[Bug] Adding edition data to filename does block a successfull re-match

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I think this is a little bit tricky to track. So please have a look at the example below… To understand what happens I need to explain that I do rename content on disk with a script after adding or changing content. I do use the following pattern for movie files:

/Moviename (2022)/Moviename (2022) {imdb-1234567} {Edition data}.mkv

Here we go:

  1. I put new content in the library. It’s named:

/Moviename (2022)/Moviename (2022).mkv

  1. The scanner runs, matches the new content and adds it to the library. → ok!

  2. My script runs and renames it to:

/Moviename (2022)/Moviename (2022) {imdb-1234567}.mkv

  1. The scanner runs and does a successful re-match → ok!

  2. Now I manually change the edition field in the Plex Web-App to “Edition data”

  3. My script runs and renames the file to:

/Moviename (2022)/Moviename (2022) {imdb-1234567} {Edition data}.mkv

  1. The scanner runs, adds the content as new (no re-match here) and the edition data is lost → Wrong, bug

I think this is a bug because adding the IMDB-ID to the filename still does a successful re-match. But adding the edition tag to that same filename (with the IMDB-ID still in place) does not re-match.

I can reproduce that at will.

Thanks for listening.

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Above is wrong…

It’s {edition-data}

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Sorry, don’t understand what you are saying. My “Edition data” is just text like “Director’s Cut”. Simply an example text to explain it to you. Let’s take a real world example:

/Total Recall (2012)/Total Recall (2012) {imdb-tt1386703} {Extended Directors Cut}.mkv

Scanner will not re-match that and create a new entry instead. At this point the edition text is lost in the database obviously.

Edit: Found it. Need to add edition- in front. Is this new?

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Nope, always been like that.

Ref: https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/#toc-2

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