Movie posters in wrong languages

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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I have a library of movies, and around 15-20% of my movie posters are in various incorrect languages. I don’t think this is a problem with the file metadata since I recently migrated these exact movies from a different Plex server where I didn’t have this problem. My files are organized and well named.

I am aware that this has been asked before in other threads, but none of them resolve my problem, and those OP’s never indicated that they found a solution either. Here is a list of suggestions from the other threads I have found:

⦁ Verify what language you have set your library to. (English)
⦁ “Change the order of your metadata agents, moviepostersdb needs to be above themoviesdb.” (Can’t find any list in the settings that contains moviepostersdb)
⦁ Library Settings > Advanced > United States (selected)
⦁ Library Settings > Advanced > Prefer artwork based on library language (checked)
⦁ Settings > Agents > Movies > Plex Movie > Plex Movie Settings > Localized titles (checked)
⦁ Settings > Agents > Movies > Plex Movie > Plex Movie Settings > Prefer artwork based on library language (checked)
⦁ Settings > Agents > Movies > The Movie Database > Plex Movie Settings > Localized titles (checked)
⦁ Settings > Agents > Movies > The Movie Database > Plex Movie Settings > Prefer artwork based on library language (checked)
⦁ Local Media Assets should also be ‘demoted’ to the bottom of every Agent list (done)

After doing all of this, I ran Refresh All Metadata and it didn’t seem to help. Is this the correct way to force a refresh of all posters? And are there any other settings I am missing to solve this problem?

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I just started having this issue this morning. About 10 or 15 movies I just added yesterday and today loaded with a bunch of foreign language posters. I have 2000 movies in my library all working great and this issue just started happening. I also just added plex pass last week, if that matters. I wonder if its something on their end

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It’s a bug/vandalism at TMDB.

@BigWheel raised the alarm.
We’re waiting for the other shoe to drop (results/acknowledgment - so far, none that I know of).

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TMDB is doing a cleanup of their site. I don’t have any specific details why. You can enable Cinematerial [edit: and/or fanart.tv] agent to get more posters options but might have to select them manually.

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Is Fanart.tv still a thing?

I have it and it’s enabled - I am getting English Posters. ATM.

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Yes that should still work as well. They just are not enabled by default so folks will need to enable them in agent settings.

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OK, Good.

I don’t know if that’s it, but I’ve always had it enabled, get some really nice posters and backdrops, and over the last few difficult days - I’ve not gotten a strange poster or artwork to speak of.

Definitely worth a shot, at least.

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Having the same issue, so i enabled ‘Fanart.TV’ and put it at the top of the list.
Now when i rescan a movie the posters arent synchronizing and only the few from TMDB are showing up.

I can enter the link manually but how can make it scrape Fanart.TV automatically?

Thanks in advance!

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Yeps, but you may need a more up to date version.

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New added media has the same problem, how can i make it work correctly?
I enabled ‘Fanart.TV’ and put it at the top of the list under ‘Plex Movie (Standard)’

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These are my settings but still, Fanart.TV isnt scraped when adding new movies or when i re-do a Metascan on files.

Is there something else i need to do?

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That was the trick, thank you so much!!

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