Server Version#: 1.24.5.5160
Player Version#: 4.68.0 (Plex Web)
OS: Linux Mint 20.2
Creating a new library:
The library is created, but instead of movie posters, it creates thumbnails from video. When I edit the library, I discover that the Library Type has been changed to “Other Videos.”
Agent: “Personal Media” is the definition of an “Other Videos” library.
Or the other way around: if you create an “Other Videos” library, you get a “Movie” library with the agent set to “Personal Media”.
There’s nothing in the UI that tells me that.
Then it should either not be available if I’ve selected “Movies,” or it should tell me the Library Type will change if I select that agent. It shouldn’t just change my selection without telling me.
I have the same problem, and it makes me very angry, because in my entire library I have already downloaded the posters, art, fanart, disk, logo etc … plex does a double job taking up useless space, space that I already have in every single one folder.
Emby does a smarter job, it does not take up space in the main software folder by storing information from movies / TV series, etc. in infinite subfolders.
Please fix this problem …
On TV shows it seems to work, but on movies it doesn’t.
You’re talking about something else. The issue I reported is that selecting the ‘Personal Media’ agent changes the library type without telling you.
Yes, I know, it was to explain that I too would like to use personal media, but that the system prevents me from doing so.
I am having a similar problem, it is easy to replicate too.
I go to libraries → add new library → other videos → I add my folder, I change the settings to Plex Video Files and Personal Media … I add this library and it’s automatically changed to plex movies and starts scanning all my personal media and trying to add meta data to it. I have to first set it back to personal media then go through each and every video and remove the match; It happens literally every time I add a new library and it only stated happening with this most recent update. It’s quite annoying.
The same Problem too 
I would like to change the type by myself - becouse all own pics from my movies were changed now in landscape format when plex changed it to “other videos”
I need the same preview like in “movies” - (Portrait ?)
Please change asap !
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