Plex Guide

Fixes — Problem transcoding .pgs or .vobsub or (image based subtitles) through .srt conversion for easier playback (mostly for browser)

SubtitleEdit can open up your MEDIA file and let you choose an existing subtitle track (the image based one). You can then run an OCR to convert it from image->text. Once completed you can save the new file as .srt. This is usually a cleaner option than finding the subtitles online since you wouldn't have to worry about any offset or unwarranted shoutout in the subtitle intro / outro.

Once you have the .srt, you would run that media file into MKVToolNix, Add File > That .srt > Choose that default over the .pgs > Reencode as new .mkv > Test with VLC > Put in Library

Fixes — Problem of not knowing if a TV episode was never there or if it got deleted/corrupted.

Fixes — Problem of having to Google up what is the latest episode of your TV series.

Sonarr allows you to have a centralized dashboard to handle those problems as well as serve as a download client. I haven't set that up yet because I'm old school. It does require folder access to the Plex Libraries, so I Network Shared them.

Sonarr runs on a VM on my main rig so that it's isolated and runs on-demand.

Fixes — If you have a large Anime or KDrama library and want "Dual Audio" to be clear

Fixes — Clearly indicate and episode duration (it's not readily visible on mobile devices when selecting TV Show) (personal preference)

Fixes — Lack of collections. It can pull data from various database (IMDB, AniDB, +) and create collections for when you are feeling a particular vibe or franchise or want a different exploration experience. Basically, another avenue for you when you go "oh boy what do I wanna watch".

Kometa is a tattoo parlor for your poster art Plex for your Movies, TV Shows, TV Show {Seasons}, TV Show {Episodes}.

You can put cool things on it like what streaming services the underlying media is on, what quality it is, what studio produced it, etc. Overlays - Kometa Wiki

This isn't necessary, but I wanted the two fixed above, as well as the "4k" / "Atmos" / "HDR" on my movies and the rating like in the Reddit post.

Unfortunately due to my naming schematic, the Atmos/HDR stuff got removed and the config.yml is looking for those fields in the name. I tried looking for a new formula on FileBot to see if it could produce something that Kometa would tattoo, but Kometa could not detect it.

Fixes — FileBot can't rename movies to TRaSH convention, but Radarr can. I want that format to get the HDR / Atmos thing from Kometa.

The layout of this is pretty similar to Sonarr, but for movies. It also requires local folder access to the Plex libraries.

But other than that

I had to change my movie structure from

• Anime Movies\Naruto (2020) [1080p].mkv to
• Anime Movies\Naruto (2020) [1080p]\Naruto (2020) [1080p].mkv

So that Radarr would accept my library for scanning.

It is designed this way and does not detect movies if it is right after the root library folder.

Fortunately FileBot DOES help us with this fix.

By using this syntax for my existing movies, I was able to nest it inside of a folder directly without needing to transfer any files.

After I applied that renaming folder structure, I rescanned my Plex library so that Radarr would get the new list. I scanned > imported the movies > validate TRaSH convention is on file format settings > select all movies > rename all.

Naming convention from TRaSH guides (for Plex) (for Radarr):

Once again I did a Plex library rescan after the renaming so that Kometa would have the latest data.

I ran through Kometa and saw that the HDR / Atmos / Rating stuff got applied and boy, it looks clean.