Secondary movie folder NOT pulling in metadata

[JuiceWSA]

I may be -

My library folders live off the root - as shown - with no nested folders except the ones required by the TV Show Library:

TV Show Library Folder/ <---Add These Folders ONLY - if more than one
...TV Show/ <---not these
.....Season 01/
.......TV Show - S01E01.xxx

A Movie Library Folder/ <---Add These Folders ONLY - if more than one.
....A Movie (YEAR)/ <---not these
.......A Movie (YEAR).xxx

Enable Extensions in your file manager…

and if those extensions are MP4/M4V - do this:

Video File Naming

With LMA in priority, Embedded Titles within MP4/M4V files are preferred - even over a perfect file name. Local Media Assets should - AT ALL TIMES - remain enabled (unless specifically instructed to turn it off). Local Media Assets should be ‘Demoted’, to the bottom of the stack of active agents under ALL tabs in Shows and Movies, but should NOT be disabled. Local Media Assets is needed for many things - it doesn’t need to be given Tip-Top-Priority (as Plex has so hatefully placed it as it’s …

Then if your structures and file names are good (movies look OK) this should fix those unwilling to cooperate:

The Plex Dance ™

The purpose of this is to remove all cached metadata and xml data for an item that Plex usually keeps. This helps when you want to “start from scratch” for particular item move all files for the media item out of the directory your Library is looking at, so Plex will not “see” it anymore scan the library library (to detect changes) empty trash clean bundles (in menu next to server name, when accessed under ‘More’) double check naming schema and move files back scan the library Support articl…

ALL steps
IN ORDER
or it won’t work.