appear in the ‘available from your watchlist’ hub. Would Plex [server logs](https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/) show what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![M\_403](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/m_403/32/262343_2.png) [@M\_403](https://forums.plex.tv/u/M_403)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/4 "2022-04-06T00:02:21Z")
They are being saved but I think it’s only “available from your watchlist… to stream from streaming providers only - excluding PMS”. That’s why even coming soon won’t show there since one can’t stream it. If I go to master Watchlist and filter it to “Available to stream” then it’s showing exact results from Discover tab. Certain items which you mention must be streamable from streaming platform, hence those showed up. If theory is true then it’s working as intended, otherwise easy bug to reproduce. ---
**Author:** ![Quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quasar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Quasar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/5 "2022-04-06T00:08:23Z")
Hmm. I’ll have to check and see if all the items that don’t appear are ones that aren’t available on a streaming service as well. That would explain the apparent randomness. ---
**Author:** ![Quasar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@Quasar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Quasar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/6 "2022-04-06T00:16:06Z")
That does seem to be true. Which also explains why unreleased films seen in the trailers section of discovery don’t appear if you add them to your watchlist. Kind of annoying, but now at least explained. ---
**Author:** ![cosmo.vitelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@cosmo.vitelli](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cosmo.vitelli)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/7 "2022-04-13T12:25:40Z")
Same issue here, I have a lot of movies on my server that are not available anywhere to stream, so when I add them to the Watchlist, they don’t show up in the `Available to Stream` filter. Is it confirmed that this filter is supposed to not include local content? Or is it indeed a bug? The `Available` filter should definitely include contents from both subscribed services AND our own server. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/8 "2022-04-13T12:36:46Z")
If content from your local server(s) is not appearing in the Watchlist (and there are no filters set in the watchlist) then this content is either “unmatched” or still matched to the old “legacy” Plex metadata agents. You need to convert the library to use the new metadata agent. > **[Upgrading a Movie library to the use the new Plex Movie Agent | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/upgrading-a-movie-library-to-the-use-the-new-plex-movie-agent/)** > > As of Plex Media Server version 1.20.0  when you create a new movie library it will default to the new... > **[Migrating a TV library to use the new Plex TV Series Agent/Scanner | Plex...](https://support.plex.tv/articles/migrating-a-tv-library-to-use-the-new-plex-tv-series-agent-scanner/)** > > As of Plex Media Server version 1.22.3  when you create a new TV library it will default to the new... ---
**Author:** ![cosmo.vitelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@cosmo.vitelli](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cosmo.vitelli)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/9 "2022-04-13T13:26:42Z")
Hello @OttoKerner and thanks for the reply. But the issue is not about local content not appearing in the Watchlist (it does), but that the `Available to Stream` filter doesn’t include such content. Let’s say I added to the Watchlist: A) local content from my personal server B) content available on my streaming services C) upcoming or freshly released content, not yet available on my streaming services At the moment there’s no way to filter the Watchlist to show A) and B). The existing `Available to Stream` filter correctly shows B) and hides C), but it doesn’t include A). So we really need a more general `Available` filter that should show BOTH available content from subscribed streaming services AND local content. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/10 "2022-04-13T14:12:28Z")
> [@cosmo.vitelli](#): > > `Available to Stream` filter doesn’t include such content. This filter is specifically for content which is not on a personal Plex server, but only on commercial video streaming services. ---
**Author:** ![cosmo.vitelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@cosmo.vitelli](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cosmo.vitelli)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/11 "2022-04-13T15:07:48Z")
> This filter is specifically for content which is not on a personal Plex server, but only on commercial video streaming services. Yes, that’s what I gathered from its name and functionality. I guess mine is a suggestion to pass along to the developers: we really need a more general `Available` filter that should show BOTH available content from subscribed streaming services AND local content. Would it be better to open a specific topic about it? ---
**Author:** ![SwiftPanda16](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/swiftpanda16/32/81839_2.png) [@SwiftPanda16](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SwiftPanda16)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/12 "2022-04-13T15:25:12Z")
The problem with that is scale. Plex doesn’t store information about which items in your watchlist are on private Plex servers. The check if an item is available on a Plex server is done locally in your browser for each item. More detailed explaination in my other post here. > [@Is Watchlist violating Plex's Privacy Policy and is collecting our Personal Content? It appears very likely](https://forums.plex.tv/t/is-watchlist-violating-plexs-privacy-policy-and-is-collecting-our-personal-content-it-appears-very-likely/786928/9): > > Don’t mix up the details page from Discover with the details page from your server. When you are looking at a details page inside “Discover”, you are not looking at media on your server. You are looking at the details page from Plex’s online metadata. For example, Star Wars inside Discover [https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/provider/tv.plex.provider.metadata/details?key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F5d776824880197001ec901ac](https://app.plex.tv/desktop/#!/provider/tv.plex.provider.metadata/details?key=%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F5d776824880197001ec901ac) Is just showing the same info from this page on watch.plex.tv. Just looking… This is okay for the individual media page since it only checks one item at a time and only when you click on it. For Plex to display items available on a private Plex server from the entire watchlist could potentially be hundreds of API calls. That is just not scalable and Plex does not want to save/cache the list of items on your server due to privacy. Example: - I have 10 items in my watchlist. - I have 2 personal Plex servers. - I have 8 Plex servers shared with me from friends. - 10 items \* (2 + 8) servers = 100 API calls to check if any items in my watchlist are available on any Plex server. - Scale that up to 100 items in my watchlist and that is 1000 API calls. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/including-items-from-plex-servers-in-watchlist/786292/13 "2022-07-12T15:25:29Z")
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