[Screenshot_1] Does NOT scan properly using TheMovieDB.org - how do you get this so badly wrong when the filenames are 100% correct according to themoviedb.org , yet the scanner groups all THREE together - so they are obviously doing extra work after the moviedb API call and breaking everything.

Because you put them all into a common folder named A. Then Plex thinks these somehow belong together. If you want to keep on using your ‘index letter folders’, you need to put each movie into its own, separate subfolder. \Movies\A\Alex & Me (2018)\Alex & Me (2018).mkv Notice that you cannot use…

Hi Ugh for Pete’s sake :frowning: … thanks for the feedback :slight_smile:

[Screenshot_2] so I did as suggested, and makes no difference at all. File names are 100% matches on TheMovieDB.org by name and year, and the movies are different they are not the same under new names.

Hi Thanks for the input - that’s what I’m saying is a problem with the way plex works with TheMovieDB. ps: These are movies I’m dealing with, and before letting plex do it’s thing I have made sure 100% that the name of the movie and the year are EXACTLY as on TheMovieDB site, and even the metadata…

Perform the Plex Dance. Put the “merging” movies into individual subfolders.

Kinda peeved at the ■■■■■■ fix to this. I proved there’s a flaw and I must change my setup to suit plex. It’s a BUG ! FIX IT ! This, and the fact I STILL can’t see an actors movies across libraries are reasons you will not get my money - This is really a ■■■■■■ attitude, and yes I know you…

[proof] MORE proof that this does NOT work correcly - movie #realityhigh 2017, manual search doesn’t even pick it up, yet there it is. Again, this is a BUG, or will it also be shrugged off??? No answer???

Confirmed, there is no search result with this search term #realityhigh. However, you get a 100% match if you omit the special character #.

TheMovieDB scanner is not working correctly

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OttoKerner December 31, 2019, 9:28am 5

These files were “mismatched”.
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TheMovieDB scanner is not working correctly

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