# Playlist from multiple folders?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-from-multiple-folders/368187>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** lounge\
**Created:** [January 27, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-from-multiple-folders/368187 "2019-01-27T22:38:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheese1881](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cheese1881](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cheese1881)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-from-multiple-folders/368187/1 "2019-01-27T22:38:58Z")

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So here is my problem. I have a folder with TV Shows and a folder with Movies. I want to create a playlist that includes both, is that possible in Plex? I am able to create a playlist of just Movies and just TV Shows but I see nothing in the way of adding to a playlist already created or anyway this could be done.

Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-from-multiple-folders/368187/3 "2019-01-27T22:43:01Z")

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This is possible. But from tv show libraries, you can only add episodes, not whole seasons or even whole tv shows.  
And the playlist must be a ‘dumb’ playlist. (it must **not** have a ‘cog wheel’ icon on its poster)

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**Author:** ![cheese1881](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cheese1881](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cheese1881)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-from-multiple-folders/368187/4 "2019-01-27T22:44:35Z")

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Seconds after posting this I found a work around. I just created a new library in which I mixed both folders from the “Add Folder” option when creating a new library and labeled the new Library as “All”. Made my “All” library my playlist.

It will cost me a day of crawling for metadata and scanning but it will be well worth it. Let’s see if Plex can handle a 1000 day playlist.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/playlist-from-multiple-folders/368187/5 "2026-04-22T13:59:31Z")

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