After giving the cut vs version idea some extra thought I’m thinking the best way to handle multiple cuts would be to require sub folders with the “xxxxxx -cut” tag on the end.
Example: “Directors Cut -cut” or “Theatrical Release -cut”.
I know Plex generally doesn’t require folders for it’s database matching, but perhaps this would be a worthy exception. Using folders to designate a special cut of a movie would give a couple benefits.
- We could name the cut any custom name such as “The Ultimate Cut - cut” or “Black N Chrome Edition -cut”, etc.
- Any optimized version could easily be grouped together under the cut it belongs to.
- We could easily have multiple 3D or 4K/HDR versions as another distinct cut.
Example:
/Avatar (2009)
//Theatrical Release -cut Avatar (2009) - 1080p.mkv //Theatrical Release 3D -cut Avatar (2009) 3D - 1080p.mkv //Extended Cut -cut Avatar (2009) extended - 1080p.mkv //Special Edition -cut Avatar (2009) special edition - 1080p.mkv //Director's Cut -cut Avatar (2009) directors cut - 1080p.mkv Avatar (2009) directors cut - 720p.mkv Avatar (2009) directors cut - SD.mkv //Director's Cut 4K -cut Avatar (2009) directors cut - 4k.mkv
Plex would basically just ignore the file name information after the movie name so any note taking the end user wanted to do would work up until the resolution version.
I’m not going to rework the mockup to exactly match the above tagging, but hopefully you get the idea…
Above is the web interface.
Below is the 10 foot interface.
