My apologies if this is the wrong area for this, but I don’t see a “Metadata” subheader. Please move to the correct section if needed. My question is as stated above: Why can’t I force a match on my media files? I know I can search a “match” using IMDB title numbers (for example: tt0086960 should m…

I ran a quick test. Took two existing movies, removed all metadata, renamed the files to match your examples, and loaded them into Plex. It pulled in cover art and cast members w/ pics for Back… I. It did not for Back… II. Tried the NFO thing and it did not help.

Thanks for taking the time! I had the same results when I first imported them. the mystery is why one works and the other doesn’t. Hoping someone from PLEX will get their eyeballs on this.

[image] FordGuy61: Tried the NFO thing and it did not help. The last time I checked you have to have and use the nfo exporting agent for for that. [image] Custom Independent config files for movies/shows Feature Suggestions Hello all, First off, I was not able to f…

Agreed. All very frustrating. I have Blu-Ray of Firefly and Sherlock, neither of which grab metadata correctly. What’s ever more frustrating is that I downloaded a ‘portable’ version of E-m-b-y and I can get everything to display correctly!!! But I haven’t paid $129 to E-m-b-y so it was for test…

.nfo file didn’t work for me either. Nor did putting each season of Sherlock in their own folder. Star Trek (original series) doesn’t work either. After a couple hours with a competing software package, I got every single one of my TV shows to display the correct metadata. It took some minor mas…

I’ve got all of those series and Plex finds them fine. You have to name them correctly. Can you post a screen dump of these folders so we can see how you have them named?

Sure. Anything for someone willing to help! [tempsnip]

You’re missing the YEAR in folder name. Plex dance those files after changing the name of the folder.

Still no idea on why we can’t force a match on our own media?

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