Plex not downloading metadats

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Just started this morning, hangs and never downloads the metadata. I can match it correctly, but nothing is being added. Logs attached. Any help would be amazing.

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E:\Movies
…Beauty and the Beast (2017)\ <— nice, actually - congratulations
…Beauty.And.The.Beast.2017.HDRip.XviD.AC3-EVO.avi <— a horrific disaster

Issue #1: Non-Compliant Folder/File Name.
Issue #2: See Issue #1.

Compliant Example:

A Movie Library/
…E:\Movies
…Beauty and the Beast (2017)\ <— nice, actually - congratulations.
…Beauty And The Beast (2017) [.HDRip.XviD.AC3-EVO].avi

Notes:

  1. whoever invented dots for spaces in file names needs a thorough and severe spanking.
  2. File Name must match folder name and both must be compliant.
  3. All that extra Bul****t that’s making your file name non-compliant should be:
    …3a) deleted
    …3b) put in [Brackets] so Plex will ignore it.

Fiddling with names and structures with the item(s) still in the library will likely return undesirable results:

The Plex Dance®:

  1. remove show/movie from library
  2. update library
  3. empty trash
  4. clean bundles
    https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200392106-Library-Actions <— update library, empty trash, clean bundles
  5. bring names and structures into compliance
  6. replace corrected show/movie into library
  7. update library

All Steps. In Order. No Shortcuts.

Now… before you start screaming that you have ‘other non-compliant’ files that work just fine - you should know Non-Compliance breeds:
Unpredictable
Unreliable
and
Undesirable
results
When you least expect it. What works today, fails tomorrow - or this morning - out of the blue.

You may well have other issues, but the immediate issue in your non-compliance issues. Fix those (with at least one item), then we can move on to something else.

FileBot (link in my signature) is the #1 Plex Companion tool.
All those naming/structuring issues handled in seconds - manually or automatically.
It just doesn’t get any easier than that to achieve 100% compliance and calm the troubled waters in your Plexiverse.

Reference - I’m not just making this stuff up as I go:
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/categories/200028098-Media-Preparation
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200381023-Naming-Movie-files
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/200220687-Naming-Series-Season-Based-TV-Shows

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Got it, seems to of fixed it!

Thanks for your time. really appreciate it.