Enhance Plex with support for FileBot Xattr Metadata.
- Download plex-agents.zip
- Copy the
Scanners
andPlug-ins
folders into thePlex Media Server
data directory - Restart Plex
- Configure
Advanced ➔ Scanner
for each library and selectFileBot Xattr Scanner
- Configure
Settings ➔ Agents
and enableFileBot Xattr Metadata
and move it to the top for each primary agent
#!/bin/sh -xu
curl -L -O https://github.com/filebot/plex-agents/archive/master.zip
unzip -o master.zip
cp -vru 'plex-agents-master/Plug-ins' '/path/to/PlexMediaServer/Library/Plex Media Server'
cp -vru 'plex-agents-master/Scanners' '/path/to/PlexMediaServer/Library/Plex Media Server'
The FileBot Xattr Scanner
will read name / year / season / episode / etc
from xattr metadata instead of guessing and parsing information from the file path. This scanner will greatly enhance primary agents such as Plex Movie
or TheTVDB
, regardless of whether files are named according to {plex}
standards or not. Files without xattr metadata will be ignored.
The FileBot Xattr Metadata
secondary agent can contribute title / airdate / etc
from xattr metadata instantly, to improve your browsing experience while the primary agent is still busy in the background retrieving complete movie and episode information and artwork.