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Wrong Movie Match? - fichelbyxa - 2024-02-07
Hi,
Noobie question, maybe:
When finding a newly added movie in a directory called "Monster - 2023", the library refresh gets the metadata for the movie "Goodbye Monster" from 2022.
Why?
How do I tell JellyFin to correct it?
fischelbyxa
(I did a search in the forum, but none of the hits had existing threads...)
RE: Wrong Movie Match? - tmsrxzar - 2024-02-07
if you named it "Monster - 2023" note that " - " is reserved for flagging
if not, what did you name it, exactly?
RE: Wrong Movie Match? - fichelbyxa - 2024-02-07
All my movies are named "<title> - <year>" in order to distinguish between movies with the same name but different years.
E.g. "The Ladykillers - 1955" and "The Ladykillers - 2004"
BTW: What is "-" flagging?
RE: Wrong Movie Match? - tmsrxzar - 2024-02-07
use the naming scheme https://jellyfin.org/docs/general/server/media/movies
when jellyfin scans files it looks for " - " to determine additional flags, when that exists it thinks what follows is a flag
flags are also outlined in the link above
RE: Wrong Movie Match? - stablenavidad - 2025-05-27
Jellyfin sometimes matches wrong movies if the folder name is ambiguous. Try renaming your folder or file to the exact movie title and year (like on IMDb). Then, refresh or edit the metadata manually in Jellyfin. Using local metadata files (.nfo) can also help prevent this.
RE: Wrong Movie Match? - alleycat - 2025-05-27
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