https://yanghu.github.io/tags/nas/Recent content in Nas on Yang's NotesHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usyang@yhu.me (Yang Hu)yang@yhu.me (Yang Hu)© 2026 Yang HuThu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0800https://yanghu.github.io/posts/plex-local-media-metadata/Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0800yang@yhu.me (Yang Hu)https://yanghu.github.io/posts/plex-local-media-metadata/<p>How to structure local lecture/course videos (without an official TMDB/TVDB entry) in Plex as a proper TV Show with seasons, episode titles, and custom descriptions set via the Plex API.</p> <p>The example here is Jonathan Biss&rsquo;s <em>Exploring Beethoven&rsquo;s Piano Sonatas</em> — a 5-part Coursera course from the Curtis Institute of Music, stored on a Synology NAS.</p> <h2 class="relative group">The Problem <div id="the-problem" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-problem" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Plex&rsquo;s default scrapers rely on TMDB or TVDB. Local lecture videos with no database entry either show up as a mess of unmatched files, or get incorrectly matched to something unrelated.</p>