I have run into an issue (for example) with Doctor Who specials, say, the episode “The Star Beast” ( Doctor Who (2005) - The Star Beast - TheTVDB.com ) but there is no way to fix this issue for the episode because the season and episode level “Fix Match” does not exist.

From what I’ve been reading here, you’ll probably need to either update the file naming to match the episode order from TMDb or TVDb as set for your library / this particular show OR set the episode order to match the order of your files. Trying to match individual episodes or seasons is set to fai…

[image] TV-DB Tagging issue General Discussions At the show level, click the pencil icon pencil2 to edit the show. The right name is “Doctor Who (2005)” Choose “Advanced” → “Episode ordering”: The TVDB (Aired) [1] [2] Follow this post. It will also match yesterday’…

I see a lot of value in being able to match individual episodes, in case there’s minor discrepancies within a show. It’s totally understandable that any library scanning agent relying on an algorithm and its own database won’t be able to catch every nuance of every show or film. So, why not allow u…

[image] Topper_Cloud: A good example of this is Futurama, which did a straight-to-dvd season when they werent renewed at Fox. Currently, those episodes/films are not included in the Plex database and are therefore left off the series. You can change the episode ordering for a show if the defa…

As per DTR‚a response… that’s why you can set / override the episode order per show to your needs. The episode order currently supports aired order as listed on The Movie Database (TMDb) and all available orders from TheTVDb (aired, DVD, absolute and all custom orders). See Episode Ordering in the…

Allow "Fix Match" At the TV Episode Level

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Yaracuy December 26, 2023, 5:55am 3

Follow this post. It will also match yesterday’s Christmas Special
S00E168 - The Church on Ruby Road

Show name: Doctor Who (2005)
Specials: Under folder Specials (or Season 00)

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Allow "Fix Match" At the TV Episode Level

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