Server Version#: 1.16.5.1554 Plex keeps finding existing TV Shows, updating their added date to 78 years into the future - meaning they always appear in the “Recently Added” section. I’ve done the following to fix the issue: Optimized Database Repaired Database ( https://support.plex.tv/articles/…

[image] Antigravity83: addedAt=“4039315200” It has to do with the addedAt stamp. Yours reads addedAt="4039315200". That’s number is way to high. Should be something very close to 1567792046

Yup. That’s the problem. Plex keeps doing that to a select group of existing content. I’ll fix it with a script, and then a couple of days later, Plex changes it back to 78 years in the future.

Noone? Have to say, support is fairly hit and miss here.

[image] Antigravity83: then a couple of days later, Plex changes it back to 78 years in the future. Be sure the Settings>Library>Empty trash automatically after every scan is disabled(unchecked) I don’t know much about docker but in any event, Plex sees the year as 2097 and plex does not cre…

[image] NewPlaza: Be sure the Settings>Library> Empty trash automatically after every scan is disabled(unchecked) What if a file is updated/removed on the file system? Plex will still reference a file that no longer exists? [image] NewPlaza: I don’t know much about docker but in any eve…

Do me a favor. Please add another new movie/tv and note the time(day, month, year, hour, minute) when you see plex detecting the new content. Then post the XML and your noted time you added said new movie/tv.

Here is a TV Show that was added 1 October, around 12:45pm GMT 10+ Epoch timestamp looks about right. As I said - it’s not an issue with new content - Plex keeps updating random old content with future added dates. <MediaContainer size="1" allowSync="1" identifier="com.plexapp.plugins.library" li…

I’m having this exact same problem using the docker version of plex. I restarted my plex to pull the update, remove/re-added my media, still an issue with the same content.

Plex adding TV shows 78 years into the future

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

OttoKerner October 23, 2019, 3:51pm 13

also called the Plex Dance

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Plex adding TV shows 78 years into the future

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