Okay, not sharing myself, due to limited bandwith, but actually have an idea here: Allow Plex to create "Virtual Sections" that you can use for sharing purpose..... In details: You might have some sections named Animation, old B/W TV-Shows, Action Movies etc..... So I thought, tha…

There’s something new? Hability to add a collection to library column would help.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/publishing-collections/ Good Luck, Chris

Ability to make “libraries” where its just a saved “filter” of an existing library. EX: Horror, or TV Shows - Networks(ABC). These are all capable by using the filters, but no way to easily save these. Sometimes using the TV the UI screens are very long and you cant “search” and have to scroll th…

Have you tried making a smart playlist from your filter? Once you’ve adjusted the filter to your liking, click the “Add to Playlist” icon at the top-right of the library view (horizontal lines with the + over it) and give it a name: [image] [image] You can then pin Playlists in your side bar in …

I dont like the playlist UI and running a python script to make the library is cumbersome. A smart “Collection” would be okay, but playlist is not a solution in my book unless the UI changes to be the full feature rich, and doesnt show every episode. This just looks ugly. [image]

Wow in 3 years you guys havent added this basic feature yet…

I would love to have the ability to pin frequently used filters to the dashboard allowing to quickly go to favorite subsets. I strongly dislike the playlist interface and think this is something that should have been in there from the start. [filtertomenu]

wow, surprised not to see a single response from plex on this feature yet

I have been looking for this exact feature. I need a way to save a custom filter. Smart playlists are great, but not for this purpose because a playlist has different UI and doesn’t let you click the movie to see the cast/desc. Specifically I want a list of unwatched movies sorted by Audience Rating…

Virtual Dynamic Sections/Libraries // mod: pin (smart) collections to sidebar

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