Plex Extras - Add Trailers, Deleted Scenes and More to Your Plex Personal Media Server !

[@YoungThos]

Thank you for this Lon! Here in the future of 2023, I've been pulling my hair out for weeks trying to add local extras for TV shows, scanning my library like a fool when I should have been refreshing my metadata. It's a good thing Plex sponsored you to do this video, because apparently it was impossible for them to put this crucial piece of information in the actual support document 🙃

[@marcmacialek9250]

I know that this is an old video, but I wish I'd have found it a long time ago. I didn't realize that Plex had an integrated way to handle extras, much cleaner than the clunky way I've been doing it for 5 or 6 years. Thanks for putting this out.

[@JT-bzzzt]

This is great for having multiple cuts of the same movie on my server, for example I can have the Theatrical Cut of Alien as the main title and add the Director's Cut as an extra. I didn't like having multiple entries of the same movie so this works and didn't realize this was possible, thanks Lon!

[@darkmasterch1ef346]

Exactly

[@donh.5097]

That's a good idea, I never thought of that.

[@therabbitslayerr]

I set movies up as the same movie but change the movie poster to reflect what's cut it is.

[@clipper99]

Whoa! That’s the BEST method EVER I’ve come across for this exact scenario! You’ve just solved a problem that has been plaguing me for literal years. My OCD thanks you sir! 🙏👍😊

[@JT-bzzzt]

@@therabbitslayerr I used to do it that way, I just didn't like the way Plex handled the metadata for it. But if it works for you that's great!

[@microsohom]

Hello Lon. I came across your video as I wanted to ad some extras to my movies and TV Shows. Your instruction worked like a charm for movies but not for TV extras. My Downtown Abbey extras do not appear on the show level, even though I followed your guide meticulously. Any clue why this might be happening?

[@Timtomri]

Thank you I have been wanting to add extras for shows for years!!!

[@seanyboyoc]

Very helpful and straightforward. Thank you. I've been using PLEX for a while, but learning that naming conventions are key.

[@Downhuman74]

OMG, thank you for this! I'm just starting the whole TV shows on Plex journey and Plex's own documentation on this is about as clear as mud. I'm luckily only a few shows in at this point so it won't be too hard to go back and re-name/restructure everything. Weird that that they still haven't fixed this for the TV clients.

[@Adam-HotS]

Thank you so much for this. I followed the Plex guides but the Extras section still wasn't showing up. The simple step of hitting refresh meta data finally got everything to show up.

[@np-hs7mr]

Ok do I need to be on pro or free version

[@anonnomnom3282]

@@np-hs7mr I think these kind of Extras need the paid Plex Pass

[@TimothyEckel]

I couldn't get this to work until I did one key thing, put the trailers or extra content in a unique folder with one movie. I normally just have one "Movies" folder containing all movies. You can't just add a file with the same name as the movie but with the "-trailer" extension (for example) and expect it to work (although, that would be ideal in my opinion). Instead, I needed to create a sub folder for a movie and move the movie and the trailer to that sub folder. Then it worked without any issue.

[@CaptD06]

I had to do this as well. Making this feature impractical on a large scale. Putting extensive movie collections into separate folders for trailers or extras would be a nightmare. But it did work

[@echadmetz]

This was so helpful, Lon. And nice to see that the extras show up on the TV client now.

[@carlosbeltran7301]

I been waiting for this futures for so long!!! I have all my movies and tv extras in a separate list... Now I can properly integrate them. Hallelujah!!!

[@emporioalnino4670]

This works perfectly in my Android plex client but doesn't work on the browser client. I haven't tried my TV client yet, but this is an inconvenience that plex needs to fix. Extras just don't show up on the season level.

[@Fran-kc2gu]

I love the extras feature for the music library, I can add music videos and concerts, but I wonder if there's a way to link a album for a movie, for example soundtrack, or a movie for an artist, for example a movie about the artist biography and such.

