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Manual classification of content - Enhanced Metadata

Feature Request

I suggest an optional environment variable called something like CUSTOM_TAGS (or something better) with a twin feature allowing us to tag files directly on the dashboard

This would both allow users to have their files in /movies, /series, /anime or /sports folders without relying on an automated scanner && avoid getting rate limited by bypassing the torbox seach API.

We could start with the basics and then, maybe, allow users to set custom tags to have custom folders propagated through TMC.

Linked Github Issue: https://github.com/TorBox-App/torbox-media-center/issues/37

Posted by Fée Deuspi ·
2 comments

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  • Wamy

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    Feb 17

    Just added tags to TorBox, maybe now you can group tags together in specific folders based on the tags.

  • decoupled456

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    Nov 10, 2025

    I was considering making a general metadata request along similar lines that isn't associated with TMC at all. I've encountered a few cases where being able to attach a small amount of extra metadata would be useful. Until now I've had to get a bit creative with encoding it into the name, but this can be rather limiting. In addition to the obvious limitations I don't think I was able to make this work at all when adding files that were already cached as I think it used the original name. For me I'd like to be able to use the API for this, but I think this would otherwise be effectively the same request.