I think it would be great if we were able to create smart collections like the itunes smart playlists. We could add rules like directors, actors or video resolution and they would be automatically added to the collection based on the rule. It would make it much easier to make useful collections without having to constantly add movies manually.
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Oooo I like this one. The ārecently addedā and ārecently airedā categories are nice, but I would like to be able to define my own.
I had a very similar idea and I just want to add some thoughts to your instead of trying to compete. I think Smart Collections would be great because as we add new content, the collections could be up to dateā¦ for exampleā¦
I have a āPixarā collection, but when I upload a new Pixar film I have to remember to add it to the collection or else its missing.
Also - what about premade collections: that are shared by others - These might be called Intelligent Collections.
Ex: - What If I created a collection called āJames Bond Filmsā - now a āSmartā collection would just find every movie that stars James Bond and put it into the collection, but what if I want to do some ācollectingā? Iād love to be able to download a collection from some repository, add it to my plex and then have a way of viewing which films I was missing. ā¦ maybe I have 10 out of 22 of the bond films, etcā¦ and it could list the ones Iām missing. People could create a collection like āOscar Winners for Best Pictureā or āOscar Winners for best Actorā These collections would be big, but very usefulā¦ like when A&E released their greatest 100 films of all time, you could have someone make that list in order, and we could all share it.
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I like how you are thinking Bruck. I really like your idea about sharing collections with other people. I have a Pixar collection myself as well as a Best Pictures collection. It would be great for my collections automatically update when new movies are added.
Iād also like to tag my content to create custom collections.
smart collections would be fantastic! +11111
Like the smart playlists in XBMC?
Iāve had to move all my kids movies out of my main movies folder so I can put them in a separate section in the PMS.
Much better would be to have āsmart sectionsā in the PMS and define rules thereā¦
Thanks. Also it would be great if we could feature any chosen collection as its own main menu item - and shouldnāt āCollectionsā be an optional main menu option. I know iād use that for lots of things like
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I donāt suppose this is being worked on? The ability to make a smart collection of āHD Moviesā would be amazing!
I would love this as well. However, Iām not getting the feeling that the developers have time to work on these kind of features that in my mind would greatly improve Plex. I respect the developers a lot, and love what they have done. Iām just not sure how this whole approach of āPlex everywhereā will turn out. But, hereās hoping some real new features (and eye candy) will come to Plex and make it more enjoyable! +1!
Great idea
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+1000
Would just like to add my +1 to Smart Collections
+1000!
Realy great Idea. It would be great to create a smart collection witch includes automaticli all movies Ex, witch are tagged as unwatched and the release date is in 2013ā¦
that would be great!
macmartin
I know itās old, but letās keep it on the wishlist!
Does anybody know if this can be done? +1
Funny, for all the āme tooā comments here, only 5 likes on the first post. Your comments ARE NOT VOTES and do NOTHING to advance this idea/request.
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