HELP - Different cards for the same show based on Plex library language
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GitHub - master branch
Describe your Problem
I was wondering if it's possible to have different cards for the same show in different Plex libraries that shares the same media files. Allow me to explain I have 2 libraries and both share the same folders
The difference between them is the library language within Plex. TV Shows is in english
While Series is in spanish
I do this because I have a bunch of little nephews and they don't speak english (yet). So I want to know if it's possible to store 2 cards for the same episode.
This is the card with the main title in english and kanji above it, it's for my library TV Shows which is in english.
And I want to do the same for the spanish library, but how would I store both cards within the same folder?
Screenshots
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Preference File
The only way that comes to my mind is
1. run the script to genereate `english`cards for the show
2. manually save the cards generated
3. create a different YAML file for the plex library but in spanish
4. run the script to genereate `spanish` cards for the show
This way I will have to manually save the cards in a different folder before they are replaced by the spanish cards.Series YAML
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Debug Log
Am I in the right path or there is actually a possible way to do it that I overlooked within the wiki?
Again I appreciate the great effort you have done!
I've never tested this, but it should be possible.. the problem is keeping both series "live", as the translated title will override the english title on subsequent runs, if you use the same source directory. Did you plan on running both of these at the same time for currently airing series?
I'll test this. @CollinHeist btw I don't understand how to watched_style, unwatched_style work in order to blur unblur pics like u did on the main page of the project. Do I have to run the script everytime I watched something so it 'unblurs' the picture ? or can I keep it run listening for new events?
Well I am asking if you planned on running them together. Beyond that, I added to develop something that should help, if you specify ignore_preferred_titles: true in a Series/Template/library, then the translated titles should be skipped (haven't had a chance to test). That way you can just sync to two separate YAML files, one with a translation (probably in a template), one without, without the need to exit TCM and all that.
[...] Do I have to run the script everytime I watched something so it 'unblurs' the picture ? or can I keep it run listening for new events?
That is done using the Tautulli integration and me watching the episode (so the notification was queued) just before starting recording, so the trigger happened right as I clicked play.
Oh yeah I just noticed it blurs/ unblurs the picture based on the user (admin) watch status for that episode, but it really blurs unblurs for everyone haha I completely forgot this is token based and of course the token belongs to a specific user so i'll skip this part for now. I'll test the spanish config I mentioned before and I'll post my results here
I ran into another issue @CollinHeist
libraries:
TV Shows:
path: 'E:\Plex\TV Shows'
plex_name: TV Shows
media_server: plex
fonts:
font_purple:
color: "rgb(100, 0, 255)"
size: 110%
font_red:
color: "rgb(255, 255, 255)"
size: 110%
templates:
no-sync:
archive: <<archive>>
sonarr_sync: false
tmdb_sync: false
tmdb_skip_localized_images: false
sync_specials: false
anime_with_kanji:
year: <<year>>
card_type: anime
tmdb_sync: true
library: TV Shows
episode_data_source: plex
# library: Anime # Change to your library name, or delete completely
translation:
language: ja
key: kanji
extras:
require_kanji: true
anime_with_kanji_no_season:
year: <<year>>
card_type: anime
tmdb_sync: true
library: TV Shows
episode_data_source: plex
# watched_style: unique
# unwatched_style: blur
# archive_style: blur
# library: Anime # Change to your library name, or delete completely
translation:
language: ja
key: kanji
seasons:
hide: <<seasonless>>
defaults:
seasonless: true
extras:
require_kanji: true
series:
Death's Game (2023):
name: Death's Game
episode_data_source: plex
year: 2023
library: TV Shows
card_type: olivier
# font: font_red
translation:
- language: en
key: preferred_title
# - language: es
# key: spanish_title
Young Royals (2021):
name: Young Royals
episode_data_source: plex
year: 2021
library: TV Shows
card_type: Beedman/GradientLogoTitleCard
extras:
logo: 'E:\Plex\TV Shows\Young Royals (2021)\logo.png'
Mieruko-chan (2021):
template: anime_with_kanji_no_season
this is my yml file Idk why it's producing Death's Game (2023) - S01E01 - Muerte.png and
I cannot make it produce an english card, what am I doing wrong?
this is my preferences.yml
options:
source: 'E:\Plex\TV Shows'
series:
- ./yaml/tvshows.yml
# - ./yaml/series.yml
filename_format: "{full_name} - S{season:02}E{episode:02}"
season_folder_format: "Season {season:02}"
sync_specials: false
card_type: standard
card_extension: png
card_dimensions: 3200x1800
episode_data_source: plex
image_source_priority: plex, tmdb
filename_format: "{full_name} - S{season:02}E{episode:02} - {title}"
validate_fonts: false
season_folder_format: "Season {season:02}"
.
