Emby keeps ignoring and overwriting changed metadata

[Sysadmin 1]

I've had Emby guess wrong for the movie i've added in the past, but i've always been able to go back and manually change the movie ID in the IMDB, TheMovieDB, and TheTVDB fields then refresh the metadata and have it get the correct name/poster. But i have on particular movie where every time I change the IMDB and MovieDB ids then refresh the metadata it not only ignores the IDs i've given it but overwrites them back to the incorrect movie. For reference the movie is Blue directed by David J Smith, IMDB tt19135298.

[Luke 42077]

HI there, can you please provide a specific example?

How to Report a Problem

Thanks !

 

[darkassassin07 652]

Why are you manually setting IDs, then refreshing, instead of just using the 'Identify' function?

 

 

One way you can improve Embys automatic matching is to include the ID in the folder name:

Movies/Blue (2024) [imdb=tt19135298]/Blue (2024).mkv

If you use tools like Radarr/Sonarr, you can edit the naming settings to include those automatically.

Edited May 9, 2025 by darkassassin07

[Sysadmin 1]

13 minutes ago, darkassassin07 said:

Why are you manually setting IDs, then refreshing, instead of just using the 'Identify' function?

 

 

One way you can improve Embys automatic matching is to include the ID in the folder name:

Movies/Blue (2024) [imdb=tt19135298]/Blue (2024).mkv

If you use tools like Radarr/Sonarr, you can edit the naming settings to include those automatically.

Honestly I didn't know that was there, thanks for pointing that out.

Although, infuriatingly, if I search by title + imdb ID the movie does not appear in the search list. If i search just by IMDB ID it does appear. But when I select it the server STILL gets it wrong and downloads metadata for the wrong movie.

[Luke 42077]

5 minutes ago, Sysadmin said:

Honestly I didn't know that was there, thanks for pointing that out.

Although, infuriatingly, if I search by title + imdb ID the movie does not appear in the search list. If i search just by IMDB ID it does appear. But when I select it the server STILL gets it wrong and downloads metadata for the wrong movie.

The search criteria just gets fed into your enabled metadata providers, so it's whatever results they send back. And the more criteria you enter, the more filtered the results will be. 

So if you have the Id, there is no need to enter the name.

[Happy2Play 9780]

14 minutes ago, Sysadmin said:

Honestly I didn't know that was there, thanks for pointing that out.

Although, infuriatingly, if I search by title + imdb ID the movie does not appear in the search list. If i search just by IMDB ID it does appear. But when I select it the server STILL gets it wrong and downloads metadata for the wrong movie.

What provider do you have enabled on the library?

Are you still referring to original example?

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

But yes Blue (2024) will be misidentified as there is more than one.

Identify with tt19135298 give the correct one as TMDB has that externalid.

 

But ultimately will be per your providerid order.

[Sysadmin 1]

I can use Identify to search for it using both the correct IMDB and TheMovieDB IDs and it will come up with the correct film in the search. Once I select it and press OK it reverts back to the incorrect movie. Every Single Time. I've manually changed the cast members and locked it from being edited but that does not appear to have done anything.

 

[Sysadmin 1]

2 hours ago, Happy2Play said:

What provider do you have enabled on the library?

Are you still referring to original example?

 

Sorry i'm not 100% sure i know what you mean by what provider i have enabled on my library.

[darkassassin07 652]

@Happy2Play was referring to these settings in your libraries configuration:

 

 

 

You should post a server log from after trying the identify function. 

As @Lukementioned: How to report a problem.

[Sysadmin 1]

That did it, for some reason TheTVDB was the highest ranked metadata downloader for my Movies library.