I apologize in advance if this has been asked, but while I’ve found many posts regarding Recently Added, none of them appear to be in the vein of mine.
I actually WANT to make something show up as Recently Added. Manually.
Use Case:
I ripped a DVD copy of a movie and added it to Plex quite some time ago.
Today, I get the Blu Ray copy and rip a fresh copy. If I name the new copy the same as the old copy and replace it - it doesn’t show up as Recently Added (users of my Plex server would want to know if a new, better copy is added to the system).
If I upload the new copy under a different name, I then have to go into the movie entry and GET INFO to delete the original copy.
Of course, I can just go into PLEX and DELETE the original entry totally (letting it delete the file) then copying the new file over and let it reindex. But that seems completely unnecessary if I could just manually “reset” the RECENTLY ADDED date for that old entry.
If you spend time customizing your entries, deleting it just to add a better quality copy and get it as a RECENTLY ADDED seems crazy.
Nope you’re not missing anything. This is how Plex server handles the files. If you have an existing version of the movie (or Plex just mistakenly take one movie for one you already have) it is added to the existing version of the movie (or replace it) and is not a new addition so does not appear as a new item. Only solution is to delete the movie from Plex before.
@“Shane Monroe” said:
I’m hoping for an … undocumented work around …? plug in?
Thanks though. I hope we can get this SOMEHOW.
There is a way… its a little risky though as it involves directly editing the library database - get it wrong and it will break plex!!
First,
BACK UP THE DATABASE FILE!!!
BACK UP THE DATABASE FILE!!!
BACK UP THE DATABASE FILE!!!
It is located here:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases
The file to backup is ‘com.plexapp.plugins.library.db’
Next, you will need SQLiteStudio to edit the database - google it, it is free.
Once installed, open the program and add the plex database (Database->Add A Database->Click the yellow folder icon to Browse for existing Database File->locate the com.plexapp.plugins.library.db file and click add). The plex database should now show in the left column.
Now to start editing… Right click the database and select connect - you should now see the tables in the database. Click tables to drop the list of tables in the left column. Now find the one called ‘metadata_items’. Click this to open this table. then click columns… then double click ‘id’ to open it on the right hand side.
Close any popups and click the data tab at the top - this should then load the list of your movies. Now at the top there is a ‘filter data’ box - use this to filter the name of the movie.
Once you have found the movie - scroll across and find the ‘added_at’ date. Change this to todays date (you may need to change ‘created_at’ and ‘updated_at’ too??)
Now click the green tick at the top to commit the changes to the database and then disconnect the database. Now when you refresh plex, your movie should show as newly added.
