Server Version#: 1.26.2.5797-7000 Player Version#: N/A When I create a smart collection, let’s say all movies with Al Pacino, the actor’s names are listed twice in the dropdown (no, there aren’t any hidden spaces). So I add both names to the filters as separate rules and it seems to work OK. Aft…

This could have happened if you changed the agent but didn’t refresh the library metadata. In such a situation Plex could end up with the same actor being referred with different unique identifiers (based on the underlying agent). There’s also been some change to the way Plex handles actors approx…

Thanks for the suggestion. I just tried refreshing metadata and rebuilding the database and it seemed to fix some, but not all of the duplicates.

Could be some cached information. Have you already tried reloading the web app?

Yes, rebooted, cleared cache, etc. Still the same. [Screen Shot 2022-06-10 at 4.38.39 PM]

Check for database corruption. Pull the server log files (Settings → Troubleshooting). In Plex Media Server.log (and .1 to .5), search for any line with ERROR - SQLITE3:. Example: Aug 09, 2019 10:03:44.386 [0x700002c15000] Error — SQLITE3:(nil), 11, database corruption at line 79051 of [bf8c1b2b…

Looks like the same issue I reported with music genres here. [image] Duplicate local music genres Metadata & Adding Files Server Version#: 1.27.0.5889 I recently noticed I have duplicate genre on all my genres, so basically all shows twice. I use “Prefer embedded tags” …

[image] FordGuy61: ERROR - SQLITE3: Nothing found in any of the logs with this text.

Dang. @tom80H ’s suggestions & fixing database corruption usually resolve such problems. One more question: If you select the different listings for each actor listing do you see different movies? ex: pick just the first Gene Kelly - what movies appear; repeat with second Gene Kelly, do you see t…

On the off chance this helps did you also optimise the db after refreshing ALL libraries metadata? One of things optimise does is rebuild the search index so it is might help if you have not already tried it. Also, how many libraries do you have? Cast are scoped per library so you might get multipl…

Yep… it seems like some “in between” state. Going by Ford’s approach could help pinning down what libraries might still have old references/IDs. Otherwise the nuclear option should certainly be a refresh of all libraries

Duplicate movie metadata, problem with smart collections

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Looks like the same issue I reported with music genres here.

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