Would this be an impossible functionality to add? I don’t understand the Plex server and the way it interacts with Metadata etc to know.
I’m really sick of relying on TMDB (esp) and IMDB for cast (photos) and plot info - it’s piss poor for certain genres that I enjoy, particularly B grade Hong action movies from the 70s etc - where metadata is SLIM and cast pics are often blank from both of those sources.
I had a big fight that ended up with a particular account being banned from TMDB because some idiot moderator had purged all the actors photos that I had uploaded there that were showing up in Plex…after TWO YEARS! Nothing better to do that day I guess…Their argument was that those pics didn’t meet the “quality” for their required dimensions. Mine was that I did my photoshop thing for hours as respectful tribute to these amazing performers, and that it was simply impossible to find the type of glossy head shots that one can find for most of the history of US film (and some other countries/genres)…besides - the thumbnail size and method of their display in Plex made that argument silly for my concerns (and even on TMDB if you had seen my renderings as a long time photo restorer). But I digress ;O I could understand how those Database companies and the actors themselves might want to control industry information, but what difference would it make were it confined to my computer?
If this were possible, I 'm making a feature request. I also realize that this may not be a concern for some Plex users but it may also be be for a number of others…
Thanks for any responses…
January 2014:
6 years and counting…
Thanks!
3: Ability to change images as well ;o
Well… ‘internal logistics’ reveals we don’t have any reason to ever edit cast info… so they’re working on Plexamp - or something more important:
My suspicion is that it’s a legal/contractual issue with the databases and plex, flowing from SAG or something like that…trying to control the information that’s out there…I’d love to get a definite reason from Plex 'though.
Perhaps someone from Plex could officially and definiitively address why they don’t allow editing of cast PHOTOS, where they allow editing of other metadata such as movie POSTERS etc… I simply can’t guess why this might be an issue (legal or otherwise) for either the actors themselves, or the databases (IMDB and TMDB) who are allowed to CONTROL the images that we store and see in our personal copy of Plex.
Metadata only flows down from the internet and isn’t shared publicly, so why the problem?
Thanks again
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