Wrong year for Timecode (2016)

First: happy new year to you all! :grinning:

Plex doesn’t get the year of the short movie Timecode (2016) correctly. It says “2023” but the movie is from 2016 according to IMDB. If I select “fix match” it finds the movie but shows the year 2023 too. IIRC the problem startet a couple of weeks ago.

Plex Media Server Logs_2024-01-02_21-10-20.zip (5.3 MB)

I’ve already did the Plex dance but it doesn’t help. It’s the only file that causes trouble the release years of other files are correct.

File path:

  • /volume1/Media/[MOVIES]/Shorts/Timecode (2016) {imdb-tt5699202}/Timecode (2016).1080p {imdb-tt5699202}.mp4

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It’s due to how Plex determines what release date to use. From what I’ve seen, Plex will use the first non-limited release date listed on the full release info page in IMDb (i.e., nothing in parentheses next to it). Because every release date listed for Timecode has a qualifier next to it, the last date is used, which is 2023. The quickest fix is probably to just manually edit the release date for cases like this.

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OK I didn’t knew this. I never took a look into the release info and will manually edit the date. Thanks for the info! :slight_smile:

@FordGuy61 (because you liked his post) :wink:
Why doesn’t Plex take the oldest date in the list? Because in my opinion a newer date is more like a re-release (similar to a re-released or remastered album).
But I admit: IMDB’s table design with all the releases is not very well-arranged.

Plex has access only to wide release dates, not to debuts at film festivals, etc.

As @DTR mentions, the workaround is to manually edit (and lock) the release date.

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Got it! I didn’t know that. I edited the date manually

Thanks guys for your help! :slight_smile:

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