Why does doc (2025) show up ad Doc (2001)

General Discussions
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What do I need to do to get Doc (2025) to play?

2

Are you talking about a show within the free streaming library on watch.plex.tv,
or are you trying to match your own video files on your Plex media server?
If the latter, please show your folder structure and file names.

3

Doc (2025) is a TV show broadcast over the air.

4

Do you have a TV tuner device added to Plex and configured?
Is the show airing on a station without encryption?

5

yes. it recorded the show. Yes.

6

This looks like it’s an EPG F’up. I just tried scheduling this and the EPG has combined the 2001 show & 2025 show as one. The 2001 Doc is in reruns and it has those scheduled as well as the 2025 show. I’ve now limited it to only record on Fox and that seem to have only the 2025 show scheduled but I bet it will show up as Doc 2001. I had this same problem in the past with Night Court and Quantum Leap.

7

Oh, and the quick solution to get it matching correctly - create a Doc (2025) folder and move your recorded episodes there. Plex will use TMDB and get the correct metadata. I set up a test folder and it matched fine.

8

Yes, most likely the EPG doesn’t provide enough detail to tell the two shows apart.

To make Plex record the “right” show, do this:
If the two versions are airing on different stations, you want to restrict the recording schedule to a certain station (enter the advanced properties of the recording job).

If they air on the same station, restrict the job by airing time instead.

9

I only had a doc (2025) folder.

10

All of the recorded shows were of the correct Doc.

11

So the recordings were correct, but the metadata were wrong?

12

I finally found how to fix the problem. In the library it shows the icon of Doc (2001). In the lower left corner of the icon is a pencil. Click on the pencil and click on fix match. In there you can get the correct image for Doc (2025). I did this and rescanned the library, The icon now shows the correct image. with the exception that on my LG TV it seems to remember the other image. But I was able to play the correct episodes.

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yes and refreshing metadata didn’t fix it.