Filter Collections by Label or Tag in Kodi (via PKC)

[FrankieBBBB]

Setup: I use Kometa to automatically create franchise collections in Plex, such as Marvel, Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc. These collections are labeled in Plex (e.g., with Franchise) and sorted using a sort_title. I then use PlexKodiConnect (PKC) to sync these collections to Kodi, where I’d like to show them in a widget (using SkinVariables or a hub setup like Arctic Fuse 2).

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😕 Problem:

In Kodi, all Plex collections show up in one folder, including collections I don’t want shown as franchises (e.g., "Movies from 2024", genre-based sets, etc.). There doesn’t seem to be a way to filter collections in Kodi based on:

Their label in Plex (e.g., Franchise)

Their sort title (e.g., +Franchise_Star Wars)

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✅ What I’ve Tried:

Labels in Plex: visible on individual items in Kodi, but not on collections

Sort titles: applied in Plex, visible for items in Kodi, but not usable on the collection level

SkinVariables JSON: shows all collections from /collections, but no way to filter by label or sort_title prefix

TMDb collections via Kometa: created correctly, but again all end up together in Kodi

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🙏 What Would Help:

Ideally, support for one of the following:

Filtering collections in Kodi widgets based on their Plex label

Syncing collection-level labels from Plex into Kodi (currently only item-level?)

Supporting sort_title or another attribute to group/filter which collections appear in Kodi views/widgets

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🔧 Why:

I want to keep my Kodi UI clean and show only true franchises as widgets — not every auto-generated or generic collection. If this is technically difficult or outside PKC's scope, I’d appreciate knowing that too. But I imagine more people using Kometa + PKC would benefit from more control over what collections appear in Kodi.

Thanks in advance! 🙏