ErsatzTV/docs/user-guide/search.md

Search Box

Movies, Shows, Artists and Music Videos can be searched using the search box next to the ErsatzTV logo.

Search Fields

The title field of all media types is searched by default if no other field is specified.

Movies

The following fields are available for searching movies:

• title: The movie title
• genre: The movie genre
• tag: The movie tag (not available with Plex metadata)
• plot: The movie plot
• studio: The movie studio
• actor: An actor from the movie
• library_name: The name of the library that contains the movie
• language: The movie audio stream language
• release_date: The movie release date (YYYYMMDD)
• type: Always movie

Shows

The following fields are available for searching shows:

• title: The show title
• genre: The show genre
• tag: The show tag (not available with Plex metadata)
• plot: The show plot
• studio: The show studio
• actor: An actor from the show
• library_name: The name of the library that contains the show
• language: The show audio stream language
• release_date: The show release date (YYYYMMDD)
• type: Always show

Artists

The following fields are available for searching artists:

• title: The artist name
• genre: The artist genre
• style: The artist style
• mood: The artist mood
• library_name: The name of the library that contains the artist
• type: Always artist

Music Videos

The following fields are available for searching music videos:

• title: The music video title
• genre: The music video genre
• library_name: The name of the library that contains the music video
• language: The music video audio stream language
• type: Always music_video

Sample Searches

Christmas

plot:christmas

Christmas without Horror

plot:christmas NOT genre:horror

1970's Movies

type:movie AND release_date:197*

1970's-1980's Comedies

genre:comedy AND (release_date:197* OR release_date:198*)

Lush Music

mood:lush