Anyone know of a way to query plex through command line? Or know of a way to pass a text file with a bunch of movie names to plex to see if they’re in the library? Maybe a plug-in or something?
I had a hard drive crash on me this last weekend, but thankfully had a backup. I just noticed last night that I hadn’t run a backup for about 6 months. So I cleared out my movie library just in case any of the movies that got lost were still sitting out there without a file attached to them (probably not the best idea as I’m not sure if Plex removes media if it’s missing?). And I’ve kept a list in a text file of all the movies I’ve ripped from my collection and want to pass that list to plex to see if it’s still in the library or not.
Any suggestions would be appreciated! I’d rather not manually search for 300+ movies by hand…
Nope. But you can install the Plex2CSV plugin and compare your text file to a CSV file of your current library. That should help you accomplish your goal.
you can do database query on your plex database if you have a sqlite editor/viewer installed. I have done it many times but it does involve some familiarity with databases. I would not recommend it unless you have worked on databases before. However if you really need or want to pursue this I am happy to give you some help or suggestions. My real recommendation for what i think you want to do is the same as @vanstinator. The Plex2CSV plugin will pull a text file with all your movies and or tv shows. I highly recommend it
If you are on Windows, there is my script tool. https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/120292/moviefans-database-tool-for-plex#latest
This can generate a text file listing any files in the database that does not exist.
