Managing your Porn collection.

[TopJock]

I currently am using Plex. So far it has the best metadata support.

I tried Emby but a lot of my TV shows, movies, and music was missing cover art and other metadata. I do like the 'back end' more then Plex's.

Having cover art, actor info, and video descriptions make my media collections feel extra cool. It's becoming a bit of an obsession.

I would really like to know how you guys manage large collections and show them off. (My current fuck buddy is blown away by my collection on the big screen TV).

I've included some screen shots to show the difference some metadata and cover art can make.

And then there is Tagging and Categories for search! More on that later.  :cheesy2:

-TJ

[nixosgl]

i see… i used to be an hoarder and used a collection software for videogames...

after living about 30+ years i realized i almost never rewatch sitcom, unless they make me laugh and still seldom
i rarely watch movies (so let's not even talk about rewatching)

i found it is easier just to stream... and i never have regrets about the possibility in the future i will no longer be able to rewatch a particular thing

about videogames... i found out i was collecting crap, i edit an iso image and put inside what i want, this for every videogame i want to keep...
there is an high chance i wanna replay them, or that i am emotionally attached to them, but the number of them i care is extremely low
i will probably upload and share the ones i didn't like before deleting them for good... (among these there is dragon age i still can't force me to play it, and still do not like it :P)

porn is the easiest of them all, not only i find nowadays most of it uninteresting... but i feel compelled to save only a few of them...
instead of a software i just add information in the file name: production house, favorite actor i care, original file name, then tags...
very basic like gay bisex bj hh jack cum eat

just recently i managed to divide them in grades, like i did for videogames...
A the ones i watch totally without skipping or almost without skipping and i really want to save...
B the ones i need to skip and usually just watch some pieces... they may end edited up in avidemux to keep only what i want
C the ones you usually watch once then you usually delete (not talking about bit torrent, but talking about streaming or file locker sites)
D the ones so crappy you wish you never watched and you just delete to spare the pain to other people

right now i think i got only 47gb worth, i got some C and D who i will delete when i need space...
on the other end i got 1,04tb anime i need to sift through, 3,04tb videogames 1,34tb sitcom and 334gb movies

i still think i got alot of things i do not want and need to delete, so far i am managing to delete more than i download

[oerouen]

I've used Kodi, and have also tried Plex and Emby.
While the tech-futurist in me still longs to have that '10-foot Experience' where my porn is all flash with a sexy UI and easily accessible via remote, the organization it takes to maintain it always leaves me asking "??? To What End? ???"  
The FUN part of it is setting up the UI, but my collection is LARGE and not very organized (unless you count chronological organization by download date ;)), so adding the metadata has always been the biggest pain. I've found numerous apps that allow me to add manual metadata, but none of the Gay scrapers have worked all that well for anything beyond Adult DVDs.

On that note, I would LOVE IT (hint hint) if GT.ru could make their metadata/pics available from the torrent pages as an adult scraper for members local server setup. THAT WOULD BE AMAZING!  :cheers:

What I'm really hoping for is an app that combines the UI and convenience of Netflix and Spotify… for my porn collection. I'd love to be able to have the app just index my porn drives auto-categorize everything by keyword or studio name, and then present it in an organized fashion.

KODI: Kodi was my first attempt at curating a "Porn Netflix' app. It's the environment I understand best, and has the largest number of UI skins. Setup for porn and/or random videos has always been difficult in XBMC/Kodi, and I find the renaming and folder restructuring requirements to be tedious. Kodi's directory setup allows me to just add my drives of videos, but since 80% of the files don't have official IMDB/TV scraper metadata, it just lists everything as files, which is not very exciting.

PLEX: As I understand it, Plex is supposed to be better with metadata and setting up a seamless non-Movie/TV video experience. I've actually suggested Plex to other people as a viable server/streamer, but still have trouble with it setting it up for myself. Also, I haven't found a UI skin that I really like for Plex, but I like that I can ((attempt to)) stream to the Plex app on my Xbox One.

EMBY: I haven't done all that much with Emby since they require a monthly subscription for anything beyond setup and adding metadata. Their skins are ports from Kodi, and yet they've got that feature behind a paywall. That's fucking crazy.

Do you know of any app/tool that allows you to search for video files and then lets you update or assign metadata/ratings/studio for multiple files at a time?

[RPBorges]

I'll definetly look into some software for organizing. As of right now my porn folder is a mess

[tarvist]

In your libraries, Adult looks like you don't have https://github.com/iklier/plex-gay-metadata-agent

It doesn't match everything, but it may surprise you.

[Apollon2005]

Hi All,
I am trying to sort my huge library with Plex and installed the different cockporn agents You can find on github.
But Unfortunately, plex doesn't find any match and doesn't display any jacket.
Do You use Plex with Cockporn agent? Any advices to get it to work?

Greetings, Alex

[raphjd]

@tarvist:

In your libraries, Adult looks like you don't have https://github.com/iklier/plex-gay-metadata-agent

It doesn't match everything, but it may surprise you.

Thanks for that.  I never heard of this before, despite using Plex for many years.

[lololulu19]

@raphjd:

@tarvist:

In your libraries, Adult looks like you don't have https://github.com/iklier/plex-gay-metadata-agent

It doesn't match everything, but it may surprise you.

Thanks for that.   I never heard of this before, despite using Plex for many years.

I just installed PLEX, and it's searching my computer to create a gay porn library.  It might take weeks for it to complete that library!  (hehe)

I am not sure how PLEX works.  I have a guess..
1. It comes with EXISTING libraries of "mainstream" movies
2. You can add various libraries that typically correspond to a studio
3. You can create a library of all your own movies

Am I right?

I'm also confused about whether this has to be paid for or not.  What's the difference between the "free" use and "premium"?

[lololulu19]

@tarvist:

In your libraries, Adult looks like you don't have https://github.com/iklier/plex-gay-metadata-agent

It doesn't match everything, but it may surprise you.

I downloaded that agent.. but Plex isn't finding those plugins.. It did find my own collection.

How do you use that gay metadata agent?

[lololulu19]

@raphjd:

@tarvist:

In your libraries, Adult looks like you don't have https://github.com/iklier/plex-gay-metadata-agent

It doesn't match everything, but it may surprise you.

Thanks for that.   I never heard of this before, despite using Plex for many years.

I have 10,418 gay porn videos in my collection.. how many you have?

[nembarie 0]

I just use Kodi for mine - categorised by studio and separately by porn favorite porn actors in list view which generates a screen shot.

3.2tb is just too much to tag and find covers for!