I wanted to give a shoutout to Reddit user u/Mr-Cas for some very speedy and useful development. Some background…
A number of years ago, I put out a call for a developer that could extract the poster and background data for my movies, shows and music. I curate my posters and wanted something so that if I have to rebuild my information, after the data is ingested and the default posters are pulled down, I wanted to know that my posters were good.
Initially, Plex forum user @ZeroQI answered the call and created a great script called LAMBDA ([REL] Lambda (Local Assets-Metadata Double Agent) for Plex Metadata export)). However, the script worked within the Plex app and when Plex changed their agents, the script stopped working. Additionally, it had problems if the media was obscure enough that it couldn’t find the data in the agents at all.
Then I can across this Reddit post (https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/pbwf41/ill_make_any_script_suggestions_you_give/) and I suggested the same work be done as a stand alone script.
The first version of the script is out (Plex-scripts/plex_exporter_importer.py at main · Casvt/Plex-scripts · GitHub) and does exactly what was asked (and more). Mr Cas even takes requests for scripts that run with Plex, Tautulli, and Sonaar/Radaar (see the request info here Requesting · Casvt/Plex-scripts Wiki · GitHub).
Give my man some props for trying to answer those, “Boy, I wish it did…” thoughts we’ve all had!!!
