Anyways, distracted by a tangent. I really want to know what people looking for an Alternate Order & Flexible Seasons think of the possibility to use the .plexmatch to individually match Metadata.
also if they think the TVDBepisodeID: method is better or the SortTo: method?
I’ll mock up an example for the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina that is mentioned in this thread for comparative purposes
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TVDBepisodeID Hint
- FIles
/TV Shows
/Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
.plexmatch
/Season 1 - Part 1
Sabrina S01E01.mkv
Sabrina S01E02.mkv
Sabrina S01E03.mkv
Sabrina S01E04.mkv
Sabrina S01E05.mkv
Sabrina S01E06.mkv
Sabrina S01E07.mkv
Sabrina S01E08.mkv
Sabrina S01E09.mkv
Sabrina S01E10.mkv
Sabrina S01E11.mkv
/Season 2 - Part 2
Sabrina S02E01.mkv
Sabrina S02E02.mkv
Sabrina S02E03.mkv
Sabrina S02E04.mkv
Sabrina S02E05.mkv
Sabrina S02E06.mkv
Sabrina S02E07.mkv
Sabrina S02E08.mkv
Sabrina S02E09.mkv
/Season 3 - Part 3
Sabrina S03E01.mkv
Sabrina S03E02.mkv
Sabrina S03E03.mkv
Sabrina S03E04.mkv
Sabrina S03E05.mkv
Sabrina S03E06.mkv
Sabrina S03E07.mkv
Sabrina S03E08.mkv
/Season 4 - Part 4
Sabrina S04E01.mkv
Sabrina S04E02.mkv
Sabrina S04E03.mkv
Sabrina S04E04.mkv
Sabrina S04E05.mkv
Sabrina S04E06.mkv
Sabrina S04E07.mkv
Sabrina S04E08.mkv
- .plexmatch
# The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina split into 4 parts via Netflix ordering
# Using the TVDBepisodeID Hint
ep: S02E01: TVDBepisodeID: 6923958: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E01.mkv
ep: S02E02: TVDBepisodeID: 7120466: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E02.mkv
ep: S02E03: TVDBepisodeID: 7120468: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E03.mkv
ep: S02E04: TVDBepisodeID: 7120469: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E04.mkv
ep: S02E05: TVDBepisodeID: 7120472: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E05.mkv
ep: S02E06: TVDBepisodeID: 7120473: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E06.mkv
ep: S02E07: TVDBepisodeID: 7120474: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E07.mkv
ep: S02E08: TVDBepisodeID: 7120478: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E08.mkv
ep: S02E09: TVDBepisodeID: 7120480: /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E09.mkv
ep: S03E01: TVDBepisodeID: 7489306: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E01.mkv
ep: S03E02: TVDBepisodeID: 7489569: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E02.mkv
ep: S03E03: TVDBepisodeID: 7489570: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E03.mkv
ep: S03E04: TVDBepisodeID: 7489571: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E04.mkv
ep: S03E05: TVDBepisodeID: 7489574: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E05.mkv
ep: S03E06: TVDBepisodeID: 7489575: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E06.mkv
ep: S03E07: TVDBepisodeID: 7489578: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E07.mkv
ep: S03E08: TVDBepisodeID: 7489580: /Season 3 - Part 3/Sabrina S03E08.mkv
ep: S04E01: TVDBepisodeID: 7832387: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E01.mkv
ep: S04E02: TVDBepisodeID: 7832388: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E02.mkv
ep: S04E03: TVDBepisodeID: 7832389: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E03.mkv
ep: S04E04: TVDBepisodeID: 7832390: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E04.mkv
ep: S04E05: TVDBepisodeID: 7832391: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E05.mkv
ep: S04E06: TVDBepisodeID: 7832392: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E06.mkv
ep: S04E07: TVDBepisodeID: 7832393: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E07.mkv
ep: S04E08: TVDBepisodeID: 7832395: /Season 4 - Part 4/Sabrina S04E08.mkv
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SortTo Hint
- FIles
/TV Shows
/Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018)
.plexmatch
/Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2
Sabrina S01E01.mkv
Sabrina S01E02.mkv
Sabrina S01E03.mkv
Sabrina S01E04.mkv
Sabrina S01E05.mkv
Sabrina S01E06.mkv
Sabrina S01E07.mkv
Sabrina S01E08.mkv
Sabrina S01E09.mkv
Sabrina S01E10.mkv
Sabrina S01E11.mkv
Sabrina S01E12.mkv
Sabrina S01E13.mkv
Sabrina S01E14.mkv
Sabrina S01E15.mkv
Sabrina S01E16.mkv
Sabrina S01E17.mkv
Sabrina S01E18.mkv
Sabrina S01E19.mkv
