I created a clean, new server for testing metadata on a tv series and I found out that metadata is being downloaded from TheMovieDatabase even though the library itself is configured to download metadata from thetvdb. I’m using the new agent Plex TV Series.
This is the procedure I used:
Installed the server with a clean configuration
Added a library for TV Shows with metadata download set to “thetvdb” and language set to “Italian”
Added a single test file inside three nested folders:
“Alex Rider” → “Stagione 01” → “Episodio 1” → Ep1.mkv
The show and the episode are correctly recognized by Plex, but it is using TheMovieDatabase metadata and not thetvdb metadata.
How can I force Plex to use the metadata server I kindly asked to use?
Thank you
The new modern plex agent uses a consolidation of metadata from multiple sources. It’s not like the previous legacy agent which could be configured against a single source. Plex uses their own logic and algorithms to decide what is best metadata in that consolidation.
You can control the episode ordering, and ratings from TMDB or TVDB but that’s it. Those settings are in the advanced tab of the library.
Ok, thank you for the answer.
Why do developers like so much to remove features? The consolidation algorithm can’t always be right about what metadata should be taken from where. In fact, the episode titles in Italian TheMovieDatabase are completely broken and those are what I get in Plex. A checkbox to disable consolidation would be nice.
I understand. Only thing I can suggest is to create an account over at tmdb and update the translations yourself. They’ll then flow into plex in a few days.
I’d offer to do it myself but as I’m not an Italian native speaker I could mess it up even worse.
Only thing I can suggest is to create an account over at tmdb and update the translations yourself
Its more like create TMDB account, TVDB account, IMDB account, update all 3 and depending on what you update, it may update it in a day when you manually refresh metadata.
