Does not exclude content named like a TV episode.It is meant to match as much content as possible for you, but at the same time it also isn’t as smart as the normal scanner. This scanner is similar to the Plex Movie Scanner, but is less strict in how the media files are named. Related Page: Metadata Agents Plex Video Files Scanner See the Agents page for more information. Whether this metadata is used or not depends on the Agents enabled and their order. Metadata embedded in some files (such as MP4) will also be read by the scanner. In order for the Movie Scanner to work most effectively, it’s important to make sure your files are named and organized properly. This scanner is used to identify commercially created Movies in your collection. We recommend using the newer “Plex Movie” scanner, which pairs with the newer “Plex Movie” metadata agent. This is an older, deprecated scanner for movies.

Related Page: Upgrading an Old Movie Library to Use the Plex Movie Agent

Follow our recommendations for how to name and organize the movie files for the best results. It is used to identify commercially created Movies in your collection. This is the default scanner and pairs specifically with the default “Plex Movie” metadata agent. Related Page: Movie Files (Naming and Organizing) Plex Movie Note: Video files named like TV episodes (e.g.: Futurama - s03e07.mp4) are intentionally ignored by movie scanners. There are several Movie Scanners available: As always, following our naming/organizing recommendations for files will help ensure the best results for your library. The scanner for a Movies library is used to recognize Movie content in a filename.

Videos (Movies or less formal “home video” type content)įor scanners to work most effectively, it’s important to make sure your files are named and organized properly.

There are several broad categories of scanner: In some cases, other information such as embedded metadata may contribute. In most cases, this is done by looking at the filenames and directory structure of the content. it’s season 3, episode 7 of the show Futurama)

If it’s the appropriate type, then which item is it (e.g.

Whether the file is appropriate for that library (e.g.

“Scanners” in Plex are the server components that go look at the media locations you specify for your libraries and then figure out:

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