Server Version#: 1.43.0.10492 A nagging problem. The overwhelming majority of my shows match nicely. However, there are a few that refuse to pull episode metadata. The shows in question seem to have matched without issue (the poster and show summary appear), but episodes are named “Episode 1”, “Epi…

Thanks for the reply. I was tinkering with TMDB vs TVDB ordering as well and got the same result as you. The funny thing is that while using TVDB fixed this show, it caused issues with episode names on other shows that had previously been fine. Seems like some shows prefer one source over another (e…

Yeah, this particular show isn’t even on TMDB, which kind of surprised me. Not really surprised TVDB shows up more as unmatched. Couple things going on. Plex initially pulls data primarily from TMDB and uses external IDs for the episodes on TVDB to be able to do the sorting aired/DVD, etc. No…

FYI… This was removed from tmdb after this report https://www.themoviedb.org/talk/63c6406fea3949008782adaf as it appears to be a repackaging of episodes from the main show. There might be some residual links between episodes at tmdb and tvdb causing some weirdness. I see for example tvdb has a show…

[image] napolij: Are you playing with the TVDB vs TMDB ordering as the library level? Yes, at the library level. Setting ‘Conan’ to TVDB at the series level works. I’ve got a few other shows that have similar issues - I’ll toggle their sorting as well and see what happens.

Good to know! I was having issues with a couple of other series as well. I set the library to TMDB ordering, and the problematic series to TVDB ordering and that seemed to have helped. Kinda hit-or-miss.

[image] brijazz: Kinda hit-or-miss. Plex consolidates metadata from multi sources into a single set of data. You can’t tell plex to use tmdb or tvdb metadata, all you do is reorder the metadata they have based on how tmdb or tvdb order the episodes. This is why it might appear hit or miss, es…

I had not Episode Groupings on TMDB before. I’m kind of blanking out on how to use that on Plex or if its even possible.

Unfortunately plex does not use the tmdb episode groupings. Think there might be a feature request to add it. Only tmdb default is supported in plex.

Here’s the feature request that @dokuro mentioned (to support TMDB episode groups; it’s actually a continuation of the request to support TVDB alternate orderings): [image] Support Alternate Order / Flexible Seasons (TVDB) [implemented] and Episode Groups (TMDB) [open] Featu…

Show Matches, but Episode Titles are Missing

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napolij March 27, 2026, 9:30pm 2

I created a folder for this show in my testing library. It matches. My library is set to default to TMDB. Initially, the episodes appeared as you mentioned, Episode 1, Episode 2 and so on.

I went to the top level folder for the show, clicked on the pencil, clicked on Advanced, the Episode Ordering, I selected TVDB (aired). Now I see this:

Have you tried doing Refresh Metadata? A Plex Dance? Double check the episode ordering selection?

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Show Matches, but Episode Titles are Missing

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