Local Posters not loading for multiple edition movies

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: 1.28.2.6151
Player Version#: 4.87.2

As the title says, I have alternate editions of movies and the local poster that I have does not automatically sync. Further, it doesn’t add a default poster either, the movie is just in my library with a grayed out poster (i.e. no poster). When I edit the movie within Plex and go to the poster, my local poster is first in the list and once I select it in this interface and save it, it has the poster. But I have to do this for most movies with alternate editions (not every movie though, which is odd). Here is an example of how I am naming my files.

Movies
  Movie (2022) {edition-Special Edition}
    Movie (2022) {edition-Special Edition}.mp4
    Movie (2022) {edition-Special Edition}.jpg

I have also tried naming the poster file just “poster.jpg” and that does not seem to make a difference.

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I don’t use editions myself but do use local artwork for all movies and tv.

Have you tried using poster.jpg instead of Movie (2022) {edition-Special Edition}.jpg ? Worth a try.

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I have tried that and it’s the same result, still just missing the poster completely. Seems that it doesn’t make a difference between “movie file name.jpg” or “poster.jpg”.

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Could be an oversight with the addition of this feature. Let’s see if someone from plex comments on the thread.

Edit: wondering does a plex dance on the movie make a difference?

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I’ll be adding a couple of special edition movies to my server today. When the problem happens, I’ll give the Plex Dance a shot and report back.

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It seems like this was just an issue for movies that were already on my server that I updated the naming for to reflect the new editions system. New movies that I add don’t have the same problem. So it seems a Plex Dance was the solution.