Plex-Meta-Manager/docs/defaults/guide.md

Defaults Usage Guide

Plex Meta Manager includes a pre-created set of Collection Files and Overlay Files which can be found in the "defaults" folder in the root of your Plex Meta Manager installation directory.

These files offer an easy-to-use and customizable set of Collections and Overlays that the user can achieve without having to worry about creating the files that make the collections and overlays possible.

All Collections come with a matching poster to make a clean, consistent set of collections in your library. These files are stored in the Plex Meta Manager Images Repository and each poster is downloaded straight to your Plex Collection when you run Plex Meta Manager.

Credits to Sohjiro, Bullmoose20, Yozora, Cpt Kuesel, and anon_fawkes for helping drive this entire Default Set of Configs through the concept, design and implementation.

Special thanks to Magic815 for the overlay image inspiration and base template.

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Collection Defaults

See the Collection Defaults Page for more information on the specifics of the Collection Defaults.

Overlay Defaults

See the Overlay Defaults Page for more information on the specifics of the Overlay Defaults.

Configurations

To run a default pmm Collection or Overlay file you can simply add it to your collection_files (For Collection Files) or overlay_files (For Overlay Files) using pmm like so:

libraries:
  Movies:
    collection_files:
    - pmm: actor
    - pmm: genre
    overlay_files:
    - pmm: ribbon
    - pmm: ratings

Customizing Configs

Configs can be customized using the template_variables attribute when calling the file. These template_variables will be given to every template call in the file which allows them to affect how that file runs.

For collections, this example disables two keys, which will prevent those collections from being created. It also sets the visibility of one of the keys so that it is visible on the library tab, the server owner's homescreen and shared user's homescreens (assuming they server owner and/or the shared users have the library pinned to their homescreen)

For overlays, this example changes the ratings overlay to apply to episodes rather than shows.

libraries:
  TV Shows:
    collection_files:
      - pmm: imdb
        template_variables:
          use_popular: false
          use_lowest: false
          visible_library_top: true
          visible_home_top: true
          visible_shared_top: true
    overlay_files:
      - pmm: ratings
        template_variables:
          builder_level: episode

Each file has a page on the wiki showing the available template_variables for each file. For example the default pmm: ratings has a page here.

In addition to the defined template_variables almost all default Collection and Overlay files have access to their respective Collection/Overlay Shared Variables.

{% include-markdown "./example.md" %}