[@lawyer1165]

A year or so ago, I turned off Plex’s extras feature because it usually just doubled the number of extras on my screen. The extras from Plex had the same thumbnails and even had the same name I had given to my ripped files. I wasn’t aware that Plex is starting to allow similar features for TV extras. Thanks. Thus far, I have created dummy episodes to handle TV extras when I want to associate the extra with a specific season and used the Special 00 coding when that isn’t important.

[@np-hs7mr]

Ok. This caught my eye. Does this work with free version or do I need to upgrade to the pro version?

[@StultifiedGraphics]

So for multiple season i should create another season 1 folder?

[@jlugolok]

Would this be the best way to add recaps to tv shows or is there a better way?

[@richrecovery]

interesting. cant seem to get it work anymore at TV season level for new content, will work at show level. old content still shows at season level. They must of changed something since you did this recording.

[@RebeccaClarkeDrums]

Thank you! Great video! Refreshing metadata is the key! I wish Plex would add that to their instructions in the first place!!!

[@trinhk]

Thanks Lon for the tip. If I understand correctly, that means that each movie needs to be in its own separate folder, correct? I have been putting all my movies in one single folder, so if I wanted to add any extras, I will need to create a separate folder for that movie specifically.

[@purplesalad]

Plex should make their own, high quality hardware

[@marktremblay8898]

Trying to get deleted scenes to work for TV shows and visible from the Web. I do see them in the iPhone app - but not the web - is this expected?

[@kamhouse7754]

A year after this video was made and they still don't have the season level TV extras integrated with the Windows client.

[@chrisumali9841]

Thanks for the demo and info, have a great day

[@drluisfelipeberchielli]

Hi, Lon! Thank you very much for this tutorial! Extremely useful!

[@jmelos741]

Excellent video I didn't think it was possible thank you Do you have a method to display movie covers in landscape format thank you

[@np-hs7mr]

Ok I'm trying to do just this with my oceans movie collection. I believe I've followed the file structure to a t. Right off the bat you have trailers with your star wars movie. Via Plex. My question is this to you. Do I need Plex pass to make the extras and behind the stage stuff work? I currently do not have Plex pass. Hope someone can assist.thank you

[@jimmymolinaro7554]

Hi there! Good video but It's just not working for me. Do I absolutely need to create a separate folder or each and every movie I want to do this for? I guess what I'm asking is, will this not work if I place the file "The Departed (2006)-trailer" into the folder where all my other movies are located,,,,, because that's where "The Departed (2006)" movie is located.

[@Kfinch1992]

i can not get this to work for the tv show extras. and i have no clue what im doing wrong...

[@eddiexx]

What if i would like to have all these bonus and mini docs from the dvds as separate films? I like to watch them as "documentaries" not to mix them with the movies themselves. Cheers

[@j4m3s24]

Does plex support movie file groups within other groups? Ex: MCU folder, inside Thor folder, inside Thor folder 3 movies. Same with Separate folders for all other Characters like Ironman, Captain America under the MCU main folder alongside the Thor folder?

[@DavidErato]

No

[@LonSeidman]

You could set up a collection to do that - I have Star Wars organized that way - see my video on collections - but I don’t think you can go down multiple levels

[@user-md2iq9vb9z]

thanks! always love your tutorials. other tutorials i watched didnt mention that not all devices support this feature, so i was racking my brain trying to figure out why it wasn't working when i found your video and realized chrome doesn't support it. pulled up my phone and sure enough, there they were. pretty sad on plex's part though, it's been over a year and this feature still doesn't work on my apple tv either so it's kind of worthless for me. sucks because the only other option is using S00 in the Specials folder, and that is way more work.

[@dubox37]

Aug 2023 here....just found this video after getting frustrated when it wasn't working from the browser on my Plex server. Still only works on Android... nearly 2 years later.

[@alienyde]

Great video but I can't seem to make the season extras work...wondering if its because it was a bonus dvd that I ripped. But I have it set as Show\Featurettes\Bonus_1.m4v...i do the refreshmeta data on the show menu on teh server and nothing happens on my android or IOS....no matter what combination I do, I can't seem to get it to work. Too bad.

[@kodicanada1991]

Excellent Info. I needed that to understand it properly.

