Plex server to look for a .plexmatch file when matching a show/movie

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Just how plex server looks for a .plexignore file in a certain directory to know what files/dirs to not pick up, it could do the same for a .plexmatch file which can contain for example a tvdb id if we’re talking about tv shows, or tmdb/imdb id for movies. It will be up to the user if it wants to create such a file for a troublesome movie/tv show and it will also be up to the user to go online, browse tvdb for example and copy its id.

Since I started using plex I re-installed the whole thing twice (once because I completely upgraded the server). I also re-done my libraries multiple times until I saw what works best for me (all shows in the same library, or different for documentaries, anime, or re-organizing the file structure, moving stuff around, etc). Point is I had to fix match for a lot of shows and movies like a dozen times.

Currently there is no way to make sure a certain show or movie gets matched correctly 100% of the time. I’ve had issues with a lot of shows/movies not matching automatically to the correct thing no matter how I named the file/directory.

Since plex server obviously already has the functionality to look for files, read them, and it’s something that only has to be implemented server-side and not into all the clients, I think it’s something that can be done relatively easy and without wasting too many resources on it.

What do you think? Yay or nay?

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This already exists for movies. All you need to do is to include the IMDb ID in the file name (after the required Movie Title (year)).
e.g. Avatar (2009) - director's cut (tt0499549).mkv

If you have one subfolder per movie, you can also add an .nfo file which contains the IMDb ID.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a Kodi-compatible XML nfo or just a “scene” nfo text file.

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I didn’t know that, thank you!

Now if we’d have something like it for TV shows too that would be great. :smiley:

Where can I read more about having an xml or nfo file? A support article somewhere? It is more like what I described and I prefer it because I don’t have to re-name the actual file (which also means renaming the .srt subtitle, AND can also mess with software like bazarr that will use the filename to match to subtitles online).

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Awesome, thank you. If it’s not already this should really be mentioned in the documentation somewhere.

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@OttoKerner Can you add this to the official documentation? Or how do we request this to be added there?

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Early 2021 clean-up: implemented (and documented)