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Overlay Files
Overlay files are used to create and maintain overlays within the Plex libraries on the server.
Overlays and templates are defined within one or more Overlay files, which are linked to libraries in the Libraries Attribute within the Configuration File.
To remove all overlays add remove_overlays: true
to the overlay_path
Libraries Attribute.
To change a single overlay original image either replace the image in the assets folder or remove the Overlay
shared label and then PMM will overlay the new image
These are the attributes which can be used within the Overlay File:
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
templates |
contains definitions of templates that can be leveraged by multiple overlays |
external_templates |
contains path types that point to external templates that can be leveraged by multiple overlays |
overlays |
contains definitions of overlays you wish to add |
overlays
is required in order to run the Overlay File.- Example Overlay Files can be found in the Plex Meta Manager Configs Repository
Overlays Attributes
Each overlay definition requires its own section within the overlays
attribute.
overlays:
IMDb Top 250:
# ... builders, details, and filters for this overlay
4K:
# ... builders, details, and filters for this overlay
etc:
# ... builders, details, and filters for this overlay
Overlay
Each overlay definition needs to specify what overlay to use. This can happen in 3 ways.
-
If there is no
overlay
attribute PMM will look in yourconfig/overlays
folder for a.png
file named the same as the mapping name of the overlay definition. This example below would look forIMDb Top 250.png
.overlays: IMDb Top 250: imdb_chart: top_movies
-
If the
overlay
attribute is given a string PMM will look in yourconfig/overlays
folder for a.png
file named the same as the string given. This example below would look forIMDbTop.png
.overlays: overlay: IMDbTop IMDb Top 250: imdb_chart: top_movies
-
Using a dictionary for more overlay location options.
Attribute | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
name |
Name of the overlay. Each overlay name should be unique. | ✅ |
file |
Local location of the Overlay Image. | ❌ |
url |
URL of Overlay Image Online. | ❌ |
git |
Location in the Configs Repo of the Overlay Image. | ❌ |
repo |
Location in the Custom Repo of the Overlay Image. | ❌ |
group |
Name of the Grouping for this overlay. weight is required when using group |
❌ |
weight |
Weight of this overlay in its group. group is required when using weight |
❌ |
horizontal_offset |
Horizontal Offset of this overlay. Can be a %. vertical_offset is required when using horizontal_offset |
❌ |
horizontal_align |
Horizontal Alignment of the overlay. Values: left , center , right |
❌ |
vertical_offset |
Vertical Offset of this overlay. Can be a %. horizontal_offset is required when using vertical_offset |
❌ |
vertical_align |
Vertical Alignment of the overlay. Values: top , center , bottom |
❌ |
font |
System Font Filename or path to font file for the Text Overlay | ❌ |
font_size |
Font Size for the Text Overlay. Value: Integer greater than 0 | ❌ |
font_color |
Font Color for the Text Overlay. Value: Color Hex Code. ex #00FF00 |
❌ |
- If
url
,git
, andrepo
are all not defined then PMM will look in yourconfig/overlays
folder for a.png
file named the same as thename
attribute. - Only one overlay with the highest weight per group will be applied.
overlays:
IMDb Top 250:
overlay:
name: IMDb Top 250
imdb_chart: top_movies
Blurring Overlay
There is a special overlay named blur
that when given as the overlay name will instead of finding the image will just blur the image instead.
You can control the level of the blur by providing a number with the attribute like so blur(##)
.
overlays:
blur:
overlay:
name: blur(50)
plex_search:
all:
resolution: 4K
Text Overlay
You can add text as an overlay using the special text()
overlay name. Anything inside the parentheses will be added as an overlay onto the image. Ex text(4K)
adds 4K
to the image.
You can control the font, font size and font color using the font
, font_size
, and font_color
overlay attributes.
The horizontal_offset
and vertical_offset
overlay attributes are required when using Text Overlays.
You can add an items rating number (8.7
) to the image by using text(audience_rating)
, text(critic_rating)
, or text(user_rating)
You can add an items rating percentage (87%
) to the image by using text(audience_rating%)
, text(critic_rating%)
, or text(user_rating%)
PMM includes multiple fonts in the fonts
folder which can be called using fonts/fontname.ttf
overlays:
audience_rating:
overlay:
name: text(audience_rating)
horizontal_offset: 15
vertical_offset: 15
font: fonts/Roboto-Medium.ttf
font_size: 200
plex_all: true
Note: This only adds the text you may want to also add an overlay banner in the same spot.
Suppress Overlays
You can add suppress_overlays
to an overlay definition and give it a list or comma separated string of overlay names you want suppressed from this item if this overlay is attached to the item.
So in this example if the 4K-HDR
overlay matches an item then the 4K
and HDR
overlays will also match. The suppress_overlays
attribute on 4K-HDR
will stop the overlays specified (4K
and HDR
) from also being applied.
overlays:
4K:
plex_search:
all:
resolution: 4K
HDR:
plex_search:
all:
hdr: true
4K-HDR:
suppress_overlays:
- 4K
- HDR
plex_search:
all:
resolution: 4K
hdr: true
Builders
Builders use third-party services to source items for overlays. Multiple builders can be used in the same overlay from a variety of sources listed below.
- Plex Builders
- TMDb Builders
- TVDb Builders
- IMDb Builders
- Trakt Builders
- Tautulli Builders
- Radarr Builders
- Sonarr Builders
- MdbList Builders
- Letterboxd Builders
- ICheckMovies Builders
- FlixPatrol Builders
- Reciperr Builders
- StevenLu Builders
- AniDB Builders
- AniList Builders
- MyAnimeList Builders
Details
Only a few details can be used with overlays: limit
, show_missing
, save_missing
, missing_only_released
, minimum_items
, cache_builders
, tmdb_region
Filters
These filter media items added to the collection by any of the Builders.
Example
Example Overlay File
overlays:
4K:
overlay:
name: 4K # This will look for a local overlays/4K.png in your config folder
plex_search:
all:
resolution: 4K
HDR:
overlay:
name: HDR
git: PMM/overlays/HDR
plex_search:
all:
hdr: true
Dolby:
overlay:
name: Dolby
url: https://somewebsite.com/dolby_overlay.png
plex_all: true
filters:
has_dolby_vision: true
Example Folder Structure
config
├── config.yml
├── Movies.yml
├── TV Shows.yml
├── Overlays.yml
├── overlays
│ ├── 4K.png
│ ├── Dolby.png
│ ├── HDR.png