[Request] Only display specific image file types in photos

Feature Suggestions
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I would like to request a feature for plex: When i have plex parse my photo directories it grabs EVERY image, including RAW files (*.nef and I would assume *.dmg). I would like to have it only pull the images that I have fully edited. Can you add a way to select / de-select image file types basically have an option to disable large file types.

In my particular instance I don’t want it pulling *.nef, *.tif, *.tiff.

2

This is not a bad idea, but you should change the category from ‘Plex Home’ to ‘Feature & Bug Voting.’ In that forum, people can vote for the idea.

3

It seems like the natural place for such a feature would be in the Add Folders page of the Create Photo Library wizard. By default, one checkbox labeled “All supported images.” If you uncheck that, a list of supported image types appears with individual checkboxes. Similar to the library sharing settings for users.

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@beckfield said:
It seems like the natural place for such a feature would be in the Add Folders page of the Create Photo Library wizard. By default, one checkbox labeled “All supported images.” If you uncheck that, a list of supported image types appears with individual checkboxes. Similar to the library sharing settings for users.

That is the most logical place for the option as that’s when it initially locates the files.

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You can already do this using the .plexignore file.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201375253-Excluding-New-Content-with-plexignore

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Thanks, this is a bit hackish but thought others might find it useful.

!PlexIgnore.cmd
`
@ECHO OFF
::support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201375253-Excluding-New-Content-with-plexignore
SET WORKING_DIRECTORY=%cd%

::REMOVE AND CREATE IGNORELIST
del “.plexignore”

cls

ECHO Generating Ignore list
copy nul “%cd%.plexignore”

::Ignore the following files
echo *.tiff >> “.plexignore”
echo *.tif >>".plexignore"
echo *.nef >> “.plexignore”
echo *.dmg >> “.plexignore”

::Ignore the following directories
echo Corel/* >> “.plexignore”
echo AfterShot/* >> “.plexignore”
echo cache/* >> “.plexignore”

::Ignore files with WORD PHRASE HERE in the name
echo temp >> “.plexignore”

::OPEN FILE AND END
notepad “.plexignore”

`

Just copy and paste the code into notepad, save as !Plexignore.cmd and it will generate the file inside the directory the cmd is in. *Windows Only

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@MovieFan.Plex said:
You can already do this using the .plexignore file.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201375253-Excluding-New-Content-with-plexignore

That’s good to know, but it would be much more user-friendly if it could be done in the UI. That page starts with the warning “Warning: This is an advanced feature and is not intended for general users.”

8

True. Although it is advanced, it is not very complicated and can’t do any harm.

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@beckfield said:
That’s good to know, but it would be much more user-friendly if it could be done in the UI. That page starts with the warning “Warning: This is an advanced feature and is not intended for general users.”

Yeah a GUI based ignore filetypes and folders would be great. Implementing could be as simple as having it read / write to a .plexignore file.

If you really wanted to get fancy you could parse for file extensions and a directory listing for folders / subfolders that you could add checkboxes to ignore on a dynamically generated gui page.
E.G. Generate page → let user select checkboxes to ignore → open .plexignore → write & save.
(I don’t know python but things like that aren’t terribly difficult to do in other languages)

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2021 clean-up: implemented (ignore certain files using a .plexignore file)