[@daveborchard2019]

Do DVDs that contain chapter marks have to be ripped a special way to maintain the chapter marks? Is there a way you can edit the ripped MP4 file to insert chapter marks, or edit the Plex metadata to insert chapter marks if the chapter marks on the DVDs are excluded from the ripping process?

[@Gmen2010champs]

Hey Lon, have you tried ripping your 4k blu rays in Dolby Vision? I've been reripping mine lately because I noticed that the Nvidia Shield will actually play them back in Dolby Vision. As far as I know thats the only streaming player that will do that. I've tried on the Fire Stick 4k, Roku 4k Stick and Web Os on my LG CX

[@jjones2582]

Did you get a special 4K reader?

[@Gmen2010champs]

@@jjones2582 Just one of the Blu Ray drives that is able to rip 4k

[@LonSeidman]

I haven't done that yet - only a few of my physical discs have a Dolby Vision option but I'm eager to try it.

[@johnmccaffrey280]

So add the extras content for now and it will be mobile accessible but currently devices like the Apple TV Plex App and the desktop version of Plex don't show the content, is this correct? Hopefully the will add it soon! :) Great video by the way

[@imtheshit2918]

How can I add trailers to tv shows I tried everything and didn't work

[@thecartooncynic]

It's been two years, and this is still not available on all the platforms. The only platforms where it is fully supported for Show, Season, and Episode are Android and iOS devices...

[@mikesveganlife4359]

2 years later and they still haven't made tv's to work with the extras in a season.

[@Mortified_Penguin]

Very frustrating. I've got some extras that I want on the show level, but they simply won't show up in Plex unless I put the Featurettes folder inside of a season folder. You also have to call it "Featurettes" these days. Nothing else works.

[@akongas]

I can only get Featurettes working and even then, it only finds two out of the four videos. (Tested Late 2024)

[@opticpoet]

So as far as the extras and such for movies, do you have to have a Plex Pass for that that feature to be enabled? I'm on my desktop and it's not working. I have a folder "Dirty Harry' the movie and featurette are both inside. The movie is just "Dirty Harry" - the extra is "Dirty Harry The Original-featurettes.mp4" And when I click on the movie, in plex, it does not show up under it as extra.

[@Capt.Safety]

do I need plex pass for this to work? I ask as I'v tried to get this to work and it just dosen't

[@jjones2582]

For some reason the only time I can see TV extras is if the library is setup to use the Plex media scanner. Extras won't show up if I'm using TheTVDB or TheMovieDB database scanners.

[@KarlRohde]

Thanks, this works. I thought I was going crazy.

[@andrewmarvinkeuning7024]

2024 and the TV extras still don't work on anything other than andriod and iphone, all working properly on Jellyfin though.

[@LeSingeauBleuet]

That's so weird, it only works on the app. After all this time i thought that it would work on every platform, but it doesnt even work on the Desktop version

[@chrisforrester7782]

That worked a treat thank you!

[@jasonpatrick]

I noticed that you also have a red exclamation point next to remote access in your settings. I also run my plex server on a WD MyCloud and have the same problem. I even port forward the server to try and fix the problem but it never works. So I can never directly connect to my server outside of my network. Do you think this could be an issue with WD MyCloud NAS in general?

[@LonSeidman]

No I have purposely shut down remote access - I don’t leave anything exposed to the internet and vpn in for everything

[@DavidErato]

Funny, I had just started redoing my library for extras, in prep for the Matrix rewatch. I also wanted to find the Marvel One-Shots which I didn't get the first round, since the Mac I was using was pretty old.

[@autobahn4610]

Lon 4 President!😎

[@TheFrugalAudiophile]

Is there a setting in Plex that allows you to play a couple of trailers before a movie plays in order to emulate the theater experience?

[@7MBoosted]

Technically yes, but it is a plex pass feature. There are some options in the settings menus. I have them turned on, but I can't remember any trailers actually playing. So if anyone else would like to comment and guide us to getting trailers to play before we play a movie, I'd love some extra input too.

[@DavidErato]

You can also run a pre-roll video as well. Like “Feature Presentation.”

[@TheFrugalAudiophile]

@@DavidErato That's cool! I will have to look into all this!

