Server Version#: 4.147.1 Hey all, I’m having some issues trying to add multi-version movies to my existing movie library. 4K versions of some movies are added to the library, and they initially show up correctly as merged - 1 media item, 2 versions (1080p and 4K), with the ‘Play version…’ menu opti…

I’ve tried to stick as close as possible to the articles’ naming recommendations, placing the version tag right after the release year and before anything else. I tried one with brackets around the ‘technical gibberish’ as suggested, one without: /movies_merged /Dunkirk (2017) Dunkirk (2017).…

Try placing all the tech-junk into a single set of square brackets, no separate / different suffixes (sources?). /movies_merged /Dunkirk (2017) Dunkirk (2017).1080p {tmdb-374720} {edition-IMAX} [Bluray-1080p, EAC3 5.1, x264, hallowed].mkv Dunkirk (2017).4k {tmdb-374720} {edition-IMAX} [Bl…

Is there actually reason to believe that will work, or is this just a case of “let’s throw some stuff at the wall and see what sticks”? Reason I ask is because this technical stuff is pretty important (I would argue essential) for records-keeping in my *arr stack. It’s not very unique or niche eithe…

[image] Cheezzhead: Is there actually reason to believe that will work […] ? Yes. There’s been many confirmations from Plex that the scanner will only ignores the first set of square brackets (technically: dropping that section from the file name before parsimonious in the subsequent steps). …

Tried it with the following names, unfortunately, still no dice. Movie versions are split after the next maintenance window. /movies_merged /Dunkirk (2017) Dunkirk (2017).1080p {tmdb-374720} {edition-IMAX} [Bluray-1080p, EAC3 5.1, x264, hallowed].mkv Dunkirk (2017).4k {tmdb-374720} {editi…

on the multiple version support article is calls out a dash “-” instead of a period “.” - has that been tried here?

to be clear - I know that the " Can I use Editions and Versions at the same time?" section of that support article calls out the “.” but that might be something we need to fix on our end in the support article if it is indeed respecting the “-” and not the “.” If this doesn’t work then I’m out of m…

Only every time, as is tradition.

Where should the other stuff go? Before or after the dash?

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tom80H August 16, 2025, 6:22pm 12

Did you perform a full Plex Dance when renaming those files?

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