When scraping movies, if one of the extras files has a name starting with “alternate,” “alternative,” “alt.” or apparently any word starting with “alt,” Plex ignores this in the movie info screen and just names the file by whatever comes after the “alt” word.
Example: The “Breathless” Blu-ray includes an alternate ending, which I include in the folder “deleted scenes” as “01. Alternate Ending.mkv” along with “02. Deleted Scenes.mkv.” Plex correctly displays the deleted scenes as named but lists “01. Alternate Ending” as just “Ending.” This occurs whether or not there is a number before the name. I have several films with alternate endings that are now just called “endings.” Tried changing the folder name to “Other,” variations on “alternate” and even just for kicks tried “Altavista Ending” but it still just comes up “ending.”
Have had this issue for a few months, so at least through the last several versions of the Plex server. I would hope this is an easy fix.
I believe it has more to to do with the word “Ending” and not the word “Alternate.” It also affects alternate opening scenes.
I posted here, Local Extras Display Name Problem and if you can make sense of the way I was told to name them, even though there’s no documentation or reason as to why it was changed, let us know. I ended up using different names for the extras, like “Alternate Final Scene” or “Alternate Beginning Scene”
Thanks for the reply. You’re right, it seems the issue is “ending” rather than “alternate.” Changing it to “alternate final scene” works-- but I don’t like it! This is a workaround for now, not a true fix. Plex used to scrape whatever titles were in extras folders, and if it’s bugging out on certain words the devs should address the problem. Plex was rock solid as a movie/TV server for a long time, but it seems adding new features is coming at the expense of the software’s base function.
I don’t like it either. The best and obvious word choice is “Ending” or “Opening.” You will probably find any other alternate openings and endings have been messed up to, as the server refreshes local metadata during maintenance periods. Mine have been. Searching for those is impossible, but maybe Plex will send us a fix one day.