[@Puppy80]

I wish you could see the TV Extras on the web apps as well. I just tried to move some extras into the TV show level and it only shows up on my phone :(

[@LonSeidman]

yeah right now the phone is all that it works with. Hopefully soon!

[@AngeAlexiel]

Great video, but this doesn't work for me , i have Westworld extras , and despite following the website and your video, nothing appears on the web client, IOS or Apple TV one, maybe it's broken ??

[@paft]

I think there's just still lack of support still. Like in the vid--it works on my Andriod phone, but doesn't on FireTV or in a browser...

[@AngeAlexiel]

@@paft yeah since then i got it to work own some shows or movie but not on others... weird..

[@mwjii]

Great tutorial Lon thanks so much. I’m now able to add the extra’s very excited.👍🏻🎉

[@MrSupersidewinder]

TV extras 'Behind the Scenes' does not show up for me. Samsung tv and android clients??? Running latest server version.

[@tuborice4571]

Same or on my android phone. I can get the film extras to show up but not the TV extras.

[@MrSupersidewinder]

@@tuborice4571 Finaly these are working now... About two months...😁

[@tuborice4571]

@@MrSupersidewinder how

[@MrSupersidewinder]

@@tuborice4571 I simply left my 'extras' like 'Behind the Scenes' in movies and tv shows. For many months the movie extras worked and tv did not... Several updates back (around February) the tv extras started working... I use the folders method not the filename ones... Around that time Plex did a scalpers update and it stopped generating thumbnails for my personal videos and now extras... they do not get images but they work well.

[@wheezingjuice]

doesn't work for movies at all :-( (Version 4.69.1) and even what plex says on their website how to get this to work just wn't work ONE BIT :-( Do you have any idea?

[@prakash.vishwakarma]

Could you tell us which Android TV are you using in this video? I bought Roku after watching some of your videos, apparantly i can't get the best out of it in Europe.

[@LonSeidman]

Chromecast with Google tv

[@prakash.vishwakarma]

@@LonSeidman Does it allow to sideload APKs?

[@AJBIsHere]

This is awesome. Thank you very much!

[@trevornatiuk1031]

Hey Lon - I have a library of type "other videos" that contains all my featurettes organized by folders (this is because I started this before Plex had integrated extras into some clients). However, all the folders called Deleted Scenes or other keyword names will not show up in the library. If I rename the folder to DS, for example, it does work. Is this intended, or is it a bug?

[@dt_2494]

Had this issue as well. Were you able to figure this out?

[@andydavies27]

Great video Lon, I'm just waiting for them to allow you to edit the name of the extra rather than having to go with just the file name - particularly when they make you use the episode code in the name to link the extra. This is a good step for Plex - as the extras on bluray were one thing that would make me want to get the disc out again after the main rip. Also the "PLex extras" are only for Plex Pass users I believe (?)

[@LonSeidman]

Yes the Extra's from Plex's own servers are for plex pass only

[@marcus_cole_2]

Please keep us updated on this extra feature in any new developments.... I personally have like a 100gb of extra files for shows and movies that currently are sitting outside of my Plex folder just waiting for me to do something this has changed everything thank you please keep us updated

[@lowgunberry]

I’ve got over 150 movies on my plex and now the last 2 titles won’t work they keep playing trailers

[@scottashley8251]

I wish they would add category type for commentaries

[@chrisott2]

Does Plex have a feature to select commentary tracks?

[@LonSeidman]

I am pretty sure you can select alternative audio tracks during playback so long as it's embedded in the video file.

[@DavidErato]

Sort of, except they won’t be labeled. Typically I extract all audio tracks and assume the ones marked as Stereo are the commentary tracks.

[@mrblade4444]

still does not work on all TV shows

[@GregPeninger]

I believe you can name the "extras" file title, and image. Click the pencil to edit, then edit title in General. Edit image in Poster

[@CaptD06]

Great video

[@vincehny]

Nice video. This is very similar to how you add music videos to your music files to Plex. Currently adding my music to Plex (converting them to .flac files of course) and when I'm done I'll start working on my TV shows and movies.

