As of now the step from a video file to an identified title is 100% based on the file name. The process is finicky and fragile – it causes problems and lots of effort for users, as shown in the forum, where file mismatching is a recurring topic. The current process also forces users in a corset ho…

One example of a forum thread that has dragged on from 2015 to 2019 and mostly deals with matching / identification. A lot of effort went into clarifying the issue, finding solutions, applying solutions, testing – effort on the user side and for contributors in the forum. Plex incorrectly identify…

There is already a solid codebase to start from, the AcoustID project. Key components are a library that does the actual fingerprinting: chromaprint . a server to hold the fingerprints and additional data: acoustid-server The code is production ready. It is used by multiple applications, the mos…

Although this is long overdue, I think it would be best achieved by a third-party solution and then integrated into Plex; not least because I’m not overwhelmingly confident in the company’s dedication to open-source and community efforts

Indeed, this could be a stand-alone SW. It could be delivered by Plex or by another party. It just makes sense for Plex to dig into this imho and run this as a community effort. Sense = :dollar::dollar::dollar: … since Plex is a business after all (no offense). Viability. Plex have in-house re…

+1 agree with the above this is long overdue.

One more example of a lengthy post which deals with matching issues: [image] TVDB agent for movie Feature Suggestions is this not translated correctly? this was first choice, no fix match needed. Plex Movie agent with library set to Korean [카_2”] [Plex] …

This would be worth every single drop of blood sweat and tears to implement, and then some. Even if the devs turn into total misanthropes by the end of it. They just might. While (from memory) gracenote has been around since the eartly 2000’s and shazam not long after. Both have been rock solid sin…

Thanks for the support, @meh123 . Agree. Sooo worth it. I have been in the process of reorganizing the collection for months now. (Admittedly, it is a large collection.) And I frown ever so often how many disadvantages there are to the current method. Like here in the forum: Plex incorrectly ide…

And the list of forum threads relating to naming and organizing goes on. Here is one started by @medicineman2500 that fits especially well into the context of this feature request: [image] Miscellaneous files and options to disregard folder structure Feature Suggestions …

@Magnolia Your welcome :slight_smile: Getting everything just nice and identified correctly is alot of work. Some i simply have no solutions for like s01e01a s01e01b s01e02a s01e02b Movies can sort of handle this it will play seamlessly though it creates headaches with subtitles. Some things …

Content-based file matching (Fingerprints)

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