.
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I commented the ./yaml/series.yml filepath so it's not reading my other config
This is what I was mentioning before: the translated title will override the English title on subsequent runs. The problem is once the translated title has been added to the data file it will always be used. You'd need to have two separate YAML instances, one with the translation and the other with the ignore_preferred_titles: true thing I mentioned
I understand a little more now, I guess I need to update my installation with the content from develop branch ? or can I just add ignore_preferred_titles: true to one of the ymls? Do I need to do a backup of all the config the files ?
Update: I managed to clone the develop branch by git clone -b develop --single-branch https://github.com/CollinHeist/TitleCardMaker.git in a different folder. Setup the environment installed all packages again, I copied back all my ymls and preferences, added ignore_preferred_titles: true under libraries and series, deleted the previous card created Death's Game (2023) - S01E01 - Muerte.png
and then run PS C:\Games\Plex\TitleCardMaker-develop> pipenv run python main.py --run
But again it created the same file Death's Game (2023) - S01E01 - Muerte.png I don't know if I missed any step?
this is my tvshows.yml
libraries:
TV Shows:
path: 'E:\Plex\TV Shows'
plex_name: TV Shows
media_server: plex
ignore_preferred_titles: true
fonts:
font_purple:
color: "rgb(100, 0, 255)"
size: 110%
font_red:
color: "rgb(255, 255, 255)"
size: 110%
templates:
no-sync:
archive: <<archive>>
sonarr_sync: false
tmdb_sync: false
tmdb_skip_localized_images: false
sync_specials: false
anime_with_kanji:
year: <<year>>
card_type: anime
tmdb_sync: true
library: TV Shows
episode_data_source: plex
# library: Anime # Change to your library name, or delete completely
translation:
language: ja
key: kanji
extras:
require_kanji: true
anime_with_kanji_no_season:
year: <<year>>
card_type: anime
tmdb_sync: true
library: TV Shows
episode_data_source: plex
# watched_style: unique
# unwatched_style: blur
# archive_style: blur
# library: Anime # Change to your library name, or delete completely
translation:
language: ja
key: kanji
seasons:
hide: <<seasonless>>
defaults:
seasonless: true
extras:
require_kanji: true
series:
Death's Game (2023):
name: Death's Game
episode_data_source: plex
year: 2023
library: TV Shows
card_type: olivier
# font: font_red
translation:
- language: fr
key: preferred_title
ignore_preferred_titles: true
# - language: es
# key: spanish_title
# Young Royals (2021):
# name: Young Royals
# episode_data_source: plex
# year: 2021
# library: TV Shows
# card_type: Beedman/GradientLogoTitleCard
# extras:
# logo: 'E:\Plex\TV Shows\Young Royals (2021)\logo.png'
# Mieruko-chan (2021):
# template: anime_with_kanji_no_season
the preferences.yml file hasn't changed because there is nothing else to add there. In the tvshows.yml I even chaged the language: es to language: fr to see if at least it changed to another language different than english or spanish but no luck. The same spanish card is been created. @CollinHeist
@kvalle22 Okay try now, I pushed a fix to develop. I had envisioned something like this:
# preferences.yml
sonarr:
# ...
sync:
- file: /config/tv_english.yml
add_template: english
- file: /config/tv_spanish.yml
add_template: spanishWith your Series YAML files:
# tv_english.yml
templates:
english:
ignore_preferred_titles: true
series:
Example (2024): {library: ..., template: english}
# ...# tv_spanish.yml
templates:
spanish:
translation:
- language: es
key: preferred_title
series:
Example (2024): {library: ..., template: spanish}
# ...series:
Death's Game (2023):
name: Death's Game
episode_data_source: plex
year: 2023
library: TV Shows
card_type: olivier
# font: font_red
translation:
- language: fr
key: preferred_title
ignore_preferred_titles: true
# - language: es
# key: spanish_title
Result
series:
Death's Game (2023):
name: Death's Game
episode_data_source: plex
year: 2023
library: TV Shows
card_type: olivier
# font: font_red
translation:
- language: fr
key: preferred_title
ignore_preferred_titles: false
# - language: es
# key: spanish_title
Result
Now It works!! at least for me because I will be only switching between es and en, but for someone who wants french and previously executed the script using es it will not work unless I am doing something wrong.
That's correct you can only have one "preferred title" stored per-Episode. To do two alternate non-English titles for separate libraries you'd have to use separate source directories.
Glad it's working!