# Plex Unable to Match Correctly

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-linux, plex-web\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103 "2021-01-14T08:52:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![seanmitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@seanmitch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/seanmitch)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103/1 "2021-01-14T08:52:51Z")

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Example: [https://youtu.be/gyiR3Z90SAA](https://youtu.be/gyiR3Z90SAA)

There are the 1971 Andromeda Strain movie and the 2008 remake by the SciFi channel. When I try to match 2008 one, it shows the right one in the menu, but then when clicking match, it merges with the 1971 version and screws up the match. You can see this in the video posted.

Server Version#: 1.21.1.3876  
Player Version#: Web Player

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**Author:** ![seanmitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@seanmitch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/seanmitch)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103/2 "2021-01-14T09:02:16Z")

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Fixed by upgrading Plex library’s matching from legacy.

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103/3 "2021-01-14T09:02:20Z")

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Are you using the new Plex Movie agent? If so, add the IMDB or TMDB ID to the folder and file name.

/The Andromeda Strain (2008) {imdb-tt0424600}/The Andromeda Strain (2008) {imdb-tt0424600}.mkv

See:

> **[Naming and organizing your Movie files | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/)**
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> The scanners and metadata agents used by Plex will work best when your major types of content are separated from...

> **[Upgrading a Movie library to the use the new Plex Movie Agent | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/upgrading-a-movie-library-to-the-use-the-new-plex-movie-agent/)**
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> As of Plex Media Server version 1.20.0  when you create a new movie library it will default to the new...

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**Author:** ![seanmitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@seanmitch](https://forums.plex.tv/u/seanmitch)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103/4 "2021-01-14T09:02:43Z")

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Thanks for the reply, found my fix. 🙂

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**Author:** ![FordGuy61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/22d042/32.png) [@FordGuy61](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FordGuy61)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103/5 "2021-01-14T09:03:59Z")

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Yeah. We posted at the same time. Glad you have it working. 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-unable-to-match-correctly/678103/6 "2021-04-14T09:04:06Z")

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