Plexignore not working...but I did everything right?!

General Discussions
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I know this topic has been often been reported here but I really am 99% (you never know), that I did everything right. I mean, it is quite simple so I don’t see where I could have gone wrong.

I’m using Plex on a QNAP NAS, where my shares are located.
I have 4 folders I want ignored, named:
++FUNK SELECTION++
++HUMOR++
++MISCELLANEOUS++
++TO BE SORTED++
(the ++ at beginning is just to keep them at the top of their parent folder)

These folders are in my Music folder, so I dropped a file named .plexignore (with no extension) and added this in the file:

++FUNK SELECTION++/
++HUMOR++/
++MISCELLANEOUS++/
++TO BE SORTED++/

I’m using the latest version available for the QNAP: v1.19.4.2935.
So…where did I go wrong? :roll_eyes:

2

I don’t use QNAP, but permissions on the plexignore file maybe? Maybe plex can’t see/read it.

3

I think you need to read up on the special meaning of “+” in regular expressions and how to escape it.

4

Hmm, interesting idea. I checked and it’s marked as hidden. But the strange this is I can’t change it? If I try from Windows, it just reverts back to hidden everytime and in the QNAP, it’s not even possible to set a folder to hidden or not. But it is aware it’s hidden though (I had to tick an option to show hidden folders to be able to see it).
As for Read/Write permissions, it’s open to everyone…maybe it is a QNAP-specific issue so I’ll post this at the NAS section of the forum.
Thanks for trying! :wink:

5

Don’t think I will, I’m clueless on RegEx. But are you knowledgeable? Are you then saying that’s my problem? If so, I’ll just change it. Any other character I can safely use to keep those folders at the top?
Would – be safe to use? Or %, £, €, etc…?

6

The “.” at the front of the filename makes a folder or file hidden in Linux, as I understand. I know enough to avoid characters like + but it seems @eckarth knows something we don’t. Can you use 0 instead of + to sort to the top and rescan to test that?

7

I once saw on the street car a guy wearing a t-shirt with “I can do reg exp” on it. But that is not me.

You might try “++HUMOR++”

Would an underliner instead of the plus character work for you. I think that is save.

8

And I would add a “*” after the slash.

You want to discriminate against pathes to files. Thus, your pattern has to match one.

9

I just replicated what you’re doing, and it is indeed the “+” symbols that’s causing Plex to make mistakes.

You might try a string of zeroes at the beginning of the folder names, unless there’s really a need to use a symbol.

And your .plexignore should have asterisks after the ending ‘/’ according to the documentation.

It should look like this:

0000FUNK SELECTION/*
0000HUMOR/*
0000MISCELLANEOUS/*
0000TO BE SORTED/*

https://support.plex.tv/articles/201381883-special-keyword-file-folder-exclusion/

10

I use plex ignore on my server to ignore certain file types.

When I want to have a file show up at the top of a folder I use one underscore. For example. _Unmatched Tracks

If I want plex to ignore the _Unmatched Tracks folder. You need to create the file and then have this line.
_Unmatched Tracks/

Also be sure the file is plain text and it is literally .plexignore

Make sure the txt extension is not part of the file name.

11

I personally use ~ (wavy line), the symbol on US keyboards that is located on the key just to the left of the #1 key. Hit shift and get your ~~~~. I’ve never had a problem with that, and they show up at the top in Windows Explorer.

12

I only just got back home and see I have a lot to catch up with so I won’t respond to everyone individually, especially since there is a consensus that I shouldn’t be using the ++ sign! :wink:

So…congrats! That was in fact the problem. :relaxed:
I rescanned the folder and as suggested, I used 0s in front of the name (as I’m sure underscore and others would have done it as well) and all is fine!
Thanks to everyone :+1: