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New Release V0.3.14

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Hi Dane, I just stumbled across WebTools-NG. Installed v0.3.14. The release notes mention youā€™ve disabled export to .xlsx and photo export.

  1. I was looking for poster export functionality. Is there a previous version where it worked semi-stable? Or might you add it back in v0.3.15?

  2. In the CSV export, re: Poster URL, I tried to create the URL in a browser, adding my X-Plex-Token at the end. Example: {MY-PMS-IP-HERE}:32400/library/metadata/124552/thumb/1649212325&X-Plex-Token={MYTOKENHERE}
    and I get a 401 Unauthorized error. Is there a setting in Plex that I need to turn on to allow access and return a valid result? Iā€™m running Plex 1.25.8.5663

  3. Is there anything specific that youā€™d like tested in this version? Iā€™m happy to help in any way that I can.

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Posters are still there.
Itā€™s xls export thatā€™s disabled, as well as export from photo library

First parameter starts with an ? and not an Ā“&`
So correct line would be:

{MY-PMS-IP-HERE}:32400/library/metadata/124552/thumb/1649212325?X-Plex-Token={MYTOKENHERE}

All of it :smiley:

Edit: And forgotā€¦

To export posters and or art, use a custom level like:

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Thank you for catching my mistake. Using ? instead of & fixed it.
The Custom Level worked too!
Minor note on poster export: I tried changing a poster in Plex and then running the ExportTools again to see if it updated the .jpg in the WebTools-NG\ExportTools\Posters directory.
It updated the file as expected. However, it didnā€™t alter the creation date, it altered the modified date (as viewed from File Properties). So I initially didnā€™t think it worked as it had the same date/time stamp. It wasnā€™t until I opened the poster jpg that I realized it worked.
Very likely it worked as intended, just making an observation about date/time stamp.

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Heh, never tested that part, so thanks for the feedback, and glad it works for you

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Found another minor issue. I used ExportTools and exported Library ABC (117 rows). When I attempted to export Library DEF (588 rows), the default value in ā€œItems to start withā€ was 117 instead of 0.
Iā€™m assuming the counter wasnā€™t reset properly.

Also, is this the forum where you want bugs posted or should I create a github account and report them there? Whatā€™s your preference?

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I always prefer a GHI for a bug report :wink:

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Can WebTools-NG be used to export data directly from the sqlite db files? I have rescued those files from an old Plex installation and would love to export the various data from it for uploading to Trakt.

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No, it interface with a running PMS only

But you can however do this:

  • Power off your existing PMS.
  • Make a backup of your existing database
  • Replace existing database with your rescue database
  • Power back up PMS
  • Export with WebTools-NG
  • Power off PMS
  • Put origen database back in place

And if you missed it !!!
BACKUP your database before all of this :wink:

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Are you sure that wouldnā€™t cause some problems? I mean, the location data and files that the old Plex server referred to no longer exist. Wonā€™t Plex then throw a ton of errors or something? Or would it not really matter, so long as WebTools-NG can get at the info to export it?

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As long as you donā€™t refresh the libs, you should be fineā€¦

I do it all the time both to reproduce WT-NG errors with databases people sent me, as well as if forum users have a broken database, that I fix for them, and wanna check if it actually works afterwards

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Okay, Iā€™ll give that a try probably tomorrow.

Iā€™m intending on using this to generate a CSV file that can then be used to update my collection on trakt.tv by way of a python script. Iā€™m planning on adding more functionality to it so it can fill in more metadata such as resolution, hdr type, audio codec, etc. See trakt.tvā€™s API (under ā€œMedia Object Post Dataā€) for a list of the data Iā€™m looking for.

So far, Iā€™ve come up with a rather complex SQL query for the raw sqlite database. It still needs some work, but I could post it here (or on the Issues page of the GitHub repo; please let me know) to give you an idea of what Iā€™m trying to do.

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Not relevant, since we only use the Rest API, and never ever do a direct db access!

120

Hi, can this tool be used to recover the list of media that were on my Plex before the hard drive failed?
Thank you!

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You can do that if

  1. The server install wasnā€™t on the failed drive
  2. You havenā€™t rescanned the libraries since the crash
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Thank you. Doesnā€™t the libraries re-scan themselves automatically?

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That depends on your server configuration, e.g. Settings > [Server Name] > Library > Scan my library periodically

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New Release

V0.3.15 has just been released, with a brand new module, that allows you to kick start scheduled butler tasks

From the changelog:

Changes :

Grap it here:

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How do I import playlists that have been exported with Webtools-NG previously. I had to reset my windows computer and I lost the playlists in Plex, but I have the exported ones saved.

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Sadly, WebTools-NG is currently an export tool only