Fairly recently (maybe since ~June 2016, perhaps when the movie scanner agent changed from “The Movie Database” to “Plex Movie”), I’ve found that many movies pull nearly all of their metadata correctly, but they won’t change the filename to the proper movie name. For example, if I had a file called e.g. Batman.Begins.2005.BR.mkv, the scanner gets the right data, pulls the synopsis, posters, etc., but leaves the name in the UI as that, instead of “Batman Begins”. Are others seeing this behavior?
Yea, I see that behavior when I have a file that slipped through the cracks and didn’t get named properly.
That’s the built in Plex Warning Klaxon that indicates a poorly named file is right on the verge of going completely missing. The proper user response is to FIX THE FILE NAME to bring it into compliance with Plex Naming Standards:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/categories/200028098-Media-Preparation
If you used FileBot - link in my signature - you’d never see names like that (unless your source is sending you files from and named on another Planet) because FileBot will put your files in Perfectly Plex Fashion in seconds long before they ever hit the library.
Could be also this issue:
@JuiceWSA said:
Yea, I see that behavior when I have a file that slipped through the cracks and didn’t get named properly.That’s the built in Plex Warning Klaxon that indicates a poorly named file is right on the verge of going completely missing. The proper user response is to FIX THE FILE NAME to bring it into compliance with Plex Naming Standards:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/categories/200028098-Media-Preparation
@OttoKerner, thank you, it looks like the file was misnamed because I had the order of my agents incorrect (Local Media Assets was too high in the list). I moved the Local Media Assets item down and rescanned and now it’s all working again. thanks again!
Thanks @JuiceWSA for your suggestion.
