If I have metadata stored in my library a long side my media files will plex read that or does it just download its own regardless?
If you follow guides for local media assets for the different types of media. https://support.plex.tv/articles/#cat-your-media
Local Media Assets agent should be on top priority if agents per library type to automatically use over online metadata. https://support.plex.tv/articles/200289516-agents/
I have NFO, poster, banner files for my movies,
How do I get Plex to use them?
Plex does not support NFO files. for the images follow the guides linked above.
Actually… Xmbcnfo still works and as i understand it will continue to work…
I do all of my media metadata for movies and tv with these addins
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Note that this is no longer being updated. But it does work. Also, while Plex is not supporting add-ins, you can still install this and it will work.
this is what I use. Alsp a TV Importer.
I use tinymediamanager to set my metadata, it creates the NFO files and art, and the XMBCNFO addins read it into Plex
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yep, I’ve got both…
Just think it’s ridiculous that we have to use other tools like these to get what Plex should do. I have the IMDB ID in every movie file name, and Plex still can’t find them sometimes. I’ve had to fight with the Plex system in order to change things, If for some reason Plex doesn’t get a date it puts in the date that it was loaded. I’ve spent hours on one title trying to get the correct date entered. Most of the time it just keeps telling me it can’t save. I still have movies with incorrect dates because I’ve given up and lost track of which ones they are.
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When editing metadata manually it won’t save if you put in only part of date, like only the year. It needs to be the full year-month-day in YYYY-MM-DD format. such as 2019-01-25
well that enplanes that since most of the time I don’t have the full date.
so I guess I would have to fake it, 2019-01-01
bad data in, bad data out…
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