Server Version#: 4.156.0 run on a Synology NAS, DSM 7 I found that some of my movies are half matched, meaning when I filter for unmatched movies, these don’t show up, but in the … menu these have “match” and not “fix match”. What I see in the xml as difference is that in the Video tag those pro…

[image] kagghu: those half-matched have: guid="tv.plex.agents.none://149…. This happens after you explicitly UNmatch an item. It will stay in this state, even after a new regular library scan. Therefore, use “Fix Match”, or follow up “Unmatch” always with “Match”.

The problem is that there is indeed no match for these so eventually these should remain unmatched. Is there a way to fully unmatch so it gets back to the state before I first tried to match it?

Thanks. This works some entries. For other entries the over-active agent as soon as I put it back to the library will auto-match something incorrect. Once I unmatch that I’m back at square one.

Have you tried using the hint to help with the matching? I.e. adding something like {imdb-id} to the folder name to help Plex out.

The thing is there is no match in IMDB. That’s why it would remain eventually unmatched. Is there a way to hint “no match, don’t even try!” ?

Ah ok. Is it on TMDB or TVDB? Is it actually a released movie? Is it a documentary that probably should be under a tv shows library? If this video has no entry in IMDB/TMDB/TVDB, it will never match because there is just no metadata out there. Options Put it in an “Other Videos” type lib…

These are opera or classical concert recordings and documentaries about these that were either released on niche DVDs or aired on TV. So, I guess they could be on IMDB as a lot of similar material actually are, but these are just omitted. I guess I’ll try to add them to TMDB. Thanks for your help.

Gotcha. Yeah, the niche stuff is really hit or miss on TVDB or TMDB. Sometimes even if it is there, its often incomplete or not updated as new seasons come out. I’ve added a few shows to TMDB to cover just this type of scenario. It’s pretty easy to do and keeps my libraries cleaner. Good l…

Given that unmatching these items was done fully intentionally, I wonder if the filter behavior can be really called a bug. Ususally you un-match an item if you are subsequently supplying your own metadata to it. An item like this is – in a way – not comparable with an actual “not matched” item (i.…

Half matched movies

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napolij March 13, 2026, 1:17pm 4

Move them out of your library, refresh. Make sure they are gone. This should clean up any DB entries related to them. Then re-add them to the library.

This is often referred to as the Plex Dance

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