After a restore of data and new plex scan and install some of the titles have weird posters.
The poster is from the film but it’s an odd scene grab not the main cinema poster
It was fine previously
See American beauty and then choice in edit is only that too?
There is a load of titles like that which will need manually fixed… 
Yep… thanks.
This is the File Name Plex and the Online Agent want to see - so they can get the right metadata for you:
American Beauty (1999).mp4
The Folder AND the File need to be this same name.
you need to delete everything else in that folder.
You won’t need it - if you comply.
You are using MP4 files - loaded with bogus metadata and Plex, by default, is preferring that bogus metadata embedded in your MP4s - instead of a good file name - well, if you had a good file name, but you don’t so basically. ur screwed.
Unless…
Fix your file names.
and do this:
^^ ‘that’ stops Plex from preferring the bogus metadata in your MP4 files.
The File Name Fix - is all you.
or
^I love Filebot^
This is what Plex looks like when I use FileBot:
This is what Plex looks like at your house:
Any Questions?
BTW - ‘Alt/Printscreen’ grabs an image of the open/current Window.
You can ‘paste’ that right in the message…
Totally agree with @JuiceWSA about proper naming, but possibly moving the local agent to the bottom of the local media assets (movies) to the bottom of your agents listing (settings>>agents>>movies) and place PLEX Movie at the top. This (usually) pulls metadata from PLEX movie sources and only uses local metadata as a last resort.
I have violent allergic reactions to Plex Movie (I am a Documentary Fan - Plex Movie don’t do Documentaries - booooo… hisssssss)
The best metadata to have in video files in none.
I strip the metadata - and do the LMA Hack - and use MKV files.
I am a suspenders and belt and staples kind of guy…
So I can
A) strip all the bogus folder stuff xml etc
B) rename to American beauty (1999)
Or if plex movie database only sees the American beauty title and not the mymovies meta stuff I used to do it might have a fighting chance?
I tawt I taw a puddy tat! … and I did ! I did… taw a puddy tat!
You don’t need to strip all the metadata if you do the LMA Hack.
It’s easier to move LMA down the list a couple of times than stripping the metadata out of 10 thousand files. Yes?
If you don’t name your files properly - Plex won’t have a fighting chance matching your files - and if you rely on Fix Match - you’ll be right back here where you started - eventually.
Bad File Names might work - they might even work for a while - right up until the time they don’t work.
Good File Names work today, tomorrow and the next day.
You pick what you wanna do.
I can lead you to the water - and you can die of thirst standing next to it - but I can’t make you drink it.
Do the LMA Hack.
Go there^ Read that^
Follow the detailed instructions - with pictures.
I don’t want to handle this in the PM you sent me.
I want this to be public - with at least a slight chance others doing the same wrong thing you are - will see it - and the error of their ways - when you get your stuff fixed.
When I run out of burning building with my hair on fire saving kittens - I want there to be film of it on the evening news…lol
Title argo
Folder is argo, file name is argo. Mp4
No other data in the folder
Agents are ordered per screen grab
The only poster is showing is per attached
Did you do TMDB as well?
You must do TMDB as well.
Argo (2012)
is the correct folder name
Argo (2012).mp4
is the correct file name
you type ‘Argo’ in the url bar of your browser and in half a second you’ll know.
or
You use Filebot - she goes to TMDB, gets the proper name, names your file that name, names the folder that name, puts your file in it and you drop it in the Library.
Whatever Noah is charging for Filebot - it’s worth 10x that much.
OK noted for future titles that’s ideal but for the hundreds already there? (which before I had to restore drives all appeared correct and tickety boo)
Filebot - the #1 Plex Companion:
It’ll also do the ‘Little Things’ - a lot of little things actually.
(all in a [Bracket] is ignored by Plex - Filebot knows that ('cause I told it what to do) - and what’s in that [Bracket] won’t mess with the perfect file name she gave it)
How much time do you think Filebot Saves Me?
God only knows, but it’s a bunch.
You can purchase a year for $6.
During that year - after 15 minutes when you know you can’t do without it - you can save for the Lifetime license. $48.
Looking at it now, pretty slick
If it can do bulk film titles Eg a directory of films, am getting excited
I put ALL 5,000+ Movies into unique folders recently.
I dragged about 25 to Filebot at a time and her response was instant.
Yea, it took me a while, but it was over in about 10 days - a little each day.
THAT was worth $48… easy.
Poured a large rum n coke and trying now
'cracks knuckles expectantly"
If this is successful, what forces it all to refresh as all titles will change names at a guess, or most
