Plex-scripts VS WebTools.bundle

Quick command-line script: https://github.com/Casvt/Plex-scripts/blob/main/changing_settings/intro_marker_editor.py

If you want to use the built in Plex auto delete for TV shows check out this script https://github.com/Casvt/Plex-scripts/blob/main/changing_settings/plex_auto_delete.py. It changes the built in Plex setting for TV shows to auto remove watched episodes up to 1 week after it's marked as watched. The script itself doesn't delete anything it's all handled by Plex which is nice.

Update: Found these:https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/pbwf41/comment/hag32ge/?utm_medium=web2x&utm_source=share&context=3 which resulted in https://github.com/Casvt/Plex-scripts/blob/main/playlist_collection/sub_folder_playlists.py

A resident Python person was doing script requests, and I had them create a script that does exactly this: https://github.com/Casvt/Plex-scripts/blob/main/playlist_collection/rolling_tv_channel.py

If you wanna go for the first method, add a custom skip to check resolution of the file grabbed and add a “4k” tag. Then on your Radarr 1080p instance only import items with the 4k tag and download compressed 1080p. You can use https://github.com/Casvt/Plex-scripts/blob/main/sonarr/root_folder_tagger.py as a starting point for the script. Let me know if you prefer this method and can or can’t figure out the scripting, I’d like something similar myself.

This script is confirmed tested and working. Feel free to use this code for your own purposes. I will be running this code periodically on my home server along with some of my other neat little plex scripts like Plex Auto Delete. Thanks to all who helped! If you use this script and run into any bugs feel free to leave a comment. Cheers!

This is code that I've been wanting to write for some time now but I kept putting it off. The reason I needed this code is because Plex sets subtitles to English Forced by default. I prefer to have regular non forced subtitles. ChatGPT wrote this code for me in Python using PlexApi that I'm gonna try out later when I'm home on my computer. If anything needs to be changed I can go back to my chat and tell it to modify the code again. My plan is to add this code to run alongside my other python scripts that I use with Plex in windows (like Plex Auto Delete). Just imagine what else AI can do for us! If this script is something you might be into feel free to modify and try it out yourself!

There are tools to import markers such as IntroEditorForPlex or some scripts such as intro_marker_editor.

The old WebTools isn't something you open in Plex itself, you have to go to http://[your-pms-server-ip-address]:33400. That said, what exactly are you trying to use it for? Chances are there are other ways to do it that don't involve using an unmaintained plugin.

As far as Plex goes, the app is apparently going to be removing plugins completely in the near future, so trying to develop a plugin for it definitely seems to be a lost cause now.

I'm not sure if WebTools-NG makes it easier to install plugins. The no-longer-maintained WebTools.bundle did via the Unsupported App Store, but even then it's not a requirement for installing plugins, as it can be done manually as well. Not to mention that pretty much the only plugins that still work with full functionality are metadata agents/scanners.

Yeah, the old plugin-based version is still around and offered similar functionality, but with plugins being deprecated, WebTools moved to a standalone service.

Sorry, but since plugin's are been depreciated ( Ref: https://www.plex.tv/blog/subtitles-and-sunsets-big-improvements-little-housekeeping/ ) the UAS is sadly dead, which I also announced on the webtools.bundle github repo a long time ago

If that's not the case and they're just disappearing completely, then you might have to resort to tools outside of Plex to find what's not getting scanned in. There used to be a Find Media tool that was part of WebTools, but it apparently doesn't work anymore (probably because Plugins were deprecated almost 4 years ago now, so most are broken). If you're comfortable running a random Python script from someone on the internet, I created this script several weeks ago that can scan your local folders and compare it against what Plex shows in your library. It's not pretty and was written quickly, but should get the job done.

Here are some plugins on the forum: https://forums.plex.tv/c/third-party/plugins/19. Unsupported AppStore comes with WebTools and as far as I know can still be installed (https://github.com/ukdtom/WebTools.bundle/wiki/Install).

There's also the FindMedia module of WebTools, though there have been some reports of it not working anymore.