# Plex/Nine Database **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** other-dev\ **Created:** [January 20, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453 "2010-01-20T16:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nemesis7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@Nemesis7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nemesis7)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/1 "2010-01-20T16:15:40Z")
To the devs: Can you tell us more about the Plex v0.9 database? I’m wondering if it will be possible to read info from the movie files themselves (m4v, mkv with xml tags). It would be nice if everything (subtitles, posters, tags) could be kept in 1 file. ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/2 "2010-01-20T21:20:36Z")
We’ll release more details before long, we’re finalizing development and doing lots of testing at the moment. One of the goals is extreme flexibility, so scenarios such as the ones you posit may be possible, even if they’re not supported out of the box. ---
**Author:** ![Nemesis7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@Nemesis7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nemesis7)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/3 "2010-01-21T01:05:23Z")
> [@](#): > > We'll release more details before long, we're finalizing development and doing lots of testing at the moment. One of the goals is extreme flexibility, so scenarios such as the ones you posit may be possible, even if they're not supported out of the box. Man, that just sounds awesome! Can't wait! ---
**Author:** ![RockStar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rockstar/32/613_2.png) [@RockStar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RockStar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/4 "2010-01-21T15:09:05Z")
> [@](#): > > To the devs: Can you tell us more about the Plex v0.9 database? I'm wondering if it will be possible to read info from the movie files themselves (m4v, mkv with xml tags). It would be nice if everything (subtitles, posters, tags) could be kept in 1 file. This would definetly help keeping the libraries of several machines syncronized, wich would be great. Today Im symlinking for this wich isnt optimal. Elan : Will rescraping be neded with the 0.9 update? ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/5 "2010-01-21T18:22:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Elan : Will rescraping be neded with the 0.9 update? Yes, unless someone writes an importer/translator, which probably wouldn't be worth the trouble. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/6 "2010-01-21T21:30:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, unless someone writes an importer/translator, which probably wouldn't be worth the trouble. Does that mean that .nfo files and other metadata (posters tbn-files, fanart), which I suppose a lot of users have collected (I for one have), will not be picked up by the new library? That would be seriously bad news... ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/7 "2010-01-21T21:39:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Does that mean that .nfo files and other metadata (posters tbn-files, fanart), which I suppose a lot of users have collected (I for one have), will not be picked up by the new library? That would be seriously bad news... Thumbs and fanart will be picked up fine. The NFO files would likely be usable via another strategy, which I'll explain more later. ---
**Author:** ![RockStar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rockstar/32/613_2.png) [@RockStar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RockStar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/8 "2010-01-22T04:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, unless someone writes an importer/translator, which probably wouldn't be worth the trouble. Thx for the info! Can hardly wait for the new release :) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/9 "2010-01-22T07:50:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Thumbs and fanart will be picked up fine. The NFO files would likely be usable via another strategy, which I'll explain more later. Great! Looking forward to the next release... ---
**Author:** ![bjorkollur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@bjorkollur](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bjorkollur)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/10 "2010-01-24T19:30:21Z")
This all sounds all really grate, but when can we expect it…? I am really looking forward… ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/11 "2010-01-24T20:32:05Z")
> [@](#): > > This all sounds all really grate, but when can we expect it...? > I am really looking forward... There's no release date, seeing as we're all working on this in our spare time and that varies from day to day :) ---
**Author:** ![shakehouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@shakehouse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shakehouse)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/12 "2010-01-25T11:37:31Z")
is there any possibility to give you a helping hand? Especially regarding the scraping of german movie infos, covers and trailers (see koredom’s and my post “[ofdb scraper fix](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?/topic/12007-ofdb-scraper-fix/)”)… ---
**Author:** ![Johnyy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Johnyy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Johnyy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/13 "2010-01-25T17:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Thumbs and fanart will be picked up fine. The NFO files would likely be usable via another strategy, which I'll explain more later. Does this mean the hours I spent replacing the covers with custom ones I downloaded will not go to waste? ---
**Author:** ![Nemesis7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@Nemesis7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Nemesis7)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/14 "2010-01-25T19:25:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Does this mean the hours I spent replacing the covers with custom ones I downloaded will not go to waste? Mate, until it's out, we won't know what exactly has changed. I think patience is the way to go :) ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/15 "2010-01-25T20:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > is there any possibility to give you a helping hand? Especially regarding the scraping of german movie infos, covers and trailers (see koredom's and my post "[ofdb scraper fix](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php?/topic/12007-ofdb-scraper-fix/)")... There will be, this new system has lots of plug-in points :-) ---
**Author:** ![shakehouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@shakehouse](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shakehouse)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/16 "2010-01-27T16:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > There will be, this new system has lots of plug-in points :-) sounds great! i'm looking forward to this ---
**Author:** ![ramses728](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@ramses728](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ramses728)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/17 "2010-01-27T19:26:05Z")
I’m glad to hear that the new library version is under finalizing development. Is there some new features to manage multilingual movies or more movies of different language? Library mode with plugin capability seems interesting 🙂 Really looking forward to the new version ---
**Author:** ![RockStar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/rockstar/32/613_2.png) [@RockStar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/RockStar)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/18 "2010-01-28T23:44:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Yes, unless someone writes an importer/translator, which probably wouldn't be worth the trouble. Will the new library support centralized userdata? Ie : i have 3 machines, currently running xbmc, but I kinda want to get back in the plex camp. Anyways, I have one of them scrape, and the two others are symlinked to the first so that all 3 libraries are synced at any given time. Will there be native support for such a setup in the upcoming release? ---
**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/19 "2010-01-28T23:55:52Z")
Rockstar, anything else would be less than civil. ---
**Author:** ![mkopel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mkopel/32/96512_2.png) [@mkopel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mkopel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453/20 "2010-01-29T03:54:19Z")
@elan, your replies are one of the major reasons I keep reading this forum. 😉 [Next page](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-nine-database/3453.md?page=2)