Plex Naming the Episode with File Names

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Plex has recently started naming TV show episodes with the original file name of the episode. I say original, because I always change the name of the episodes before adding into Plex. Just started happening recently, and the Matching has to be mostly working because it is finding Season artwork and other metadata just fine. Naming convention should be fine, it has been the same for all of my shows for years.

For example -
Current File Path: /Volumes/My Book/TVShows/The Wire/Season 1
Current File Name: The Wire - S01E01

Episode name in Plex - PSArips.com | The.Wire.S01E01.The.Target.REMASTERED.720p.WEB-DL.2CH.x265.HEVC-PSA

Server Version#: 1.24.2.4973 (No new updates to be found)
Player Version#: 4.65.1

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Check your files for embedded metadata. You can either remove all the embedded titles (or correct them) or configure your library not to prefer embedded metadata.

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Since there were so many episodes, I ended up turning off preferring embedded metadata, and that did the trick. Thanks a bunch!

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