# Devs: Please let agents change sort title

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/devs-please-let-agents-change-sort-title/119815>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [October 22, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/devs-please-let-agents-change-sort-title/119815 "2015-10-22T20:43:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tikilab](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tikilab/32/359_2.png) [@tikilab](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tikilab)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/devs-please-let-agents-change-sort-title/119815/1 "2015-10-22T20:43:31Z")

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I use XBMCnfoMoviesImporter to group certain movie series together when sorting by title (i.e. “Child’s Play” & “Bride Of Chucky”):

> **[Metadata agents for exported XBMC library](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/38402/metadata-agents-for-exported-xbmc-library/p1)**
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> If you already have metadata in XBMC, and would like to use that in Plex. I took the \[code posted by Harley Hooligan\](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/16293-nfo-agent/page\_\_view\_\_findpost\_\_p\_\_97610), and changed it to work with my files. ...

The agent cannot import the sort title information I have in my NFO files. Apparently the reason is that Plex developers do not allow agents to change the sort title:

> **[Metadata from homevideo file](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/968166#Comment_968166)**
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> 1. Find a software which lets you generate XBMC compatible .nfo files (Ember Media Manager for instance under Windows) 2. Install the XBMC import agents 3. Set primary metadata agent of home video library to 'XBMCnfoMoviesImporter' 3. Profit!

  

> **[Metadata agents for exported XBMC library](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/38402/metadata-agents-for-exported-xbmc-library/p31)**
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> If you already have metadata in XBMC, and would like to use that in Plex. I took the \[code posted by Harley Hooligan\](http://forums.plexapp.com/index.php/topic/16293-nfo-agent/page\_\_view\_\_findpost\_\_p\_\_97610), and changed it to work with my files. ...

@SlrG says: “At the moment this is not allowed and not possible and so there is no agent which supports the sort title field.”

Could we get that changed? It would save me a lot of hassle every time I have to update the library.

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**Author:** ![mmccurdy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mmccurdy/32/83290_2.png) [@mmccurdy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mmccurdy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/devs-please-let-agents-change-sort-title/119815/2 "2015-10-23T00:00:34Z")

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I can’t think of a good reason why not. Filed internally, Thanks!

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**Author:** ![tikilab](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tikilab/32/359_2.png) [@tikilab](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tikilab)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/devs-please-let-agents-change-sort-title/119815/3 "2015-10-23T02:22:42Z")

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Woo hoo, thanks!

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**Author:** ![PlexK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5e925/32.png) [@PlexK](https://forums.plex.tv/u/PlexK)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/devs-please-let-agents-change-sort-title/119815/4 "2015-10-23T02:30:41Z")

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More thanks
