Hello, So my suggestion is: when you rename a title in Plex, it should override the metadata name for the file. I have ran into a behavior where I rename a movie in Plex and a day later it’s back to its original name even if it was never matched through an agent. I went through the files one by on…

If the item is not matched, match it manually to the “Personal Media” agent, before adding you rown metadata manually. [image] Fix Match / Match | Plex Support Matching content is typically quite accurate if you follow the Media Preparation guidelines for naming and organizing your media…

Also… there’s already a suggestion to write back metadata into the source file: [image] [Feature Request] Metadata Write Back Feature Suggestions I would like to see an optional item in libraries to write metadata changes back to the original media files. For my use case i…

I have tried that as well and it has still reverted back to the original title name. So most the movie I have I copied from my disks. So the program I used puts _title_23 or something along those lines. I have erased that part many times in plex and the outcome remains the same. It reverts back to t…

They are mp4. All of them. But only most of them turn back. Not all.

When changing titles, change the metadata for the file

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OttoKerner October 22, 2020, 9:23pm 7

Please see Plex Media Server renames movies after customization

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When changing titles, change the metadata for the file

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