Plex Movie Agent Metadata is wrong

[SteelShadow]

Where is Plex Movie Agent getting data from???

I’ve read IMDB, The Movie DB, and The TV DB. There are no current articles or info that I’ve been able to find that give the correct info as to where The Plex Movie Agent currently gets metadata for movies from.

I have a movie in my Library that has been there for quite a few years, that Plex is NOW showing as being released later this year (2023). The Movie was released in 2009.

Below are links from IMDB, The Movie DB, and The TV DB. Even added the Rotten Tomatoes and Wikipedia links too. ALL of which show it from 2009

Laid to Rest (2009) - IMDb

Laid to Rest

https://thetvdb.com/movies/laid-to-rest

Laid to Rest

Laid to Rest (film)

When I try to do a Fix match it shows in the List as 2023. All of the info is the same but the date is wrong. Before anyone asks it’s titled on my server as “Laid To Rest (2009).mp4” again, it finds the correct movie however the date is wrong.

It’s not my server or my titling method. It’s listed wrong by the Plex Movie Agent. So where does it get its information?

[JaysPlex]

I reported this happening months ago. The movies I reported are still wrong

You might have to just resort to changing the dates manually

[OttoKerner]

@SteelShadow

Before anyone asks it’s titled on my server as “Laid To Rest (2009).mp4”

Release date can be contained within the mp4 file format as embedded metadata.
Do you have “Prefer local metadata” enabled in the properties of this movie library? If yes, try disabling it, then Refresh Metadata of this movie again.

[JaysPlex]

@SteelShadow

When I try to do a Fix match it shows in the List as 2023.

More examples here.

Old movies showing up in recently released row

A handful of old movies are showing up in my recently released section with an incorrect date Bad Country (2014) [Screenshot (607)] IMDB [Screenshot (2435)] [Screenshot (606)] These movies have all been in my file system and on Plex for years matched correctly All other information appears to be correct except for the date Refresh metadata and library scan does nothing Any idea what might be happening?

[CWallace]

From what I understand, they’ve created their own pulling from multiple sources. I think you can access it here:

https://watch.plex.tv/

Searching for that movie shows the incorrect date there as well. Should be an official way to report but I’m not sure what it is.

Good luck,

Chris

[OttoKerner]

@CWallace

I think you can access it here:

https://watch.plex.tv/

Searching for that movie shows the incorrect date there as well.

Reported.

[SteelShadow]

Yeah that’s what I did. I just wanted to see if there was a way I could fix it over all though. I contribute to The Movie DB, and The TV DB but that doesn’t seem to do anything on Plex anymore. I’m not sure why they’re being so secretive about there metadata source. It’s kind of ridiculous.

[SteelShadow]

I totally agree! It should be easy to do but they’re not telling anyone how.