Hey there! I’ve been having this issue lately and have been looking for a solution but with no success. I have certain german dubs of anime shows that have missing or crippled metadata on TVDB. I tried solving this on the TVDB forums but they don’t seem to have the capacity to even bother with my request and I can’t change the metadata myself.
That’s why I try to put my own in my NAS folder structure so I won’t have to edit 300+ episodes everytime I set up my library.
So here is how I have my folder structure:
Here are my server settings:
I have done a Scan and Refresh Metadata multiple times but the result is always the same:
Thanks for your reply. As you can see from the pictures I posted, I already did everything as described in the link you posted. I also found this in the meantime and changed the agent of the library to “Personal Media Shows” but to no avail.
Changing the agent in the properties of the library doesn’t change it on the items which are already in the library. Post the Plex XML info of one of the episodes.
I’d also like to see a file name of an episode and how the season posters are named.
guid="local://26313"
This indicates that this show is ‘unmatched’. So it is not even matched to the ‘Personal Media agent’. In this state, it isn’t able to use even the Local Media Assets. That’s why you don’t see any posters.
Verify that your anime library points exactly to the folder /storage/DISKSTATION/video/Anime TV Shows/
Not one folder above or below in the hierarchy!
Once you’ve done this, go to the top level of this particulkar show (as shown in the last screenshot of your first post above),
click on the ellipsis ( . . . )
pick ‘Match’
‘Search Options’
pick as Agent ‘Personal Media Shows’
Search
wait a few seconds
then click on the first and only result.
With this method and your use of MKV files, you won’t see episode titles, though.
Out of interest: what about this show has “missing or crippled metadata on TVDB” ?
I see that not all episodes have german titles and german descriptions. Is that it?
But you won’t get these either by treating this show as a Personal Media Show.
You’re a genius! Thank you! After the Plex Dance I got this:
So there is no way to embed the episode titles as metadata in MKVs using MKVToolnix or similar programs? Does it make a difference if say I switch all the files to MP4? Or is there no way using this method (Personal Media Shows)? I could maybe make my own agent and add it (I know my way around servers)?
To answer your question regarding TVDB: I noticed that some episodes of the first 4 seasons (like 3 or 4 episodes) have the wrong order inside a season and after season 4 if I remember correctly every episode title is in english.
@darthsitthiander said:
So there is no way to embed the episode titles as metadata in MKVs using MKVToolnix or similar programs?
You can embed them, but unfortunately Plex won’t read these.
Does it make a difference if say I switch all the files to MP4?
Yes, MP4 is the only video container format from which Plex can read metadata.
If you set the Title tag to your episode title, Plex will use it.
(you might need another Plex Dance afterwards, though)
@darthsitthiander said:
So there is no way to embed the episode titles as metadata in MKVs using MKVToolnix or similar programs?
You can embed them, but unfortunately Plex won’t read these.
Does it make a difference if say I switch all the files to MP4?
Yes, MP4 is the only video container format from which Plex can read metadata.
If you set the Title tag to your episode title, Plex will use it.
(you might need another Plex Dance afterwards, though)
Awesome, thanks! This is gonna take some time haha
