Allow us to ignore media embedded meta data

Feature Suggestions
1

I have some media files that have hardcoded meta data embedded in the file. It overrides the titles and the automatch metadata is ignored. The only way to fix this is 1. re-encode the file stripping the meta out or 2. Manually override the embedded override. If there are multiple files either is a pain.

I would like to see either a global option or a simple way to ignore the embedded meta when it is present in the fiel.

2

You can already do that…

  1. Edit the library (⋮ > Manage Library > Edit...)
  2. Navigate to the Advanced tab
  3. Disable Prefer embedded metadata

Keep in mind this applies to the Plex Movie agent.

3

There is also software which can edit or remove embedded metadata without the need to re-encode the file.
Try mp3tag for instance.

4

Some additional options to remove w/o re-encoding:

ffmpeg command line: ffmpeg -i input_file.ext -map 0 -c copy output_file.ext See ffmpeg -map docs for additional details.

If you’ve a Mac, look at Subler. Normally used to add metadata, but can also remove it.

MKVToolNix takes MP4/M4V files as an input and saves to a MKV file. Plex does not read metadata from MKV files.

5

EasyTag is also an excellent tool for scrubbing mp4 containers.

6

2021 clean-up: implemented