.plexignore seemingly not working

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Hello,

So, .plexignore seems incredibly simple in theory. :slight_smile:

However, I can’t get it to ignore iTunes-specific directories, leading to all sorts of cruft in Plex player. These directives, in a .plexignore file in a parent Movies directory, do not work:

# Ignore iTunes extras directories
*.ite/*

Any thoughts on how to start debugging?

— Charles

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Here’s an example path that it’s not ignoring. Again, the .plexignore file is in Movies.

/Volumes/Media/Movies/Pixar Short Films Collection 2/Pixar Short Films Collection 2 - iTunes Extras (v2.0).ite/videos/Nitemare_US.m4v

— Charles

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Keep in mind that plexignore is relative to the location of the file. If your plexginore file is in Movies, you need to go 1 more folder deep.
*/*.ite/*

4

Just to eliminate the obvious, can you simplify/shorten the file path name by removing 1) spaces, 2) special characters, and 3) use different names for subdirectories?(Pixar Short Films Collection 2 is used 2x)

Then re-test to troubleshoot just to determine if this is an issue.

5

I’m trying to do the same exact thing as the OP, but I can’t get .plexignore to work in any way. I’ve tried ignoring even the most straightforward types of files (*.m4v) and no change, the only thing that is ignored is the .plexignore file itself. I’ve even tried putting the file in the same directory as the movie file. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’m on Mac version 0.9.15.6.

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@adams3463 said:
I’m trying to do the same exact thing as the OP, but I can’t get .plexignore to work in any way. I’ve tried ignoring even the most straightforward types of files (*.m4v) and no change, the only thing that is ignored is the .plexignore file itself. I’ve even tried putting the file in the same directory as the movie file. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’m on Mac version 0.9.15.6.
Can you provide the file? You can’t attach the file as is to the forum so you will need to zip it up first.

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Can you provide the file? You can’t attach the file as is to the forum so you will need to zip it up first.

The file isn’t the problem, since there are other rules in there that work fine. For example, a rule Ignore/* successfully ignores directories called “Ignore”. But thank you!

— Charles