Hi everyone, I’m having an issue with Plex not detecting some movie titles correctly. For example, the title “Play Dirty” isn’t recognized when I scan the folder, but if I rename the file to just “Play”, it’s detected and works perfectly. The same thing happens with “Man of Steel” — it’s not detec…

[image] franck259: the files Play Dirty.mkv and Superman.mkv Add the release year. How many movies titled “Superman” have theere been over the years?

Issue with certain movie file names not being detected

OttoKerner October 10, 2025, 10:00pm 7

Clear the checkbox “Prefer local metatags” in the properties of the library.
Then perform the Plex dance with your file.

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