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FileBot Xattr Metadata Scanners & Plug-ins

Enhance Plex with support for FileBot Xattr Metadata.

Install

  1. Download plex-agents.zip
  2. Copy the Scanners and Plug-ins folders into the Plex Media Server data directory
  3. Restart Plex
  4. Configure Advanced ➔ Scanner for each library and select FileBot Xattr Scanner
  5. Configure Settings ➔ Agents and enable FileBot 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'

FileBot Xattr Metadata Scanner

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.

FileBot Xattr Metadata Agent

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.