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Syncing from Plex

Example Series

This tutorial uses Breaking Bad. If you do not have it in your Plex server, add it temporarily (or pick a different Series) and apply the same steps.

For the purposes of this tutorial, we will Sync a subset of your Series by using a filter tag within Plex.

  1. Open Plex.

  2. Open Breaking Bad, click the edit icon, then open the 👥 Sharing section from the sidebar.

  3. In the Labels field, type tcm-test and hit Enter - click Save Changes.

  4. Back within TitleCardMaker, navigate to the Sync page by clicking Sync from the side navigation bar.

  5. Under the Plex section of the page, click the + Add Sync button.

  6. In the launched dialog, fill out the following information:

    1. Enter the Sync Name as Test Sync

    2. In the "Templates to Apply", select the Tinted Frame Template from earlier in the tutorial.

      Template Order Matters

      When adding multiple Templates, the order in which they are listed is critical. TCM will apply the first Template whose Filter conditions are all satisfied.

    3. Under the Filters section, enter the tag tcm-test and hit Enter.

    4. Hit the Create button.

    Sync Created

    You have successfully created a Sync that automatically adds all Series in Plex that are tagged with tcm-test, and assigns our Template to them.

  7. At the top of the page is an indication of when all your Syncs will next run. To run a Sync immediately, click the small Sync icon.

  8. TCM will then query Plex for all your Series, filter the results by our indicated filters (in our case the tcm-test tag), and then filter out any exclusions (none). The added Series will be listed in a message. You should see "Synced 1 Series", with Breaking Bad listed below.

Synced from Plex

You have successfully Synced from Plex. This exact structure can be used to create and run any number of Syncs. Next, continue to Creating Title Cards.