Multiple versions shows up as duplicates?

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It would have to be very strict based on naming convention.

The best - by far - example i can give you is a movie that I have that marks as a duplicate that is incorrectly matched with proper naming convention.

/mnt/movies/The.Hunger.Games.Mockingjay.Part.1.(2014)
/mnt/movies/The.Hunger.Games.Mockingjay.Part.1.(2014)/The.Hunger.Games.Mockingjay.Part.1.(2014).Remux-1080p.mkv
/mnt/movies/The.Hunger.Games.Mockingjay.Part.2.(2015)
/mnt/movies/The.Hunger.Games.Mockingjay.Part.2.(2015)/The.Hunger.Games.Mockingjay.Part.2.(2015).Bluray-1080p.mkv

This has 2 totally separate years, yet it marks them both as the first movie. It would be identified by a difference in year.

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That doesnā€™t follow the guideline, exactly. The guide is

Movie Name (year) - optional.extension

I donā€™t know if the periods and the extra remux/bluray text are confusing it. Iā€™d have to see the scanner logs to check. I use the following and they matched separately for me.

The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)\The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) [1080p].mp4
The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 (2015)\The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) [1080p].mp4

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Periods vs Spaces shouldnt be a parsing problem id hopeā€¦ thats just a preference because i manage everything over a terminal and having to \ every space until my tab completion is unique is a PITA haha. As for specifying the type of quality remux/bluray i assume if thats in [] with the quality itself it wont make a difference. Ive seen you post about brackets before but if it really completely ignores it, i think, it should be added to the https://support.plex.tv/articles/200381023-naming-movie-files/ section.

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@dirtycajunrice said:
Periods vs Spaces shouldnt be a parsing problem id hopeā€¦ thats just a preference because i manage everything over a terminal and having to \ every space until my tab completion is unique is a PITA haha. As for specifying the type of quality remux/bluray i assume if thats in with the quality itself it wont make a difference. Ive seen you post about brackets before but if it really completely ignores it, i think, it should be added to the https://support.plex.tv/articles/200381023-naming-movie-files/ section.

Iā€™m not sure what the problem is. Iā€™ll have to test it. The bracket thing is optional and shouldnā€™t be needed if you follow the naming guide correctly. In your case, you donā€™t have the dash after the year. You actually have the text remux and bluray which could be throwing off the matching result.

Also, the official title of the movie is:

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

The colon and dash in the official title often impact matching results, even when the year is specified. Again, I wonā€™t know until I test. This is just a matching issue and nothing to do with duplicates.

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but incorrect duplicates are 100% because of matching issues. Thats his entire goal. To use Duplicates as a ā€œMismatchedā€ finder and have the function of duplicates be moved only into the Version info.

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Yes, but how would a computer know the difference between a duplicate and versions of the same file. In itā€™s mind, all matches are correct and versions of the same movie.

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I understand the parallelism, I just have the opinion that with stricter regex you could possibly separate the functions