I can’t seem to find the on deck sync option found at the bottom if this article: [image] Sync Multiple Items Dynamically | Plex Support Tip!: The Mobile Sync feature requires an active subscription for the main Plex Media Server account. Mobile Sync let you have sync... …

Please consider bringing this back, or at least have the ability to sync smart collections

That’s incredibly frustrating. I depend on this feature. Thankfully I have one sync job from before these changes that still works, but once that breaks or I want to add one for another library I’ll be out of luck. What’s the thinking behind removing features like this? “I don’t do it, therefore no…

It is unfortunate that this is gone, I would imagine syncing from “On Deck” is the easiest way to keep your syncs up to date with the shows/movies you care about without having to “manually” sync each and every item. I did find one “trick” which isn’t nearly as efficient for TV shows but, its bette…

So another feature you took away from paid customers, nice.

Thanks! That mostly works, but do you know of a way to get it to only sync a single episode for each show? I’m “behind” on most shows, so when I try to sync this smart collection, it tries to sync every episode, even unwatched ones. If I specifically set it to sync only unwatched items when creating…

Hmm that sounds like a bug. You could remove show last played and just leave episode unplayed and see if that works.

As another paying customer who uses this feature im also disappointed too discover this was taken away. Is there an official feature tracker for readding the feature?

I too am a paid customer and am not happy that I cannot sync an entire library anymore.

Just to clarify, entire libraries can still be synced. Just not “On Deck.” With my basic (and possibly incorrect) understanding of why this was removed, Plex could ideally restore this feature if the “merge on deck items” is unticked, and only one server is feeding the on deck list. Alternatively, …

Sync "On Deck" or "Continue Watching"

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anon18523487 May 14, 2021, 7:30pm 2

Unfortunately, due to the change on how the new Home page works, this is no longer possible.

Does Plex value it's Lifetime Plex Pass users?

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Sync "On Deck" or "Continue Watching"

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