# xattr metadata

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/xattr-metadata/82866>\
**Category:** Dev/API Corner\
**Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\
**Created:** [November 14, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/xattr-metadata/82866 "2014-11-14T18:43:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![filebot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/filebot/32/9910_2.png) [@filebot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/filebot)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/xattr-metadata/82866/1 "2014-11-14T18:43:16Z")

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Hi,

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Extended Attribute / Alternative Streams / xattr has been around for a while, but since it's not supported by some filesystems parsing info from filenames won't go away.

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But I'd be nice if there was metadata agents that check for xattr before parsing filenames and throwing searches at TheTVDB / TheMovieDB.

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For example, FileBot has been "tagging" files for years likes this:

![MzbsEyD.png](http://i.imgur.com/MzbsEyD.png)

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![y98NnML.png](http://i.imgur.com/y98NnML.png)

If anybody is interested in writing a scraper for FileBot flavour metadata let me know.

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Cheers,

Reinhard

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**Author:** ![mrbeers2232](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@mrbeers2232](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mrbeers2232)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/xattr-metadata/82866/2 "2017-05-09T11:32:20Z")

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Don’t know if you got things sorted out, but in case you didn’t…

_Bump_

Anything that is an improvement to this amazing app needs some well deserved attention!

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**Author:** ![filebot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/filebot/32/9910_2.png) [@filebot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/filebot)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/xattr-metadata/82866/3 "2019-07-31T20:11:18Z")

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I’ve had a bit of time and worked it out myself:

> **[filebot/plex-agents](https://github.com/filebot/plex-agents)**
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> FileBot Xattr Metadata Agent for Plex. Contribute to filebot/plex-agents development by creating an account on GitHub.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/xattr-metadata/82866/4 "2019-12-21T03:37:36Z")

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