# Can't get .plexmatch to work for NCIS **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079 "2022-07-09T00:27:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nurbles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nurbles/32/244454_2.png) [@nurbles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nurbles)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/1 "2022-07-09T00:27:22Z")
Server Version#: 1.27.2.5929 I am currently ripping Season 6 of NCIS to my server. It is in the **NCIS\Season 06** folder on my TV Shows library drive. I added a .plexmatch file that looks like this: ```auto Title: NCIS Season: 6 Year: 2008 tmdid: 4614 ``` **Every. Single. Time.** that I add a new episode, the entire season transforms into **NCIS: Los Angeles**! The filenames are all in the format **NCIS - S06E01 - Title found here.mp4** and the file’s internal metadata also includes the series name, title, episode, etc. Can anyone help me figure out what is wrong here? It is VERY frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/2 "2022-07-09T00:56:34Z")
That should be **tmdbid** ; your example shows **tmdid**. Title and Year will be ignored if the ID is picked up correctly. But for the future, **Year** should be the year of the show, not the individual season. (NCIS matches correctly for me without any .plexmatch - I’d be curious to investigate why yours needs it.) ---
**Author:** ![nurbles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nurbles/32/244454_2.png) [@nurbles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nurbles)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/3 "2022-07-09T09:36:34Z")
After posting I removed the .plexmatch file and tried again with no problems. I didn’t add the .plexmatch file because NCIS “needed” it, I added it to test a feature (apparently not well implemented) in the program I use to tag all of the files with metadata. I will report the bugs and get it corrected, but I will also disable the option to _generate_ the files until needed (I thought it might speed up the matching and any associated tasks.) ---
**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/4 "2022-07-09T10:38:50Z")
> [@nurbles](#): > > the program I use to tag all of the files with metadata What’s that? ---
**Author:** ![nurbles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nurbles/32/244454_2.png) [@nurbles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nurbles)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/5 "2022-07-16T18:28:33Z")
It is called MetaX. It seems to work for me. (smile) You can find it at [MetaX](http://www.danhinsley.com/metax/metax.html) The author corrected the mistakes within hours of my bug report, too! (PS: If you use Handbrake to encode anything for your system, be sure to apply the metadata _after_ Handbrake is finished because Handbrake has started to strip all the metadata out of my output files and I’ve no idea why or if it will be fixed.) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/6 "2022-07-16T18:41:59Z")
This show’s title was originally not “NCIS”, which is why Plex has mismatched it. > **[NCIS](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4614-ncis)** > > From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. The only thing you need to resolve this issue is to rename the folder to `Navy CIS`. Alternatively `NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service`. Then [Plex Dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064). No .plexmatch necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Volts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a5b964/32.png) [@Volts](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Volts)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/7 "2022-07-16T18:53:14Z")
OP said they don’t actually need a .plexmatch, they just wanted to see if their .plexmatch generator was working. OP: don’t use .plexmatch if you don’t need it. > [@OttoKerner](#): > > `Navy CIS` `NCIS` appears to be the primary English title, and is working well for me. The preview of the TMDB link you gave even shows `NCIS` to me! Possibly because it detects I’m using English or in the US? Does it show `Navy CIS` for you? So I was curious where it is called `Navy CIS` - in several countries: > [NCIS (TV Series 2003- ) - Alternative Titles — The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/4614-ncis/titles) ---
**Author:** ![JaysPlex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jaysplex/32/281767_2.png) [@JaysPlex](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JaysPlex)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/8 "2022-07-16T18:58:58Z")
In regards to Handbrake and your metadata make sure you didn’t accidently uncheck this box. It’s on the summary page after you load a video. **Passthru Common Metadata** ![Screenshot (358)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/8/1/4/814086a0fed6dce08ba83abb59ec191769bb1663.png) The default may have also changed from checked to unchecked in an update. Don’t know if that’s your issue but it’s something to check. ---
**Author:** ![nurbles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/nurbles/32/244454_2.png) [@nurbles](https://forums.plex.tv/u/nurbles)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/9 "2022-07-16T21:13:41Z")
@OttoKerner I was just trying the ability to create a .plexmatch file out in my metadata tagging program and found that, with the title NCIS, but the _season_ year instead of the year the show debuted, Plex matched it with a _different_ NCIS spinoff series. It works perfect _without_ a .plexmatch file – I was just experimenting and found a bug in the metadata tagger with help from the fine people here. @JaysPlex **THANKS!** I managed to miss that setting despite all my searching, and it was unchecked for me. I don’t recall unchecking it and wonder if an update may have done that for me. Oh well, it is fixed now, thanks to you! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cant-get-plexmatch-to-work-for-ncis/800079/10 "2022-10-14T21:13:57Z")
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