Library Browsing

Librariarr provides a rich browsing experience for movies, series, and music with extensive filtering, multiple view modes, and detailed metadata panels.

Global Search

The Search library field in the sidebar (or ⌘K / Ctrl+K from anywhere) opens a quick title search across your entire library. Results are grouped into Movies, Series, Artists, and Albums; selecting one jumps straight to its detail page. For filter-based queries and bulk actions, the palette links to the Query workspace.

Library Views

Movies

Browse all movies with poster artwork, metadata, and quality information.

Series

Series are grouped by show title. Drill down into:

• Seasons — View seasons within a series with episode counts
• Episodes — Individual episodes with per-episode metadata and quality info

Music

Music is organized by artist. Browse artists, albums, and individual tracks with audio format, quality, and duration details.

Collections are not library items

Plex collections, Jellyfin/Emby box sets, and playlists are containers — they group media but have no file, resolution, or size of their own. Librariarr’s sync skips them, so they never show up in your movie, series, or music listings, and a lifecycle rule can never match one. This includes the collections Librariarr creates itself for collection sync.

If a collection was listed as an item before, the next full sync of that library removes it — no action needed on your part.

View Modes

Toggle between two view modes:

Mode	Description
Table	Detailed rows with columns for title, year, resolution, codec, audio, file size, play count, and more. Columns are resizable via drag-to-resize.
Grid	Poster cards in a responsive grid. Three size options: Small, Medium, Large .

Both views use smooth scrolling, so libraries of any size load and render without pagination. On desktop, the toolbar — search, sort, view controls, and filters — stays pinned to the top of the page while you scroll; on mobile it scrolls with the page to leave more room for content.

Alphabet Navigation

A clickable alphabet bar (A–Z plus # for non-alphabetic titles) lets you jump directly to a letter. The bar highlights which letters have matching items.

Filters

Over 30 filters are available. Filters can be combined — multiple active filters apply with AND logic.

Video Filters

Filter	Type	Example
Resolution	Multi-select	4K, 1080P, 720P, 480P, SD
Video Codec	Multi-select (contains)	H.264, H.265, AV1
Dynamic Range	Multi-select (exact)	SDR, HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, HLG
Video Bit Depth	Multi-select	8-bit, 10-bit
Video Frame Rate	Multi-select (exact)	23.976fps, 24fps, 30fps, 60fps
Aspect Ratio	Multi-select (exact)	16:9, 4:3, 2.39:1
Scan Type	Multi-select (exact)	progressive, interlaced
Video Profile	Multi-select (contains)	Baseline, Main, High

Audio Filters

Filter	Type	Example
Audio Codec	Multi-select (contains)	AAC, AC3, EAC3, FLAC
Audio Profile	Multi-select (exact)	Dolby Atmos, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA, DTS:X
Audio Channels	Multi-select	2.0, 5.1, 7.1
Audio Sampling Rate	Multi-select	44100, 48000

File & Metadata Filters

Filter	Type	Example
Container	Multi-select (contains)	MP4, MKV, AVI
File Size	Range (GB)	1 GB – 50 GB
Duration	Range (minutes)	90 – 180 min
Year	Conditions with AND/OR logic	≥ 2020 AND ≤ 2024
Content Rating	Multi-select (exact)	G, PG, PG-13, R
Studio	Multi-select (contains)
Genre	Multi-select (exact)	Must match all selected genres

Activity Filters

Filter	Type	Example
Search	Text (title/summary)	Free text search
Play Count	Range	0 – 10 plays
Last Played	Date range	Before/after specific dates
Added Date	Date range	When item was added to library

Multi-Select Behavior

When multiple values are selected within a single filter (e.g., Resolution: 4K and 1080P), they’re combined with OR logic — items matching either value are shown. When multiple different filters are active, they combine with AND logic.

Sorting

Sort by any of these fields in ascending or descending order:

• Title
• Year
• Rating
• File Size
• Play Count
• Last Played
• Date Added

Detail Panel

Click any item to open a slide-out detail panel showing:

• Poster and artwork
• Summary/description
• Full metadata: title, year, ratings (critic, audience, user), directors, writers, cast, studio, genres, countries
• Video details: codec, resolution, bit depth, profile, frame rate, color info, aspect ratio, scan type
• Audio details: codec, channels, profile, bit rate, sampling rate, languages (for each audio stream)
• Subtitle streams: language, format, forced/default flags
• File info: size, container, path, duration, optimized for streaming flag
• Stream list: All video, audio, and subtitle streams with detailed info

Actions from Detail Panel

Depending on configuration:

• Open in Plex/Jellyfin/Emby — Direct link to the item on your server
• View in Radarr/Sonarr — Link to the item in your *arr instance (requires integration)

Multi-Server Deduplication

When browsing with multiple servers connected:

• Items are deduplicated by default — only the preferred copy is shown
• An indicator shows which servers have each item
• Use the server dropdown in the navigation to filter by a specific server

Note

Duplicates are detected using external IDs (TMDB, IMDB) when available, falling back to title and year matching. In rare cases, different items with identical metadata may be incorrectly grouped.

Watch History

View detailed, per-play watch history across all your media servers. Each row represents an individual play event, showing who watched what, when, and on which device.

Syncing Watch History

Watch history data is synced from your media servers in two ways:

• Automatic — During each scheduled library sync, detailed play events are fetched and stored
• On-demand — Click the Refresh button on the history page to sync immediately

Each sync fully refreshes watch history for that server — existing records are replaced with the latest data from the server.

Data Sources by Server Type

Data	Plex	Jellyfin	Emby
Username	Yes	Yes	Yes
Watched date	Yes (per play)	First play only	First play only
Device name	Yes	No	No
Platform	Yes	No	No
Play count (per item)	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note

Plex provides the most detailed watch history, with individual timestamps and device information for each play event. Jellyfin and Emby only report which items have been played and the last played date — individual play timestamps beyond the first are not available.

Play Count vs. Watch History

The Play Count and Last Played fields shown on media items in the library views are separate from the Watch History table:

• Play Count / Last Played on media items — synced from the media server’s native item metadata during library sync. For Plex, this reflects the account’s global watch history across all servers, so a brand-new Plex server may show play counts from plays that occurred on a different server under the same Plex account.
• Watch History records — individual play events fetched from the server’s session history. Only includes plays that actually occurred on that specific server.

Columns

The history table supports column visibility controls with columns grouped into categories:

Category	Columns
Core	Title, Type, Year, Server
Playback	User, Watched At
Video	Resolution, HDR, Video Codec
Audio	Audio Codec
File	Duration, Size
Device	Device Name, Platform (Plex only)

Filters

Filter	Description
Search	Filter by media title
Server	Filter by media server
Type	Toggle Movie, Series, Music
Users	Multi-select by username
Platforms	Multi-select by platform (Plex only)

Click any row to open the detail side panel with full metadata for that media item.