# Does plexmatch need to be activated? **URL:** \ **Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\ **Tags:** metadata\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209 "2024-07-09T23:10:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stevencas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@stevencas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stevencas)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/1 "2024-07-09T23:10:24Z")
Server Version#: 1.40.4.8626 I added “What Remains” from 2022 (tmdb and thetvdb lists it as 2024 - but it premiered at film festivals in 2022). Therefore the file has 2022 in its name. I generatedf a .plexmatch file to get the correct match: > # Movie title, year and matching agent ids > > Title: What Remains > Year: 2022 > tmdbid: 916723 > tvdbid: 357244 > imdbid: tt15825188 > > #irrelevant: > #irrelevant Correct match would be: [What Remains (2024) — The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/916723-what-remains) Instead, despise of having the .plexmatch file in place, it matches to [What Remains (2022) — The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1012344-what-remains) ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/2 "2024-07-10T10:45:45Z")
> [@stevencas](#): > > added “What Remains” from 2022 (tmdb and thetvdb lists it as 2024 - but it premiered at film festivals in 2022). Therefore the file has 2022 in its name. The film festival premieres are intentionally not used in Plex. The date of “General availability” (i.e. theatrical premiere, or physical, or streaming release) is king. .plexmatch is for TV shows. And quite overkill in this instance. ```auto /Movies /What Remains (2022) - {imdb-tt15825188} What Remains (2022).mkv ``` ---
**Author:** ![stevencas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@stevencas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stevencas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/3 "2024-07-10T16:41:14Z")
I’d propose letting plex use .plexmatch for movies as well, given that the function is already there. Especially now that the case is that databases use different years at a much higher rate, this is certain to cause chaos in the time to come. ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/4 "2024-07-10T16:44:43Z")
> [@stevencas](#): > > given that the function is already there. It is actually not. Series and movies are using separate code paths. If you absolutely want to use external files for improving the match, you can use the old method of adding a text file, which contains the `ttxxxxxxxx` number of IMDb. Then change the file name extension from .txt to .nfo ---
**Author:** ![stevencas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@stevencas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stevencas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/5 "2024-07-10T16:47:47Z")
That would be a better solution than changing paths for an already built library\collection. Simply ttxxxx.nfo or filename.for.video.ttxxxx.nfo ? ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/6 "2024-07-10T16:49:44Z")
Depends on whether you already use one subfolder per movie. If yes, you can use any file name. If no, you better use the exact video file name (except the file name extension). > [@stevencas](#): > > That would be a better solution than changing paths for an already built library\collection. If it’s already correctly matched, there is no need for this. (Unless you want to prepare for a library rebuild [e.g. in case of data loss].) ---
**Author:** ![stevencas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@stevencas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/stevencas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/7 "2024-07-10T16:54:03Z")
It is typically Movie.Name.YEAR.RES.SOURCE.CODEC/ - Movie.Name.YEAR.RES.SOURCE.CODEC.ext - Movie.Name.YEAR.RES.SOURCE.CODEC.lang.srt - poster.jpg \ poster-2 etc I’ve had .nfo files containing the full imdb in the past - but never noticed that it helped for matching though. I do tend to put a nfo in there tho, but that’s pretty much source vs encode information in case of wrong FPS \ aspect ratio etc. I guess I could put the tmdb, imdb, tvdbid’s in there as well ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/8 "2024-07-10T17:01:12Z")
> [@stevencas](#): > > I guess I could put the tmdb, imdb, tvdbid’s in there as well Only the IMDb ID is used by Plex, and only for movies. > [@stevencas](#): > > It is typically > Movie.Name.YEAR.RES.SOURCE.CODEC/ If you want all that extraneous stuff in there, it should actually be: ```auto /Movie Name (YEAR) [RES.SOURCE.CODEC] Movie Name (YEAR) [RES.SOURCE.CODEC] Movie Name (YEAR) [RES.SOURCE.CODEC].lang.srt poster.jpg \ poster-2 etc ``` Otherwise the extraneous info could have a negative impact on the matching score. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/does-plexmatch-need-to-be-activated/882209/9 "2024-10-08T17:01:40Z")
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