Renaming Collection: Your Personal Media Library Awaits!

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Over the coming weeks, your Collection will be renamed Library. This new name will better reflect its true nature as your personal media library.

Why the Change?

When we first launched the Collection feature, it seemed like the right name for tracking the media you own. As we’ve watched how our community uses the feature, we realized that Collection is a confusing name and doesn’t align anymore with other media services. A lot of them just call it Library.

Whether you’re adding a Blu-ray sitting on your shelf or a digital movie in your Plex server, you’re not just marking it as “owned”. You’re cataloging what’s available to watch right now, in your personal Trakt viewing Library.

What Does This Mean for You?

The new name reflects the true purpose of this feature: tracking both your owned physical media and the digital content available on your media centers.

This includes:

  • DVDs and Blu-rays on your shelf, along with the VHS tapes collecting dust in your garage.
  • Movies and shows in your Plex, Kodi, Jellyfin, or Emby server.
  • Digital purchases on various platforms.
  • Content you’ve ripped and organized.

Same Feature, Clearer Purpose

Nothing changes about how the feature works. You’re still able to track what you own, tag it with metadata :nerd_face:, and leave notes on individual Library items. We’ll improve the feature with additional metadata, more filtering options, and tighter integrations with Trakt apps and media centers.

Library filtering and metadata
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Deeper Media Center Integration

As you may know, we’re currently working on a deeper integration between your Plex media centers and Trakt. Check out the VIP Plex Sync Beta with all the info.

Once we know what’s available in your Plex library, we can give you direct links in the Trakt apps (Apple TV and Android TV are especially meant for this) to start watching a movie or episode right in Plex.

The dream is to simply browse Trakt to find the best content to watch, then trigger playback on your preferred Media Center player. We’re working towards that :rocket:!

The Library rename will roll out over the coming weeks across all Trakt platforms.

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