# Add Data manually to the Database **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [November 1, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-data-manually-to-the-database/754653 "2021-11-01T10:47:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ismagoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/46a35a/32.png) [@ismagoe](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ismagoe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-data-manually-to-the-database/754653/1 "2021-11-01T10:47:01Z")
Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173 Player Version#: All the best. Does anyone know how you can add the names of the actors manually to the database of a movie or series? The other data can be added but I can’t find it about the actors Thank you ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-data-manually-to-the-database/754653/2 "2021-11-01T11:14:02Z")
Plex will read embedded cast information from mp4/m4v/mov containers. As for the database… you might be able to overwrite the information in `metadata_items.tags_star` – though, given that’s just a sequence of text, there’s probably more to it and editing the db has risks: e.g. you’ll lose your changes when refreshing metadata. Why not fix the data at its source – e.g. on The Movie Database? [https://www.themoviedb.org/contribute](https://www.themoviedb.org/contribute) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-data-manually-to-the-database/754653/3 "2022-01-30T11:14:21Z")
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