[@tuborice4571]

I didn't know this I'm still learning. Thanks

[@wambie7773]

Is this for everyone or just Plex Pass? If you mentioned, it I'm sorry I must have missed it.

[@LonSeidman]

I am pretty sure it'll work with non-Plex pass users if you're not on Pass give it a try and see if it works for you.

[@AnimeheavenDE]

1 year later and it is not available on TV ...

[@Mortified_Penguin]

2 years* 😂

[@onlyzach1]

Scared the crap out of me when I saw Remote Access disabled haha. For Picard how do you (and anyone else) make sure the TV eps are in the right order? They're always mixed up when I rip mine. Learned that the hard way with Buffy's DVD haha. I go back manually to double check them. Any suggestions? Never added extra's, might have to now! Great video!

[@LonSeidman]

That was tricky! I had to play back each episode and put them in the right order. The studios like to do this from time to time to mess with us.

[@timelords1963]

I cant seem to get the extras to work on tv shows at season level - please help! I do it exactly how you say but they do not show - i can see extras at episode level fine

[@wambie7773]

This should fix my crossover episode headache. Bionic man/woman had several of these and I had nowhere to put them.

[@Naustradamus]

2024 report: extra in season not working for webpage and pc plex app, but it does on mobile app and TV app. Kinda disappointed, but at least on PC is not where things get watched the most often.

[@marcus_cole_2]

Plex still needs to allow us to have information after the extra point buck what the extras at that not just deleted01 or feature01... For more like something like "invader Zim (2000) - S01E07 - dark harvest-featurette01_why it almost got banned' invader Zim (2000) - S01E07 - dark harvest-featurette02_kids ran out of the room That way we're not clueless on what the featurette or deleted scene is about

[@joegee2815]

Star Trek Picard? Return of the Jedi? I have opinions. But I'll keep them to myself. Good video, thanks for the tips. I've been sans cable and using Plex to give my wife DVR capabilities for over the air shows for 4 years now. And Plex was when I first found your channel.

[@KabukeeJo]

Now if only Plex would fix that annoying issue where 2 episodes are combined together (Ep 01-02) but Plex still tries to list them as 2 separate episodes.

[@NicMG]

Not even the deleted scenes could improve the Picard series.

[@___David__]

2 years later and Plex STILL hasn't made Extras per Season and per Episode available on the Desktop, Android TV and Apple TV...which are likely the 3 main places where people watch Plex on...ridiculous.

[@Mortified_Penguin]

Yup, it's dumb. Luckily it works on show level and you can just label your extras with "Season 1 - Bloopers", "Season 2 - Bloopers", etc 👍

[@UTCUTR]

Don't work

[@berner]

If your wife is a Trekkie, she may regret her decision to watch Picard... However if she just wants something to watch without being one, then she might enjoy it.

[@LonSeidman]

She's a casual fan, I'm the trekkie. But -- Patrick Stewart could do nothing but stare at a camera for three hours and I'll watch it :).

[@berner]

@@LonSeidman Something tells me that I should have known, lol :D It's a bit off topic, but what would you say were five of your most like TNG episodes? For me (and not in any specific order) they were: 1. The Pegasus 2. Cause and Effect 3. Phantasms 4. Genesis 5. Timescape Side note: There's actually a recipe for a cellular peptide cake with mint frosting. It's a shame we won't ever be able to see a 1080p remastered version of DS9 but I'm glad we have the remastered TNG episodes.

[@moktar22]

these should be all automatic

[@andyl4277]

Does not work in 2024

[@unibrowser1]

Great video Lon! I have been doing this for a while. The integration of local extras is awesome. Also something you may not know is that some TV extras/specials can be named S00-e01. You can find this at thetvdb.com/

[@raysrcsandtech]

Using thetvdb codes was the only method that worked for me, been struggling getting this to work for days, followed the videos and it still would not show up for me with a DVD TV show i ripped, got the codes from tvdb and bingo. My extras and out-takes show up fine

[@tuborice4571]

I've tried this and the movie extras are showing up but not the tv extras. I'm using and android phone. Android tablet.

[@InactiveNode]

Big help! Thanks for this video!