Server Version#: 1.25.2.5319 Player Version#: N/A It’s next to impossible to search or research this topic based on it specifically being about “The” and “A” but I have tried looking. I have a huge amount of Movies, and I just noticed when migrating to a new NAS, the exact amount of Movies in Plex…

I know there is a way to define/edit what plex ignores see Advanced, Hidden Server Settings | Plex Support but the first thing I would do for trying to fix matches is to check for duplicates. If plex doesnt correctly match something 100% it can sometimes combine movies. If you are looking to get do…

[image] You say “off by 6,” but which way? Referring to this screenshot, keep in mind that the ‘21’ does not refer to the number of movies in the library, but to the number of tiles being displayed. This can vary due to collections, and the setting you chose for displaying them. For instance, if…

I found this which looks to be part of the culprit: ArticleStrings - A comma-separated list of words considered to be grammatical articles, which are removed in sort titles. the, das, der, a, an, el, la So the big question, is if they are removed from the sort titles, would editing the hidden se…

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I specifically turned off collections as soon as they implemented them, so it’s not related to that. And by 6, I mean it’s off by 6 in a range of exactly 1544 movies. My hard drive has exactly 1550 MP4, MKV and AVI files. I actually stumbled upon two M4V files and three MPG files when I sorted by ty…

Also make sure you look for the duplicate plex filter

To alter Article Strings in a safe way, look here: [image] PlexSettings · WebTools-NG/WebTools-NG Wiki WebTools Next Generation for Plex. Contribute to WebTools-NG/WebTools-NG development by creating an account on GitHub.

You would have to do a metadata refresh for the entire library for the sort title’s to update I am pretty sure. I don’t believe scanning the library would update it as it’s the metadata (specifically the sort title field that is changed). [image] michaelbuttitta: Would sure be a better option …

[image] shark2k: Note, I see that @dane22 also mentioned WebTools-NG I’m the main dev of it :wink:

[image] michaelbuttitta: So the big question, is if they are removed from the sort titles, would editing the hidden setting cause Plex to put them back? That would have to require a scan of the entire library I’d assume? After editing the hidden setting, simply refresh metadata on the affecte…

"The" and "A" in File Name vs Plex Sorting and/or Metadata

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