# Search library for codec type

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-for-codec-type/906760>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-for-codec-type/906760 "2025-02-24T15:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheLivingBubba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thelivingbubba/32/336226_2.png) [@TheLivingBubba](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheLivingBubba)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-for-codec-type/906760/1 "2025-02-24T15:53:48Z")

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Situation: I have 5-10 shows in a library of 200 that are AV1 inside MKV containers, I want to move just those shows to a different more powerful server.

Is there a way via Plex or WebTools-NG to sort by codec? I tried exporting some csv’s from webtools but I couldn’t get what I wanted.

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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:** [February 24, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-for-codec-type/906760/2 "2025-02-24T15:55:05Z")

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> [@TheLivingBubba](#):
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> I tried exporting some csv’s from webtools but I couldn’t get what I wanted.

If you select a high detail level for the export, you will find the codec.

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**Author:** ![TheLivingBubba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/thelivingbubba/32/336226_2.png) [@TheLivingBubba](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TheLivingBubba)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-for-codec-type/906760/3 "2025-02-24T17:13:05Z")

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For anyone in the future, you have to select the sub type as “tv episodes,” I defined a custom codec that way and it spit out what I wanted.

 ![Screenshot 2025-02-24 at 09.08.24](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/9/f/e9f0f956d4501d284953a2a4e430c181c5d00c28.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2025-02-24 at 09.09.01](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/e/e/7/ee779845bcae18cf8318bb7cf23ae4a010b4b895.png)

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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:** [May 25, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/search-library-for-codec-type/906760/4 "2025-05-25T17:13:27Z")

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