When viewing the details page for a movie edition, a tag will be displayed with that edition name. As such, most users will prefer to edit each library item to choose or provide an appropriate poster, to help differentiate them. Viewing and Accessing EditionsĬurrently, all editions of a movie you’ve added to your server will be displayed in the library grid when viewing the library. In cases where you have multiple editions of the same movie, they can all be added to your library, where their watched status, user ratings, etc. When you have a non-standard edition of a movie, you can specify which particular edition it is. This is where Plex’s support for “Editions” comes into play. The original Star Wars trilogy is similarly famous for having both the original (theatrical) versions and then the later “Special Editions” (not to mention other fan-produced cuts).
Blade Runner is famous for having multiple different cuts released for users to watch. Sometimes, however, you might have a movie that has multiple different “cuts”: Theatrical release, Director’s Cut, Extended Edition, Unrated, etc. It’s the same actual content, just a different resolution/encoding/etc. That feature allows player apps to either automatically choose the appropriate version to play or else offer the user a choice, since the versions should all represent the same underlying movie or episode. The feature is also used as part of the server’s Media Optimizer feature. This is for cases where you have versions that are different resolutions (e.g. Tip!: The ability to specify different editions for a movie requires a Plex Pass subscription for Server admin account.Ĭurrently, Plex’s multi-version support has allowed users to provide multiple different versions of the same underlying movie/episode and have them merged together.
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