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[TheDreadPirate]

Unfortunately, the way that collections works is that they are a list of file paths. So they are not sharable.

Here is an example collection XML I have. (Scroll down a bit to get to the file names)

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<Item>
  <ContentRating>PG</ContentRating>
  <Added>02/17/2024 18:57:10</Added>
  <LockData>false</LockData>
  <Overview>The Harry Potter films are a fantasy series based on the series of seven Harry Potter novels by British writer J. K. Rowling.</Overview>
  <LocalTitle>Harry Potter Collection</LocalTitle>
  <PremiereDate>2001-11-16</PremiereDate>
  <DisplayOrder>PremiereDate</DisplayOrder>
  <ProductionYear>2001</ProductionYear>
  <TmdbId>1241</TmdbId>
  <Genres>
    <Genre>Fantasy</Genre>
    <Genre>Adventure</Genre>
  </Genres>
  <Studios>
    <Studio>Warner Bros. Pictures</Studio>
    <Studio>Heyday Films</Studio>
    <Studio>1492 Pictures</Studio>
    <Studio>P of A Productions Limited</Studio>
    <Studio>Patalex IV Productions Limited</Studio>
  </Studios>
  <CollectionItems>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix/Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince/Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
    <CollectionItem>
      <Path>/media/library/Movies/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.mkv</Path>
    </CollectionItem>
  </CollectionItems>

Obviously, it is extremely unlikely that two users are going to have exactly the same folder structure and file names.


BUT, in the official plugin repo is the TMDB Boxset plugin that will automatically detect what is in your library and bundle movies into boxsets (collections). But not necessarily in the way you want.