Is there some way to display the titles that are missing in my library for each collection?
For example, I have the movie 300 (2006) in my library, and it is all by itself in it’s collection. Without going to The Movie Database, I don’t really know what other movie belongs to this collection.
No.
Plus, what “belongs” into a collection is not carved in stone.
Each user may have a different idea about that.
With that logic, what is the point of getting collection data from The Movie Database?
I would turn off the auto-collection feature and just manually set them up. I had it pull collection metadata for a one and done documentary that had the same title and collection info. Didn’t make sense.
Those are user suggested ideas. Not everyone might agree. They also sometimes list individual movies in their own collection, which is kinda silly.
Well, I just started using the auto collections after a migrate to a new NAS. I actually like what I see so far, but I agree it’s kind of silly to have a single movie in a collection. I did notice that it’s not like that on TMDB, where there’s actually more than just a single movie, at least for any of the movies I’ve checked.
Some users might prefer to just have it not add a collection to for single movies, but I’d personally prefer to just add the missing titles anyway, and grey out the ones I don’t have or do something to indicate that they’re missing from the library. As it is, even just having a single movie in a collection, it does aid to build/finish my library collections.
I didn’t even realize there was a sequel to 300 (2006), but I’m glad Plex found some way to tell me.
I would make a feature request for this, but I don’t think it would be very popular. Maybe I can find some way to spoof it, and build a script to achieve what I’d like to do, but it’s not that serious right now.
Plex already has some algorithms to find “similar” movies. You could use that to identify potential collections.
Doesn’t that only display movies already in your collection though?
If the movie is already in a collection, it will show the “Collection” hub, but if the movie is not in a collection, you may get the “Related movies” hub.
Not in a collection
In a collection
Did I say collection? I meant library. That only shows movies already in your library.
Correct, Plex only shows items in your library. If you are looking for a way for Plex to list things missing from your library that may be in a collection you already have, no, there is no such feature.
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