There are various reasons why directly displaying the file name as the title, with no option to change it, is a problem. The biggest is that is makes it impossible to set up a music video library as a TV Show library and still have things display right in the Music Library. It is one of the only places in Plex where names cannot be over-ridden.
Sorry, this was not intended to be a question.
tom80H
March 4, 2021, 11:29pm
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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate
I try to include local trailers and extras in my movie sections when I have them, but there doesn't seem to be a way to edit the basic info. I'm always stuck with the thumbnail image that Plex chooses/creates and, in my case because I use Window, certain characters such as a question mark ( ? ), or a colon ( : ) can't be used in the filename. I've tried to include images with various naming methods, and include some basic info in the embedded metadata, but no luck.
I'm sure it's considered…
I would like to see Plex Media Server process (read, access) and present in Plex clients the embedded metadata (especially or in particular the ‘name’) if it is present instead of the file name. If the ‘name’ is not present in the MP4/M4V container metadata then it would of course be fine (indeed appropriate) to use the filename.
This would then be consistent with how Plex Media Server and Plex clients manage and present other video media stored on local media.
