Forcibly remove all metadata for a TV show so it has to pull from TVDB

[shempi]

So, I have a collection of Looney Tunes cartoons that were organized HORRIBLY and have since fixed all the files manually. Before they were organized at all, plex of course recognized some items and pulled metadata, however none of the titles are showing up correctly. I ended up manually adding titles to the episodes for a while, but it is super tedious. I want to just nuke all the metadata it has on these episodes for the entire series and force it to re-pull all data from the TVDB now that it is in a format that matches how they label it.

I have tried un-matching and re-matching, but now it just renames it ‘Episode 1’ etc and not the actual title… and all my manually added titles are gone (not sort titles, just the titles) and all the posters are gone… so it didn’t refresh anything, just removed some metadata and added nothing.

I know this has likely been discussed and answered before. If so, please direct me to the correct thread.

[FordGuy61]

@shempi

I want to just nuke all the metadata

Meet the Plex Dance. It is a total reset, like you’re adding the files for the first time.

The Plex Dance ™

The purpose of this is to remove all cached metadata and xml data for an item that Plex usually keeps. This helps when you want to “start from scratch” for particular item move all files for the media item out of the directory your Library is looking at, so Plex will not “see” it anymore scan the library library (to detect changes) empty trash clean bundles (in menu next to server name, when accessed under ‘More’) double check naming schema and move files back scan the library Support articl…

[JuiceWSA]

Before that Meet The LMA Hack:

Video File Naming

With LMA in priority, Embedded Titles within MP4/M4V files are preferred - even over a perfect file name. Local Media Assets should - AT ALL TIMES - remain enabled (unless specifically instructed to turn it off). Local Media Assets should be ‘Demoted’, to the bottom of the stack of active agents under ALL tabs in Shows and Movies, but should NOT be disabled. Local Media Assets is needed for many things - it doesn’t need to be given Tip-Top-Priority (as Plex has so hatefully placed it as it’s …

Then, if your files are in order:

FileBot

You won’t have to go to the Loony Bin…:

I’m deep into these things and am realizing there’s more of them than there is of me… and if you get this tune stuck in your head - there ain’t enough Thorazine. Period:

[SE56]

I can second that, have your Acme kit ready folks.