Sabrina S01E20.mkv
/Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4
Sabrina S02E01.mkv
Sabrina S02E02.mkv
Sabrina S02E03.mkv
Sabrina S02E04.mkv
Sabrina S02E05.mkv
Sabrina S02E06.mkv
Sabrina S02E07.mkv
Sabrina S02E08.mkv
Sabrina S02E09.mkv
Sabrina S02E10.mkv
Sabrina S02E11.mkv
Sabrina S02E12.mkv
Sabrina S02E13.mkv
Sabrina S02E14.mkv
Sabrina S02E15.mkv
Sabrina S02E16.mkv
- .plexmatch
# The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina split into 4 parts via Netflix ordering
# Using the SortTo Hint
ep: S01E12: SortTo: S02E01: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E12.mkv
ep: S01E13: SortTo: S02E02: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E13.mkv
ep: S01E14: SortTo: S02E03: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E14.mkv
ep: S01E15: SortTo: S02E04: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E15.mkv
ep: S01E16: SortTo: S02E05: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E16.mkv
ep: S01E17: SortTo: S02E06: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E17.mkv
ep: S01E18: SortTo: S02E07: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E18.mkv
ep: S01E19: SortTo: S02E08: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E19.mkv
ep: S01E20: SortTo: S02E09: /Season 1 - Parts 1 & 2/Sabrina S01E20.mkv
ep: S02E01: SortTo: S03E01: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E01.mkv
ep: S02E02: SortTo: S03E02: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E02.mkv
ep: S02E03: SortTo: S03E03: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E03.mkv
ep: S02E04: SortTo: S03E04: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E04.mkv
ep: S02E05: SortTo: S03E05: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E05.mkv
ep: S02E06: SortTo: S03E06: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E06.mkv
ep: S02E07: SortTo: S03E07: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E07.mkv
ep: S02E08: SortTo: S03E08: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E08.mkv
ep: S02E09: SortTo: S04E01: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E09.mkv
ep: S02E10: SortTo: S04E02: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E10.mkv
ep: S02E11: SortTo: S04E03: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E11.mkv
ep: S02E12: SortTo: S04E04: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E12.mkv
ep: S02E13: SortTo: S04E05: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E13.mkv
ep: S02E14: SortTo: S04E06: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E14.mkv
ep: S02E15: SortTo: S04E07: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E15.mkv
ep: S02E16: SortTo: S04E08: /Season 2 - Parts 3 & 4/Sabrina S02E16.mkv
Personal thoughts on the matter is that the TVDBepisodeID version I think is a better one, but requires more work to setup because you have to pull the IDs yourself. That being said there should be a simple way to script it. The things I like are that the files are physically sorted to the way you want them, instead of the SortTo which needs the files to be named to match, which could break if TVdb decides to change their episode orders (I’ve had that problem before). Using the EpisodeID from TVDB it’s linked to that entry no matter where that entry exists, & can even be linked to unsorted episodes which would solve a problem that exists with Re:Zero Director’s Cut because the director’s cut only has the 1st season, it only exists in a special sorting category that is incomplete so can’t be used even if we had the option to select it unless you didn’t have season 2.
The benefits of the SortTo method would be that it is easier to edit if things do change, but at the same time it’s that vulnerability that is it’s biggest problem as well.
Since the .plexmatch is still new I feel getting changes to it may be easier, plus I see a lot of other use cases that could benefit from it. Like, for example, The Re: Zero issue, I personally have both the 1st Season as well as the Director’s Cut on my server. The Director’s Cut version is season 101. With this I could potentially have both not only existing on my server, but matched as well.
EDIT: Note that the ep: S02E01: & the /Season 2 - Part 2/Sabrina S02E01.mkv in the .plexmatch file shouldn’t both be necessary according to the documentation you should be able to use either alone to get the result but the documentation is not very specific & certain
