Server Version#: 1.20.0.3125
The new plex movie agent is not considering my .plexignore files I had in subfolders in my movie folder.
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Thanks, could you give me an example of the exclude lines you’re using?
I am excluding everything in the folder using “**/*”.
Same here - ignoring “sample*”
Thanks, it should work so it sounds like there is a bug somewhere. I’ll investigate and provide some updates.
.plexignore located in .../Movies, where library is pointed.
.plexignore:
# Movies for Plex to ignore
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)/
Movie:
.../Movies/Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)/Apocalypse Now Redux (2001).mkv
I’ve reworked some things with the new plexignore so hopefully it should now work as expected with the next update.
This rule would not work with the new plexignore. File ignores and directory ignores are handled separately, to achieve this same outcome with the new plexignore you need two rules like this:
# ignore all files in the folder
*
# ignore any sub-directories in the folder
*/*
Just make sure this isn’t in your root folder 
This should work again when the fix is released. If this .plexignore is in the root of your library all files in subsequent subdirectories will also match this rule.
Technically this should be:
# Movies for Plex to ignore
Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)/*
Note the asterisk at the end but I’ve accommodated for both with the new fixes.
@drzoidberg33:
Is it already in 1.20.0.3133 or the next version?
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Thanks for the quick turnaround. Greatly appreciated.
Thanks also for catching my typo. Missing asterisk added. I appreciate the accommodation, but very easy to add one asterisk to a file. I do have the appropriate asterisk in the .plexignore file in another library.
No, the next update. Probably sometime next week.
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Does this also ignore all files in the further sub-directories in the sub-directory?
Yes, as it’s ignoring all directories that removes any of subsequent sub-directories too.
is the general syntax of the .plexignore file changing?
No, the current implementation wasn’t aligning with our documentation so it’s just being fixed.
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When is the update with this fix coming? I just upgraded my agent and duplicates or unwanted media that was previously ignored are coming up. On 1.20.0.3133 currently.
It seems this was fixed in version 1.20.0.3181. At least the Plex Movie Agent now seems to respect my .plexignore files.
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Thanks for confirming! Let me know if you run in to any issues.
I just transitioned my Synology-installed Plex to the new Movie Agent and its absolutely gone insane.
I have a #snapshot folder and a #recycle folder, where the #snapshot folder, of course, has multiple versions of the same movies inside of it.
I have, since getting my Synology, had Plex running on it with a .plexignore file saved, safely and correctly ignoring those directories.
Until I decided to upgrade my library to the new Plex Movie Agent.
The scanner is now constantly running, showing I have 13+ versions of each individual movie, taking up all of the processing power of my Synology.
My .plexignore file:
Tester.*
*#snapshot/*
*#recycle/*
Plex Dashboard Version 4.39.1
Plex Server Version 1.20.0.3181
Do these exist in the root folder only?
I tested this quickly and it seems to work here, something like this:
.plexignore
*#snapshot/*
Example folder structure:
/mnt/movies/.plexignore
/mnt/movies/#snapshot/movie1.mp4
/mnt/movies/#snapshot/movie2.mp4
/mnt/movies/Movie 1 (2020)/movie1.mp4
/mnt/movies/Movie 2 (2020)/movie2.mp4
In this scenario it ignores the #snapshot folder completely.
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Hi.
My .plexignore file isn’t working either. Each of my movie files are in their own directory and inside of each directory is a “background” folder containing a “theme.mp4” file. I set .plexignore with
*background/*
This has been working until I upgraded to the new scanner.
Any work around?
Thanks
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