Server Version#: 1.25.1.5286 This new scanner includes a feature that lets it distinguish two actors with the same name, which is good since there are often cases of same names but distinct actors, but it now seems to overreach when dealing with unmatched movies. The problem comes when you have tw…

See: Plex is creating new/duplicate Tags for Directors and Actors that are already in my server - #6 by drzoidberg33

The other thread recommends doing a Refresh All, but I already did that after the upgrade, as the software itself recommended I do upon its first restart. Nevertheless, I followed the other thread’s advice, first optimizing the database, then doing another Refresh All pass. The problem persists. I…

Maybe what we want here is a feature that lets me do a “cast match”: if a movie doesn’t match anything in the online databases, let me do a search on people in the databases and tell Plex, “This person in the movie is that famous person.”

Thanks for the detailed info. And yes, currently if you have a actor/director/etc. pulled in from a tag it won’t match to the online version. We also updated the way we store people information in the database but I think I can add a work around for this so that local tags just link to the first on…

I have the same problem [image] Doublons sur un même acteur en bibliothèque Français - French Un exemple sur Mastroianni [image] [image] alors que dans tous les cas on clique bien sur la même icône [image] heu en fait non, je viens de m’apecevoir qu’il y a 2 icones i…

Bump. Still occurring in Plex Web Version 4.69.1 with PMS 1.25.3.5409.

Bump again. Still happening with server 1.25.8.5663. What’s the difficulty? You had it working right months ago, then you broke it — fair game, I understand — but now you can’t get it working right again. Why?

Six months of duplicated cast members as of 1.26.2.5797…

Duplicate cast with new scanner

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willimoon December 7, 2021, 4:10pm 6

I have the same problem

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Duplicate cast with new scanner

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