Naming the Hunger Games: Mockingjay movies

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@jwickert said:
Okay, I’ve searched this forum and tried every permutation of file names I can find, but the two movies end up combined into one listing EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I’ve tried shifting the hyphen, I’ve tried adding and subtracting hyphens. I’ve had the release years in parentheses at the end of both file names since my first attempt. I’ve even tried adding extraneous BS info to the end of the file names. (the current name permutations are “The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) -1080.mp4” and “The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 (2015) -1080.mp4”) I’ve tried checking for embedded metadata AND have Local Media Assets as far down on my agent list as it can go.

And the dumbest part? I had ZERO issues with both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Both added to my library individually on the first shot.

Can someone tell me what the hell I need to do to get Plex to stop acting stupid? At this point I’ve Plex Danced at least 7-8 times in the past half hour, and I’m getting sick of it.

First off; take a deep breath. We’ve pretty much all had that one show or movie that we just couldn’t get to do what it was supposed to and we know how frustrating it is.

Next remove your movies completely and do the Plex Dance again (yeah, I know). . . make sure you do all the steps in order, cause Plex is like a dog with a bone sometimes.

The Plex Dance®:

  1. remove show/movie from library
  2. update library
  3. empty trash
  4. clean bundles
    https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions <— update library, empty trash, clean bundles
  5. bring names and structures into compliance/ or the ultimate bundle reboot operation
  6. replace corrected show/movie into library
  7. update library

All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts.

. . . A couple of times, I’ve went so far as to shut down and re-start the server after the Plex Dance; cause it just wouldn’t let go of the old info. . . never been sure if that actually helped or if it just made me feel better till Plex decided to behave.

Anyway, as you’re renaming your files, make sure to rename your folders as well; cause the folder and the file names need to match. Unless you need it for some reason; get rid of the extra info in your filenames, like 1080p; etc. . .
You should end up with something like this:

873×477 292 KB

Which should give you this:

Good luck.