I’m trying to add Lonesome Dove to my movie library. Yes, it did come out as a tv series initially but I’d rather it be in my movie library, not my TV one. I’ve added it but can’t match it since it’s a tv series and not technically a movie…
(https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/41692-lonesome-dove)
Is there anyway to force this match? I know I can update the details myself but I’d like it to pull in all the actors and such…
Thanks in advance!
No. If it’s not categorized as a movie, you cannot fetch metadata for it in a “Movies” library.
right…so I added it to my TV library as well and it still won’t match it… any suggestions?
You can’t selectively add a single series to a tv show library.
A tv show library needs to be directed at the folder, where all of your tv shows are stored – each within its own sub-folder.
For files to get recognized as a tv show, they need to be named like a tv show and organized into subfolders like a tv show.
Yes, it is… I’ve uploaded quite a few other tv shows including all 10 seasons of Cheers… those are working just fine…
That’s correctly named. (Though I’d add the (year) to the folder name as well.)
However, your files are using the mp4/m4v container, which means Plex can read their embedded “Title” meta tags.
Quite often, these tags usually contain incorrect titles, which can throw off Plex’s recognition.
So, you need to tell Plex to ignore the embedded title metatags by doing this:
Go to
In there, grab the line ‘Local Media Assets’ with your mouse and drag it downwards, so it ends up being at the bottom of the stack of active agents.
Repeat the same under
Afterwards, a Plex Dance is usually required.
Your screenshot shows the word “remote” and UNIX-style path names. Are you sure that your server is running on Windows? Because if it runs on Linux or other UNIX-style OS’s, there is also the matter of access permissions to consider.
I had already done those steps last week when I couldn’t get Plex to update posters… turned out I needed an update to my terramaster… once I did that and the “plex dance”, they were working again… so I’m not sure why it’s not working now since I’ve already made those changes to the agent lists.
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