Two incorrect issues with media matching

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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I have two videos with issues:

The movie “Trekkies”. It comes up as dated 2002, but it should be 1997
The movie “For a Few Dollars More”, from 1965. There is no poster. All other Clint Eastwood westerns of that era are fine.

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Plex receives only wide release dates for movies, not dates for limited releases, film festivals, etc.

The first wide release date for Trekkies is 2002: Trekkies (1997) - Release info - IMDb

If you want it listed on your system with the 1997 date, manually edit the movie info (pencil icon) then lock the field and save changes.

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Plex had to remove posters for many movies due to take down requests from the rights owners. For a Few Dollars More may have been one of the affected movies.

If you edit the movie & select Poster and see just a screen capture or no images, then it is one of the affected movies.

Plex is in the process of moving to a new artwork provider: Movie artwork updates

Try refreshing the metadata for the movie or performing the Plex Dance.

If neither works, you can add your own poster to the folder containing the movie. See Local Media Assets - Movies.

Example:

/Movies
   /Batman Begins (2005)
      Batman Begins (2005).mkv
      poster.jpg
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Yeah this movie never had a poster. I’ve had it for a year+. Other Eastwood spaghetti western movies are fine though. Is that something you can check?

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I have not seen any info from Plex with a specific list of movies, etc. that are affected.

The only way I know to check it to edit the movie and choose Poster. If you do not see any, then it is affected.

I’ve these movies & they’re all affected:

  • Rambo movies (First Blood, etc).
  • The Dirty Dozen (1967)
  • My Fair Lady (1964)
  • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
  • Notorious (1946)

Additional movies listed in this thread: Missing movie artwork

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Interesting. My 3 Rambo movies all have posters.

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I’m not showing a wide release date of 2002 on the IMDB page.

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The Hungary date is the only one that isn’t a festival, dvd, etc date.

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