Personal media agent is broken after upgrading to new Plex Movie Agent

Version 1.20.4.3517
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At https://support.plex.tv/articles/200241558-agents/ it says:


Still, when I use Personal Media Agent on a movie in which I don’t want plex to interfere, it does just that! Adding unwanted and incorrect metadata…
Here at this clip I demonstrate the problem: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qVpIkbOJ7aJiyoEPUj7LaJ2REyszbqsR/view?usp=sharing

This is only an issue if the new Plex Movie agent is present (upgraded library). If I switch back to Plex Movie (legacy) personal media works as intended.
Please help!

If you want to use the Personal Media agent, switch back to the legacy scanner.
The new Plex Movie has currently only a “work in prgress” Personal Media agent.

So they are aware of the problem? Im both surpised and disappointed that Plex chose to have a pop-up notification suggesting upgrade to new Plex Movie agent when the result is that personal media items gets bloated with incorrect metadata.

How will I know when it’s safe to use the new Plex Movie agent?

Best regards
Sebastian

The best method is to keep an eye on the release notes. Set this forum thread to “Watching” and you’ll be notified when new releases are made: Plex Media Server

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