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

Separators Default Metadata Files

Separators are a special form of collections which are used similar to index cards in a library, they help to "split up" collections by identifying categories (such as "Studio Collections" and "Holiday Collections").

These are empty collections which do not contain any movies/shows themselves, but highlight that the collections which follow it are of a certain category.

Below is an example of a separator, which can be seen surrounded by a red square.

Separators are enabled by default, but can be disabled/enabled per-file and per-library.

An example of disabling separators at the library-level cam be seen here

libraries:
  Movies:
    template_variables:
      use_separator: false

And at the file-level

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: studio
        template_variables:
          use_separator: false

Separator Files

These are all the files that contain a separator.

Collection Name	Default File	Collection Section
Seasonal Collections	seasonal	00
Chart Collections	separator_chart	01
Universe Collections	universe	02
Streaming Collections	streaming	03
Network Collections	network	04
Genre Collections	genre	06
Studio Collections	studio	07
Country Collections	country	09
Audio Language Collections	audio_language	10
Subtitle Language Collections	subtitle_language	11
Decade Collections	decade	12
Year Collections	year	13
Ratings Collections	content_rating*	14
Resolution Collections	resolution*	15
Award Collections	separator_award	16
Actors Collections	actor	17
Directors Collections	director	18
Producers Collections	producer	19
Writers Collections	writer	20

Alternative Styles

Multiple styles are available for Separators, to match Plex's "categories" feature.

The available styles avaiable are:

Style	Value
Original	orig
Blue	blue
Brown	stb
Gray	gray
Green	green
Purple	purple
Red	red

This image shows an example separator in each of the above styles

The style of separator can be defined per-file and per-library.

An example of disabling separators at the library-level cam be seen here

libraries:
  Movies:
    template_variables:
      sep_style: red

And at the file-level

libraries:
  Movies:
    metadata_path:
      - pmm: studio
        template_variables:
          sep_style: stb