Stop scrapping IMDB Storyline Summaries for Plex Metadata

[dokuro]

Going to try and be constructive here … Lets take Alien: Earth and S01E02. Within plex the summary metadata is as follows:

This is taken directly from the Storyline review on IMDB …

… and is a line by line summary of exactly what happens within the episodes, spoilers and all. This is BAD!

Now… go and look at the overall summary on IMDB, TMDB and TVDB and you will see the following …

IMDB:

TMDB:

TVDB:

… which is a much more vague and spoiler free summary of what happens.

PLEX PLEASE REVIEW HOW YOU PULL & SCORE YOUR METADATA.

[dokuro]

In case anyone thinks this is a isolated case here is another example with Daredevil: Born Again S01E03:

Plex - full spoiler comment with a episode breakdown:

IMDB:

TMDB:

TVDB:

Your current metadata scrapping is fundamental broken …

[Atomatth]

Forgot to mention when it was filed, we do have an internal issue for this.

[dokuro]

Thanks - I’m curious, what would you see the solution being ? My understanding is that plex ranks / rates metadata based on a number of criteria and then that becomes what plex uses as it default. So, that would be all coded without any human intervention. How would situations like this be fixed in your opinion ?

BTW… opinions are all your own, I won’t hold you to anything

[fbwf]

I’m noticing it on everything now!

[our_conf]

I don’t know where that’s from, not IMDB, but it is about the standard I’m seeing throughout my library. Just AI drivel.

[dokuro]

@our_conf

I don’t know where that’s from, not IMDB

100% from imdb → Constantine (TV Series 2014–2015) - IMDb

[our_conf]

Oh, wow. I was looking at this bit, which wasn’t too bad…

[dokuro]

Right, its not even the default imdb summary plex scraps, they pull a rubbish spoiler filled review from some random.

[Insomnic_1]

Or marketing text… that dang “Storyline” field from IMDB on Sinners has this which is used for the summary in Plex: From Ryan Coogler - director of "Black Panther" and "Creed" - and starring Michael B. Jordan, comes a new vision of fear: "Sinners."

Which because of the line limitations for summary - particularly in New Experience - means that’s pretty much all you see as the movie summary.