2025-09-14, 09:27 PM
When I set Jellyfin up, I didn't realize the TMDB plug-in (which came installed, I believe, right?) defaulted to only 10 cast members. I'd like every one that TMDB has, so I changed it when I found it.
I ran across a movie that was missing a major cast member, tried Refresh metadata → Search for missing metadata and, voila, everyone was added.
That made me think that just doing the same for the entire library would add the complete cast forth entire library, and it did, but then it also wiped all of my notations and commentary info in the ~500 movies I had added.
Fortunately, I noticed it before trying again on another library.
So... is there any confirmed way to run a scan that solely adds cast and crew members and doesn't touch information that isn't missing?
I ran across a movie that was missing a major cast member, tried Refresh metadata → Search for missing metadata and, voila, everyone was added.
That made me think that just doing the same for the entire library would add the complete cast forth entire library, and it did, but then it also wiped all of my notations and commentary info in the ~500 movies I had added.
Fortunately, I noticed it before trying again on another library.
So... is there any confirmed way to run a scan that solely adds cast and crew members and doesn't touch information that isn't missing?