I noticed Plex doesn’t seems to scan the files with “hardcoded” metadata. Not sure I’m using the good word but what I mean by hardcoded is it is impossible to edit metadata.
After a couple of scan, I realized some movies in my folders don’t appear in Plex library and the only thing they have in common is this particular issue.
Is there a way to set the scan so it can only use file name instead of metadata?
If your library is using the new Plex movie agent, rather than Plex Movie (legacy), then in the advanced settings of the library uncheck “Prefer Local Metadata”
Funny thing is that I have 1 file named “Friday the 13th part 2” (I know lame movie but I’m an old fan) that is scanned fine and another named “Friday the 13th part 3” that is not. In that case I sure can assume that naming is not the problem.
Already done
Already scanned the library a couple of time and this is my 3rd Plex server installation on 3 different OS and every time this file (and others are not detected.