Server Version#: 1.30.2 Player Version#: There is an issue while using the search function. If I search for a movie title, Dazed and Confused for example, and search using the keywords ‘Dazed Confused’, no results get returned, but only if I search for the EXACT title ‘Dazed And Confused’ will r…

Search is trying to match the entire search term you typed in. Adding or leaving out words will cause that to fail. “Dazed” or “Confused” will work but “Dazed Confused” will not since there is nothing that matches this. Same error if you reverse words around since it’s not the same.

Searching using the words ‘dazed confused’ used to bring up search results on my PC not too long ago and still does work that way on my iPhone . As you can see, searching only ‘dazed confused’ returns results for the movie, the soundtracks, as well as song titles. It also works if the search terms ar…

Pretty sure this was fixed in Plex Web 4.100.1. Use the hosted web app . [image] Plex Web Announcements 4.100.1 NEW: Discover Credits: Fall back to showing person’s initials if no image is available. Discover: Allow rating and toggling watched status of unreleased conte…

That’s exactly where I’m running into the issue on Version 4.100.1 Edit: Well, not sure what changed, but between when this issue stared and making this post a few hours ago, the search is now working properly again. As with all mysterious PC fixes, a reboot of the computer just now seemed to fix …

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SwiftPanda16 February 2, 2023, 10:25pm 5

Pretty sure this was fixed in Plex Web 4.100.1. Use the hosted web app.

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