Can Plex differentiate between a theatrical release and a director’s cut or extended release? Do I need to tag them differently, or do something with the name?

I just asked the same question and was told there is no support for that. When Plex merges different versions of the same movie, I split them out and edit the movie title in Plex to show them differently.

Wow, thanks for linking to this post @tom80H . I need to spend some time going through it to see if there are better workarounds than the one I’m using.

Do you put them in the same directory or different ones?

I put them in different directories, though I’m not sure it makes a difference whether you do that or put all the versions in the same directory. It’s not too hard to split movies and edit the Plex movie title, but the painful part of this is if you later add another version of movie, or make a cha…

I keep them in the same directory and just use brackets to help differentiate, e.g., [Extended Cut], [Director’s Cut], [Theatrical Cut]. I think it keeps it a little neater having them in one directory, but we all have our preferred ways, so was just confirming that it doesn’t make a difference as …

I use the same method to differentiate - i.e., version names in brackets. I name the folders & files that way, and also edit the Plex movie title to include the version identifier (after splitting, of course). I don’t remember exactly why I put versions in their own directories - perhaps so I could…

@boblinthewild The thread that was mentioned above regarding “multiple cuts of movies” has been going since 2012. For 9 years Plex users have been asking for this to be implemented and all we have received is silence.

Two ways to deal with this. Add them in as individual movies, split them apart in PLEX so they show up as duplicates, Check the info on each to see which one is which, and manually adjust the poster and name to match the films. Take advantage of the Local Media Assets functionality to shove them i…

Theatrical & Director's cut releases

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tom80H July 10, 2021, 11:59pm 3

There’s a very popular (and long standing) feature suggestion to improve the handling of multiple editions/cuts. That thread is also discussing various workarounds (one of them is the one described by boblinthewild).

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Theatrical & Director's cut releases

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