Chris Hall & John Stallan 2010-2014 - chall32.blogspot.com
Plex is a media player system and software suite consisting of a player applications and an associated media server that organises personal media stored on local devices
Plex-Parse converts a saved copy of your Plex Media Server library section xml into a .csv file. This .csv can then be opened and manipulated using any spreadsheet application (for example Microsoft Excel, Libre Office Calc etc)
Sometimes it is easier, to browse and manipulate your plex library section when it is in spreadsheet format
###Pre-Requisites
- Powershell - you need to be running Windows 7 or newer to use this program. I recommend running Plex-Parse.ps1 in PowerShell ISE
- A Plex Media Server!
- Open http://(your plex media server):32400/library/sections/
- Find the location id of the library location that you are interested in exporting. For example:
<Directory allowSync="0" art="/:/resources/movie-fanart.jpg" filters="1" refreshing="0"
thumb="/:/resources/movie.png" key="2" type="movie" title="Family Movies"
agent="com.plexapp.agents.themoviedb" scanner="Plex Movie Scanner" language="en"
uuid="XXYYZZ" updatedAt="1234567890" createdAt="1234567890">
<Location id="2" path="D:\Movies"/> </Directory>
In this case my location id is 2
- Open http://(plex server):32400/library/sections/(section id)/all/ (eg http://127.0.0.1:32400/library/sections/2/all/ )
- Save this as Library.xml into the same directory as your downloaded copy of Plex-Parse.ps1
- Open Plex-Parse.ps1 with Powershell ISE and hit F5 or the green play button.
- Your csv output file will be saved as Library.csv in the same directory as your downloaded copy of Plex-Parse.ps1
- Repeat steps 1 to 6 for any other Plex library sections you are interested in exporting to csv
See the changelog for what's new in the most recent release.
If Plex-Parse helped you, how about buying us a beer? Use the donate button below. THANK YOU!
