Server Version#: 1.25.3.5385 Player Version#:4.69.1 I’ve been going through my library and replacing some larger files with smaller version (e.g. going from a 10GB MKV to a 2GB MP4) and when I load the new file, it does not combine with the current movie like it used to. The scanner loads the new…

Sounds like you might have changed the default agent of your library since you added those movies originally but haven’t refreshed the library’s metadata… so the original movies still have an ID based on the old agent while the newly added file is using the ID provided by the new agent. Therefore P…

I did update to the new Agent, so that may be it. I will refresh the metadata for the library and give that a shot. Thanks!

That didn’t work. I refreshed all the metadata for the entire library and then loaded a new file and it did the same thing.

How exactly are those files named – any embedded metadata?

No embedded metadata. I actually strip the files before loading to prevent that. Both the files that are already on the server and the new ones are named MOVIENAME_MOVIEYEAR_RESOLUTION.ext. I just tried it with Midommar. The existing file was Midsommar_2019_1080p.mkv. The file I loaded was Mids…

So, after I do the Plex dance , it works. Which is bittersweet as I know what the issue is, but I still have about 2,000 things I need to replace so I will need to rename it all. Thanks for the help.

You could check out FileBot to get this done more efficiently.

I’ll do just that! Thanks for your help, Tom

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tom80H January 7, 2022, 10:52pm 7

Try renaming those files like this:

Movies
  Midsommar (2019)
    Midsommar (2019) [1080p].mkv
    Midsommar (2019) [1080p].mp4

Then follow the Plex Dance procedure.

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