Server Version#: 1.25.2.5319 Player Version#: I currently run Kodi but have installed Plex so I’m using my Kodi libraries which have pretty much the same naming convention. The problem I’m experiencing is Plex not ‘scraping’ all my movies. Out of 1410 movies Plex misses 19. I discovered that…

[image] Naming and organizing your Movie files | Plex Support The scanners and metadata agents used by Plex will work best when your major types of content are separated from... You should add at least the release year of each movie in parentheses. In the sp…

OttoKerner, I appreciate you taking time and patience to help me. There are several points that I think are important to make. I have 1413 movies and to go through them all making the changes you suggest would be extremely exhausting especially when Kodi has no problem recognizing all the movies c…

Its a matter of the Plex scanner confusing files. If you want an easy way to cleanup your files Ill copy/paste my standard response. files like 9.mkv are so vague that it Plex takes a random stab in the dark at matching with poor results. I would Plex Dance the affected files using: If you want to …

[image] Barry_Davis: I have 1413 movies and to go through them all making the changes you suggest would be extremely exhausting especially when Kodi has no problem recognizing all the movies correctly. If 1399 movies already showing up correctly, there is no need to rename these. [image] …

dbirch, thanks for taking an interest but I am new to Plex and don’t have a clue what you are referring to or how to take advantage. Could I replace imdb with tmdb as I make sure my movies have the exact name found on tmdb.

Well after adding the year to the title I was able to get 9 assigned correctly. I did have reassign Once Upon…Hollywood but it took and now I am only missing 13 movies. The tough part is figuring which 13 movies are the ones missing. Kodi gives you a visual indicator if a movie is not included bu…

[image] Barry_Davis: Could I replace imdb with tmdb as I make sure my movies have the exact name found on tmdb. When using TMM it defaults to the movie database names. I do not think it supports the tmdb id like it does for imdb. If you want an easy way to check matching. Once you get the im…

OttoKerner, reading through that thread has given me several ideas to look for…especially the HP Deathly Hollows part1/2 which causes Kodi problems too.

As I am trying t find the missing files, I have noticed that several files report they are Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. First it was the movie 9, which I fixed by adding the date to the title but now it’s Blade Runner 2049. I added the date to the title of that but it will not fix to Blade Runne…

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OttoKerner February 27, 2022, 4:00am 10

See this thread for more tips: Movie count lower than actual count - #2 by OttoKerner

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