# Fix metadata with IMDB

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-metadata-with-imdb/846470>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-metadata-with-imdb/846470 "2023-07-05T18:05:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![savageboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/savageboy/32/296053_2.png) [@savageboy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/savageboy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-metadata-with-imdb/846470/1 "2023-07-05T18:05:46Z")

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I’m trying to match a movie with IMDB, but it doesn’t work. I’ve searched in Plex using the string “imdb-tt0086823”, but I don’t get a match. I’ve followed the instructions carefully, I just can’t see why it doesn’t work.

From Plex website:  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/201018497-fix-match-match/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201018497-fix-match-match/)

- When in a Movie library, you can enter the IMDB ID in the title and search for that. For instance, the IMDb entry for “Brave” is [Brave (2012) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/). If you enter `imdb-tt1217209` as the search term, it will search for that exact movie to try to match.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-metadata-with-imdb/846470/2 "2023-07-05T18:15:05Z")

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The referred item isn’t a movie but a tv mini series. Plex won’t match that inside a movie library.

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**Author:** ![savageboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/savageboy/32/296053_2.png) [@savageboy](https://forums.plex.tv/u/savageboy)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-metadata-with-imdb/846470/3 "2023-07-05T19:22:58Z")

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Thank you, that explains it!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/fix-metadata-with-imdb/846470/4 "2023-10-03T19:23:06Z")

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