# Using another app for metafile data

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-another-app-for-metafile-data/714671>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-linux, library-management\
**Created:** [May 8, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-another-app-for-metafile-data/714671 "2021-05-08T12:03:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mirdragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mirdragon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mirdragon)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-another-app-for-metafile-data/714671/1 "2021-05-08T12:03:44Z")

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Hi,

I use Tiny Media Manager to set my information for my media and save the nfo and artwork in the folder of each title.

How can I get plex to use this information and not download and overwrite this with its own data

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-another-app-for-metafile-data/714671/2 "2021-05-08T13:11:49Z")

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Plex doesn’t read information from nfo files (except for some identifier like an IMDb ID to help matching it). You can configure your library to prefer embedded metadata – in which case Plex will 1st look for embedded metadata (from what I’ve seen this will mostly only work for mp4/m4v/mov files; not for mkv or other containers).

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**Author:** ![mirdragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@mirdragon](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mirdragon)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-another-app-for-metafile-data/714671/3 "2021-05-08T13:24:25Z")

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thanks

shame about that as wanted to use my own media information

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**Author:** ![enduser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/enduser/32/3723_2.png) [@enduser](https://forums.plex.tv/u/enduser)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-another-app-for-metafile-data/714671/4 "2021-05-08T13:27:33Z")

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> **[gboudreau/XBMCnfoMoviesImporter.bundle](https://github.com/gboudreau/XBMCnfoMoviesImporter.bundle)**
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> Contribute to gboudreau/XBMCnfoMoviesImporter.bundle development by creating an account on GitHub.

Once installed, set agent to this and rescan library.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/using-another-app-for-metafile-data/714671/5 "2021-08-06T13:28:09Z")

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